hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Online Credit Card Disclosure Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6531
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Online Credit Card Disclosure Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to revise disclosure requirements for an open end consumer credit plan (credit card). Specifically, creditors must include repayment information applicable to the consumer's outstanding credit card balance on an online interface used to make a payment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
CLEAN Politics Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6533
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Curtailing Lobbying and Empowering Americans for a New Politics Act of 2018 or the CLEAN Act of 2018

 
This bill modifies various lobbying restrictions and requirements.
 
Among other things, the bill does the following:
 
 
broadens the scope of lobbying activities that trigger registration and disclosure requirements, 
 
limits bundled campaign contributions by lobbyists, 
 
prohibits congressional candidates from soliciting campaign contributions from lobbyists while Congress is in session, and 
 
requires certain agents of foreign commercial entities to register as lobbyists. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Stop Outsourcing Security Act

Bill: 115-hr-6534
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military education and training
Public contracts and procurement
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Stop Outsourcing Security Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to ensure that only U.S. government personnel are providing diplomatic security services at diplomatic or consular missions in areas of contingency operations or other significant military operations. The President shall report to Congress on the status of the transition away from using private contractors in certain mission critical or emergency essential functions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6535
Sponsor: Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize through FY2025 and revise the drug and alcohol abuse prevention program, including to expand the program to include efforts to prevent substance misuse on campuses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act

Bill: 115-hr-6536
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Employee hiring
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Small business
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act

 
This bill establishes a new nonimmigrant visa for temporary non-agricultural workers (H-2C visa) to fill jobs that have remained open for a certain amount of time. This visa shall only be available for certain occupations, and those requiring a bachelor's degree or higher level of education shall not be eligible.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Education Department Civil Rights Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-6537
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Age discrimination
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Due process and equal protection
Educational facilities and institutions
Government studies and investigations
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Education Department Civil Rights Transparency Act

 
This bill amends the Department of Education Organization Act to require the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education (ED) to include in an annual report to ED, the President, and Congress specified information regarding federal civil rights violations by educational institutions. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Certainty Act

Bill: 115-hr-6538
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: 

Renewable Energy Certainty Act

 
This bill amends the National Energy Conservation Policy Act to authorize federal agencies to enter into contracts for the acquisition of energy generated from renewable energy sources or from cogeneration facilities for a period of up to 30 years.
 
The Federal Energy Management Program shall publish a standardized energy purchase agreement that agencies may use for such an acquisition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-07-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-6539
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Veterans Health Care Staffing Improvement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a Docs-to-Doctors Program to recruit individuals separating from the Armed Forces who served in a health care capacity in the Armed Forces. The VA shall also implement a uniform credentialing process for certain health care employees of the Veterans Health Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6540
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Income tax deferral
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Public contracts and procurement
Social Security Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 201

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This bill requires the Department of the Treasury and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to create an online Retirement Savings Lost and Found (RSLF) to assist individuals in locating certain employer-sponsored retirement accounts. The RSLF must provide plan participants or beneficiaries only with the ability to view contact information for the administrator of a plan that is sufficient to locate the plan. 
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to set forth additional reporting and notification requirements for retirement plans. 
 
Treasury and the SSA must take precautions to: (1) safeguard the privacy and security of participants' plan information, and (2) permit plan participants to opt out of inclusion in the RSLF.
 
The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the IRC to revise provisions that permit mandatory distributions of the balances of small retirement accounts using a rollover into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill modifies the investment options available for the distributions and increases the maximum account balance that may be subject to such a distribution. 
 
A plan must transfer unclaimed mandatory distributions that are $1,000 or less to the RSLF or to an IRA established by Treasury. The RSLF must invest funds received in Treasury securities and distribute the balance upon receiving an application from a plan participant or beneficiary. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Local Control of School Lunch Act

Bill: 115-hr-6541
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Local Control of School Lunch Act 

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture (USDA) from establishing or applying certain minimum nutrition requirements for the National School Lunch Program. The bill applies to requirements regarding: 
 
 
 target 1 sodium, 
 
 calorie limitations, and 
 
 the percentage of grains made with enriched or whole grain flour. 
 
 
With respect to grains and meats served in school breakfasts, USDA must apply meal requirements in regulations that were in effect on September 12, 2008. 
 
This bill also amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to repeal requirements for school food authorities to use a specified formula (known as paid lunch equity requirements) to establish a price for paid lunches served to students who are not certified to receive free or reduced price meals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Tax Credits for Affordable Housing Act

Bill: 115-hr-6542
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Low- and moderate-income housing
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Restoring Tax Credits for Affordable Housing Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the low-income housing credit, to increase: (1) the state housing credit ceiling used to allocate credits to states, and (2) the credit percentage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Aim Higher Act

Bill: 115-hr-6543
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Area studies and international education
Assault and harassment offenses
Business education
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Education
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational guidance
Educational technology and distance education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial literacy
Food assistance and relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial procedure and administration
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Mental health
Minority education
National and community service
Performance measurement
Policy sciences
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public participation and lobbying
School administration
Sex offenses
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Aim Higher Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to reauthorize and revise federal financial aid programs for postsecondary education and institutions of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
The Employee Rights Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6544
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

The Employee Rights Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the selection of labor representatives for collective bargaining through secret ballot in an election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. It also provides for recertification of a bargaining unit if an employer asserts that turnover, expansion, or alteration by merger exceeds 50% of the unit. 
 
The bill also prohibits dues paid by an employee to a labor organization from being expended for any purpose not directly related to the organization's collective bargaining or contract administration functions unless the employee authorizes such expenditure in writing.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Chetco River Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6546
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Oregon
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Chetco River Protection Act of 2018

 
 This bill amends the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to make corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths. 
 
The bill withdraws the federal land within the boundaries of a certain segment of the Chetco River from: (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2018-08-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
APPS Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6547
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Application Privacy, Protection, and Security Act of 201

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This bill directs mobile device application developers, before the application collects personal data about the user, to notify the user and obtain the user's consent regarding the terms and conditions governing the collection, use, storage, and sharing of such personal data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House