hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Prove It Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2014
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Prove It Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA) to request the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs of the Office of Management and Budget to review any federal agency certification that a proposed rule, if promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and so need not submit a regulatory flexibility analysis of the rule. If it is determined, after a specified procedure, that the proposed rule will, if promulgated, have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities, the federal agency shall then perform both an initial and a final regulatory flexibility analysis for the rule.
 
An initial regulatory flexibility analysis is prepared in order to ensure that the agency has considered all reasonable regulatory alternatives that would minimize the rule's economic burdens or increase its benefits for the affected small entities, while achieving the objectives of the rule or statute.
 
The request must explain why the SBA disagreed with the certification and statement providing the factual basis for it.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-322.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
National Scenic Trails Parity Act

Bill: 115-s-2015
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Connecticut
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New York State
North Dakota
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

National Scenic Trails Parity Act

 
 This bill amends the National Trails System Act to require the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails to be administered as units of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-15
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
No Unconstitutional Strike Against North Korea Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2016
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Appropriations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Japan
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
South Korea
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

No Unconstitutional Strike Against North Korea Act of 2017

 
This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense or to any other federal agency to launch a military strike against North Korea or to introduce the U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities in North Korea before the date on which Congress declares war on North Korea or enacts an authorization of military strikes that meets the requirements of the War Powers Resolution and that is enacted after the enactment of this bill.
 
This prohibition shall not apply to military force used to: (1) repel an attack on the United States, its territories or possessions, its Armed Forces, or its allies; or (2) rescue or remove U.S. personnel. 
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a conflict on the Korean peninsula would have catastrophic consequences and that actions and statements that increase tensions between the United States and North Korea should be avoided; and (2) the President should engage in talks with North Korea to reduce tensions and improve communication, initiate negotiations to achieve a diplomatic agreement to halt and eventually reverse North Korea's nuclear pursuits, and move toward denuclearization and a permanent peace in the Korean peninsula. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Driver Fatigue Prevention Act

Bill: 115-s-2017
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Driver Fatigue Prevention Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to make over-the-road bus drivers subject to limitations on the maximum number of hours that an employee may work under such Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
American Family Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2018
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

American Family Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the child tax credit, to: (1) make the credit fully refundable, (2) increase the amount of the credit and allow an additional credit for children who are under six years of age, (3) require the amount of the credit to be adjusted annually for inflation after 2017, and (4) require the Department of the Treasury to establish a program for making advance payments of the credit on a monthly basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2019
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Age discrimination
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Genetics
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Fair Employment Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill sets forth employer liability standards to be applied in employee harassment claims under specified provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Revised Statutes, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991, employment discrimination laws relating to certain executive branch employees, and the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995. 
 
The bill declares that employers under such Acts are liable for the acts of any individual whose harassment of an employee created or continued an unlawful hostile work environment if, at the time of the harassment: (1) such individual was authorized by that employer to undertake or recommend tangible employment actions affecting the employee or to direct the employee's daily work activities, or (2) the negligence of the employer led to the creation or continuation of that hostile work environment (thus modifies the liability standards provided by the Supreme Court in 
Vance v. Ball State University
, which limited the category of supervisors for whom an employer may be held vicariously liable to those individuals who have authority to take tangible employment actions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber Shield Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2020
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Consumer affairs
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Cyber Shield Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a Cyber Shield Advisory Committee to recommend (1) the format and content of Cyber Shield labels for covered products (i.e., consumer-facing physical objects that can connect to the Internet and collect, send, or receive data); and (2) the process to identify, establish, report on, adopt, maintain, and promote compliance with industry-leading cybersecurity and data security benchmarks to enhance cybersecurity and protect data.
 
In addition, Commerce must establish a Cyber Shield voluntary program to identify, certify, and label such covered products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-300.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care Choice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2021
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Health Care Choice Act of 2017

 
This bill repeals the health insurance and health coverage expansion requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related provisions of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Provisions of law amended or repealed by those provisions are restored. 
 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to provide that the laws of a state designated by a health insurer (primary state) apply to individual health insurance coverage offered by that insurer in any state (secondary state) if the coverage, states, and insurer comply with the conditions of this bill. Insurers are exempted from any secondary state's laws that would prohibit or regulate the operation of the insurer in that state. The primary state is given sole jurisdiction to enforce its covered laws in any secondary state.
 
The Government Accountability Office must study the effect of this bill on specified health insurance issues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2022
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a reciprocal marketing approval process that allows for the sale of a drug, biological product, or medical device that has not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the product is approved for sale in another country.
 
For a product to be granted reciprocal marketing approval, the product's sponsor must submit a request to the FDA that demonstrates: (1) the product may be sold in at least one country from a specified list of countries, (2) the FDA and listed countries have not withdrawn approval of the product because of safety or effectiveness concerns, and (3) there is a public health or unmet medical need for the product.
 
The FDA may: (1) require post-market studies of a product granted reciprocal marketing approval, or (2) decline to approve a product that is not safe and effective.
 
The FDA must grant or decline reciprocal marketing approval not later than 30 days after receiving a request. During that period, the FDA and product sponsor must negotiate and finalize product labeling and, for a medical device, classify the device.
 
