hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Right to Try Act

Bill: 115-hr-2368
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Right to Try Act

 
This bill requires the federal government to allow unrestricted manufacturing, distribution, prescribing, and dispensing of experimental drugs, biological products, and medical devices that are authorized by state law and intended to treat terminally ill patients. Patients receiving these treatments must be certified by a physician as having exhausted all other treatment options and as being at greater risk from their medical condition than the treatment. The physician must explain the treatment to the patient, including that the treatment is experimental, and the patient, or the patient's legal representative, must acknowledge the explanation.
 
A manufacturer, distributor, prescriber, dispenser, possessor, or user of such a treatment has no liability regarding the treatment.
 
The outcome of manufacture, distribution, prescribing, dispensing, possession, or use of such a treatment may not be used by a federal agency to adversely impact review or approval of the treatment.
 
The treatment must: (1) have successfully completed a phase 1 (initial, small scale) clinical trial; (2) remain under investigation in a clinical trial approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and (3) not be approved, licensed, or cleared for sale by the FDA.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-04
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: 2017-05-04
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: 2017-05-04
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: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for a deferral of the payment of a duty upon the sale of certain used yachts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2369
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Marine and inland water transportation
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 
This bill amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to repeal the deferral until sale of the duty on large yachts imported for sale at U.S. boat shows.
 
Any used yacht with a valid U.S. cruising license, instead, may enter, may be offered for sale in, and may remain in, the U.S. customs territory without the payment of duty, but subject to certain conditions.
 
If the used yacht, while in the U.S. customs territory, is sold to a U.S. resident:
 
 
entry of the used yacht shall be completed and duty shall be deposited with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) within 15 days after completion of the sale, and
 
by the same deadline any yacht broker or dealer involved in the sale must collect and remit that duty to the CBP.
 
 
The duty on the sale of that yacht shall be:
 
 
calculated at the applicable rate under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, and
 
based upon the yacht's value at the time of sale.
 
 
No posting of bond for this duty may be required upon the used yacht's entry into the U.S. customs territory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the accreditation of osteopathic residency training programs for purposes of graduate medical education payments under the Medicare program.

Bill: 115-hr-2373
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to modify, with respect to graduate medical education (GME) payments under the Medicare program, provisions related to "approved medical residency training programs" by: (1) specifying that such programs include osteopathic community residency training programs; and (2) replacing the requirement for such programs to include certain postgraduate training in geriatric medicine with a requirement for approval by a certified accrediting body.
 
Under current law, a "foreign medical graduate" is generally a resident who was not a graduate of a school that meets the standards for accreditation by one of several specified accreditors. (Foreign medical graduates are subject to certain examination requirements for purposes of being counted as residents with respect to Medicare GME payments.) The bill alters this definition such that a "foreign medical graduate" is a resident who is not a graduate of an accredited school.
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must certify at least two accrediting bodies for the purpose of accrediting medical residency training programs in allopathic and osteopathic medicine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2375
Sponsor: Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Child health
Disability and paralysis
Right of privacy
Transportation programs funding
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Friendly Airports for Mothers Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation (DOT) to approve a grant application for an airport development project only if the DOT receives written assurances that the owner or operator of a large or medium hub airport will maintain a lactation area at each passenger terminal building of the airport behind the airport security screening area.
 
The bill defines &quot;lactation area&quot; to mean a room or other location in a commercial service airport for members of the public to express breast milk that: 
 
 
 is shielded from view and free from intrusion from the public; 
 
 has a door that can be locked; 
 
 includes a place to sit, a table or other flat surface, and an electrical outlet; 
 
 is readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities; and 
 
 is not located in a restroom.
 
 
DOT may approve a terminal development project for the construction or installation of a lactation area at a commercial service airport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Drug Diversion and Counterfeit Crackdown Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2376
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Drug Diversion and Counterfeit Crackdown Act of 2017

 
This bill makes it illegal except in cases of a drug shortage to import into the United States prescription drugs manufactured outside the United States and intended by the manufacturer or labeled to be marketed outside the United States.
 
The bill establishes a penalty for knowingly dispensing or selling a counterfeit drug.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2377
Sponsor: Rep. Lipinski, Daniel [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Apprenticeship Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to make entities that provide pre-apprenticeship programs eligible to receive funds for training servicesunder that Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Save for Success Act

Bill: 115-hr-2378
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Save for Success Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the American Opportunity Tax Credit for qualified tuition and related expenses, to: (1) permit up to $250 of the credit per year to be used for college savings contributions that are taken into account before tuition and fees, (2) direct the Departments of the Treasury and Education to jointly establish a pilot program to make periodic payments of the credit as educational expenses for a student are incurred during the taxable year, and (3) direct Treasury to establish a taxpayer awareness program to inform the public of the availability of the credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Robin Danielson Feminine Hygiene Product Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2379
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hereditary and development disorders
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Product safety and quality
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Robin Danielson Feminine Hygiene Product Safety Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to conduct or support research on the extent to which components (including contaminants and substances used as fragrances, colorants, dyes, and preservatives) in feminine hygiene products pose health risks to women who use the products or to the children of women who use the products during or before pregnancy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Autocycle Safety Act

Bill: 115-hr-2381
Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Autocycle Safety Act

 
This bill applies specified interim automotive and motorcycle safety standards to autocycles until at most three years after enactment of this bill, by which time the Department of Transportation shall issue appropriate final rules, interpretations, and test procedures.
 
The bill defines &quot;autocycle&quot; as a motorcycle with three wheels in contact with the ground, front-wheel drive, a fully enclosed occupant compartment, and a steering wheel and which is subject to applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Permanent Flexibility for School Meals Act

Bill: 115-hr-2382
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Agriculture
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Permanent Flexibility for School Meals Act 

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to eliminate the minimum nutritional requirements for Department of Agriculture school meal programs by changing the requirements to voluntary guidelines. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
American Renewable Fuel and Job Creation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2383
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Income tax credits
Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

American Renewable Fuel and Job Creation Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify and extend: (1) the income tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel used as fuel, and (2) the excise tax credit for biodiesel fuel mixtures. 
 
The bill: (1) makes the credits available to domestic producers of the fuels rather than the policy under current law of providing a mixture credit to the blender of the fuel, (2) increases the income tax credit for certain small biodiesel producers, and (3) extends the credits through 2020. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Tariff Inversion Jobs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2385
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Tariffs
Television and film
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Tariff Inversion Jobs Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the U.S. International Trade Commission to submit to Congress a report that: (1) identifies tariff inversions in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS) that create an incentive for U.S. companies to move production out of the United States, and (2) includes recommendations for measures that could be taken to eliminate such inversions. 
 
Tariff inversions occur when the duty rate for the final product is lower than the duty rate of the component parts.
 
The bill amends the HTS to provide for the duty-free treatment of flat panel displays and main boards for televisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2386
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget process
Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) reduce from 2% to 1% the excise tax rate on the net investment income of tax-exempt private foundations, and (2) repeal the 1% reduction in such tax rate for private foundations that meet certain distribution requirements. The bill also excludes the budgetary effects of this bill from PAYGO scorecards maintained pursuant to the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act

Bill: 115-hr-2387
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Worker Ownership, Readiness, and Knowledge Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to: (1) establish within the Employment and Training Administration an Employee Ownership and Participation Initiative to promote employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking; and (2) establish a program that may include grants for outreach, technical assistance, and training, to encourage new and existing state programs to foster employee ownership and participation in business decisionmaking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2388
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2017-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Europe
Poland
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: 

Poland Visa Waiver Act of 2017 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to designate Poland as a program country under the visa waiver program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-04
text: Introduced in House