hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Renew Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2617
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Renew Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify expungement eligibility criteria for certain first-time drug offenders.
 
Specifically, it broadens eligibility to allow the expungement of certain records related to a first-time drug possession offense committed before age 25 (currently, before age 21). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Working Families Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-2618
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Disability and paralysis
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Working Families Relief Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase and expand tax incentives for employer-provided dependent care assistance. 
 
The bill increases the limit on the amount excludible from the gross income of an employee for employer-provided dependent care assistance and requires annual inflation adjustments to such increased limit after 2018.
 
The bill also allows tax credits for: (1) small employer dependent care assistance program start-up costs, and (2) employer matching contributions for dependent care assistance programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Anchorages Away Act

Bill: 115-hr-2619
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Lakes and rivers
Marine and inland water transportation
New York State
Pollution liability

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Anchorages Away Act

 
This bill prohibits the U.S. Coast Guard from establishing any new anchorage grounds in the Hudson River, New York, until it submits a report to Congress on the potential impact of increasing such anchorage grounds to sites listed on the National Priorities List under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 and to areas designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Countering Terrorist Financing Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2622
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Currency
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Countering Terrorist Financing Act of 2017

 
This bill revises the authority of the Department of the Treasury to issue an order imposing recordkeeping and reporting requirements upon financial institutions and nonfinancial trade or business groups in certain geographic areas regarding transactions for the payment, receipt, or transfer of U.S. coins or currency (or other monetary instruments as Treasury may describe in an order). Specifically, a Treasury order for recordkeeping and reporting may include any funds (not just U.S. coins or currency) involved in such transactions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Military Child Educational Freedom Act

Bill: 115-hr-2624
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax deferral
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Military Child Educational Freedom Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt Coverdell education savings accounts, to permit members of the Armed Forces serving on extended active duty to use the accounts for certain education expenses incurred in connection with a home school that provides elementary or secondary education and is treated under state law as a home school or a private school. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2625
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Neurological disorders
Service animals
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Wounded Warrior Service Dog Act of 2017
 
This bill directs the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs (VA) to jointly establish the K-9 Service Corps Program for the awarding of grants to assist nonprofit organizations in establishing, planning, designing, and/or operating programs to provide assistance dogs to certain members of the Armed Forces and veterans who have certain disabilities. An &quot;assistance dog&quot; is defined to mean a dog specifically trained to perform physical tasks to mitigate the effects of such a disability, except that such term does not include a dog specifically trained for comfort or personal defense.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act

Bill: 115-hr-2627
Sponsor: Rep. Hurd, Will [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Terrorism
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Enhancing Overseas Traveler Vetting Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State to: 
 
 
develop open-source software based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's global travel targeting and analysis systems and the State Department's watchlisting, identification, and screening systems to facilitate the vetting of travelers against terrorist watchlists and law enforcement databases, enhance border management, and improve targeting and analysis; and 
 
make such software and any related technical assistance or training available to foreign governments or multilateral organizations for such purposes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.
action_date: 2017-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act

Bill: 115-hr-2628
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act

 
This bill requires the Children's Health Insurance Program and state Medicaid programs to provide 12-month continuous enrollment for eligible individuals.
 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Representation Fairness Restoration Act

Bill: 115-hr-2629
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Representation Fairness Restoration Act

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to replace the current legal standard for determining the appropriateness of a collective bargaining unit. Under a 2011 ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in 
Specialty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center of Mobile
, the NLRB must approve a requested bargaining unit unless an employer can show that an overwhelming community of interest exists between the requested unit and some other portion of the workforce, thus allowing the formation of smaller bargaining units (i.e., micro-bargaining units). This bill requires the NLRB to determine a unit appropriate for collective bargaining if it consists of employees who share a sufficient community of interest and sets forth factors for the NLRB to consider in determining whether employees share a sufficient community of interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2631
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Merit Systems Protection Board
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Justice for Servicemembers Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Uniformed Services Employment Rights Act of 1994 to: (1) consider procedural protections or provisions under such Act concerning employment and reemployment rights of members of the uniformed services to be a right or benefit subject to the protection of such Act, and (2) make any agreement to arbitrate a claim under such provisions unenforceable unless all parties consent to arbitration after a complaint on the specific claim has been filed in court or with the Merit Systems Protection Board and all parties knowingly and voluntarily consent to have that particular claim subjected to arbitration.
 
Consent shall not be considered voluntary when a person is required to agree to arbitrate an action, complaint, or claim alleging a violation of such provisions as a condition of future or continued employment, advancement in employment, or receipt of any right or benefit of employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri.

Bill: 115-hr-2632
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Army Corps of Engineers
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Missouri
Pollution liability
Radioactive wastes and releases
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, to act as the lead agency with respect to radioactive contamination remediation at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Missouri.
 
Nothing in this Act affects the site's designation as a Superfund site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2633
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent, to: (1) increase to $120,000, the adjusted gross income threshold level above which such credit is incrementally reduced; (2) increase the dollar limit on the allowable amount of such credit; (3) allow an inflation adjustment to the adjusted gross income threshold and the maximum credit amounts, beginning after 2018; and (4) make such credit refundable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To designate the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department of Veterans Affairs Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the "Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility".

Bill: 115-hr-2634
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health facilities and institutions
Mental health
Tennessee
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 
This bill designates the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the &quot;Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility.&quot;

action_date: 2018-09-25
text: 
 (Sec. 2) This bill designates the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility Expansion of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Alvin C. York Medical Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as the &quot;Sergeant John Toombs Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Facility.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H8753-8754)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H8753-8754)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H8753-8754)
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2018-09-25
text: Mr. DesJarlais asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2635
Sponsor: Rep. Hanabusa, Colleen [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Philippines
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt from worldwide or numerical limitations on immigrant visas the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under the Immigration Act of 1990 or other specified federal law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To establish an independent inspector general for the Federal Communications Commission.

Bill: 115-hr-2636
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal officials
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 
This bill amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint the Inspector General of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). (Currently, the FCC appoints the FCC Inspector General.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Fishing Safety Training and Research Act

Bill: 115-hr-2637
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Research administration and funding
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Fishing Safety Training and Research Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the U.S. Coast Guard's Fishing Safety Training Grant Program and the Fishing Safety Research Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Jobs for Veterans Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2638
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: 

Jobs for Veterans Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an increased work opportunity tax credit for employers who hire veterans who have been certified as discharged or released from active duty in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, and who begin work for the employer after December 31, 2016, and before January 1, 2021. This increased credit is in addition to any work opportunity tax credit allowed to a veteran with a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-24
text: Introduced in House