hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
GIRLS STEM Act

Bill: 115-hr-5136
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Getting Involved in Researching, Learning, and Studying of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Act or the GIRLS STEM Act

 
This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a program to: (1) encourage the interest of female students in careers requiring science, mathematics, engineering, or technology (STEM) skills; and (2) prepare female students to pursue credentials needed to pursue a career in a STEM field. The Department of Education may provide grants to eligible local educational agencies to enable elementary and secondary schools to implement the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Buy America 2.0 Act

Bill: 115-hr-5137
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Buy American requirements
Infrastructure development
Metals
Railroads
Transportation programs funding
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Buy America 2.0 Act

 
This bill prohibits federal funding of a transportation or infrastructure project unless the steel, iron, and manufactured goods used for the project are produced in the United States, except where: (1) inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%.
 
The bill revises and expands Buy America provisions pertaining to public transportation, rail loan and loan guarantees, and aviation.
 
The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to apply in all fiscal years (currently, FY2017) the prohibition on the use of funds for a public water system project that does not use iron and steel products produced in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1496)
action_date: 2018-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2018-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2018-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2018-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2018-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5138
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Employee benefits and pensions
Family relationships
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Immunology and vaccination
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Marriage and family status
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Prescription drugs
Sports and recreation facilities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2018

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify various requirements for health savings accounts (HSAs). 
 
The bill allows:

 
 individuals participating in an HSA to receive or be eligible to receive specified items and services at onsite employee clinics and retail health clinics,
 
 individuals who are covered by a spouse's health flexible spending arrangement to contribute to an HSA,
 
 high deductible health plans that are required for an HSA to include coverage with no deductible for care and prescription medications related to the treatment of medically complex chronic conditions, and 
 
 HSAs to be used for certain sports and fitness expenses. 
 
 
The bill also: 
 
 
expands the definition of insurance that is permitted under an HSA to include insurance consisting of coverage for excepted benefits (Excepted benefits are not subject to certain requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.),
 
modifies the definition of a dependent to include a child who has not attained the age of 27, and 
 
 modifies the eligibility rules and other requirements for individuals who also participate in health flexible spending arrangements or health reimbursement arrangements. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Hire Our Heroes to Protect Our Schools Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5139
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Health personnel
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Hire Our Heroes to Protect Our Schools Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to revise and reauthorize through FY2024 the Secure Our Schools grant program. This grant program provides grants to states, local governments, and Indian tribes to improve security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
TARA Act

Bill: 115-hr-5140
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Minority health
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Tribal Addiction and Recovery Act of 2018 or the TARA Act

 
This bill amends the 21st Century Cures Act to give Indian tribes and tribal organizations access to the opioid grant program designated for the state response to the opioid crisis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Readable Legislation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5142
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Readable Legislation Act of 2018

 
This bill requires every bill or joint resolution that amends an existing section of any Act to do so by setting forth the entire section and showing the omissions and insertions proposed by appropriate typographical devices. A measure may not revise or amend any section of an Act by a mere reference to it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Searchable Legislation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5143
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [R-MI-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Searchable Legislation Act of 2018

 
This bill requires Congress to ensure that all congressional documents and all votes cast in Congress and congressional committees are created, transmitted, and published in searchable electronic formats, consistent with data standards recommended by such advisory bodies as Congress may establish.
 
The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate, acting jointly, shall establish the Congressional Data Task Force (an advisory body) to recommend data standards for the creation, transmission, and publication of information and congressional documents, including bills, resolutions, amendments, reports, laws, and records, in such formats for purposes of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Contracting Compliance Act

Bill: 115-hr-5144
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Contracting Compliance Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to submit to Congress an analysis of the contracting and related oversight activities of at least two agencies. The report shall include an assessment of the agencies' compliance practices and recommendations on how to strengthen compliance oversight. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Close Tax Loopholes That Outsource American Jobs Act

Bill: 115-hr-5145
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax deductions
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Close Tax Loopholes That Outsource American Jobs Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the tax deduction for a portion of a domestic corporation's foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1732-1733)
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
TECH Careers Act

Bill: 115-hr-5146
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Technical Education Creates High-Paying Careers Act of 2018 or the TECH Careers Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of Labor, to develop and implement an American Technical Training Grant Program awarding three-year grants of up to $5 million per fiscal year to institutions of higher education that offer career and technical education programs that can be completed in two years or less to support the establishment, redesign, or expansion of job training programs. Such programs shall enable economically disadvantaged students to enter into and advance along career pathways that lead to jobs in high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Securing America's Elections Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5147
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Securing America's Elections Act of 2018

 
This bill requires voting systems for federal elections to produce paper ballots that the voter may inspect and verify before the vote is cast and counted. The bill also (1) requires the paper ballot to be suitable for manual audits, (2) prescribes approved methods for such audits, and (3) directs the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission to report on the desirability of using open-source software in voting systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act

Bill: 115-hr-5148
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
Montana
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Protect Public Use of Public Lands Act

 
This bill releases the West Pioneer, Blue Joint, Sapphire, Middle Fork Judith, and Big Snowies wilderness study areas in Montana from further review for designation as wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1380)
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Unlocking Public Lands Act

Bill: 115-hr-5149
Sponsor: Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
Montana
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Unlocking Public Lands Act

 
This bill releases specified wilderness study areas in Montana as adequately studied for wilderness designation. Such lands shall be managed in accordance with land management plans adopted by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-03-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1380)
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5150
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Manufacturing
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

Protecting Medicare from Excessive Price Increases Act of 2018

 
This bill requires a drug manufacturer to pay a Medicare rebate on a single-source drug or biological in accordance with the extent to which the manufacturer's average sales price for the drug or biological increases faster than inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-01
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: 2018-03-01
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: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a grant program improving treatment for pregnant and postpartum women.

Bill: 115-hr-5151
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Home and outpatient care
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend through FY2023 a grant program for public and nonprofit private entities that provide residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women being treated for substance use disorders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a grant program for eligible nonprofit organizations to carry out positive psychology reconditioning programs for veterans.

Bill: 115-hr-5152
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Tax-exempt organizations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a grant program for eligible nonprofit organizations to carry out positive psychology reconditioning programs for veterans.
 
The VA may not require a grant recipient to maintain records on participating veterans or to report any personally identifying information to the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
USA Workforce Tax Credit Act

Bill: 115-hr-5153
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Income tax credits
Sales and excise taxes
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: 

USA Workforce Tax Credit Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tax credits for charitable contributions to certain nonprofit organizations with the exclusive purpose of providing: (1) workforce development and apprenticeship training, or (2) scholarships for elementary and secondary education expenses of students from households with income that does not exceed 200% of the median gross income. 
 
The bill limits the credits to specified amounts for individuals and corporations. It also: (1) imposes a tax on workforce development, apprenticeship training, and scholarship granting organizations that fail to distribute a specified portion of their receipts; and (2) establishes a $2 billion annual volume cap for the tax credits allowed under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Osmark Juan Bruemmer Gonzalez.

Bill: 115-hr-5154
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2018-03-01 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Provides for the relief of Osmark Juan Bruemmer Gonzalez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-01
text: Introduced in House