hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Advancing Innovation in Alternative Pain and Addiction Therapies Act

Bill: 115-s-2669
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Advancing Innovation in Alternative Pain and Addiction Therapies Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to issue guidance clarifying eligibility and criteria for the accelerated approval of non-opioid or nonaddictive drugs to treat pain or substance-use disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
STARS Act

Bill: 115-s-2670
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Comprehensive health care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Sales and excise taxes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Simplifying Technical Aspects Regarding Seasonality Act of 2018 or the STARS Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude seasonal employees from the definition of "full-time employee" for purposes of the employer mandate to provide employees with minimum essential health care coverage. The bill defines a "seasonal employee" as an employee who is employed in a position for which the customary annual employment is not more than six months and which requires performing labor or services that are ordinarily performed at certain seasons or periods of the year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security 2100 Act

Bill: 115-s-2671
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Disability assistance
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Social Security 2100 Act

 
This bill increases various Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and related taxes.
 
The bill increases the primary insurance amount (e.g., the amount a Social Security beneficiary receives if the beneficiary begins receiving benefits at normal retirement age) by increasing the percentage of the beneficiary's average indexed monthly earnings used to calculate the amount. 
 
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall publish a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers, which the Social Security Administration (SSA) shall use to calculate cost-of-living adjustments to benefits. Currently, the SSA uses a price index for wage earners to make such adjustments.
 
The bill increases the minimum benefit amount for individuals who worked for more than 10 years by creating an alternative minimum benefit. A qualifying beneficiary shall receive that alternative minimum if it is higher than the standard calculated benefit amount.
 
The bill increases the income threshold that a beneficiary must reach before Social Security benefits are taxable. 
 
Increased benefits from this bill shall not count as income when determining an individual's eligibility or benefit amounts for (1) Medicaid, (2) the Children's Health Insurance Program, or (3) the Supplemental Security Income program.
 
Income above $400,000 shall be included when calculating Social Security benefits and taxes. The bill also increases rates for the payroll and self-employment taxes that fund OASDI. 
 
The bill establishes the Social Security Trust Fund, which replaces the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
First Division Monument Modification Act

Bill: 115-s-2672
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed Forces and National Security
Asia
Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Iraq
Kuwait
Middle East
Military history
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

First Division Monument Modification Act

 
This bill authorizes the Society of the First Infantry Division to modify the First Division Monument located on federal land in Presidential Park, District of Columbia, to honor members of the First Infantry Division of the U.S. Army who died during U.S. operations, including Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring Freedom.
 
The First Infantry Division must provide the society with a list of names to be added to the monument.
 
The Commemorative Works Act, which prohibits monuments to military units, shall not apply to this authorization.
 
Federal funds may not be used to pay for the activities authorized by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
PAPER Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2673
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Books and print media
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives
Libraries and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Preventing Additional Printing of Electronic Records Act of 2018 or the PAPER Act of 2018

 
This bill limits the printing of the Congressional Record, the Senate Calendar of Business, and the Senate Executive Calendar by requiring various entities that receive printed copies to request the copies. The bill also eliminates distribution of the Congressional Record to the Superintendent of Documents for the depository libraries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties.

Bill: 115-s-2674
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the taxable income limitation on the percentage depletion allowance for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation.

Bill: 115-s-2675
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the special depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Saving Lives Through Proper Notification of Overdoses Act

Bill: 115-s-2676
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Saving Lives Through Proper Notification of Overdoses Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to annually notify health care providers about health information that may be disclosed under federal privacy laws to families and caregivers during emergencies, including overdoses. The notification may be included in other (already required) training materials for health care providers relating to permitted disclosures of patients' mental or substance use disorder treatment information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Electricity Reliability and Fuel Security Act

Bill: 115-s-2677
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Electricity Reliability and Fuel Security Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit through 2022 for a portion of the expenses for the operation or maintenance of a coal-powered electric generation unit, excluding expenses for coal. 
 
The credit applies to taxpayers who own or lease an electric generation unit that uses coal to produce at least 75% of the electricity produced by the unit.
 
Taxpayers and certain public entities may transfer the credit to an eligible project partner. An &quot;eligible project partner&quot; is a person who: 
 
 
 is responsible for operating, maintaining, or repairing the unit; 
 
 participates in the provision, including transportation, of coal or other materials and supplies to the unit; 
 
 provides financing for the construction, expansion, repair, or operation of the unit; or 
 
 leases the unit. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Access to Quality Recovery Living Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2678
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Ensuring Access to Quality Recovery Living Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to publish best practices for operating recovery housing, to distribute such publication to the states, and to provide technical assistance to states seeking to adopt such practices. SAMHSA must require states to follow such best practices in order to receive a contract or grant for recovery housing. "Recovery housing" means a shared living environment free from alcohol and illegal drug use and centered on peer support and connection to services to promote recovery from substance use disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2142)
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2680
Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Aging
Alternative treatments
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Justice
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic performance and conditions
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
First responders and emergency personnel
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Postal service
Preschool education
Prescription drugs
Public participation and lobbying
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Trade restrictions
Unemployment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to opioid use, including programs to support pain management research, training for first responders, treatment and recovery centers, awareness campaigns, and controlled substance regulation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 398.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-04-24
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Reliability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2681
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Energy Reliability Act
 
of 2018

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit through 2022 for a portion of the expenses for the operation or maintenance of a coal-powered electric generation unit, excluding expenses for coal. 
 