Congress may pass a joint resolution to grant reciprocal marketing approval to a product that the FDA declines to approve through this process.
 
User fees apply to requests for reciprocal marketing approval.
 
The FDA must encourage the sponsors of potentially eligible products to request reciprocal marketing approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Cuban Airport Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2023
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employee hiring
Foreign labor
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Service animals
Terrorism
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Cuban Airport Security Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to brief Congress and the Government Accountability Office on specified aspects of security measures at each of Cuba's 10 international airports
 
No U.S. air carrier that has entered into a covered agreement may employ a Cuban national beginning 30 days after enactment of this bill unless such carrier has publicly disclosed the full text of the agreement, and such nationals shall not have been recruited, hired, or trained by entities that are owned, operated, or controlled by Cuba's Council of State, Council of Ministers, Communist Party, Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or Ministry of the Interior.
 
A &quot;covered agreement&quot; means a formal agreement between a U.S. air carrier with passenger air service between any location in Cuba and any location in the United States and the Empresa Cubana de Aeropuertos y Servicios Aeronauticos or any other entity associated with the Cuban government.
 
TSA shall develop a standard working document for all negotiations and agreements between the United States and foreign governments or partners regarding Federal Air Marshal coverage of flights to and from the United States. All such agreements shall be written and signed by the DHS Secretary. DHS shall notify Congress of any such agreement within 30 days of it being signed.
 
The U.S. Ambassador or the Charge d'Affaires to the U.S. Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization shall pursue improvements to airport security, including introducing a resolution to raise minimum airport security standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Foster Care Tax Credit Act

Bill: 115-s-2024
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Foster Care Tax Credit Act
 
 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a partially refundable tax credit for each qualifying foster child who resides in the home of an eligible taxpayer for at least one calendar month during the taxable year. 
 
A &quot;qualifying foster child&quot; is a child in foster care who: (1) has not attained age 17; (2) is a citizen, national, or resident of the United States; and (3) with respect to whom the child tax credit is not allowable. 
 
In order to claim the credit, the name and taxpayer identification number of a foster child must be included on the taxpayer's tax return. No credit is allowed if the identification number of either the taxpayer or the qualifying child was issued after the due date for filing the return for the taxable year. 
 
The bill denies the tax credit to certain taxpayers who have made prior fraudulent or reckless claims for the credit within specified disallowance periods.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must identify provisions in the Internal Revenue Code that can benefit foster families and increase outreach efforts to inform state and Indian tribal foster care agencies and foster families about such provisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Coordinating Assistance for TANF Recipients Act

Bill: 115-s-2025
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Coordinating Assistance for TANF Recipients Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program for state demonstration projects that provide coordinated case management to help TANF recipients increase their employment and self-sufficiency.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2026
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Improving the Treatment of the U.S. Territories Under Federal Health Programs Act of 2017

 
This bill alters provisions under Medicaid, Medicare, and Medicare Advantage relating to U.S. territories, including payment calculations and enrollment periods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicaid Third Party Liability Act

Bill: 115-s-2027
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Medicaid Third Party Liability Act

 
This bill alters provisions related to third-party liability for medical assistance paid under the Medicaid program. Specifically, with respect to such liability, the bill:
 
 
expands the definition of "responsible third party" to include, among other health insurers, the TRICARE program; 
 
eliminates special rules with respect to certain services provided to children; 
 
requires the inclusion, in a contract between a state Medicaid program and a health insurer, of certain information regarding whether the state is delegating or transferring to the insurer a right of third-party recovery; 
 
provides for the treatment as overpayment of reimbursements made by a responsible third party to a health insurer; 
 
disallows a responsible third party from denying a state's claim solely on the basis of a failure to obtain a prior authorization; 
 
imposes a timeline for a responsible third party to respond to a state's inquiry regarding a claim for payment; 
 
provides for reductions to a state Medicaid program's federal matching rate if the state fails to comply with third-party insurance requirements; and 
 
modifies other provisions related to third-party liability under the Medicaid program.

 
Third-party liability requirements applicable under Medicaid shall also apply under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must:
 
 
publish on its website, and annually update, best practices for assessing third-party liability; 
 
monitor and analyze efforts to assess that liability; 
 
in consultation with states, develop and make available a model uniform reporting field for identifying information related to responsible third parties; and 
 
provide other specified information and guidance to states.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2028
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

Protect Student Borrowers Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program to assume some of the risk of default for student loans under the program.
 
 For any fiscal year in which at least 33% of the IHE's student body is participating in the Direct Loan program, the IHE must remit a risk-sharing payment that is based on the amount of its defaulted Direct Loans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6855)
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
ACTION for National Service Act

Bill: 115-s-2029
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2017-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Corporation for National and Community Service
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
National and community service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: 

America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act or the ACTION for National Service Act

 
This bill (1) converts the Corporation for National and Community Service into the National and Community Service Administration and revises its membership, leadership, and authority; (2) reauthorizes programs carried out by the administration; (3) establishes a National Service Foundation to accept and administer gifts on behalf of the administration; (4) modifies the calculation of national service educational awards; and (5) otherwise modifies provisions related to national and volunteer service programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6855-6856)
action_date: 2017-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate