hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
United Nations Review and Accounting Act

Bill: 115-hr-264
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Military operations and strategy
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

United Nations Review and Accounting Act

 
This bill prohibits funds from being obligated, expended, or transferred for assessed or voluntary U.N. contributions (or to any fund, program, or entity affiliated with the U.N.) until 180 days after the date on which all of the following reports have been submitted: 
 
 
the President's report on U.S. contributions to the U.N. relating to peacekeeping operations, 
 
the Office of Management and Budget's additional report on other U.S. contributions to the U.N., and 
 
the Government Accountability Office's comparative report on peacekeeping operations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-265
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Arab-Israeli relations
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Israel
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act of 2017

 
 This bill states that it is U.S. policy: (1) to recognize Jerusalem as the undivided capital of Israel, and (2) that the U.S. Embassy in Israel should be established in Jerusalem not later than January 1, 2019.
 
 The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is amended to eliminate the President's authority to waive certain funding limitations for Department of State acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.
 
Any official U.S. document that lists countries and their capital cities must identify Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
 
The bill limits appropriations that may be obligated in FY2017 for State Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad until the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem has officially opened.
 
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated for FY2017 and FY2018 for State Department acquisition and maintenance of buildings abroad, necessary sums should be made available until expended only for construction and other costs associated with the establishment in Jerusalem of the U.S. Embassy in Israel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Inclusion Act of 2016

Bill: 115-hr-266
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee hiring
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Law Enforcement Inclusion Act of 2016

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to expand the allowable use of grant funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program to include: (1) recruiting, hiring, and training career law enforcement officers who are residents of the communities they serve; and (2) developing and publishing strategies and timelines to recruit, hire, and train a diverse and inclusive law enforcement workforce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Neighborhood Noise Barriers Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-268
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Noise pollution
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Neighborhood Noise Barriers Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 to allow the use of funds out of the Highway Trust Fund to construct a Type II noise barrier along a federal-aid highway if such barrier:
 
 
is part of a project approved by the Department of Transportation before November 28, 1995; or
 
separates a highway or other noise corridor from a group of structures of which the majority of those closest to the highway or noise corridor are residential in nature and which either were constructed before the construction or most recent widening of the highway or noise corridor or are at least 10 years old.
 
 
The bill makes the planning, design, or construction of a Type II noise barrier eligible for surface transportation block grant program funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Look-back Elimination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-269
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Department of Health and Human Services
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Look-back Elimination Act of 2017

 
This bill amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to extend federal funding to states for maintenance payments on behalf of each foster child, regardless of whether the child would have been eligible for aid under the former Aid to Families with Dependent Children program at the time of removal from the home. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Environmental Justice Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-270
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Due process and equal protection
Employment taxes
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Land use and conservation
Lawyers and legal services
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Tax-exempt organizations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Environmental Justice Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a credit against the employment taxes of a tax-exempt organization equal to 40% of amounts paid or incurred by such organization to support environmental justice communities or projects. The limit on the amount of such credit for a calendar year is $10,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-271
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Higher education
Poverty and welfare assistance
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Stephanie Tubbs Jones Assets for Independence Reauthorization Act of 2017

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2022 and otherwise amends the Assets for Independence Act, which provides for demonstration projects to fund individual development accounts (IDAs). (IDAs are matched savings accounts through which low-income individuals may save targeted amounts for qualifying purposes such as first-time home ownership or post-secondary education.) 
 
With respect to IDAs, the bill expands: (1) qualifying educational expenses; and (2) qualifying expenses for home replacement, repair, or improvement. 
 
In addition, with respect to demonstration projects, the bill: (1) requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to give special consideration to applications from victims of domestic violence, individuals who are or have been in foster care, and certain other categories of individuals; (2) revises income-eligibility requirements; (3) modifies procedures related to terminated projects; and (4) revises other specified requirements and limitations. 
 
An individual who is a recent or current victim of domestic violence shall not, for purposes of project participation, fail to qualify as a first-time homebuyer by reason of having a co-ownership interest in a principal residence with a person who committed domestic violence against the individual. 
 
HHS may use funds appropriated under the Act to cover certain necessary training costs. 
 
HHS is authorized to waive certain project requirements and limitations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-272
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
Self-employed
Small business
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Back to Basics Job Creation Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XX (Block Grants to State for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to states, Indians tribes, or local governments to assist low-income individuals and individuals who have been unemployed for at least three months in developing self-employment opportunities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Family Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-273
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Family Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of an individual's qualified infertility treatment expenses, subject to specified limits based on dollar amounts and the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Qualified infertility treatment expenses are amounts paid for the treatment of infertility via in vitro fertilization if such treatment is provided by a licensed physician, surgeon, or other medical practitioner and is administered with respect to a diagnosis of infertility by a physician licensed in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-275
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Crime victims
Government trust funds
Law enforcement administration and funding
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish points of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate against considering appropriations legislation that includes changes in mandatory programs (CHIMPs) that would cause the amount available for obligation during the fiscal year from the Crime Victims Fund to be less than the three-year average. 
 
