hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act

Bill: 115-s-1335
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Missouri
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Establishment Act

 This bill establishes the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park in Missouri as a unit of the National Park System. 
The Department of the Interior may acquire, by donation, purchase, or exchange, any land or interest in land located within the park's boundary or any nationally significant property identified in the special resource study that is within the Ste. Genevieve Historic District National Historic Landmark. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 388.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-233.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-233.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-504.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
RIVER Act

Bill: 115-s-1336
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 
 
Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act or the RIVER Act
 
 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2027 and extend eligibility for the program of hydroelectric production incentives and incentive payments to the owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to make capital improvements directly related to improving efficiency.

action_date: 2018-05-21
text: 

Reliable Investment in Vital Energy Reauthorization Act or the RIVER Act
 
 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize through FY2027 and extend eligibility for the program of hydroelectric production incentives and incentive payments to the owners or operators of hydroelectric facilities at existing dams to make capital improvements directly related to improving efficiency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 417.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-250.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-250.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-493.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Capitalizing on American Storage Potential Act

Bill: 115-s-1337
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Economic development
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Capitalizing on American Storage Potential Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expand the Department of Energy's existing loan guarantee program to any strategic energy infrastructure project that is a regional project which supports a more effective energy market performance and that has the potential to significantly contribute to the economic resilience of the region in which the project is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 422.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 115-254.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 115-254.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-318.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 115-s-1338
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Military history
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Dust Off Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to make appropriate arrangements for the presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the Dust Off crews (helicopter air ambulance crews) of the Vietnam War in recognition of their heroic military service. 
 
It is the sense of Congress that the Smithsonian Institution should also make such medal available for display elsewhere, particularly at appropriate locations associated with the Vietnam War, and that preference should be given to locations affiliated with the Smithsonian.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3398)
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Liberty Through Strength Act

Bill: 115-s-1339
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Liberty Through Strength Act

 
This bill gives the National Security Agency (NSA) access to business records, telephone call records, and other tangible items collected prior to November 29, 2015, under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) in the same manner and for the same purposes for which the NSA had access to such records prior to such date. This access is in effect for five years.
 
The bill amends the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 to make permanent the expiring FISA provision that allows wiretap orders that follow the surveillance target rather than the phone (known as "roving wiretaps").
 
The bill amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to make permanent the expiring FISA provision that revises the definition of "agent of a foreign power" to include any non-U.S. persons who engage in international terrorism or preparatory activities.
 
The bill amends the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to make permanent title VII of FISA, which allows the Department of Justice and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to jointly authorize the electronic surveillance of non-U.S. persons who are outside the United States. 
 
The federal criminal code is amended to expand the categories of transactional records that the Federal Bureau of Investigation may request from wire or electronic communication service providers about a person or entity for an authorized investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Appalachian Energy and Manufacturing Infrastructure Revitalization Act

Bill: 115-s-1340
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Economic development
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Kentucky
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Ohio
Oil and gas
Pennsylvania
Rural conditions and development
West Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Appalachian Energy and Manufacturing Infrastructure Revitalization Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Energy and the Department of Commerce to designate an Appalachian regional energy hub project as a critical energy infrastructure project eligible for expedited federal permitting. The bill defines &quot;Appalachian regional energy hub&quot; as a hub that is for natural gas and natural gas liquids, including storage and associated pipelines, and located in the region comprised of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Bill: 115-s-1341
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Labor standards
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to redefine "oppressive child labor," for purposes of child labor prohibitions, to include the employment of any employee under age 18 who has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3398)
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Eliminating Federal Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1342
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-06-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Professional sports
Securities
Sports and recreation facilities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: 

Eliminating Federal Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax exemption requirements for state and local bonds, to specify that bonds issued to finance professional sports stadiums meet the private security or payment test. (A state or local bond that satisfies both the private business use test and the private security or payment test is considered a private activity bond that is taxable unless it is used for certain qualified private activities.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-06-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1343
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Charitable contributions
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Charities Helping Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act 

of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify several tax provisions affecting charitable contributions and tax-exempt organizations. 
 
The Internal Revenue Service may determine the standard mileage rate for deducting the cost of using a passenger automobile for charitable purposes (currently set by statute at 14 cents per mile), and the rate may not be less than the rate for medical purposes (17 cents per mile for 2017). 
 
The bill modifies the substantiation requirements for charitable contributions to eliminate an exemption for contributions that are reported on a return filed by a tax-exempt organization.
 
Tax-exempt organizations must file their returns in electronic form.
 
The bill excludes from the gross income of an individual who is at least 70-1/2 years of age up to $100,000 in distributions from an individual retirement plan to a donor-advised fund (DAF). The bill also modifies disclosure requirements for DAFs. 
 
(A DAF is a fund or account that is separately identified by reference to contributions of a donor or donors. The account is owned and controlled by a sponsoring charitable organization, while the donor retains advisory privileges with respect to the distribution and investment of funds in the account.) 
 
