hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Protecting JOBs Act

Bill: 115-hr-6156
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Health personnel
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 

Protecting Job Opportunities for Borrowers Act or the Protecting JOBs Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to prohibit states from suspending, revoking, or denying driver's licenses, teaching licenses, or professional licenses based solely on individuals' default or delinquency on student loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6158
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 

Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2018

 
This bill excludes affiliates and subsidiaries of an insured depository institution from certain limitations applicable to brokered deposits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 848.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1096.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1096.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 17.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a study about the impact of electronic logging devices and report the findings to Congress.

Bill: 115-hr-6159
Sponsor: Rep. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Business records
Government studies and investigations
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 
 This bill requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a study to determine how many employees who must comply with the electronic logging device requirements have ceased being operators of a commercial motor vehicle as a result of such requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive fees for Purple Heart recipients serving on active duty for loans guaranteed under the home loan program of Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 115-hr-6161
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 
This bill waives loan fees for active duty Purple Heart recipients under the Department of Veterans Affairs home loan program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to exempt certain small entities dealing in foreign exchange that serve small- and medium-sized businesses from certain capital and margin requirements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6162
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
International monetary system and foreign exchange

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 
This bill amends the Commodity Exchange Act to exempt certain money transmitters from specified capital and margin requirements that otherwise apply to counterparty swaps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to reform the Consumer Financial Civil Penalty Fund and to prohibit the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection from serving as the administrator of redress payments, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6163
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to modify the uses of civil penalties assessed under federal consumer financial laws. Specifically, amounts shall be paid to individuals who first notified the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau of violations, and excess funds must be returned to the Treasury (under current law, amounts are available as payments to victims of violations).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the National Endowment for the Arts to make grants for housing.

Bill: 115-hr-6164
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Housing and community development funding
Humanities programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 
This bill prohibits the National Endowment for the Arts from using any funds to make grants for housing, including for housing artists. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
COMBAT Act

Bill: 115-hr-6165
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Military medicine
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 

Combating Opioid Misuse Before Addiction for our Troops Act or the COMBAT Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to impose restrictions on opioid prescriptions provided under its pharmacy benefits program, including by limiting a first prescription to a seven-day supply. The bill provides exceptions for patients with certain conditions such as cancer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Solar VETS Act

Bill: 115-hr-6166
Sponsor: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 

Solar Vocational Education and Training for our Servicemembers Act or the Solar VETS Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE), in collaboration with the Department of Defense, to develop a training course for careers in solar-related occupations to be (1) made available at military installations and to eligible members of the Armed Forces, and (2) administered by institutions of higher education pursuant to an agreement with DOE.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-06-20
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: 2018-06-20
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: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5707 South Cass Avenue in Westmont, Illinois, as the "James William Robinson Jr. Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-6167
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Illinois
Military personnel and dependents
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5707 South Cass Avenue in Westmont, Illinois, as the "James William Robinson Jr. Memorial Post Office Building."
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5707 South Cass Avenue in Westmont, Illinois, as the "James William Robinson Jr. Memorial Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-365.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Became Public Law No: 115-365.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7897)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H10081)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H10081)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H10081)
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Committee on Oversight and Government discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: Mr. Mitchell asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 115-365
Aviation-Impacted Communities Act

Bill: 115-hr-6168
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Educational facilities and institutions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Housing and community development funding
Noise pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 

Aviation-Impacted Communities Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct outreach to community leaders of aviation-impacted communities to inform them of the opportunity to be a designated community. An &quot;aviation-impacted community&quot; is a community that is located not more than one mile from any point at which a commercial or cargo jet route is 3,000 feet or less above ground level. 
 
The FAA must devise an action plan that alleviates or addresses the concerns of a designated community. It may also make grants for necessary noise mitigation in a designated community for residences, hospitals, nursing homes, and schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Housing Assistance Act

Bill: 115-hr-6169
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 

Disaster Housing Assistance Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a temporary program that provides long-term rental housing assistance to eligible families affected by a major disaster during 2017, including with respect to Hurricane Maria.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress by January 20, 2020, on results of the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act

Bill: 115-hr-6170
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Economic development
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Indian social and development programs
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 

Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act

 
This bill provides economic development assistance to Native communities, including by establishing a Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Coast Guard to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel Oliver Hazard Perry, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6171
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2018-06-20 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: 
This bill authorizes the Coast Guard to issue a certificate of documentation with a coastwise endorsement for the vessel 
Oliver Hazard Perry
 (United States official number 1257224).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Introduced in House
Reunite Children With Their Parents Act

Bill: 115-hr-6172
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Reunite Children With Their Parents Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to reunite an alien who entered the United States with the alien's minor child (under the age of 18) who was separated from the child pending prosecution for improper entry or the adjudication of an asylum application. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to clarify the standards for family detention, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-6173
Sponsor: Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Family relationships
Immigrant health and welfare
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 
This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide that the detention of any alien child who is not an unaccompanied alien child shall be governed by provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to visa waiver program temporary nonimmigrant tourists. There is no presumption that an alien child who is not an unaccompanied alien child should not be detained, and all such determinations shall be in the discretion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 
 
DHS may not release an alien minor who is not an unaccompanied alien child to any individual other than a parent or legal guardian.
 
DHS shall detain aliens charged with an improper entry misdemeanor with their children under the age of 18 while the charges are pending.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
NEWBORN Act

Bill: 115-hr-6174
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Nationally Enhancing the Wellbeing of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act or the NEWBORN Act

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to support pilot programs that address infant mortality. Specifically, grants must be awarded to local and tribal health departments in areas with the highest rates of infant mortality to establish pilot programs that address specified issues, including birth defects, premature births, and sudden infant death syndrome. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E882-883)
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Maritime Safety Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6175
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Civil actions and liability
Coast guard
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Emergency communications systems
Employee performance
Employment and training programs
Evidence and witnesses
Government studies and investigations
Marine and inland water transportation
Performance measurement
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 

Maritime Safety Act of 2018

 
This bill addresses the following to enhance maritime safety: (1) domestic vessel compliance with applicable vessels and seamen requirements, (2) safety management systems, (3) equipment requirements, (4) voyage data recorder requirements, (5) survival and locating equipment, (6) training of Coast Guard personnel, (7) flag-state guidance and supplements for documented freight vessels, (8) marine safety strategy and marine safety implementation status, (9) oversight of recognized organizations that act of behalf of the Coast Guard, and (10) timely weather forecasts. 
 
The major marine casualty property damage threshold is increased to $2 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 798.
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-1019.
action_date: 2018-11-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 115-1019.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-27
text: Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to update statutory references to certain provisions classified to title 2, United States Code, title 50, United States Code, and title 52, United States Code.

Bill: 115-hr-6176
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2018-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: 
This bill makes technical amendments to various titles of the U.S. Code.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-06-21
text: Introduced in House