A CHIMP is a provision that: (1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts if the provision were included in legislation other than an appropriations bill; and (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority in the current year or the budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays over the period of the total of the current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently adopted budget resolution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure reliable air service in American Samoa.

Bill: 115-hr-276
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: American Samoa
Aviation and airports
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 
This bill declares that in order to provide and sustain air transportation in American Samoa between the islands of Tutuila and Manu'a, the Department of Transportation may renew a foreign air carrier's emergency air transportation exemption every 180 days (instead of the current 30-day renewal period that applies to other areas). 

action_date: 2017-01-31
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill declares that in order to provide and sustain air transportation in American Samoa between the islands of Tutuila and Manu'a, the Department of Transportation may renew a foreign air carrier's emergency air transportation exemption every 180 days (instead of the current 30-day renewal period that applies to other areas). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-01
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Mr. LoBiondo asked unanimous consent to amend the title to H.R. 276. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H771)
action_date: 2017-01-31
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 H771)
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 276.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H771-772)
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Mr. LoBiondo moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Finish the Fence Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-278
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Intergovernmental relations
Latin America
Mexico
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Finish the Fence Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 with respect to construction of border fencing and road improvements to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to complete the required 700-mile southwest border fencing by December 31, 2017. 
 
The Secure Fence Act of 2006 is amended to direct DHS, in consultation with state and local officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders by December 31, 2017.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Military Family Stability Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-279
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Military Family Stability Act of 2017

 
This bill allows a member of the Armed Forces undergoing a permanent change of station and the member's spouse to elect jointly that the spouse may relocate to the new location at the time during the covered relocation period as the member and spouse jointly select.
 
A member and spouse may make such an election if: 
 
 
the spouse is employed, or enrolled in a degree-, certificate-, or license-granting program, at the beginning of the covered relocation period; 
 
the member and spouse have one or more children in school; 
 
the spouse or children are covered under the Exceptional Family Member Program; 
 
the member and spouse are caring for an immediate family member with a chronic or long-term illness; or 
 
the member is undergoing a permanent change of station as an individual augmentee or other deployment arrangement.
 
 
Families with other needs may receive exceptions granted by military commanders on a case-by-case basis.
 
A member undergoing a permanent change of station who has one or more specified dependents and is no longer married to the individual who is or was the parent of such dependents at the beginning of the covered period of relocation may make an election that such dependents relocate to the new location: 
 
 
by the member alone, if the former spouse is dead or has no custodial rights, or 
 
by the member and the former spouse jointly in all other circumstances.
 
 
 A member may not make: 
 
 
 more than three elections; or 
 
any election unless the member's period of obligated service, or the time remaining under the member's enlistment contract, at the time of election is at least 24 months.
 
 
The bill prescribes related housing and housing allowance requirements. 
 
Transportation allowances authorized for personal property of a member and spouse may be allocated as the member and spouse select.
 
The Department of Defense shall establish a single application approval process for coverage under this bill, which shall apply uniformly among the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
HIRED Act

Bill: 115-hr-280
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Business education
Employment and training programs
Small business
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Helping Individuals with Reemployment and Entrepreneurial Development Act or the HIRED Act

 
This bill amends the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to include assistance to dislocated workers through increased outreach about small business opportunities and consultation about starting a small business among the rapid response activities to assist such workers in obtaining reemployment which a state or a state-designated entity provides in the event of a permanent closure or mass layoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise or a natural or other disaster resulting in mass job dislocation.
 
A state may in such an event allocate up to 10% of funds reserved by the state governor for statewide rapid response activities to provide outreach about small business opportunities and consultation about starting a small business.
 
This bill amends the definition of &quot;rapid response activities&quot; under such Act to include among state activities to assist dislocated workers the provision of information on and access to training and activities related to entrepreneurship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Family Farm Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-281
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Labor
Department of State
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Temporary and part-time employment
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 
 
Family Farm Relief Act of 2017

 
 This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a process for receiving H-2A nonimmigrant visas (temporary agricultural workers) which shall ensure that that petitioners may file such petitions over the Internet or in paper form. (Administration of the H-2A program is transferred from the Department of Labor to USDA.)
 
The bill: (1) includes year-round livestock workers, including dairy workers, in the H-2A category with a maximum three-year period of admissions, which may be renewed three months after the end of each such period; and (2) revises H-2A certification provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House