hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act

Bill: 115-hr-3438
Sponsor: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employee hiring
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients
 
Act

 
This bill requires a state participating in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to report to the Administration for Children and Families on specified indicators that measure the state's program performance levels.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Financial Institution Security Act

Bill: 115-hr-3439
Sponsor: Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international banking
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Financial Institution Security Act

 
This bill amends the USA PATRIOT Act to allow financial institutions to share information with one another regarding individuals, entities, organizations, and countries suspected of a broader range of unlawful activities. Under current law, such sharing is limited to information regarding terrorist acts or money laundering. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Reset Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3442
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Reset Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study to determine as of the date of enactment of this bill: (1) how many rules were in effect, (2) how many major rules were in effect, and (3) the total estimated economic cost imposed by all such rules. The GAO must report to Congress on such study within one year of the enactment of this bill. 
 
Once the GAO issues such report, the bill applies the Congressional Review Act to major rules that are in effect on this bill's enactment. Thus, Congress may nullify an existing rule through a joint resolution of disapproval that receives a majority vote in both chambers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and 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: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Birth Control Privacy Act

Bill: 115-hr-3443
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Birth Control Privacy Act

 This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to prohibit wellness programs from sharing with employers personally identifiable information related to employees' use of contraceptives.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
RBI Act

Bill: 115-hr-3446
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Economic performance and conditions
Government liability
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2017 or the RBI Act

 
This bill grants antitrust immunity to state occupational licensing boards in states that satisfy occupational licensing law requirements, including: (1) requiring a board's actions to be authorized by a non-frivolous interpretation of the state's occupational licensing laws; and (2) using less restrictive alternatives to occupational licensing to address threats to public health, safety, or welfare. Such states must also establish an office to supervise boards or provide for judicial review of occupational licensing laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
FACTS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3447
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Furthering Access to Coordinated Treatment for Seniors Act of 2017 or the FACTS Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to allow Medicare prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors to access certain Medicare claims data. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must establish a process for PDP sponsors to request, beginning in plan year 2020, standardized extracts of claims data for Medicare hospital and medical services. 
 
PDP sponsors may use such data: (1) to optimize therapeutic outcomes through improved medication use, (2) to improve care coordination so as to prevent adverse health outcomes, or (3) for any other purpose determined appropriate by the CMS. PDP sponsors may not, however, use such data: (1) to inform coverage determinations; (2) to conduct retroactive reviews of medically accepted indications determinations; (3) to direct enrollment changes; (4) to inform marketing of benefits; or (5) for certain other purposes affecting the security of personal health information, as determined by the CMS. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Classified Information Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3448
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Classified Information Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for an authorized person to knowingly and willingly disclose (or attempt to disclose) classified information to an unauthorized person, knowing that the person is unauthorized to access such classified information.
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to three years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act

Bill: 115-hr-3449
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Lease and rental services
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Used Car Safety Recall Repair Act

 
This bill prohibits a dealer from selling or leasing a used passenger motor vehicle until a defect of the motor vehicle or motor vehicle equipment or noncompliance with a federal motor vehicle safety standard has been remedied, except if: (1) the recall information regarding the vehicle was not available at the time of sale or lease nor on the manufacturer's website, or (2) notification of such defect or noncompliance is required, but enforcement of an order to notify of and remedy the defect or noncompliance is set aside in a civil action on a motion for change of venue.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Rates Act

Bill: 115-hr-3450
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Rates Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to declare that the review by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of unreasonable increases in health care coverage premiums does not prohibit a state from imposing on health insurers additional rate requirements that are more protective of consumers. The HHS review, which currently covers only premium increases, is expanded to include all rate increases.
 
HHS or the relevant state agency must ensure that any excessive, unjustified, or unfairly discriminatory rates are corrected before, or as soon as possible after, implementation, including through mechanisms such as denying rates, modifying rates, or requiring rebates to consumers. HHS may apply civil monetary penalties to health insurers that fail to comply with a corrective action taken by HHS and may make the plan involved ineligible for classification as a qualified health plan. (Qualified health plans are sold on health insurance exchanges, are the only plans eligible for premium subsidies, and fulfill an individual's requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage.) HHS must determine whether HHS or the state will undertake the corrective actions based on whether the state can adequately undertake the actions.
 
 This bill applies to health plans grandfathered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Creating Additional Residency Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-3451
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Creating Additional Residency Expansion Act or the CARE Act

 
This bill temporarily expands the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program by requiring the Health Resources and Services Administration to make payments to additional teaching health centers, with priority given to centers that are located in counties with high Medicaid enrollment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Relief for Recovering Communities Act

Bill: 115-hr-3452
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Public transit
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Relief for Recovering Communities Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to treat an area as an &quot;urbanized area&quot; following a major disaster under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act until the second decennial census conducted after such disaster if:
 
 
 the population of the area fell below 50,000 as a result of such disaster; 
 
 the area was defined and designated as such by the Department of Commerce in the decennial census immediately preceding such disaster, beginning with the 2000 decennial census; and 
 
 the area was not so defined and designated in the decennial census immediately following such disaster. 
 
 
An area treated as an urbanized area shall be assigned the population and square miles of the urban cluster with respect to the area designated by Commerce in the most recent decennial census. This designation as an urbanized area permits an application for federal transit funding based upon population levels in the area prior to the major disaster. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Tax Relief for Artists Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3453
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Music
Performing arts
Sound recording
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Tax Relief for Artists Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a standard deduction for the trade and business expenses of artists. The deduction is limited to the lesser of: (1) $2,500, or (2) the gross income of the taxpayer derived from one or more artistic trades or businesses carried on by the taxpayer (or, if less, taxable income). 
 
To be eligible for the deduction, a taxpayer must have: (1) household income for the taxable year that does not exceed 250% of the poverty line for a family of the size involved, and (2) gross income derived from one or more artistic trades or businesses carried on by the taxpayer. 
 
An &quot;artistic trade or business&quot; is any trade or business in the literary, graphic design, film, visual, media, musical, theatre, recording, or dance arts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Southeast Crescent Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3454
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Alabama
Arizona
California
Economic development
Florida
Georgia
Infrastructure development
Maine
Mississippi
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York State
North Carolina
Regional and metropolitan planning
South Carolina
Texas
Vermont
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Southeast Crescent Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, the Southwest Border Regional Commission, and the Northern Border Regional Commission. These commissions support regional economic development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2017-07-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1076)
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act

Bill: 115-hr-3455
Sponsor: Rep. Abraham, Ralph Lee [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural equipment and machinery
Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Fairness for Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the five-year recovery period for the depreciation of certain farming business machinery and equipment by eliminating the requirement that the property be placed in service before 2010; and (2) expand the machinery and equipment that qualifies as five-year property to include a grain bin, cotton ginning asset, or fence used in a farming business. The original use of the five-year property must commence with the taxpayer after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Military Care Package Program Act

Bill: 115-hr-3456
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Defense spending
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Military Care Package Program Act

 
This bill requires a military care package mailed by a family member to a member of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation and addressed to a postal facility located at an Armed Forces installation to be carried at no cost to the sender. 
 
 The Department of Defense shall reimburse the U.S. Postal Service for carrying out this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct an evaluation on the extent to which the Medicare and Medicaid programs provide reasonable accommodations to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.

Bill: 115-hr-3457
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress on the extent to which reasonable accommodations, as required under federal law, are provided under the Medicare and Medicaid programs to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
MICRO Act

Bill: 115-hr-3458
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Licensing and registrations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: 

Make Identifiable Criminal Rounds Obvious Act or the MICRO Act 

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to require that certain semiautomatic pistols manufactured, imported, or sold by federal firearms licensees be capable of microstamping ammunition. A pistol is capable of microstamping if it can copy certain characters identifying the make, model, and serial number of the firearm onto the cartridge case of the ammunition. This rule only applies to semiautomatic pistols manufactured or imported into the United States after the date of enactment of this bill. 
 
The bill establishes fines for violation of the microstamping requirement. 
 
It shall also be unlawful to alter the microstamping capability of a firearm that has been transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Violators of this prohibition are subject to fines and suspension or revocation of any firearms license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Introduced in House