hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4464
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill nullifies the National Credit Union Administration rule titled "Risk-Based Capital" published on October 29, 2015. (The rule establishes a new method, beginning in 2019, for measuring whether a credit union is adequately capitalized.) 

action_date: 2018-04-24
text: 

Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill nullifies the National Credit Union Administration rule titled "Risk-Based Capital" published on October 29, 2015. (The rule establishes a new method, beginning in 2019, for measuring whether a credit union is adequately capitalized.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-647.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-647.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 25.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating to study and report to the Congress regarding recreational vessel operator training.

Bill: 115-hr-4468
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Marine and inland water transportation
Outdoor recreation
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Coast Guard to study and submit a report to Congress on recreational vessel operator education and training, including a review of (1) Coast Guard Auxiliary and Power Squadron training programs, (2) existing state boating education programs, and (3) other hands-on training programs available to recreational vessel operators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 40, United States Code, to permit commercial filmmaking and photography on the United States Capitol grounds, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4469
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Photography and imaging
Television and film
U.S. Capitol
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 
This bill alters the requirements for public buildings, property, and works to permit certain commercial filmmaking and photography activity on the U.S.Capitol grounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1605-1606)
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act

Bill: 115-hr-4470
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Income tax exclusion
Railroads
Transportation employees
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Reducing Long-Term Unemployment Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until December 31, 2018, the suspension of employment and railroad retirement taxes for employers who hire unemployed individuals. The aggregate reduction in taxes from such suspension is limited to $5,000 per employee. 
 
The bill modifies the unemployment requirement to require a signed affidavit from the unemployed individual that, during the entire 27-week period ending on the hiring date, such individual: (1) was receiving federal or state unemployment compensation, or (2) was unemployed and would have received unemployment compensation except for having exhausted the right to receive such compensation during such period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1607-1608)
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
NICS Denial Notification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4471
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

NICS Denial Notification Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to report certain information to state and local law enforcement authorities following a determination, by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, that a prospective firearm purchaser is a prohibited person (i.e., a person who is barred from receiving or possessing a firearm).
 
DOJ must report annually on: (1) certain details regarding denied firearm purchases in each category of prohibited persons, and (2) the number of background check notices reported to states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
ENOUGH Act

Bill: 115-hr-4472
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Jurisdiction and venue
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Ending Nonconsensual Online User Graphic Harassment Act of 2017 or the ENOUGH Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly distribute (or intentionally threaten to distribute) an intimate visual depiction of an individual with knowledge of or reckless disregard for the individual's lack of consent, reasonable expectation of privacy, and potential harm; and without a reasonable belief that such distribution touches a matter of public concern.
 
It imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both&#8212;on a violator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Entrepreneurs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4473
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Small business
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Veteran Entrepreneurs Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit of up to $400,000 for 25% of the franchise fees paid or incurred by an eligible veteran for the purchase of a franchise. The bill reduces the amount of such credit if the veteran does not own 100% of the stock or capital or profits interest of the franchisee.
 
An &quot;eligible veteran&quot; is a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service; was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable; and who pays or incurs a franchise fee in connection with a franchise agreement with a franchisor. 
 
The veteran may elect to transfer the credit to an eligible franchisor in exchange for a discount in the franchise fee commensurate with the value of the credit. 
 
 The Small Business Administration and the Department of Veterans Affairs must provide information about the tax credit allowed by this bill to veterans service organizations and veteran advocacy groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in House
PURPA Modernization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4476
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 

PURPA Modernization Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to address the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC)one-mile rule and the mandatory purchase obligation for electric utility companies to purchase energy from certain facilities.
 
The bill directs FERC to publish a final rule that allows any person or entity to provide a rebuttable presumption to the one-mile rule. Under the one-mile rule, facilities are considered to be located at the same site as the facility for which qualification is sought if they are located within one mile of such facility.Specified factors must be taken into consideration by FERC when it determines whether two facilities are located at the same site.
 
