hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act

Bill: 115-hr-977
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Special education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Put School Counselors Where They're Needed Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Department of Education to implement a demonstration project providing competitive, 4-year grants to at least 10 secondary schools that have a 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of 60% or lower, for the provision of additional school counselors and counselor resources.
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that grantees should provide one additional counselor for every 250 students at risk.
 
The additional school counselors must serve primarily students identified as being at risk of not graduating in four years.
 
Grantees that demonstrate progress in improving their graduation rates are eligible for subsequent grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Regulatory Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-978
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Regulatory Improvement Act of
 
2017

 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch the Regulatory Improvement Commission to make recommendations and propose legislation for modification, consolidation, or repeal of regulations that have been finalized not later than 10 years before the establishment of the commission for the purpose of reducing compliance costs, encouraging growth and innovation, improving competitiveness, and protecting public safety.
 
 The commission must give priority to such regulations that: (1) impose disproportionately high costs on a small entity, (2) create substantial recurring paperwork burdens or transaction costs, or (3) could be made more effective while reducing regulatory costs.
 
The bill sets forth reporting requirements for the commission and procedures for congressional consideration of commission reports, recommendations, and proposed legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-979
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Canada
Immigration status and procedures
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Promoting Tourism to Enhance our Economy Act of 2017

 
 This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to admit into the United States as a visitor for pleasure a qualifying Canadian citizen over 55 years old and his or her spouse (who is not required to be over 55 years old) for a period not to exceed 240 days if the person: (1) maintains a Canadian residence and owns a U.S. residence or has rented a U.S. accommodation for the duration of such stay, and (2) is not inadmissible or described in any ground of deportability.
 
Such person may not: (1) engage in employment or labor for hire in the United States, or (2) seek any form of assistance or benefit under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
VA Employee Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-980
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Labor-management relations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

VA Employee Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill repeals provisions excluding any matter or question concerning professional conduct or competence, peer review, or the establishment, determination, or adjustment of employee compensation from the applicability of collective bargaining rights for Veterans Health Administration employees.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Indian Health Service Hiring Freeze Exemption Act

Bill: 115-hr-981
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Indian social and development programs
Minority health
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Indian Health Service Hiring Freeze Exemption Act

 This bill exempts the Indian Health Service from any action by the President to prevent federal agencies from creating or filling civilian employee positions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
TREAT Act

Bill: 115-hr-982
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

The Reforming and Expanding Access to Treatment Act or the TREAT Act

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow federal payment for qualified substance use disorder services furnished to inmates in public institutions under state Medicaid programs. "Qualified substance use disorder services" include medication or behavioral treatment administered to eliminate, mitigate, treat, or cure an individual's substance abuse disorder or use or abuse of drugs.
 
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall not establish, maintain, or implement any policy that restricts its statutorily authorized provision or support of substance abuse treatment for incarcerated individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Resource Management Practices Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-983
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Firearms and explosives
Fires
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Resource Management Practices Protection Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to bar prosecution in cases involving damage to or destruction of federal property by fire if:
 
 
the fire is set by a person to his or her own property, either to prevent an imminent threat or as part of a generally accepted resource management practice;
 
the fire does not pose a serious threat of injury to an individual or damage to federal property, and it does not result in death or serious bodily injury; and
 
no individual under 16 years of age is used in setting the fire. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-986
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Labor and Employment
Labor-management relations
Minority employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: 

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to exclude Native American tribes and tribal enterprises and institutions on tribal land from requirements for employers under the NLRA. (Currently under the NLRA, employers may not engage in unfair labor practices and must allow employees to form unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action.)
 

action_date: 2017-09-25
text: 

Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to exclude Native American tribes and tribal enterprises and institutions on tribal land from requirements for employers under the NLRA. (Currently under the NLRA, employers may not engage in unfair labor practices and must allow employees to form unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action.)
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 234.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 115-324.
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 115-324.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
action_date: 2017-06-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-03-29
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
RAISE Act

Bill: 115-hr-987
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: 

Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or the RAISE Act

 
 This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To provide for a study by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies on the impact of diverting certain freight rail traffic to avoid urban areas, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-988
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to make appropriate arrangements with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies to study the cost and impact of rerouting freight rail traffic of hazardous material to avoid its transportation through urban areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To exempt certain Department of Defense civilian positions from any furlough as a result of a lapse in discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-989
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: 
This bill exempts Department of Defense (DOD) civilian positions with salaries paid out of a working-capital fund from any furlough order issued as a result of a lapse in discretionary appropriations for DOD.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit any hiring freeze from affecting Department of Defense civilian positions in facilities that perform depot maintenance or are designated as a center for industrial and technical excellence, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-990
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2017-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Defense spending
Department of Defense
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: 
This bill declares that any presidential action to prevent a federal agency from filling or creating federal civilian employee positions shall have no force or effect with respect to any Department of Defense civilian position at, or in support of, any facility: (1) at which depot-level maintenance and repair is carried out, or (2) designated as a center for industrial and technical excellence.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-991
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2017-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: 

Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2017
 
 This bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States who are age 62 or older. 
 The bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the use of such index to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits; and (2) provide, in the case of individuals who have attained age 62, for an annual cost-of-living increase of at least 3%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-992
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: 

Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse or addiction. States must use these grants to provide up to 60 consecutive days of services to individuals who otherwise would not have access to substance abuse services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-993
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2017-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: 

Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states to develop a peer review process to identify and investigate questionable or inappropriate prescribing and dispensing patterns of drugs classified as schedule II or III under the Controlled Substances Act, which are drugs with an accepted medical use that have the potential to be abused and addictive.
 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require HHS to establish grant programs to: (1) facilitate training to increase the capacity of health care providers to screen and treat patients to prevent drug abuse, and (2) develop continuing education criteria that allow health profession boards or state agencies to certify appropriate education for safe prescribing of schedule II or III drugs. The Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to evaluate the prospect of state health professions boards expanding the authority of providers to prescribe drugs to treat drug abuse.
 
The Drug Enforcement Administration must request that practitioners registered to dispense controlled substances screen patients for potential drug abuse before prescribing a schedule II or III drug.
 
The Food and Drug Administration must consider whether naloxone (a prescription drug used to rapidly reverse an overdose of heroin or other opioids, which are drugs with effects similar to opium) should be available without a prescription.
 
HHS must convene or coordinate with an interagency working group to encourage states and local governments to increase opportunities for disposal of opiates (drugs derived from opium) and to reduce opportunities for abuse of opiates.
 The Government Accountability Office must review federal opioid abuse activities and make recommendations to reduce opioid abuse and overdoses.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-02-09
text: Introduced in House