hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act

Bill: 115-hr-5258
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: 

Affordable Health Insurance for the Middle Class Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the eligibility requirements for the premium assistance tax credit, which is provided to eligible individuals and families to subsidize the purchase of health insurance plans on an exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. 
 
The bill expands eligibility for the credit by defining an &quot;applicable taxpayer&quot; as a taxpayer whose household income for the taxable year equals or exceeds 100% of the federal poverty line. (Under current law, household income must equal or exceed 100%, but may not exceed 400% of the poverty line.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
STRESS Act

Bill: 115-hr-5259
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: General Native American affairs matters
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: 

Stemming the Tide of Rural Economic Stress and Suicide Act or the STRESS Act 

 
This bill amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network, which is a Department of Agriculture (USDA) program to provide grants for programs that provide mental health services to individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations. The bill also sets forth requirements for USDA to review and evaluate the stress assistance programs carried out using the grants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act

Bill: 115-hr-5260
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Materials
Nuclear power
Public utilities and utility rates
Radiation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: 

Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Department of Energy (DOE)to advance the research and development of domestic advanced, affordable, and clean nuclear energy. Specifically, DOE must enter into one or more agreements to carry out at least four advanced nuclear reactor demonstration projects. 
 
DOE must establish goals for research relating to advanced nuclear reactors, including by coordinating with members of private industry to advance the demonstration of various designs of advanced nuclear reactors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Treatment, Education, and Community Help to Combat Addiction Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5261
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: 

Treatment, Education, and Community Help to Combat Addiction Act of 2018 or the TEACH to Combat Addiction Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate Regional Centers of Excellence in Substance Use Disorder Education and provide support to such centers to enhance and improve pain management and substance use disorder education through the distribution of evidence-based curricula for health care professional schools.
 
The bill provides statutory authority for the National Institutes of Health's Centers for Excellence in Pain Education program, under which the centers provide for the coordination of the development, evaluation, and distribution of pain management curricula for health professional schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5052)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5052)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5261.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5052-5053)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Unanimous Consent .
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area as the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5262
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Members of Congress
New York City
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: 
This bill redesignates the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area in the state of New York as the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, as the "Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building".

Bill: 115-hr-5263
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
New York State
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, as the "Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Clean Water Partnership Act

Bill: 115-hr-5264
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: 

Clean Water Partnership Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to make matching grants to assist states, Washington, DC, U.S. territories, or U.S. possessions in acquiring land, water, or interests (e.g., conservation easements) if the acquisition will substantially improve, preserve, or maintain water quality for an area in perpetuity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Home Rule Non-Discrimination Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5265
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: District of Columbia
First Amendment rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: 

District of Columbia Home Rule Non-Discrimination Act of 2018

 
This bill eliminates the applicability of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to the District of Columbia government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E299)
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5266
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: 

Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018

 
This bill removes the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from the Federal Reserve System, converts the bureau into an independent commission, and modifies its leadership structure. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the process for denying, revoking, or suspending a registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-5267
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to modify enforcement authorities of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
 
The bill modifies the required elements of an order to show cause issued by the DEA before it denies, revokes, or suspends a registration for a CSA violation. 
 
Additionally, it modifies the standard of review for an immediate suspension order. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Safe Schools Act

Bill: 115-hr-5268
Sponsor: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2018-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
First responders and emergency personnel
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers
Public contracts and procurement
School administration
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: 

Safe Schools Act

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to make grants to eligible local education agencies to provide improved security measures at schools and on school grounds.
 
Such grants shall be distributed directly to such agencies and used to improve security through one or more of the following:
 
 
employment of additional school resource officers not already employed by the agency;
 
entering into a contract or a memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency, private entity, or nonprofit corporation for the services of school resource officers;
 
increasing coordination with local law enforcement; and 
 
purchasing equipment, technology, or infrastructure improvements to control access to school campus, buildings, and classrooms, expedite notification of first responders, or stop weapons from entering a school building.
 
 
In awarding grants, FEMA shall give preference to local education agencies that demonstrate that the grants will be used efficiently and effectively to secure school buildings or grounds.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
STAR Fishing Act

Bill: 115-hr-5269
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Great Lakes
Hunting and fishing
Intergovernmental relations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Parks, recreation areas, trails
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: 

State and Territorial Approval for Restriction of Fishing Act or the STAR Fishing Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce to obtain approval from the relevant fish and wildlife management agency of a state or territory before restricting fishing access to state or territorial marine waters that are within the jurisdiction of the National Park Service or the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, including coastal waters and estuaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Electricity Reliability and Fuel Security Act

Bill: 115-hr-5270
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2018-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: 

Electricity Reliability and Fuel Security Act

 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit through 2022 for a portion of the expenses for the operation or maintenance of a coal-powered electric generation unit, excluding expenses for coal. 
 
The credit applies to taxpayers who own or lease an electric generation unit that uses coal to produce at least 75% of the electricity produced by the unit.
 
Qualified public entities may transfer the credit to an eligible project partner. A &quot;qualified public entity&quot; is: (1) a federal, state, or local government entity or any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof; (2) a mutual or cooperative electric company; or (3) a not-for-profit electric utility which had or has received a loan or loan guarantee under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. 
 
An &quot;eligible project partner&quot; is a person who: 
 
 
 is responsible for operating, maintaining, or repairing the unit; 
 
 participates in the provision, including transportation, of coal to the unit; 
 
 provides financing for the construction or operation of the unit; or 
 
 leases the unit. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act

Bill: 115-hr-5271
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2018-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Business records
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Freedom of information
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: 

Tiahrt Restrictions Repeal Act

 
This bill amends several appropriations laws to remove limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.
 
Specifically, the bill removes provisions that: 
 
 
limit the use of firearms tracing data, 
 
prohibit the imposition of a requirement that firearms dealers conduct a physical inventory, 
 
require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide additional guidance to grantees seeking funding to treat or prevent mental health or substance  use disorders.

Bill: 115-hr-5272
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2018-03-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: 

Reinforcing Evidence-Based Standards Under Law in Treating Substance Abuse Act of 2018 or the RESULTS Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require applicants to demonstrate that a program or activity is evidence-based when applying for support from the Department of Health and Human Services for a program or activity to prevent or treat a mental health or substance use disorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5053)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5053)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5272.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5053-5055)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-03-14
text: Introduced in House