The bill authorizes an electric utility company to waive the mandatory purchase obligation if additional power is not required to meet customers' electricity needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Exploring the Future of Work Act

Bill: 115-hr-4480
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 

Exploring the Future of Work Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to arrange with the National Academies to study shifting workforce industry challenges and opportunities related to the displacement of U.S. workers due to technological innovation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to prohibit the use of public funds to make payments of awards and settlements in connection with violations of such Act which are committed by employing offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4481
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to prohibit the use of public funds for payments of awards or settlements in connection with certain CAA violations of employees' rights and protections by employing offices of the House of Representatives or of the Senate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Opioid Abuse Deterrence, Research, and Recovery Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4482
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 

Opioid Abuse Deterrence, Research, and Recovery Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the Drug Enforcement Administration from registering, or renewing the registration of, a practitioner who is licensed to prescribe opioids in schedule II or III unless the practitioner agrees to limit an opioid prescription for the initial treatment of acute pain to the lesser of a seven-day supply (no refill) or an opioid prescription limit established under state law.
 
Certain opioid prescriptions are not subject to the limit (e.g., an opioid that is approved and prescribed for the treatment of an opioid use disorder).
 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must continue to work with stakeholders to promote the development of abuse-deterrent opioid formulations.
 
The bill requires: (1) the Government Accountability Office to study and report on health care policy changes that may have contributed to the increase in opioid overdoses and deaths, and (2) the FDA to study the feasibility of replacing opioid prescribing limits established by this bill with evidence-based clinical guidelines for opioid prescribing. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4483
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 

Federal Insurance Office Abolishment Act of 2017

 
This bill eliminates the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) within the Department of the Treasury. The bill also amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to remove the FIO director as a nonvoting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Victims' Voice and Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-4484
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Age discrimination
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 

Victims' Voice and Transparency Act

 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) to prohibit the imposition of a nondisclosure agreement upon any party as a condition of an award or settlement resulting from a violation of certain CAA rights and protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Savanna's Act

Bill: 115-hr-4485
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 

Savanna's Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to update the online data entry format for federal databases relevant to cases of missing and murdered Indians to include a new data field for users to input the victim's tribal enrollment information or affiliation.
 
In addition, DOJ must: 
 
 
make standardized law enforcement and justice protocols that serve as guidelines for law enforcement agencies with respect to missing and murdered Indians,
 
develop protocols to investigate those cases that are guided by the standardized protocols,
 
meet certain requirements to consult with Indian tribes, and 
 
provide tribes and law enforcement agencies with training and technical assistance relating to the development and implementation of the law enforcement and justice protocols.
 
 
Federal law enforcement agencies that investigate and prosecute crimes related to missing and murdered Indians must modify their law enforcement and justice protocols to comply with the standardized protocols.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-12-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 1908 of title 41, United States Code, to exempt certain contracts from the periodic inflation adjustments to an acquisition-related dollar threshold.

Bill: 115-hr-4486
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Inflation and prices
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 
This bill exempts certain public-buildings and public-works contracts from periodic inflation adjustments to a dollar threshold that influences the applicability of a policy, procedure, requirement, or restriction to such a contract. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
Medical Innovation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4487
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 

Medical Innovation Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require certain drug manufacturers to make payments to fund research supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 
A drug manufacturer with over $1 billion in net income in a fiscal year that has entered into a settlement agreement in the previous five years with a federal agency regarding specified violations must pay 0.75%-1.5% of its net income to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for each of its covered blockbuster drugs. A covered blockbuster drug is a drug that has at least $1 billion in net sales in a year and was developed, in whole or in part, through federal investments in medical research, including a drug for which a patent contains information that relates to, or is based upon, federally funded research.
 
Each fiscal year, HHS must publish a list of manufacturers that make payments, each manufacturer's covered blockbuster drugs, and payment amounts.
 
Payments are divided between the FDA and the NIH in proportion to the discretionary funding of those agencies, excluding FDA user fees. Payments are not disbursed if appropriations for the FDA or the NIH are lower than in the prior fiscal year.
 
The FDA's priority use for payments must include advancing regulatory science for medical products.
 
The NIH's priority use for payments must include supporting: (1) research that fosters radical innovation, (2) research that advances fundamental knowledge and technology, (3) research related to diseases that disproportionately account for federal health care spending, and (4) early career scientists.
 A covered blockbuster drug for which a manufacturer has not made a required payment is considered misbranded and may not be sold until payment is made.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in House