hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act

Bill: 115-hr-4546
Sponsor: Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act

 
This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt from state registration securities qualified for national trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and authorized to be listed on a national securities exchange. Currently, securities listed on exchanges specified by statute or SEC rule are exempt. 

action_date: 2018-01-25
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 

National Securities Exchange Regulatory Parity Act

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to exempt from state registration securities qualified for national trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and authorized to be listed on a national securities exchange. Currently, securities listed on exchanges specified by statute or SEC rule are exempt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 390.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-525.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-525.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 14.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
WAGE Act

Bill: 115-hr-4548
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

Workplace Action for a Growing Economy Act or the WAGE Act

 
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to
 
 
require the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to award back pay and additional damages to any employee whose rights under the NLRA have been violated by an employer;
 
impose penalties upon an employer for failing to post a notice of the rights of their employees under the NLRA; 
 
impose penalties upon an employer whose violations of the NLRA result in the discharge of an employee or other serious economic harm to the employee; 
 
provide civil remedies, including restraining orders, and a private right of action for violations of the NLRA;
 
require the NLRB to issue an order requiring collective bargaining when a majority of valid ballots have been cast in favor of union representation; 
 
prevent the classification of employees as supervisors for the purpose of denying such employees the protections of the NLRA; and 
 
expedite the establishment of initial collective bargaining agreements. 
 
 
The bill empowers the NLRB to enforce its own orders without petitioning a court for enforcement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform Act

Bill: 115-hr-4549
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Books and print media
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Human rights
Middle East
Political movements and philosophies
Religion
Saudi Arabia
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

Saudi Educational Transparency and Reform Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress annually on educational materials published by Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education. 
 
The report shall detail whether such educational materials include content that could be seen as encouraging violence and intolerance toward religious groups, including Muslims who hold dissenting views. The report shall also discuss related subjects, including the extent to which such materials are exported and efforts by the Saudi government to remove the intolerant content. 
 
The State Department shall issue such reports for 10 years, unless the State Department determines that the intolerant content has been completely removed. If such content is still included in Saudi Arabia's educational materials after 10 years, the State Department shall continue reporting to Congress for another 5 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1746-1747)
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4550
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Financial services and investments
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 
 
Practice of Law Technical Clarification Act of 2017
 
 
This bill amends the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to exclude from the definition of &quot;debt collector&quot; any law firm or licensed attorney: (1) serving, filing, or conveying formal legal pleadings, discovery requests, or other documents pursuant to the applicable rules of civil procedure; or (2) communicating in connection with a legal action to collect a debt on behalf of a client in, or at the direction of, a court of law or in the enforcement of a judgment. 
 

 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Directors Lobbying Prevention Act

Bill: 115-hr-4551
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

Intelligence Directors Lobbying Prevention Act

 
This bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to prohibit any individual who served as the head of any element of the intelligence community from acting as the agent of a foreign principal, including by engaging in lobbying activity on behalf of a foreign entity.
 
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with each element of the intelligence community, shall submit annual reports to Congress on the compliance of former heads of such elements with respect to such prohibition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4552
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

Advancing Medical Resident Training in Community Hospitals Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise payment rules for graduate medical education (GME) costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program. 
 
With respect to a hospital that has not entered into a GME affiliation agreement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall establish the hospital's full-time equivalent (FTE) resident amount only after determining that the hospital's medical residency training program trains more than 1.0 FTE resident in a cost reporting period. In the case of a hospital with an approved FTE resident amount based on the training of no more than 1.0 FTE resident in a cost reporting period before October 1, 1997, or 3.0 FTE residents in a cost reporting period after that date, the CMS shall provide the hospital an opportunity to have its FTE resident amount reestablished when the hospital begins training FTE residents in excess of the applicable threshold. 
 