The bill reduces from 2% to 1% the excise tax on the investment income of private foundations and eliminates a provision that reduces the rate to 1% if a foundation meets certain distribution requirements. 
 
The bill exempts certain philanthropic business holdings from the tax on excess business holdings of private foundations if a foundation meets requirements for exclusive ownership, donating all profits to charity, and independent operation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Self-Sufficiency Act

Bill: 115-s-1344
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Family Self-Sufficiency Act

 
This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to revise the Family-Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program, an employment and savings incentive program for families that reside in public housing or have housing vouchers. Specifically, the bill: 
 
 
combines existing, separately operated FSS programs into a single program; 
 
extends program eligibility to tenants of certain privately owned properties subsidized with project-based rental assistance; 
 
revises program requirements related to eligibility, supportive services, and escrow deposits; and 
 
otherwise modifies the FSS program.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1345
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Evidence and witnesses
Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Transportation and Logistics Hiring Reform Act

 of 2017

 
This bill establishes a national hiring standard for motor carriers.
 
The bill defines an"entity" as a person acting as:
 
 
a shipper or a consignee; 
 
 a broker, a freight forwarder, or a household goods freight forwarder;
 
 a non-vessel-operating common carrier, an ocean freight forwarder, or an ocean transportation intermediary;
 
 an indirect air carrier authorized to operate under a Standard Security Program approved by the Transportation Security Administration; 
 
 a federally licensed customs broker;
 
an interchange motor carrier; or
 
 a warehouse. 

 
Before tendering a shipment, but not more than 35 days before the pickup of a shipment by the hired motor carrier, an entity shall verify that the carrier:
 
 
 is registered with and authorized by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to operate as a motor carrier or household goods motor carrier; 
 
 has the minimum insurance coverage required by federal law; 
 
 does not have an unsatisfactory safety rating issued by the FMCSA; and
 
has not otherwise been ordered by FMCSA to discontinue operations. 
 
 
Only evidence of an entity's compliance with this bill may be admitted as evidence in a civil action for damages resulting from a case or legal proceeding alleging an entity's selection or retention of a motor carrier was negligent. No other motor carrier data created or maintained by the FMCSA, including safety measurement system data or analysis of such data, may be admitted in such case or proceeding. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Servicemembers Online Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1346
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Military law
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Protecting Servicemembers Online Act of 2017

 
This bill subjects to a court-martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice a person who: 
 
 
knowingly broadcasts or distributes an identifiable visual image of another person who is at least 18 years old, who is engaged in a sexual act or exposes a private area, and who had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the depicted conduct; 
 
knows that the image was to remain private; 
 
knows that the depicted person has not consented to the broadcast or distribution; and 
 
broadcasts or distributes the image with the intent to harm, harass, intimidate, or coerce such person.
 
 
The broadcast or distribution by a person of his or her visual image to one other particular person shall not by itself constitute consent for such image's broadcast or distribution by that particular person to any other person. 
 
The bill also subjects to a court-martial a person who: 
 
 
intentionally engages in a course of conduct with the intent to cause harm through directing harassing communications at another specific person; and 
 
causes harm to such person or to such person's military unit by such communication.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
RxCAP Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1347
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Reducing Existing Costs Associated with Pharmaceuticals for Seniors Act of 2017 or the RxCAP Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to eliminate beneficiary cost-sharing above the Medicare prescription benefit's annual out-of-pocket threshold beginning in plan year 2018. Under current law, the Medicare prescription drug benefit provides coverage above that threshold only with cost-sharing in the form of either copayment or coinsurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1348
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: 

Stopping the Pharmaceutical Industry from Keeping Drugs Expensive (SPIKE) Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act to require manufacturers of drugs with specified percentage increases in their wholesale costs to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) written justification for certain increases in drug prices. The CMS shall publish each submission, together with an easily understandable summary, on its website. Certain proprietary information may be excluded from publication, as specified by the bill.
 
A manufacturer that does not comply with the bill's requirements shall be subject to civil monetary penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Leadership Recognition Act

Bill: 115-s-1349
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Military command and structure
Military personnel and dependents
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: 

Leadership Recognition Act

 
This bill makes the rate of monthly basic pay for the Senior Enlisted Advisors to the commanders of the combatant commands equivalent to the rate of monthly basic pay for the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
 
The Department of Defense (DOD) shall submit to Congress a report setting forth an assessment of the advisability of including additional senior enlisted members among the most senior enlisted members who are entitled to an elevated rate of military basic pay.
 
If DOD determines that the inclusion of any additional enlisted members or categories of enlisted members is advisable, the report shall specify such additions.
 
The bill modifies the President's authority to determine alternative pay adjustments in the annual basic pay of members of the uniformed services to limit such adjustments to national emergency conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate