hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Taxpayer Penalty Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7300
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Taxpayer Penalty Protection Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a safe harbor to reduce the amount of estimated income tax that certain taxpayers are required to pay for 2018.
 
(Under current law, a penalty applies if taxpayers do not use either withholding or estimated tax payments to make a required annual payment before the end of the year. The required payment is the lesser of 90% of the tax for the taxable year or a specified percentage of the preceding year's tax.) 
 
For 2018, the bill reduces the percentage of the preceding year's tax from 100% to 80%. For taxpayers with adjusted gross incomes for the preceding year that exceed $150,000, the bill reduces the percentage from 110% to 100%.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Physician Education for Fistula Treatment Act

Bill: 115-hr-7301
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Family planning and birth control
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical education
Sex and reproductive health
Surgery and anesthesia
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Physician Education for Fistula Treatment Act

 
This bill authorizes the John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, to support training programs for obstetrician-gynecologists and sub-specialists in urogynecology in least developed countries; the center must also develop a strategy to address physician shortages in such countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
PRIDE Act

Bill: 115-hr-7302
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Language arts
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Providing Resources to Improve Dual Language Education Act of 2018 or the PRIDE Act
 
 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award up to five grants to partnerships of local educational agencies, early childhood education programs, and technical assistance providers for the implementation of dual language demonstration programs designed to enhance and assess the biliteracy and bilingualism skills of low-income minority and limited English proficient children from preschool through grade five.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act

Bill: 115-hr-7303
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Marketing and advertising
School administration
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act

 
 This bill amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to prohibit an institution of higher education or postsecondary educational institution from using revenues derived from federal educational assistance funds for recruiting or marketing activities.
 
Federal educational assistance funds include federal student aid under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, education benefits for military personnel and veterans, and grants for workforce development programs.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Border Wall Bonds, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7304
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Government trust funds
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to issue bonds known as Border Wall Bonds to finance the construction of a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States. 
 
The bill establishes the Border Wall Trust Fund in the Treasury and provides appropriations to the fund equal to the revenues derived from the sale and issuance of the Border Wall Bonds. The amounts in the trust fund are only available for expenditures to build a physical barrier along the southern border of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7305
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2018

 
This bill specifies that Medicare coverage of manual wheelchairs does not include certain excess expenses associated with the use of titanium construction materials in the wheelchair base.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-12-13
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: 2018-12-13
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: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Democracy Dollars Act

Bill: 115-hr-7306
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cancer
Charitable contributions
Child health
Congressional elections
Digital media
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Medical research
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Democracy Dollars Act

 
This bill establishes the Democracy Fund Commission to operate a Democracy Dollars Program under which individuals eligible to vote may direct payments to (1) candidates for federal office who meet specified donor thresholds, or (2) eligible political committees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Ronald V. Dellums Memorial Fellowship for Women of Color in STEAM and National Security Act

Bill: 115-hr-7307
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Minority education
Science and engineering education
Student aid and college costs
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Ronald V. Dellums Memorial Fellowship for Women of Color in STEAM and National Security Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to establish a program that provides scholarships and internships to underrepresented students who have high potential talent in science, technology, engineering, arts, or mathematics in exchange for those students working in the federal government upon graduation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2018-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H10190-10191)
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Increased Transparency in 501(c)(4) Organizations Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7308
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Freedom of information
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Increased Transparency in 501(c)(4) Organizations Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to require tax-exempt organizations to make available for public inspection notifications that must be submitted to the Internal Revenue Service regarding the intent to operate under section 501(c)(4) of the IRC. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1671)
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Every Word We Utter Monument to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7309
Sponsor: Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Voting rights
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 
This bill authorizes the establishment on federal land in the District of Columbia of the Every Word We Utter Monument in commemoration of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States and units of local government to deploy and implement gunfire detection and location technology, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7310
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to establish a grant program for state and local governments to deploy and implement gunfire detection and location technology. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
S.T.O.R.A.G.E. Act

Bill: 115-hr-7311
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Public utilities and utility rates
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Storage Technology for Operational Readiness and Generating Energy Act or the
 
S.T.O.R.A.G.E. Act

 
This bill amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to add energy storage systems to the list of strategies states should consider when developing energy plans and using its utility ratemaking authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Battery Storage Innovation Act

Bill: 115-hr-7312
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Battery Storage Innovation Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expand the categories of projects that are eligible for innovative technology loan guarantees to include a category of projects for battery storage technologies for residential, industrial, or transportation applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7313
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Public utilities and utility rates
Research administration and funding
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Advancing Grid Storage Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish certain energy storage programs.
 
DOE must carry out, within the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, a program for the research of energy storage systems (systems or strategies that improve the ability to shift the dispatch of energy in time, across multiple timescales).
 
DOE must carry out a loan program for: (1) the demonstration and deployment of energy storage systems in a specific project, and (2) programs that finance the demonstration and deployment of multiple energy storage systems through a financial assistance program. Loans may only be used to fund programs relating to the demonstration and deployment of energy storage systems in households, businesses, and communities. 
 
DOE must carry out a technical assistance and grant program for: (1) disseminating information and providing technical assistance directly to nonprofit or for-profit entities so those entities can identify, evaluate, plan, and design energy storage systems; and (2) making grants to those entities so that they may contract to obtain technical assistance to identify, evaluate, plan, and design energy storage systems. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-7314
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Guatemala
Judicial procedure and administration
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Sanctions
Visas and passports
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Guatemala Rule of Law Accountability Act

 
This bill directs the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons that are responsible for, or have facilitated, corruption or narcotics trafficking relating to the government of Guatemala. It also directs the Department of State to issue regulations establishing that certain aid provided to the government of Guatemala may be recovered if used for purposes other than those for which it was provided. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting American Communities from Wildfire Act

Bill: 115-hr-7315
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Protecting American Communities from Wildfire Act

 
This bill 
 
 
sets forth categorical exclusions of specified forest management activities from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement, 
 
gives the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management direct authority to carry out activities to reduce hazardous fuels and risk for loss of human life and property within the wildland-urban interface, 
 
requires (currently authorizes) the Department of Agriculture to cooperate with state foresters and equivalent state officials for certain forest management and wildfire prevention purposes, 
 
modifies the Community and Private Land Fire Assistance Program, and 
 
makes permanent the authorization for such cooperative purposes and program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in House
To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7316
Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2018-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Arctic and polar regions
Coast guard
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Military education and training
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: 
This bill modifies member representation requirements of the National Offshore Safety Advisory Committee, including to require that one member must represent entities engaged in offshore oil exploration and production on the Outer Continental Shelf adjacent to Alaska. (The committee advises the U.S. Coast Guard on matters relating to the exploration of offshore mineral and energy resources.)
 
The bill renews for 2019 temporary early retirement authority for certain Coast Guard personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Introduced in House