hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
SPOONSS Act

Bill: 115-hr-3293
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2017-07-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Metals
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-18
text: 

Support Procurement Of Our Nation's Stainless Steel Act of 2017 or the SPOONSS Act

 
 This bill prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Department of Defense from being used for the procurement of stainless steel flatware that has not been produced in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-07-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-18
text: Introduced in House
HUBZone Unification and Business Stability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3294
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Government information and archives
Military facilities and property
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

HUBZone Unification and Business Stability Act of 2017

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2020 and revises the Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) program, including by revising criteria for HUBZone area designations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
End SHELLs Act

Bill: 115-hr-3295
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Real estate business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

End Secret Holdings and Ethical and Legal Loopholes Act of 2017 or the End SHELLs Act

 
This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the President, Vice President, or any high-level official, to file a report with the Office of Government Ethics 30 days after the sale of real property. The report must identify: (1) the name of each beneficial owner of the property, and (2) the current residential or business street address of each beneficial owner of the property.
 
The report must be published on the website of the Office of Government Ethics.
 
The Department of Justice may bring a civil action against an individual who knowingly and willingly falsifies information in a report or fails to file a report after the sale of real property. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act

Bill: 115-hr-3296
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Frank Adelmann Manufactured Housing Community Sustainability Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business-related tax credit equal to 75% of the gain from the sale or exchange of real property to a qualified manufactured home community cooperative or corporation if: (1) the property is acquired for use as a manufactured home community, (2) the seller (or any related person) owned the property for at least two years before the sale or exchange, and (3) the property is transferred subject to a binding covenant that the property will be used as a manufactured home community for at least 50 years. 
 
A &quot;qualified manufactured home community cooperative or corporation&quot; is a cooperative or a nonprofit corporation established pursuant to the laws of the state in which the property is located. The bill specifies membership and governance requirements for the communities owned by the cooperative or nonprofit corporation.
 
The bill also imposes a tax on buyers who violate the covenant to use the property for manufactured housing for at least 50 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Paperwork Reduction for Farmers Act

Bill: 115-hr-3297
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Fruit and vegetables
Immigration status and procedures
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Paperwork Reduction for Farmers Act

 
 This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a process for filing petitions for nonimmigrant temporary agricultural workers (H-2A visa) that ensures that: (1) petitions may be filed through Labor's website or in a paper format, and (2) any technical deficiency in the petition will be indicated to the petitioner before submission. 
 
An employer that has received a request for evidence from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) may request that such evidence request be delivered in an online format. CIS, within 10 days of the employer's submission of evidence, shall: (1) provide an online response indicating whether the evidence is sufficient; and (2) if the evidence is insufficient, provide the employer with an opportunity to address the deficiencies. 
 
The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to include year-round equine or livestock workers (including dairy or poultry workers) within the H-2A visa category. The requirement that apple pressing be performed on a farm in order to qualify for H-2A status is eliminated.
 
The bill permits multiple employers to submit a joint petition to import nonimmigrant H-2A visa temporary agricultural workers. Upon approval of such petition, each joint employer shall be subject to the Act's H-2A provisions with respect to each alien listed in the petition. 
 
An employer seeking to rehire H-2A workers who previously worked for the employer as H-2A workers at any time may submit a simplified petition, to be developed by CIS, which shall include a certification that the employer complies with all applicable employment requirements. Such petitions shall be approved upon completion of applicable security screenings. 
 
 An employer seeking to hire H-2A workers during different time periods in a given fiscal year may submit a single petition to CIS detailing each alien's employment period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Help Our Service Members and Citizens Abroad Vote Act

Bill: 115-hr-3300
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Help Our Service Members and Citizens Abroad Vote Act

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to the requirement that states transmit absentee ballots to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters by no later than 45 days before a federal election. Specifically, the bill (1) requires each state to report on the availability, transmission, and receipt of such absentee ballots; and (2) repeals the state hardship exemption. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
CLASSICS Act

Bill: 115-hr-3301
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Federal preemption
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Music
Sound recording
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Compensating Legacy Artists for their Songs, Service, and Important Contributions to Society Act or the CLASSICS Act

 
This bill provides federal copyright protection for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, specifically the right to make digital transmissions. Currently, pre-1972 recordings are only covered by state law.
 
Pre-1972 recordings will fall within the existing compulsory license system for digital transmissions, which currently only cover post-1972 recordings.
 
