hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Military LAND Act

Bill: 115-hr-473
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land use and conservation
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Military Land and National Defense Act or the Military LAND Act

 
 This bill requires the Department of the Interior to notify specified congressional committees if a property owned by the federal government is being considered for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, for designation as a National Historic Landmark, or for nomination to the World Heritage List. If any federal agency managing any such federal property objects to its inclusion or designation for national security reasons, it shall be neither included nor designated until the objection is withdrawn. 
 
The bill requires Interior to allow for expedited removal of federal property from such register at the request of the managing agency for reasons of national security. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Interim Consolidated Storage Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-474
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Appropriations
Government trust funds
Nuclear power
Public contracts and procurement
Radioactive wastes and releases
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Interim Consolidated Storage Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Department of Energy (DOE) to enter into new contracts (or modify existing contracts) with the licensee of an interim consolidated storage facility in order to take title to and store in it either high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel of domestic origin. 
 
The bill defines:
 
 
&quot;interim consolidated storage facility&quot; as a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel received from DOE or from two or more persons that generate or hold title to such fuel generated at a civilian nuclear power reactor, and 
 
&quot;high-level radioactive waste&quot; as including Greater than Class C waste. 
 
 
The bill assigns priority to storage of such waste and spent fuel located on sites without an operating nuclear reactor.
 
The bill makes appropriations targeted for the Nuclear Waste Fund available to pay for costs in connection with storage in an interim consolidated storage facility. 
 Beginning in FY2018 DOE shall not expend, on fees for dry modes of storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel, any amounts exceeding the cumulative amount of interest generated by the Fund each fiscal year.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To designate the exclusive economic zone of the United States as the "Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States".

Bill: 115-hr-475
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 
This bill designates the U.S. exclusive economic zone (as established by Presidential Proclamation Numbered 5030, dated March 10, 1983) as the &quot;Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
VET Act

Bill: 115-hr-476
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee performance
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hospital care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Veterans Emergency Treatment Act or the VET Act

 
This bill requires that a veteran enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care program who requests a medical examination or treatment at an emergency department of a VA medical facility be provided with a medical screening examination to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists and, if so, stabilizing medical treatment or a transfer to another VA or non-VA medical facility.
 
If a non-stabilized emergency medical condition exists, the VA hospital may not transfer the veteran unless: (1) the veteran, after being made aware of the risks, makes a written transfer request; or (2) a physician (or a qualified medical person if a physician is not present) certifies that the medical benefits of a transfer outweigh the risks.
 
The VA may not take adverse action against a VA employee because the employee refuses to authorize the transfer of an enrolled veteran with a non-stabilized emergency medical condition or because the employee reports a violation of a requirement of this bill. 
 
A VA or non-VA medical facility may not delay provision of an appropriate medical screening examination or further medical examination and treatment required in order to inquire about the payment method or insurance status of an enrolled veteran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E58)
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
IRGC Terrorist Sanctions Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-478
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Iran
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

IRGC Terrorist Sanctions Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the President to: (1) designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist entity, (2) impose sanctions against the IRGC, and (3) report to Congress on the results of such sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H534)
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Opportunity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-480
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Securities
Student aid and college costs
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Student Loan Opportunity Act of 201

7

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to tax-exempt private activity bond financing, to: (1) eliminate a provision that restricts nonprofit scholarship funding corporations that acquire student loan notes to notes incurred under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (thus allowing such corporations to access tax-exempt financing for other types of student loans), and (2) expand the operations of such corporations to include performing student assistance related activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
REBUILD Act

Bill: 115-hr-481
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Reducing Environmental Barriers to Unified Infrastructure and Land Development Act of 2017 Act or the REBUILD Act 

 
 This bill amends the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) to authorize: (1) the assignment to states of federal environmental review responsibilities under NEPA and other relevant federal environmental laws for covered federal projects, and (2) states to assume all or part of those responsibilities. 
 
Each responsible federal official who is authorized to assign such responsibility must promulgate regulations that establish requirements relating to information required to be contained in state applications to assume those responsibilities.
 
 An official may approve an application only if: (1) public notice requirements have been met, (2) the state has the capability to assume the responsibilities, and (3) the head of the state agency having primary jurisdiction over covered projects enters into a written agreement with an official to assume the responsibilities and to maintain the financial resources necessary to carry them out.
 
The officials must audit state compliance with federal laws for which responsibilities are assumed. The officials may terminate the responsibilities assigned to states after providing notice to states of any noncompliance and an opportunity to take corrective action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-482
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Government information and archives
Housing discrimination
Housing supply and affordability
Intergovernmental relations
Public housing
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Local Zoning Decisions Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill nullifies:
 
 
the final Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rule entitled &quot;Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing&quot; and any successor rule substantially similar to it, and
 
the notice relating to the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Assessment Tool and any successor notice or rule substantially similar to it.
 
 
No federal funds may be used to design, build, maintain, utilize, or provide access to a federal database of geospatial information on community racial disparities or disparities in access to affordable housing.
 
HUD is required to: (1) consult with state, local government, and public housing agency officials to develop recommendations, consistent with applicable rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, to further the Fair Housing Act's purposes and policies; and (2) make a final report publicly available online within 12 months after enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act

Bill: 115-hr-483
Sponsor: Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Citizenship and naturalization
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Higher education
Immigration status and procedures
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 
 
No Funding for Sanctuary Campuses Act

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Aid) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to make an institution of higher education (IHE) that is a sanctuary campus ineligible for funds under title IV. 
 
It defines the term &quot;sanctuary campus.&quot; 
 
The Department of Homeland Security must transmit to the Department of Education and publish in the Federal Register notice of a determination that an IHE is a sanctuary campus. 
 
The bill expresses the sense of Congress that providing in-state tuition to an alien who lacks lawful immigration status in the United States creates an incentive for illegal immigration and encourages and induces aliens to come to, enter, or reside in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
DRAIN the SWAMP Act

Bill: 115-hr-484
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Licensing and registrations
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Deter Revolving-door Appointments in our Nation; Stop Washington Appointees from becoming Manipulative Petitioners Act or the DRAIN the SWAMP Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to revise post-employment lobbying restrictions on senior executive branch officials and employees.
 
Specifically, it imposes a five-year ban on communications by a former political appointee with the intent to influence officers or employees at their former executive branch agency or department. 
 
The term political appointee includes certain senior political officials compensated on the Executive Schedule; limited term, limited emergency, and noncareer appointees in the Senior Executive Service; and employees in confidential or policy-determining positions in the excepted service.
 
Additionally, the bill amends the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 to impose a lifetime ban on lobbying by a former political appointee on behalf of a foreign government or foreign political party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-485
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Minority employment
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require that in making the appointment of a president, a Federal Reserve Bank must interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one reflective of racial or ethnic diversity.
 
The bill amends numerous banking-, finance-, and trade-related Acts to make references to officials (including those to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) gender-neutral. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Grant's Law

Bill: 115-hr-486
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Grant's Law

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require mandatory detention of any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and arrested for inadmissible or deportable crimes. 
 
The bill transfers release authority from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS may release the alien to an appropriate authority for proceedings related to the arrest, but DHS must resume custody for any period that the alien is not in custody of the appropriate authority. If the alien is not convicted of crimes for which the alien was arrested, DHS must continue to detain the alien until removal proceedings are completed. 
 
DHS must complete the removal proceedings within 90 days. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H964)
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other deliberately lethal action and to transfer the authority to conduct such strikes or lethal action to the Department of Defense.

Bill: 115-hr-487
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 
This bill prohibits the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other lethal action.
 
The President must transfer to the Department of Defense all authority to use such a vehicle to conduct such a strike or lethal action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-488
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Military Spouse Job Continuity Act of 201

7

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces (military spouse) who moves with such member to another state under a permanent change of station order a tax credit for up to $500 of qualified relicensing costs incurred by such spouse. The bill defines "qualified relicensing costs" as costs for a state license or certification to engage in the profession that such military spouse engaged in while residing in the former state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
No Religious Registry Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-489
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Public contracts and procurement
Religion
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

No Religious Registry Act
 
of 2017

 
This bill prohibits U.S. government officers or employees from collecting information or utilizing a registry or database to classify or surveil on the basis of religious affiliation: (1) U.S. nationals, (2) aliens lawfully present in the United States, or (3) aliens who apply for a visa or seek admission to the United States or on whose behalf a petition under the immigration laws is submitted. The bill also prohibits studies related to the collection of such information or the establishment or utilization of such a registry or database.
 
Nothing in such prohibition may be construed to prohibit the collection of information that is provided voluntarily, and from which personally identifiable information is removed, to be used strictly for statistical purposes that do not violate this bill.
 
Federal entities are prohibited from: (1) awarding a contract to an entity to collect information or establish a registry that would violate this bill, or (2) purchasing information on religious affiliation from a nonfederal entity for such purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-490
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative remedies
Evidence and witnesses
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 

Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform an abortion: (1) without determining whether the fetus has a detectable heartbeat, (2) without informing the mother of the results, or (3) after determining that a fetus has a detectable heartbeat. 
 
It provides an exception for an abortion that is necessary to save the life of a mother whose life is endangered by a physical (but not psychological or emotional) disorder, illness, or condition. 
 
A physician who performs a prohibited abortion is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. 
 
A woman who undergoes a prohibited abortion may not be prosecuted for violating or conspiring to violate the provisions of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House