hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
To require notice from the Secretary of the Treasury in the case of any closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center.

Bill: 115-hr-5440
Sponsor: Rep. Handel, Karen C. [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2018-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to provide a publicly available notice at least 90 days before the effective date of a proposed closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center. The notice must identify: (1) the center proposed for closure, (2) the date of the proposed closure, and (3) alternative sources of taxpayer assistance which may be utilized by taxpayers affected by the closure.
 
Treasury must also submit to Congress a report that includes the information in the notice and the reasons for the proposed closure. 

action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to provide a publicly available notice at least 90 days before the effective date of a proposed closure of a Taxpayer Assistance Center. The notice must identify: (1) the center proposed for closure, (2) the date of the proposed closure, and (3) alternative sources of taxpayer assistance which may be utilized by taxpayers affected by the closure.
 
Treasury must also submit to Congress a report that includes the information in the notice and the reasons for the proposed closure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 5440 is laid on the table.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3364)
action_date: 2018-04-17
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 H3364)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5440.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3364-3366)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Ms. Jenkins (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Introduced in House
Energy Opportunity Zones Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5441
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2018-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: 

Energy Opportunity Zones Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend several tax credits related to renewable energy for facilities and energy property located in or placed in service within an energy opportunity zone. An &quot;energy opportunity zone&quot; is a municipality or county that has within its boundaries a nuclear power plant that ceased operation during the 10-year period beginning on January 1, 2018. 
 
The bill also expands the tax credit for investments in energy property to include (1) certain offshore wind property that is located within 50 miles from the boundary of an energy opportunity zone; and (2) other specified equipment that receives, stores, and delivers energy and has a capacity of at least 5 megawatt hours.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Introduced in House
A Fast-Tracked Executive Rescission Review (AFTERR) of Appropriations Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5442
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2018-04-09 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: 

A Fast-Tracked Executive Rescission Review (AFTERR) of Appropriations Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to establish expedited legislative procedures for congressional consideration of rescissions proposed by the President. (A rescission is legislation that cancels the availability of previously enacted budget authority before the authority would otherwise expire.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require electronic filing of the annual returns of exempt organizations and provide for making such returns available for public inspection.

Bill: 115-hr-5443
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require all tax-exempt organizations to file their annual information returns electronically, and (2) require the Internal Revenue Service to make the returns available to the public in a machine readable format. 

action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require all tax-exempt organizations to file their annual information returns electronically, and (2) require the Internal Revenue Service to make the returns available to the public in a machine readable format. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 5443 is laid on the table.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3371)
action_date: 2018-04-17
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 H3371)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5443.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3371-3372)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Mr. Kelly (PA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restrict the immediate sale of seized property by the Secretary of the Treasury to perishable goods.

Bill: 115-hr-5446
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Debt collection
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the authority of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to immediately sell certain seized property. The IRS may continue to immediately sell seized property that is liable to perish (e.g., food, but not clothing or equipment) after the owner is given an opportunity to pay the appraised value of the property or post a bond to ensure payment. The IRS may no longer immediately sell seized property merely if it is liable to become greatly reduced in price or cannot be kept without great expense. 

action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit the authority of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to immediately sell certain seized property. The IRS may continue to immediately sell seized property that is liable to perish (e.g., food, but not clothing or equipment) after the owner is given an opportunity to pay the appraised value of the property or post a bond to ensure payment. The IRS may no longer immediately sell seized property merely if it is liable to become greatly reduced in price or value or cannot be kept without great expense. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 831, H.R. 5446 is laid on the table.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3366)
action_date: 2018-04-17
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 H3366)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5446.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3366-3367)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Ms. Jenkins (KS) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Music Modernization Act

Bill: 115-hr-5447
Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Congressional agencies
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Digital media
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal preemption
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Library of Congress
Licensing and registrations
Music
Sound recording
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 

Music Modernization Act

 
This bill makes various changes to copyright law related to sound recordings, including providing protection for sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, creating a system for paying royalties to producers and sound engineers, and establishing a statutory blanket license for digital music services. The blanket license allows music services to distribute sound recordings covered by the license without negotiating for the rights for each individual recording, as long as the music service complies with the license's requirements, such as paying the required royalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 0 (Roll no. 154). (text: CR H3522-3536)
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 0 (Roll no. 154).(text: CR H3522-3536)
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3560-3561)
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5447.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3522-3542)
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Mr. Goodlatte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 499.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-651.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-651.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 32 - 0.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to provide eligibility under the assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities to veterans with disabilities and their families.

