hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
TPP Withdrawal Act

Bill: 115-hr-596
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Australia
Brunei
Canada
Chile
Free trade and trade barriers
Japan
Latin America
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Oceania
Peru
Singapore
Trade agreements and negotiations
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-20
text: 

TPP Withdrawal Act

 
This bill directs the President to provide to the governments of Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam written notice of the withdrawal of the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2017-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-20
text: Introduced in House
AIM Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-598
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2017-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Arizona
Aviation and airports
California
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Education programs funding
Environmental health
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Illinois
Massachusetts
Medical research
Mental health
New York City
Noise pollution
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-20
text: 

Airplane Impacts Mitigation Act of 2017 or the AIM Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to enter into an agreement with an eligible institution of higher education to conduct a study of the health impacts of airplane flights on residents exposed to a range of noise and air pollution levels from such flights.
 
The study shall:
 
 
focus on residents in Boston, Chicago, New York, the northern California metroplex, Phoenix, and not more than three additional metropolitan areas that each contain at least one international airport; 
 
 consider the health impacts on residents living partly or wholly within the land area underneath the flight paths most frequently used by aircraft flying below 10,000 feet; and 
 
 consider only those health impacts that manifest during the physical implementation of the NextGen RNAV program on flights departing from or arriving at an international airport located in one of such metropolitan areas.
 
 
An institution of higher education is eligible to conduct the study if it:
 
 
 has a school of public health that has participated in the FAA Center of Excellence for Aircraft Noise and Aviation Emissions Mitigation,
 
 has a Center for Environmental Health that receives funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
 
 is located in one of the areas within the scope of the study,
 
 applies to the FAA in a timely fashion,
 
 demonstrates that it is qualified to conduct such a study, and
 
 agrees to submit its findings to the FAA within two years after entering into such an agreement.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-20
text: Introduced in House
To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for Eastvale, California.

Bill: 115-hr-602
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code applicable to the area encompassing only Eastvale, California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-603
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: 

Ensuring the Safety of Our Mail Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to increase from 5 to 10 years the maximum prison term for a defendant who commits mail theft. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
State Refugee Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-604
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: 

State Refugee Security Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Office of Refugee Resettlement to notify the state agency responsible for coordinating the placement or resettlement of an alien refugee not later than 21 days before the alien's arrival in the state. 
 
No alien refugee shall be placed or resettled in a state if the governor certifies to the Office of Refugee Resettlement that it has failed, in the sole determination of the governor, to provide adequate assurance that such person does not present a security risk to the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H667)
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Voter Access Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-607
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Photography and imaging
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: 

Voter Access Protection Act of 2017 

 
 This bill amends the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit a state or local election official from requiring an individual to: (1) present a photo identification (or a copy if voting by mail) as a condition for receiving or casting a ballot in any election for federal office, or (2) cast a provisional ballot solely on the grounds that the individual does not present a photo identification at the polling place.
 A state or local election election official is prohibited from requiring an individual to provide a photo identification (or a copy if registering by mail) as a condition of registering to vote in an election for federal office.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Stop Arming Terrorists Act

Bill: 115-hr-608
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Iraq
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Political movements and philosophies
Syria
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: 

Stop Arming Terrorists Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal agency funds to provide covered assistance to: (1) Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or any individual or group that is affiliated with, associated with, cooperating with, or adherents to such groups; or (2) the government of any country that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) determines has, within the most recent 12 months, provided covered assistance to such a group or individual.
 
&quot;Covered assistance&quot; is defined as:
 
 
defense articles, defense services, training or logistical support, or any other military assistance provided by grant, loan, credit, transfer, or cash sales; 
 
 intelligence sharing; or 
 
 cash assistance. 
 
 
The ODNI shall:
 
 
 make, within 90 days after this bill's enactment, initial determinations about such countries and about whether an individual or group is, or has been within the most recent 12 months, affiliated with, associated with, cooperating with, or an adherent to Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, or ISIL;
 
review and make subsequent determinations regarding such countries, groups, or individuals every 6 months in consultation with specified congressional committees; 
 
 brief such committees on each determination; and
 
 brief such committees on any other country, individual, or group that the ODNI considered but did not make a determination that the the country provided covered assistance to, or that the group or individual is affiliated with, associated with, cooperating with, or an adherent to, Al Qaeda, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, or ISIL.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in schools.

Bill: 115-hr-610
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: 

Choices in Education Act of 2017

 
This bill repeals the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and limits the authority of the Department of Education (ED) such that ED is authorized only to award block grants to qualified states.
 
The bill establishes an education voucher program, through which each state shall distribute block grant funds among local educational agencies (LEAs) based on the number of eligible children within each LEA's geographical area. From these amounts, each LEA shall: (1) distribute a portion of funds to parents who elect to enroll their child in a private school or to home-school their child, and (2) do so in a manner that ensures that such payments will be used for appropriate educational expenses.
 
To be eligible to receive a block grant, a state must: (1) comply with education voucher program requirements, and (2) make it lawful for parents of an eligible child to elect to enroll their child in any public or private elementary or secondary school in the state or to home-school their child.
 

No Hungry Kids Act

 
The bill repeals a specified rule that established certain nutrition standards for the national school lunch and breakfast programs. (In general, the rule requires schools to increase the availability of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat or fat free milk in school meals; reduce the levels of sodium, saturated fat, and trans fat in school meals; and meet children's nutritional needs within their caloric requirements.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-614
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Property tax
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: 

Protect Our Schools from Tax Delinquents Act of 201

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This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require that each housing assistance payments contract entered into under the Section 8 rental assistance voucher program by a public housing agency (PHA) and the owner of a dwelling unit provide that such owner pay, on a timely basis, all covered taxes validly assessed against the property in which the unit is located. 
 
A "covered tax" is any tax under state or local law assessed upon real property or the revenue of which is dedicated for use only for schools or for costs of education.
 
The bill allows a contract to provide that, upon notification and identification of a tax delinquency by a taxing authority, the PHA shall abate all of the rental assistance amounts for the property, transferring them monthly to the taxing authority, until the delinquency is eliminated.
 
The bill does not authorize or establish any cause or grounds for the termination of the tenancy of any tenant from any dwelling unit assisted under the rental assistance voucher program.
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development must maintain a database of information regarding owners of dwelling units: (1) assisted under the program whose housing assistance payments contracts have been terminated for noncompliance with the requirements of this bill, and (2) with respect to whom assistance amounts have been abated and transferred to a taxing authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Repayment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-615
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax credits
Student aid and college costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: 

Student Loan Repayment Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a work opportunity tax credit for employers who hire a qualified student loan repayer. A &quot;qualified student loan repayer&quot; is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as: (1) having at least an associate's degree, and (2) having outstanding education loans of at least $10,000. 
 
The bill also allows a business tax credit equal to 50% of the student loan program startup costs paid by employers during the year, subject to a limit of $500 per employee participating in the program. The credit applies to the ordinary and necessary expenses for the establishment or administration of a student loan repayment plan through which the employer provides specified annual matching contributions to each employee. The credit does not apply to payments made to, or on behalf of, any employee pursuant to the plan. An employer may claim the credit for three years if the employer has not established or maintained a plan for substantially the same employees during the three-year period immediately preceding the first year in which the credit is otherwise allowable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Bill: 115-hr-616
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Provides for the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

Bill: 115-hr-617
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

 
This bill amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance. This declaration does not apply to a contract, combination, or conspiracy to: (1) collect, compile, or disseminate historical loss data; (2) determine a loss development factor for historical loss data; or (3) perform actuarial services if the collaboration does not involve a restraint of trade.
 
Prohibitions against unfair methods of competition apply to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H616)
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 46, United States Code, to exempt old vessels that only operate within inland waterways from the fire-retardant materials requirement if the owners of such vessels make annual structural alterations to at least 10 percent of the areas of the vessels that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-619
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Fires
Marine and inland water transportation
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 
This bill revises the requirements for passenger vessels that are exempt from fire-retardant materials standards.
 
Vessels in operation before January 1, 1968, that operate within inland waterways are exempt from the new requirements until December 1, 2028. Exempt vessel operators must follow certain requirements including notifying prospective passengers in writing prior to the sale of any ticket for boarding and making annual structural alterations to at least 10% of areas of the vessel that are not constructed of fire-retardant materials.
 
Additionally, the Department of Transportation (DOT)must conduct an annual inspection of any vessel that is exempted from fire-retardant materials standards.DOTmay withdraw a certificate of inspection for any vessel that does not comply with requirements under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-621
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Budget deficits and national debt
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Idaho
Land transfers
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2017

 
 This bill directs the Department of the Interior: (1) to offer for disposal by competitive sale for not less that fair market value certain federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified in the report submitted to Congress on May 27, 1997, pursuant to the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996, as suitable for disposal or exchange for the purpose of conducting restoration activities in the Everglades region of Florida; and (2) within four years after enactment of this bill, to submit a list of such lands that have not been sold and the reasons why. 
 
All net proceeds from the sale of such lands shall be deposited into the Treasury for reduction of the public debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-623
Sponsor: Rep. Chaffetz, Jason [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Medical ethics
Prescription drugs
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Fairness to Pet Owners Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to require prescribers of animal drugs to verify prescriptions and provide copies of prescriptions to pet owners, pet owner designees, and pharmacies, without the prescriber demanding payment or establishing other conditions. The bill applies these requirements to medication for a domesticated household animal that consumers are not allowed to purchase without a prescription.
 A violation of this bill shall be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-626
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Access to Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for purposes of determining whether inpatient rehabilitation-facility services are reasonable and necessary under Medicare, to include recreational-therapy services among the therapeutic modalities that constitute an intensive rehabilitation-therapy program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H721)
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House