hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Default Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-422
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Members of Congress
Securities
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Default Prevention Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to continue to borrow to pay the principal and interest on certain obligations if the debt of the United States exceeds the statutory limit.
 
 If the debt limit is exceeded, Treasury must issue obligations solely for the payment of the principal and interest on debt held by the public or the Social Security trust funds. Obligations issued under this bill may not be used to compensate Members of Congress. 
 
If Treasury exercises authority provided by this bill, it must submit to Congress a report that includes an accounting of: (1) the principal on mature obligations and interest that is due or accrued, and (2) obligations issued under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-424
Sponsor: Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Judicial review and appeals
Mammals
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue two rules that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the gray wolf populations located in Wyoming and the western Great Lakes (all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio). In addition, this bill prohibits judicial review of the reissued rules.
 

action_date: 2018-01-08
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Gray Wolf State Management Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Department of the Interior to reissue two rules that removed protections under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for the gray wolf populations located in Wyoming and the western Great Lakes (all of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota, as well as portions of North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio). In addition, this bill prohibits judicial review of the reissued rules.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 361.
action_date: 2018-01-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-487.
action_date: 2018-01-08
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-487.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 15.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Lives Using Surplus Equipment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-426
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military facilities and property
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Protecting Lives Using Surplus Equipment Act of 

2017

 
This bill invalidates any regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy issued after May 15, 2015, that limits the sale or donation of excess federal property to state and local law enforcement agencies unless enacted by Congress.
 
Additionally, it prohibits the use of federal funds to implement such regulation, rule, guidance, recommendation, or policy.
 
Property that was recalled or seized on or after May 15, 2015, must be returned, replaced, or reissued to the state or local law enforcement agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-427
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand, intensify, and coordinate NIH research on Tourette syndrome.
 
The NIH must: (1) develop a system to collect data on Tourette syndrome, including epidemiological information and data on the availability of medical and social services for individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families; (2) support Collaborative Research Centers for Tourette Syndrome to conduct basic and clinical research; (3) award grants for research on Tourette syndrome symptoms and treatment options for particular patient subpopulations; (4) designate funding to carry out Tourette syndrome programs and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
No Budget, No Pay Act

Bill: 115-hr-429
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

No Budget, No Pay Act 

 
This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a house of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for FY2018 by April 15, 2017, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
 
Salaries are withheld from April 16, 2017, until the house of Congress agrees to a budget resolution or the last day of the 115th Congress, whichever is earlier. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
State Sponsors of Terrorism Review Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-430
Sponsor: Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Licensing and registrations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Terrorism
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

State Sponsors of Terrorism Review Enhancement Act

 
This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export Control Act, and the Export Administration Act of 1979, with respect to the rescission of a determination of a country as a state sponsor of terrorism, to require that the President has submitted to Congress a report justifying such rescission 90 days (currently 45 days) prior to the rescission taking effect, which certifies that the government concerned has not provided support for international terrorism during the preceding 24 months (currently 6 months).
 
No such rescission under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or the Export Administration Act of 1979 may be made if Congress, within 90 days after receipt of such a presidential report, enacts a joint resolution pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act prohibiting such rescission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-431
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Energy research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear power
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Nuclear Energy Innovation Capabilities Act of 2017
 
 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to revise the objectives of the civilian nuclear energy research, development, demonstration, and commercial application programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) to emphasize research infrastructure and private sector participation. 
 
By December 31, 2017, DOE shall determine the mission need for a versatile reactor-based fast neutron source, which shall operate as a national user facility. 
 
DOE shall carry out a program for enhancing the capability to develop new reactor technologies through high-performance computation modeling and simulation techniques. 
 
DOE shall also carry out a program to: (1) enable the testing and demonstration of reactor concepts proposed and funded by the private sector, and (2) leverage the technical expertise of relevant federal agencies and national laboratories to minimize the time required to enable construction and operation of privately funded experimental reactors at national laboratories or other DOE-owned sites. 
 