Bill: 115-hr-5448
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health technology, devices, supplies
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 
This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture Assistive Technology Program for Farmers with Disabilities. (The program provides grants for programs to provide agricultural education and assistance directed at accommodating disability in farm operations for disabled individuals and family members engaged in farming and farm-related occupations.) 
 
The bill modifies the program to specify that veterans are eligible for assistance under the program, including disabled veterans and family members who: (1) are engaged in farming and farm-related occupations, and (2) are pursuing new farming opportunities. 
 
The bill also permits the grants to be used for programs that provide behavioral therapy programs to assist veterans with mental service-connected disabilities, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to support a smart agriculture industry technology roadmap, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5449
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 
This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to: (1) reauthorize the Agriculture Innovation Center Demonstration Program through FY2023, and (2) require the Department of Agriculture to use $500,000 of the funds provided each year for the program to support a public-private partnership to produce and update a smart agriculture industry technology roadmap. 
 
A smart agriculture industry technology roadmap is a set of policies designed to: (1) guide the future development of technology in the agriculture industry; and (2) help align the efforts of the U.S agriculture industry, the research community, and other members of the agriculture community to increase U.S. efforts to become the global leader in smart farming and agriculture. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To increase the access of small farmers in Puerto Rico to Federal agriculture programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5450
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Farmland
Government lending and loan guarantees
Land use and conservation
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Advocacy and Outreach to increase the access of small farmers who grow specialty crops in Puerto Rico to loans under several USDA programs. (Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops, including floriculture.) The programs covered by the bill include microloan programs, programs for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, programs for beginning farmers, and the emergency loan program. 
 
The USDA Office of Advocacy and Outreach must also carry out a training program to teach best farming practices to small farmers in Puerto Rico. 
 
The Department of the Interior must develop a program to allow small farmers to farm on federal land in Puerto Rico if: (1) the land is not environmentally sensitive, (2) farming on the land will not harm endangered native species or natural habitats, and (3) the land is suitable for farming. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10926 Quality Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the "Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-5451
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
North Carolina
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10926 Quality Drive in Charlotte, North Carolina, as the "Julius L. Chambers Civil Rights Memorial Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5452
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 

Reduce Unemployment for Veterans of All Ages Act of 2018

 
This bill makes all veterans with qualifying employment handicaps or service-connected disabilities eligible for the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs by eliminating the 12-year period of program eligibility.
 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Aidan's Law

Bill: 115-hr-5453
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 

Aidan's Law

 
This bill authorizes newborn screenings for adrenoleukodystrophy (also known as ALD), which is a hereditary condition that damages the insulating membrane of nerve cells in the brain. The bill authorizes hospitals, child care centers, clinics, and similar institutions to test newborns for ALD in accordance with state protocols; such protocols must be approved by the Discretionary Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children.
 
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2022 the heritable disorders screening program for newborns and children that is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Correct the Census Count Act

Bill: 115-hr-5454
Sponsor: Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional districts and representation
Correctional facilities and imprisonment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 

Correct the Census Count Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2020 decennial census, to attribute to an individual who is incarcerated in a correctional center as of the date on which such census is taken such individual's last place of residence before incarceration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Biomedical Research Act

Bill: 115-hr-5455
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: 

Accelerating Biomedical Research Act 

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to require certain adjustments to the annual discretionary spending limits for FY2019-FY2021 to accommodate increases in appropriations to the National Institutes of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-10
text: Introduced in House