The credit applies to taxpayers who own or lease an electric generation unit that: (1) uses coal to produce at least 75% of the electricity produced by the unit, and (2) has constructed and installed emissions controls pursuant to specified Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations or any other applicable federal emissions control requirements that are equal to or more stringent than the EPA regulations.
 
Taxpayers may transfer the credit to an eligible project partner. An "eligible project partner" is a person who: 
 
 
 is responsible for operating, maintaining, or repairing the unit; 
 
 participates in the provision, including transportation, of coal or other materials and supplies to the unit; 
 
 provides financing for the construction, expansion, repair, or operation of the unit; or 
 
 leases the unit. 
 
 
If a unit claims a credit under this bill, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) must require the applicable reliability coordinator to conduct an assessment analyzing the reliability and resilience attributes offered by the unit to the regional grid in which it is located. FERC must submit to Congress: (1) the results of the assessments, and (2) a recommendation as to whether the credit should be extended after 2022. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Loan Forgiveness for Farmers and Ranchers Act

Bill: 115-s-2682
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agricultural education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Minority employment
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Student Loan Forgiveness for Farmers and Ranchers Act

 
This bill establishes a student loan forgiveness program for certain farmers or ranchers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Concrete Pump Tax Fairness Act

Bill: 115-s-2683
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Concrete Pump Tax Fairness Act 
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) impose a mileage-based user fee on owners of mobile mounted concrete boom pump vehicles, (2) allow a credit against the fee for certain fuel taxes and other specified taxes that currently apply to the owners of the vehicles, and (3) require the revenues from the fee to be deposited into the Highway Trust Fund. 
 
A &quot;mobile mounted concrete boom pump vehicle&quot; is a vehicle that is mobile machinery and on which the mounted machinery consists of a concrete boom pump and related subordinate parts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
FARMS Act

Bill: 115-s-2684
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Flexible Agricultural Repayments and Modifying Schedules Act or FARMS Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to provide the option for a restructured student loan repayment schedule to certain agricultural producers, farmers, or ranchers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Farmers of Tomorrow Act

Bill: 115-s-2685
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Farmland
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Farmers of Tomorrow Act 

 
This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for Department of Agriculture (USDA) direct farm ownership loans by modifying the three-year experience requirement. 
 
(Under current law, USDA may make a direct farm ownership loan only to a farmer or rancher who has participated in the business operations of a farm or ranch for at least three years or has other acceptable experience.) 
 
The bill modifies the experience requirement to specify a list of acceptable experience and educational criteria that USDA may count for an applicant to meet or reduce the necessary experience requirement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
SELECT Act

Bill: 115-s-2686
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Support Experienced Law Enforcement Countering Terrorism Act of 2018 or the SELECT Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require a federal agency, upon request, to issue a photo identification that allows a current or retired law enforcement officer employee to carry a concealed firearm across state lines.
 
It expresses the sense of Congress that state and local agencies should issue photo identification to allow qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms in accordance with this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the individual tax provisions of the tax reform law, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2687
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Capital gains tax
Charitable contributions
Commuting
Disability and paralysis
Egypt
Employee benefits and pensions
Gambling
Health care costs and insurance
Higher education
Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Marriage and family status
Middle East
Military personnel and dependents
Pedestrians and bicycling
State and local taxation
Student aid and college costs
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent several tax provisions that were enacted in 2017 and are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. 
 
The bill makes permanent provisions that
 
 
 reduce individual tax rates, 
 
 modify the taxation of the unearned income of children, 
 
 allow a deduction for qualified business income of pass-through entities, 
 
 increase the standard deduction, 
 
 increase and modify the child tax credit, 
 
 increase the limitation for certain charitable contributions, 
 
 allow additional contributions to ABLE accounts (tax-favored accounts designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save for and pay for disability-related expenses), 
 
 allow certain members of the Armed Forces in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt to receive combat zone tax benefits, 
 
 reduce the adjusted gross income threshold for the medical expense deduction, 
 
 exclude from gross income discharges of student loan debt due to the death or disability of the student, 
 
 repeal the deduction for personal exemptions, 
 
 limit individual deductions for state and local taxes, 
 
 limit the mortgage interest deduction, 
 
 double the estate and gift tax exemption amount, 
 
 increase the alternative minimum tax exemption amount for individuals, and 
 
 repeal or limit several other deductions and exclusions. 
 
 
The bill also modifies (1) the capital gains tax brackets, and (2) the tax filing requirements for married taxpayers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in Senate