hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Medicaid Bump Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-324
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Mental health
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Medicaid Bump Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to increase the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) to 90% with respect to increased state Medicaid program expenditures for mental and behavioral health services. In general, a state's FMAP may range from 50% to 83% under current law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Adult Day Center Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-325
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Disability and paralysis
Families
Health programs administration and funding
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Adult Day Center Enhancement Act

 
This bill requires the Administration on Aging (AOA) to initiate a comprehensive survey of current adult day programs that provide care and support to individuals with neurological diseases or conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, or traumatic brain injury. The AOA must identify ongoing successful adult day programs and which of these serve young adults with neurological conditions and develop best practices to guide the establishment of additional successful adult day programs.
 The AOA must award grants for adult day programs that serve younger people with neurological conditions. 
An &quot;adult day program&quot; is defined as a program that provides comprehensive care and support services to individuals with neurological conditions and to their family caregivers and that may assist participants in ways that:
 
 
maintain or improve their functional abilities or otherwise help them adjust to their changing functional abilities;
 
prevent the onset of complications associated with severe forms of the condition;
 
promote alternatives to placement in nursing homes;
 
reduce the strain on family caregivers of individuals with neurological conditions;
 
focus on supporting the emotional, social, and intellectual needs of a younger adult population; or
 
address the needs of veterans with neurological conditions.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act

Bill: 115-hr-326
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Neuromyelitis Optica Consortium Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the National Institutes of Health to establish, administer, and coordinate a national consortium on neuromyelitis optica (NMO), which is a neurological disease that can cause blindness and paralysis. The consortium must:
 
 
 award grants for research on the causes of, and the risk factors and biomarkers associated with, NMO;
 
 assemble a panel of experts to provide guidance and recommendations on research design and protocols; and
 
 designate a central laboratory to collect and analyze data from this research and to make the data and analysis available to researchers.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To provide for United States participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-327
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: International organizations and cooperation
Political movements and philosophies

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to facilitate the U.S. readmission and participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union and to pay related annual membership expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
INVEST Act

Bill: 115-hr-328
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Income tax credits
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Incentives for our Nation's Veterans in Energy Sustainability Technologies or the INVEST Act 

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow the work opportunity tax credit for the hiring of a specified veteran who works in a field of renewable energy. A "specified veteran" means any veteran who is certified as: (1) having received a credential or certification from the Department of Defense of a military occupational specialty or skill in a field of renewable energy or with respect to advanced manufacturing, machinist or welding, or engineering; (2) having completed a vocational degree in a field of renewable energy; or (3) having completed a LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification with the United States Green Building Council.
 
The Department of the Treasury shall pay: (1) each U.S. possession (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) with a mirror code tax system amounts equal to the loss to such possession due to this Act; and (2) each U.S. possession without such a tax system an amount estimated to equal the loss to such possession that would have occurred due to this Act if such a tax system had been in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit for expenses for household and elder care services necessary for gainful employment.

Bill: 115-hr-329
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adult day care
Income tax credits
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a new tax credit for a taxpayer's employment-related expenses necessary to care for a dependent who has attained age 50. 
 
Employment-related expenses include: (1) expenses for household services; and (2) expenses for the care of the dependent, including respite care and hospice care. The expenses must be incurred to enable the taxpayer to be gainfully employed for any period for which there are one or more dependents that qualify for the credit. 
 
The bill limits the amount of such credit to $3,000 for the care of one dependent and $6,000 for the care of two or more dependents of the taxpayer in a taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
No More Ghost Money Act

Bill: 115-hr-330
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Public contracts and procurement
Rule of law and government transparency

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

No More Ghost Money Act

 
This bill prohibits any federal agency or federal government contractor from making a monetary payment to any official of a foreign country for the purposes of bribery, coercion, or any illegal activity that undermines the rule of law or corrupts a public official. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) shall report to Congress on all monetary payments made by the CIA to officials of the Government of Afghanistan on or after September 11, 2001. 
 
The President may waive such requirements if compliance would harm U.S. national security or members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), 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: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
States' Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-331
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Judicial procedure and administration
Land transfers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

States' Medical Marijuana Property Rights Protection Ac

t

 
 This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical marijuana-related conduct that is authorized by state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Peace Corps Stamp Act

Bill: 115-hr-332
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Peace Corps
Postal service
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Peace Corps Stamp Act

 
 This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to issue a Peace Corps Semipostal Stamp for 10 years to afford the public with a convenient way to help fund the Peace Corps' Global Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act

Bill: 115-hr-333
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act

 
This bill amends federal military retired pay provisions to: (1) permit veterans with a service-connected disability of less than 50% to concurrently receive both retired pay and disability compensation; (2) eliminate provisions requiring a phase-in between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2013, of concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation; (3) eliminate a phase-in of concurrent receipt of retired pay and disability compensation for disabled veterans determined to be individually unemployable; and (4) require a limited reduction in retired pay for qualified disability retirees with less than 20 years of retirement-creditable service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-02-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-335
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Medicaid Expansion Parity Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide the enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) to every state that expands Medicaid coverage for individuals who are newly eligible under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, regardless of when such expansion takes place. 
 
Under current law, the enhanced FMAP is equivalent to 100% in 2014 through 2016, 95% in 2017, 94% in 2018, 93% in 2019, and 90% thereafter. The bill retains this enhanced FMAP, but bases it on a term of years rather than on specific dates.
 
The bill applies retroactively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Next Generation American Manufacturing Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-340
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Building construction
Economic performance and conditions
Income tax credits
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Next Generation American Manufacturing Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for the purchase (during a specified period of between 5 and 10 years based on the incentive needed with respect to each product) of new products certified as assembled in the United States and consisting of at least 60% of components assembled or otherwise arising in the United States.
 
The bill also establishes the 21st Century American Manufacturing Commission to conduct research to designate products eligible for such tax credit. 
 
The bill allows certain start-up companies that are headquartered in the United States a tax credit for up to 25% of their costs for the construction of a manufacturing facility and for the purchase of specialized equipment for use at such facility. A "start-up company" is defined as any corporation or partnership that: (1) first has both gross receipts and qualified research expenses in a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2016; or (2) has both gross receipts and qualified research expenses in fewer than three taxable years beginning after December 31, 2016, and before January 1, 2022. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Support Our Startups Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-341
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Income tax deductions
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Support Our Startups Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the amount of the tax deduction for business start-up expenses for taxable years beginning in 2017 or 2018. 
 
Under current law, start-up expenses are paid or incurred in connection with: (1) investigating the creation or acquisition of an active trade or business; (2) creating an active trade or business; or (3) any activity engaged in for profit and for the production of income before the day on which the active trade or business begins, in anticipation of the activity becoming an active trade or business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
No Raise for Congress Act

Bill: 115-hr-342
Sponsor: Rep. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

No Raise for Congress Act

 
This bill amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
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: 2017-01-05
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: 2017-01-05
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: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act

Bill: 115-hr-344
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Forest Legacy Management Flexibility Act 

 
This bill amends the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 to permit states to allow qualified (tax-exempt) organizations, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to acquire, hold, and manage conservation easements using funds provided to the state under the Forest Legacy Program. The qualified organizations must be organized for specified conservation purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House