Current law limits the number, subject to the application of certain adjustments, of FTE residents a hospital may have in allopathic and osteopathic medicine for purposes of Medicare payment. The bill specifies that the CMS shall determine a hospital's limitation adjustment only after determining that the hospital's medical residency training program trains more than 1.0 FTE residents in a cost reporting period. In the case of a hospital with a limitation adjustment based on the training of no more than 1.0 FTE resident in a cost reporting period before October 1, 1997, or 3.0 FTE residents in a cost reporting period after that date, the CMS shall provide the hospital an opportunity to have its adjustment re-determined when the hospital begins training FTE residents in excess of the applicable threshold. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4554
Sponsor: Rep. Roskam, Peter J. [R-IL-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

Medicare Common Access Card Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a three-year pilot program, in at least three geographic areas, to demonstrate the feasibility of using smart-card technology to authenticate the identity of a Medicare beneficiary at points of service. The CMS shall select supplier and provider types that will be required to participate in the pilot program as a condition of Medicare payment, but must exempt from participation a supplier or provider that: (1) does not have access to card-reader technology, (2) does not have sufficient internet access, or (3) has a low volume of Medicare claims. The CMS shall select a private contractor to implement and operate the pilot program.
 
The CMS must submit specified reports to Congress on program design, implementation, and performance.
 
For purposes of conducting the pilot program, the CMS shall provide for the transfer of $150 million from the Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund to the CMS Program Management Account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4555
Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assign DHS personnel to participate in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces to: (1) facilitate the sharing of counterterrorism information; and (2) combat the threat of terrorism and associated risks to the United States stemming from overseas sources of conflict or terrorism, as determined by DHS.

action_date: 2018-01-09
text: 

DHS Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force Act of 2017

 
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assign DHS personnel to participate in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces to: (1) facilitate the sharing of counterterrorism information; and (2) combat the threat of terrorism and associated risks to the United States stemming from overseas sources of conflict or terrorism, as determined by DHS.
 
(Sec. 3) DHS shall report, by 18 months after this bill's enactment and annually thereafter for 3 years, on activities carried out pursuant to this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H46)
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H46)
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4555.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H46-47)
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Mr. Rutherford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 372.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-499.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-499.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish dental care in the same manner as any other medical service, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4556
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Dental care
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

 This bill makes all veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system eligible for VA-provided dental services by removing certain dental service restrictions. 
 
The bill phases in eligibility over four years based upon existing eligibility, degree of service-connected disability or other disability, prisoner of war status, award of a Purple Heart, financial need, or VA health care eligibility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4557
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Family services
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Federal preemption
Financial services and investments
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Infrastructure development
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Reconstruction and stabilization
Right of privacy
Small Business Administration
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: 

Reforming Disaster Recovery Act of 2017

 
This bill provides statutory authority for certain procedures related to the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program and adds new program requirements, including with respect to coordination of benefits, precertification for grant assistance, and allocation of grant funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 870.
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-28
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2018-12-22
text: Referred jointly and sequentially to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for a period ending not later than Dec. 28, 2018 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the juridiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(r) of rule X.
action_date: 2018-12-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 115-1107, Part I.
action_date: 2018-12-22
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 115-1107, Part I.
action_date: 2018-06-07
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 53 - 3.
action_date: 2018-06-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-4558
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Utah
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: 

Grand Staircase Escalante Enhancement Act

 
This bill establishes the Escalante Canyons National Park and Preserve within the Escalante Canyons National Monument (established by this bill and consisting of approximately 243,241 acres) in Utah. 
 
Federal lands within the park and preserve, including lands or interests acquired by the United States afterwards, are withdrawn from:
 
 
entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;
 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and 
 
operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws. 
 
 
The bill also establishes the Grand Staircase National Monument (consisting of approximately 211,983 acres) and the Kaiparowits National Monument (consisting of approximately 551,117 acres).
 
A management council shall implement comprehensive management plans for the park and preserve and the monuments. Federal land managers must adhere to the management plans created by the council.
 
The public lands excluded from the lands and interests in lands reserved within the modified boundaries of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument under the Presidential Proclamation dated December 4, 2017, shall be open to:
 
 
entry, location, selection, sale, or other disposition under the public land laws;
 
disposition under all laws related to mineral and geothermal leasing; and 
 
location, entry, and patent under the mining laws. 
 
 
Interior shall convey to the state of Utah the Hole in the Rock Road (BLM [Bureau of Land Management] Road 200). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Introduced in House