hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
No Congressional First Class Flights Act

Bill: 115-hr-4509
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Congressional operations and organization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

No Congressional First Class Flights Act

 
This bill prohibits funds provided for the official travel expenses of a Member of Congress from being used for airline accommodations that are not coach-class, unless the accommodations are necessary to accommodate a medical disability or other special need.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
No Congressional Vehicle Leases Act

Bill: 115-hr-4510
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional operations and organization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Lease and rental services
Members of Congress
Motor vehicles
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

No Congressional Vehicle Leases Act

 
This bill prohibits funds provided for the operations of a chamber of Congress from being used to lease a vehicle for: (1) more than 30 consecutive days, or (2) any period of time at a daily rate exceeding a maximum rate established by regulation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act

Bill: 115-hr-4511
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

No Golden Parachutes for Public Service Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to replace the current two-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Senators and one-year ban on lobbying contacts by former Members of the House of Representatives, including former elected House officers, with any Member, officer, or employee of either chamber with an outright ban at any time on such contacts, subject to fines and/or imprisonment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4512
Sponsor: Rep. Blum, Rod [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the salaries of Members of Congress to be reduced in any year that follows a year in which there was a federal budget deficit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Farmers of Tomorrow Act

Bill: 115-hr-4513
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Farmland
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Farmers of Tomorrow Act 

 
This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to expand eligibility for Department of Agriculture (USDA) direct farm ownership loans by modifying the three-year experience requirement. 
 
(Under current law, USDA may make a direct farm ownership loan only to a farmer or rancher who has participated in the business operations of a farm or ranch for at least three years or has other acceptable experience.) 
 
The bill modifies the experience requirement to specify a list of acceptable experience and educational criteria that USDA may count for an applicant to meet or reduce the necessary experience requirement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Stop Tax Subsidies for Sexual Abusers and Harassers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4514
Sponsor: Rep. Comstock, Barbara [R-VA-10]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Business expenses
Civil actions and liability
Income tax deductions
Legal fees and court costs
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Stop Tax Subsidies for Sexual Abusers and Harassers Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a tax deduction for: (1) any settlement or payment related to sexual harassment or sexual abuse if the settlement or payment is subject to a nondisclosure agreement, or (2) attorney's fees related to such a settlement or payment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for a special rule during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 for the redistribution of certain Children's Health Insurance Program allocations for certain shortfall States.

Bill: 115-hr-4515
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 
This bill amends title XXI (Children's Health Insurance Program [CHIP]) of the Social Security Act to establish a special rule, with respect to the first quarter of FY2018, for the redistribution of unused CHIP allotments to state child health plans experiencing emergency shortfalls. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must redistribute unused allotments to each such state in an amount equal to the state's emergency shortfall before the CMS may redistribute the allotments to any state that is experiencing a nonemergency shortfall. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Stop Tax Breaks for Sexual Misconduct Act

Bill: 115-hr-4516
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Business expenses
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Legal fees and court costs
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Stop Tax Breaks for Sexual Misconduct Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit a tax deduction for trade or business expenses paid or incurred for: (1) liability insurance providing coverage with respect to sexual misconduct by an employee; or (2) damages, settlement costs, or attorney's fees with respect to sexual misconduct by an employee. 
 
The bill also excludes from gross income amounts received as damages or settlement payments on account of injuries due to sexual misconduct. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Home Owners' Loan Act to allow mutual holding companies to clarify requirements related to the waiver of dividends, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4517
Sponsor: Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Financial services and investments
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 
This bill amends the Home Owners' Loan Act to prohibit a federal financial agency from considering waived dividends in determining an appropriate exchange ratio in the event of a full conversion to stock form with respect to a mutual holding company. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-4518
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historical and cultural resources
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Utah
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Bears Ears National Monument Expansion Act

 
This bill expands the boundaries of the Bear Ears National Monument in Utah. 
 
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture USDA shall administer the lands under their jurisdictions within the expanded boundaries: (1) as part of the monument; and (2) in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 9558, dated December 28, 2016, which provided for establishment of the monument. 
 
Interior and USDA shall promptly carry out the proclamation's provisions, including the provisions requiring them to engage the Bear Ears Commission to:
 
 
ensure the proper care and management of the objects identified;
 
ensure that management decisions affecting the monument reflect tribal expertise and traditional and historical knowledge; and 
 
provide guidance and recommendations on the development and implementation of management plans and on management of the monument. 
 
 
The National Park Service shall administer Natural Bridges National Monument and those portions of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area that are within the expanded boundaries as part of the monument.
 
Interior and USDA may acquire lands, waters, or interests in land that are located within the revised boundaries of the monument by donation, purchase, or exchange. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to repeal certain disclosure requirements related to resource extraction, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4519
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Government information and archives
Mining
Oil and gas
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal provisions requiring resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made to a foreign government or the federal government for the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals.

action_date: 2018-01-09
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec. 1) This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to repeal provisions requiring resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made to a foreign government or the federal government for the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 373.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-500.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-500.
action_date: 2017-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 27.
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: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2017.

Bill: 115-hr-4520
Sponsor: Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to continue to instruct Medicare contractors not to enforce requirements for direct physician supervision of outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Simplification for the Elderly Act

Bill: 115-hr-4521
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

SNAP Simplification for the Elderly Act

 
This bill (1) extends the certification period for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for certain households, (2) expands the use of combined applications for SNAP and certain other benefits, and (3) requires the Department of Agriculture to carry out pilot projects to integrate the delivery of various benefits to certain low-income households.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition.
action_date: 2017-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Stop Taxpayers Obligations to Perpetrators of Sexual Harassment Act

Bill: 115-hr-4522
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Crime victims
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Sex offenses
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Stop Taxpayers Obligations to Perpetrators of Sexual Harassment Act

 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to prohibit the use of federal funds for the payment of a settlement or award for a claim arising from sexual harassment committed by a Member of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Automatic Retirement Plan Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4523
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax credits
Sales and excise taxes
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Automatic Retirement Plan Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require certain employers to maintain automatic contribution retirement plans for employees. Governments, churches, small employers (10 or fewer employees), certain new businesses, and employers who already maintain certain retirement plans are exempt from the requirement. 
 
Automatic contribution retirement plans are defined contribution plans, which must meet specified requirements regarding the eligibility of employees to enroll, automatic enrollment, investments, lifetime income, and fees. 
 
The bill also: 
 
 
 imposes an excise tax on employers who fail to maintain an automatic contribution plan; 
 
 increases the dollar limitation for the tax credit for small employer pension plan startup costs; 
 
 allows a tax credit for small employers who adopt automatic contribution retirement plans; 
 
 modifies certain nondiscrimination rules that would otherwise apply to the automatic contribution plans; 
 
modifies certain fiduciary, qualification, and administrative rules that apply to multiple employer plans; 
 
 allows states to continue certain programs that require automatic contribution plans; 
 
 allows a refundable tax credit for certain retirement savings contributions and requires the Department of the Treasury to pay the credit as a contribution to the applicable retirement account; and
 
provides for the portability of lifetime income investment options by permitting a rollover into another retirement plan if the investment is no longer authorized to be held as an investment option under an employer-sponsored plan. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-01
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: 2017-12-01
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: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Living Shorelines Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4525
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Performance measurement
Seashores and lakeshores
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Living Shorelines Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide grants for climate resilient living shoreline projects and to encourage innovation in the use of natural materials to protect coastal communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Lawless Actions of Politicians (SLAP) Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4526
Sponsor: Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2017-12-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Federal preemption
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: 

Stopping Lawless Actions of Politicians (SLAP) Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both&#8212;on a state or local official who has custody of an individual and knowingly ignores a request from the federal government to take custody of the individual, if the requesting authority has designated that individual as a violator of immigration laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-12-01
text: Introduced in House