hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5038
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act of 2018

 
This bill makes reserve component members who are deployed to support pre-planned operations of a combatant command eligible for: (1) non-reduction in pay while serving in the uniformed services or National Guard, (2) consideration of active duty service to reduce the age for retired pay ; and (3) the high-deployment allowance for lengthy or numerous deployments and frequent mobilizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
National Airmail Museum Act

Bill: 115-hr-5039
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Indiana
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

National Airmail Museum Act

 
This bill designates the airmail museum located at Smith Field in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as the &quot;National Airmail Museum.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act

Bill: 115-hr-5042
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Buy American requirements
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee hiring
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Industrial facilities
Labor standards
Manufacturing
Metals
Oil and gas
Public-private cooperation
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a Financing Energy Efficient Manufacturing Program that provides grants for projects that: (1) improve the energy efficiency of small- or medium-sized manufacturers that employ no more than 750 employees, and (2) develop technologies to reduce electricity or natural gas use by the manufacturers.
 
The bill establishes labor requirements for projects that receive grant funding under this bill. In addition, the bill establishes a requirement that grant projects only use iron and steel products that are produced in the United States, unless DOE grants a waiver of the requirement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Fresh Start Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5043
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Fresh Start Act of 

2018

 
This bill establishes a process to expunge records related to certain nonviolent criminal offenses.
 
It defines the nonviolent offenses eligible for expungement; it establishes qualifications for an eligible offender; and it sets forth procedures for filing an expungement petition.
 
The bill increases by 5% the allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program for a state that implements expungement procedures substantially similar to this bill. It decreases by 5% the JAG allocation for a state that fails to enact substantially similar expungement procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E193-194)
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
STOP Homelessness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5045
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government trust funds
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Services, Tools, and Opportunities to Prevent Homelessness Act of 2018 or the STOP Homelessness Act of 2018

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) establish the Stop Homelessness Fund for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to use to provide housing and services to homeless and formerly homeless individuals; (2) allow individual taxpayers to designate on their tax returns a portion (not less than $1) of any overpayment of tax or an additional contribution for the fund; (3) provide appropriations to the fund equal to twice the amount that is designated and contributed by taxpayers to the fund; and (4) require HUD to include in the President's budget, beginning with FY2019, a description of the uses of the fund during the previous fiscal year and the proposed uses for the next fiscal year.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5046
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Humanities programs funding
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits the use of any funds that are made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities to carry out the functions, programs, and activities of such endowment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
VA Community Care Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-5047
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cancer
Comprehensive health care
Dental care
Department of Veterans Affairs
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical education
Mental health
Public-private cooperation
Sex and reproductive health
Sexually transmitted diseases
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

VA Community Care Enhancement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a demonstration program under which the VA shall furnish certain medical services through community care collaborative arrangements between VA medical centers and federally qualified health centers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Nutrient Management Technical Service Provider Certification Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5048
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Nutrient Management Technical Service Provider Certification Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to provide alternative certification methods for third-party technical service providers (TSPs). (TSPs provide technical expertise to agricultural producers on behalf of the Department of Agriculture [USDA] Natural Resource Conservation Service to assist in planning and implementing conservation measures.) 
 
USDA must approve certain professional certifications that meet or exceed national criteria and were established by: 
 
 
 the USDA, 
 
 an agriculture-related retailer, 
 
 a farmer cooperative, 
 
 the American Society of Agronomy, or 
 
 the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants. 
 
 
A qualified certification includes a certifications as: 
 
 
 a Certified Crop Advisor by the American Society for Agronomy, 
 
 a Certified Professional Agronomist by the American Society for Agronomy, and 
 
 a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Specialist by USDA. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Facilitating Veterans' Education Act

Bill: 115-hr-5049
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Facilitating Veterans' Education Act 

 
This bill requires that at the same time a military department issues a certificate of release or discharge to a member of the Armed Forces who is being discharged or released from active duty, the department shall provide to such member a copy of the joint services transcript of the member, or a successor transcript. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E197)
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Sensible Enforcement of Cannabis Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5050
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Sensible Enforcement of Cannabis Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from prosecuting marijuana-related conduct that is authorized by state law, subject to specified exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E193)
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Public Company Registration Threshold Act

Bill: 115-hr-5051
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Business records
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Public Company Registration Threshold Act 

 
This bill revises the shareholder and assets thresholds at which registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission is required.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 686.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-888.
action_date: 2018-08-03
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-888.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 26.
action_date: 2018-03-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5052
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018

 
This bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to develop staffing plans for nursing services in accordance with specified criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-15
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: 2018-02-15
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: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Coding Technology Improvements Act

Bill: 115-hr-5053
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Coding Technology Improvements Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) program to include grants that support innovative technology partnerships. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5054
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Small Company Disclosure Simplification Act of 2018

 
This bill exempts from requirements to use Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) for Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings: (1) emerging growth companies (in general, newly public companies with revenues below a specified threshold); and (2) on a temporary basis, certain other smaller companies. 
 
The SEC must conduct an analysis of the costs and benefits of XBRL requirements with respect to such companies.
 
The SEC must report to Congress on the results of its analysis and other specified issues related to XBRL usage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 846.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1094.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1094.
action_date: 2018-06-07
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 23.
action_date: 2018-06-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Acequia Conservation Program Eligibility Act

Bill: 115-hr-5055
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Forests, forestry, trees
Navigation, waterways, harbors
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Acequia Conservation Program Eligibility Act 

 
This bill amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to make acequias eligible for assistance under several Department of Agriculture conservation programs. An &quot;acequia&quot; is a political subdivision of a state that is organized to manage the operation of an irrigation ditch and does not have the power to impose taxes or levies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Confederate Commemorative Works Inventory and Joint Resource Study Act

Bill: 115-hr-5056
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2018-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Commemorative events and holidays
Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Military facilities and property
Monuments and memorials
National symbols
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: 

Confederate Commemorative Works Inventory and Joint Resource Study Act

 
This bill directs the Departments of the Interior, Defense, and Veterans Affairs to each conduct a full inventory of specified Confederate commemorative works, including flags and other symbols or signage, on the public lands under their jurisdiction. 
 
Using such inventories, the National Park Service shall conduct a special resource study to examine the works commemorating and interpreting the Civil War and commemorating, with respect to such war, the soldiers, people on the home front and battle lines, and related locations in the United States from 1861-1865. Among contents required to be identified by the study are historical assessments of each work, the suitability and feasibility of retaining works, identification of properties that could meet the criteria for designation as national historic sites, and an evaluation of historical research.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2018-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-15
text: Introduced in House