The bill preempts claims under state and common law for digital transmission of pre-1972 recordings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

Bill: 115-hr-3302
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Inflation and prices
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act 

 
This bill revises the methodology for calculating Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits and phases out the cap on compensation subject to Social Security taxation.
 
The bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to prepare and publish a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) to track cost-of-living changes for individuals age 62 or older. Beginning in two years after the enactment of this bill, the CPI-E, instead of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, shall be used to calculate the cost-of-living adjustment for OASDI benefits. 
 
The bill also includes surplus earnings in the calculation of the primary insurance amount (i.e., the amount received by a beneficiary who elects to receive OASDI benefits at full retirement age).
 
The bill phases out and, after 2023, eliminates the cap on compensation ($128,400 in 2018) subject to Social Security taxation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
First Responder Fair RETIRE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3303
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Congressional officers and employees
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement officers
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

First Responder Fair Return for Employees on Their Initial Retirement Earned Act of 2017 or the First Responder Fair RETIRE Act

 
This bill preserves special federal retirement benefits for certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and diplomatic special security agents who cannot meet the minimum age and service requirements for special retirement benefits due to a work-related injury or illness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-03-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Foreign 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: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Foreign 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: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Foreign 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: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Human Trafficking Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-3304
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Human Trafficking Accountability Act

 
This bill amends the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 to direct the Department of Justice (DOJ) to designate: 
 
 
at least one Human Trafficking Coordinator in each federal judicial district to implement the National Strategy for Combatting Human Trafficking and to prosecute cases, conduct outreach, and enforce laws related to human trafficking; and 
 
a National Human Trafficking Coordinator within DOJ to coordinate, promote, and support DOJ's work related to human trafficking.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-08-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Bikeshare Transit Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3305
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Bikeshare Transit Act of 2017

 
This bill makes a bikeshare project eligible to be an associated transit improvement project, including one carried out to facilitate a bicycle rental operation that makes bicycles available for public transportation, allows riders to pick up and drop off bicycles, serves a defined geographic area, and facilitates the transit of individuals between various points in the area. 
 
Public transportation capital projects shall include any project for the acquisition or replacement of bicycles and related equipment, including technology and vehicles needed to restock stations, and the construction of bicycle-related facilities to facilitate a bikeshare project. 
 
The bill also makes eligible for funds under the congestion mitigation air quality improvement program projects or programs that reduce demand for roads through bikesharing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1018)
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
On-the-Job Training Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3306
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

On-the-Job Training Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to authorize the Department of Labor to: (1) make discretionary grants to states, local governments and boards, Indian tribes, institutions of higher education, business trade associations, and local educational agencies for adult on-the-job training or dislocated worker on-the-job training programs; and (2) use up to 10% of funds authorized under this bill to make grants to such entities for developing on-the-job training programs, including providing capacity building activities for local staff.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3307
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Marriage and family status
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local taxation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2017

 
This bill modifies the Supplemental Security Income benefits program, including by raising the asset limit and otherwise revising provisions related to program eligibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Caregiver Improvement and Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-3308
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Veterans Caregiver Improvement and Expansion Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct an audit of two specified caregiver programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Such audit shall include: (1) a review of the budget formulations, execution, allocation, and use of funds; and (2) recommendations for streamlining and consolidation. 
 
Within three months of the completion of such audit, VA must submit a report to Congress on:
 
 
recommendations the VA is able to implement without legislative changes;
 
legislative changes recommended by the GAO;
 
recommendations that VA determines are problematic, overly expensive, or impractical; and 
 
 alternative approaches to address the problem. 
 
 
Within 24 months of submitting such report, VA shall:
 
 
implement the recommendations the VA is able to implement without legislative changes,
 
establish national policies that are designed to streamline and consolidate the programs, and 
 
establish a database to monitor all VA programs that provide assistance to caregivers and all caregivers who receive such assistance.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-3309
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Social Security Online Tools Innovation Act

 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to make available, within two years, online tools that allow individuals who are eligible for disability benefits under the Social Security Act to assess the impact of earnings on their eligibility for federal and state benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 723.
action_date: 2018-09-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-932.
action_date: 2018-09-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 115-932.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act

Bill: 115-hr-3310
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: 

Promoting Opportunity for Disability Benefit Applicants Act 

 
This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to allow the Social Security Administration to provide, to an individual who is denied OASDI or SSI benefits based on an adverse determination of disability, information on appropriate public or private entities that provide employment services, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Introduced in House