Within 1 year of this bill's enactment, DOE must submit to Congress 2 specified alternative 10-year budget plans for civilian nuclear energy research and development by the DOE. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act

Bill: 115-hr-432
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Small Business Tax Credit Accessibility Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the small employer health care insurance tax credit, to: (1) revise the definition of "eligible small employer" to mean an employer with not more than 50 (currently, 25) full-time employees; (2) modify the phaseout formula for such credit to base such phaseout on number of employees and average annual wages; (3) extend from two to three consecutive taxable years the period during which an employer may claim such credit; and (4) eliminate the requirement that employers contribute the same percentage of cost of each employee's health insurance and the cap limiting eligible employer contributions to average premiums paid to a state health insurance exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Sensible Nuclear Waste Disposition Act

Bill: 115-hr-433
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Nevada
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Nuclear weapons
Radioactive wastes and releases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Sensible Nuclear Waste Disposition Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE)from planning, developing, or constructing a defense waste repository until the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves or disapproves the license to construct the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada. (A defense waste repository is a site used for storing high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel derived from the atomic energy defense activities of DOE.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
New WATER Act

Bill: 115-hr-434
Sponsor: Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

New Water Available To Every Reclamation State Act or the New WATER Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, for 15 years after this bill's enactment, to provide financial assistance, such as secured loans or loan guarantees, to entities that contract under federal reclamation law to carry out water projects within the 17 western states served by the Bureau of Reclamation, other states where the Bureau is authorized to provide project assistance, Alaska, and Hawaii. Projects eligible for assistance include: 
 
 
non-federal water infrastructure projects that would contribute to a safe, adequate water supply for domestic, agricultural, environmental, or municipal and industrial use;
 
projects for enhanced energy efficiency in the operation of a water system; 
 
projects for accelerated repair and replacement of aging water distribution facilities;
 
brackish or sea water desalination projects; and
 
the acquisition of real property or an interest therein for water storage, reclaimed or recycled water, or wastewater that is integral to such a project.
 
 
To be eligible for assistance, a project must be deemed creditworthy. Eligible project costs must be reasonably anticipated to be at least $20 million.
 
Interior shall establish criteria for project selection and may enter into a master credit agreement for projects secured by a common security pledge on terms acceptable to it. 
 
 Interior may enter into agreements with obligors to make secured loans to finance or refinance eligible project costs or to refinance long-term project obligations or federal credit instruments to provide additional funding capacity for the completion, enhancement, or expansion of a project.
 
The total amount of federal assistance for a project shall not exceed 80% of its total cost.
 
Interior shall establish: (1) a repayment schedule for each secured loan based on the useful life of the project, and (2) a uniform system to service the federal credit instruments made available under this bill. 
 
Interior shall report biennially on the financial performance of the projects that receive assistance under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Human Trafficking Prioritization Act

Bill: 115-hr-436
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Human Trafficking Prioritization Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking of the Department of State will be more effective in carrying out duties mandated by Congress in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and can do so without an increase in either personnel or budget, if: (1) the Office's status is changed to that of a Bureau within State; and (2) the Office is headed by an Assistant Secretary with direct access to the Secretary of State, rather than an Ambassador-at-Large.
 
The bill amends the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to change the status of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking to that of the Bureau to Combat Trafficking in Persons. 
 
State must submit to Congress a report detailing: 
 
 
for each current Assistant Secretary of State position, the exact title and length of designation as Assistant Secretary and whether that designation was legislatively mandated or authorized and, if so, the relevant statutory citation; and 
whether State intends to designate one of the Assistant Secretary of State positions as the Assistant Secretary of State to Combat Trafficking in Persons and the reasons for that decision. 
 
 
The bill prohibits subsequent inclusion for more than one consecutive year on the special watch list of countries whose compliance with minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking is full, partial, or insignificant of any country that:
 
 
was included on the list for four consecutive years after enactment of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, and
 
was subsequently included on the exclusive Tier 3 list of countries not making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with such standards. 
 
 
No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated for diplomatic and consular programs to carry out this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act

Bill: 115-hr-437
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: 

Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act

 
 This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the use of Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities, including the development and maintenance of an initial pharmaceutical stockpile, including medical kits, and diagnostics sufficient to protect first responders, their families, immediate victims, and vulnerable populations from a chemical or biological event.

action_date: 2017-01-31
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

Medical Preparedness Allowable Use Act

 
 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the use of Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program funding for enhancing medical preparedness, medical surge capacity, and mass prophylaxis capabilities, including the development and maintenance of an initial pharmaceutical stockpile, including medical kits, and diagnostics sufficient to protect first responders, their families, immediate victims, and vulnerable populations from a chemical or biological event.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H797)
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H797)
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 437.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H797-798)
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Mr. Donovan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H403)
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Introduced in House