hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4314
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2017-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: 

No Pensions for Corrupt Politicians Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress who have been convicted of certain felonies from receiving pension payments between the date of sentencing and the date of final conviction for the offense (i.e., after all appeals have been exhausted). (Under current law, Members of Congress who have been convicted of such an offense may continue receiving pension payments until there is a final conviction.)
 
If such a conviction is overturned on appeal, the Members may continue receiving their pensions as normal and are also eligible to retroactively receive the pension payments that were denied under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4315
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2017-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Low- and moderate-income housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: 
 
Wounded Warrior Housing Reform Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937, with respect to the determination of income of each member of a household applying for or receiving low-income rental assistance, to exclude from the income of an Armed Forces veteran (1) service-connected disability compensation, and (2) a pension paid to a veteran age 65 or older. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4316
Sponsor: Rep. Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1]
Introduced: 2017-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business education
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Farmland
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Small business
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: 

Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2017

 
 This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to authorize additional assistance for beginning farmers and ranchers. The bill modifies USDA programs that address conservation, credit, rural development, research and education, and crop insurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project Licensing Act

Bill: 115-hr-4317
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-11-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Lakes and rivers
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: 

Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project Licensing Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), upon request, to issue a stay of the statutory deadline by which construction must commence on the Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project located in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. (The City of Saxman, Alaska, was granted a construction license for the Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project on January 22, 1998.)
 
Additionally, upon request, FERC must reinstate the construction license and make it effective as of the date the stay is lifted.
 
FERC may reinstate the construction license if it is expired. 
 
Subject to certain conditions, FERC may extend for up to six years the statutory deadline by which construction must commence on the project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-08
text: Introduced in House
Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4319
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
Small business
Transportation programs funding
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Fairness to Veterans for Infrastructure Investment Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) to revise the requirement that 10% of the award of contracts for federal-aid highway, federal public transportation, and highway safety research and development programs be set-aside for small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. This set-aside must include veteran-owned small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Hear our Heroes Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4320
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Hear Our Heroes Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for veterans with permanent hearing loss, tinnitus, or both, who served on active duty in combat or in a military occupational specialty in which they were exposed to a high level of acoustic trauma. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4321
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Blast Exposure Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes a Department of Veterans Affairs' presumption of service-connection for a veteran's injury or illness associated with a blast exposure during active military, naval, or air service in spite of there being no record of the injury or illness during a period of service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Home for the Brave Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4322
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Disability assistance
Low- and moderate-income housing
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Home for the Brave Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to exclude veterans' service-connected disability or death benefits from income for purposes of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's assisted-housing programs determinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Access to Military Service Records Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4325
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Access to Military Service Records Act of 2017

 
This bill limits to the cost of mailing the fee that the National Archives and Records Administration may charge a veteran (or, if such individual is deceased, the individual's next of kin or immediate family) who requests his or her military service record.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 West North Street in Normal, Illinois, as the "Sgt. Josh Rodgers Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-4326
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Illinois
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1211 Towanda Avenue in Bloomington, Illinois, as the "Sgt. Josh Rodgers Post Office."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 West North Street in Normal, Illinois, as the "Sgt. Josh Rodgers Post Office."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-351.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-351.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7528)
action_date: 2018-12-03
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9726)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9726)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9726)
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Mr. Comer asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-351
Current Employee Representation Act

Bill: 115-hr-4327
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Current Employee Representation Act

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow an employee or group of employees to petition for a union certification election: (1) if fewer than 50% of the current bargaining unit were unit members in the last certification election, or (2) no certification election was conducted for such unit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1544)
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Honoring World War I Memorials Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4328
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military history
Monuments and memorials
U.S. history
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Honoring World War I Memorials Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to make grants to rehabilitate World War I memorials. 
 
Grant priority shall be given to memorials listed on the National Register of Historic Places and then to memorials listed on a state register of historic places. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Klamath Infrastructure Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-4329
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
California
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Indian lands and resources rights
Oregon
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Klamath Infrastructure Improvement Act

 
This bill amends the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to authorize the Department of the Interior to carry out activities, including entering into contracts or making financial assistance available, to: (1) plan, implement, and administer programs to align water supplies and demand for irrigation water users associated with the Klamath Project (Bureau of Reclamation project in California and Oregon), with a primary emphasis on programs developed or endorsed by local entities comprised of representatives of those water users; (2) plan and implement activities and projects that avoid or mitigate environmental effects of irrigation activities or that restore habitats in the Klamath Basin watershed; and (3) limit the net delivered cost of power for covered power uses.
 
&quot;Covered power use&quot; means a use of power to develop or manage water from any source for irrigation, wildlife purposes, or drainage on land that is: (1) associated with the Klamath Project; or (2) irrigated by the class of users covered by the agreement dated April 30, 1956, between the California Oregon Power Company and Klamath Basin Water Users Protective Association and within the Off Project Area.
 
Interior must submit a report to Congress that identifies the power cost benchmark (the average net delivered cost of power for irrigation and drainage at reclamation projects in the area surrounding the Klamath Project that are similarly situated to the project). 
 
The replacement of the C Canal flume within the Klamath Project shall be considered to be, and shall receive the treatment authorized for, qualified emergency extraordinary operation and maintenance work in accordance with federal reclamation law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4330
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Cooling-Off Period Elimination Act of 2017

 
This bill makes a state or local law enforcement agency ineligible to receive federal funds under a Department of Justice law enforcement grant program if it has in effect a cooling-off period. A cooling-off period is a period of time following an officer-involved shooting during which investigators are prohibited from communicating with an officer involved in the shooting. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Police Accountability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4331
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

 

Police Accountability Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a new criminal offense for conduct by certain state and local law enforcement officers in the line of duty that constitutes murder or manslaughter. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Grand Jury Reform Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4332
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Evidence and witnesses
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Grand Jury Reform Act of 2017

 
This bill conditions a state or local government's receipt of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program on the state's compliance with certain requirements following an incident involving the use of deadly force by a local law enforcement officer that results in a person's death. 
 
Specifically, the governor must appoint a special prosecutor to present evidence before a judge to determine whether probable cause exists to criminally charge the law enforcement officer. The hearing must be open to the public. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
Lyme Disease Research Stamp Act

Bill: 115-hr-4333
Sponsor: Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2017-11-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Postal service
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: 

Lyme Disease Research Stamp Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a Lyme Disease Research Semipostal Stamp.
 
The proceeds from the sale of the stamp shall be transferred to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for funding Lyme disease and related tick-borne illness research, through payments which shall be made at least twice a year. 
 
 The stamp shall be made available to the public for at least six years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-11-09
text: Introduced in House