hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act

Bill: 115-s-309
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adult day care
Aging
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Community-Based Independence for Seniors Act

 
This bill establishes a Community-Based Institutional Special Needs Plan demonstration program, through which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shall target home- and community-based services to low-income seniors who are unable to perform two or more activities of daily living and are eligible for Medicare Advantage (MA) but not for Medicaid.
 
An MA plan that is selected to participate in the program must use certain payments from CMS to provide those beneficiaries with services and supports such as homemaker services, home-delivered meals, transportation services, respite care, adult daycare, and certain equipment.
 
The bill establishes a special election period during which an eligible beneficiary may switch to an MA plan that participates in the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify that nonprofit organizations such as Habitat for Humanity may accept donated mortgage appraisals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-310
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Housing finance and home ownership
Real estate business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to deem mortgage appraisal services donated by a fee appraiser to an organization that is eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions to be customary and reasonable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act

Bill: 115-s-311
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Minority health
Neurological disorders
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private health care providers to expand training and support services for families and caregivers of individuals living with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act

Bill: 115-s-312
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Historic sites and heritage areas
New Hampshire
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park Redesignation Act

 
This bill redesignates the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, in New Hampshire, as the &quot;Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-417.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Children's Consignment Event Recognition Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-313
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Retail and wholesale trades
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Children's Consignment Event Recognition Act of 2017

 
 This bill amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to exclude from the meaning of "employee" subject to minimum wage and maximum hours requirements any individuals who volunteer their services at a children's consignment event with or without the assistance of a facilitator and meet certain other conditions.
 
 This bill defines "children's consignment event" to mean a sale or other event in which: (1) at least 90% of the aggregate fair market value of items offered for sale are children's or maternity clothing, and resale items are offered for sale on consignment; and (2) the event is held open to the public in a single location for the sale of goods for 8 or fewer sale days within any 30-day period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
FIX Act

Bill: 115-s-314
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

FIX Credit Reporting Errors Act or the FIX Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act with respect to the procedures followed by consumer reporting agencies when a consumer disputes the completeness or accuracy of information contained in the consumer's credit report.
 
Consumer reporting agencies are required to: (1) include all documentation provided by the consumer in the dispute notification furnished to any person who provided disputed information, and (2) consider such consumer documentation when conducting reinvestigations of disputed information. 
 
A consumer reporting agency that operates as reseller is required to convey the notice of the dispute, together with all relevant information and documentation provided by the consumer, to each consumer reporting agency that provided the reseller with the information that is the subject of the dispute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument Act

Bill: 115-s-315
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Forests, forestry, trees
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Vietnam
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Vietnam Helicopter Crew Monument Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Army to place in Arlington National Cemetery a monument honoring helicopter pilots and crew members who were killed while serving on active duty in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era, subject to an agreement with the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association under which the association shall pay all site preparation, construction, installation, and maintenance costs for the memorial.
 
 The Army shall remove the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Memorial Tree and place the monument where the tree stood.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act

Bill: 115-s-316
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of the Interior
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

Protecting States' Rights to Promote American Energy Security Act

 
This bill amends the Mineral Leasing Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from enforcing any federal regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing (including any component of that process), relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on or under any land in any state that has regulations, guidance, or permit requirements for that activity.
 
Interior must recognize and defer to state regulations, permitting, and guidance, for all activities regarding hydraulic fracturing relating to oil, gas, or geothermal production activities on federal land regardless of whether those rules are duplicative, more or less restrictive, have different requirements, or do not meet federal regulations, guidance, or permit requirements.
 
The bill defines &quot;hydraulic fracturing&quot; as the process by which fracturing fluids (including a fracturing fluid system) are pumped into an underground geologic formation to generate fractures or cracks, thereby increasing rock permeability near the wellbore and improving production of natural gas or oil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
COPS Improvements Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-318
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community life and organization
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Elementary and secondary education
Indian social and development programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Military facilities and property
Rural conditions and development
School administration
Terrorism
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

COPS Improvements Act of 

2017

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to codify the establishment of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services within the Department of Justice (DOJ).
 
It revises and reauthorizes through FY2022 the Community Oriented and Policing Services program. 
 
The bill expands the purpose areas of the existing program with respect to community policing and crime prevention grants.
 
Additionally, it establishes three new programs. The bill: (1) directs DOJ to administer a troops-to-cops program to encourage the use of grants to hire and train former members of the Armed Forces as career law enforcement officers, (2) authorizes DOJ to award grants to pay for additional community prosecuting programs, and (3) authorizes DOJ to award grants to develop and use new crime-prevention technologies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
NextGen Accountability Act

Bill: 115-s-320
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Performance measurement
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: 

NextGen Accountability Act

 
This bill amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 to direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to establish annual Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) performance goals for each of the national airspace system performance metrics to meet identified performance metric baselines with respect to NextGen projects.
 
The bill amends the Vision 100--Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act to revise contents of an annual Department of Transportation report to Congress regarding an integrated work plan for the NextGen. The plan shall include, among other things, a description of the progress made in meeting NextGen performance goals relative to the performance metrics.
 
The bill revises requirements for the award of bonuses to the FAA Chief NextGen Officer. The FAA, for purposes of the award of such bonuses, shall also consider any progress made toward meeting the NextGen performance goals. 
 
The bill revises certain performance goals set forth in the annual performance agreement between the FAA and the NextGen Officer to include quantifiable NextGen airspace efficiency, productivity, capacity, and safety performance objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S746-747; text of measure as introduced: CR S747)
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt amounts paid for aircraft management services from the excise taxes imposed on transportation by air.

Bill: 115-s-321
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Sales and excise taxes
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 
 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the excise tax on transportation of persons and property by air amounts paid by an aircraft owner or lessee for aircraft management services related to maintenance and support of the aircraft or flights on such aircraft. 
 
Aircraft management services include assisting an aircraft owner with administrative and support services; obtaining insurance; maintenance, storage and fueling of aircraft; hiring, training, and provision of pilots and crew; establishing and complying with safety standards; or other services necessary to support flights operated by an aircraft owner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-322
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Sex offenses
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

 

Pet and Women Safety Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to broaden the definition of stalking to include conduct that causes a person to experience a reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury to his or her pet.
 
Additionally, an interstate violation of a protection order includes interstate travel with the intent to violate a protection order against a pet that is included within the scope of the protection order. The bill specifies the applicable criminal penalty&#8212;a prison term of up to five years, a fine, or both&#8212;for a person who commits an interstate violation of a protection order against a pet.
 
With respect to a defendant who commits a domestic violence offense or an interstate violation of a protection order, mandatory restitution in the &quot;full amount of victim's losses&quot; includes costs incurred for veterinary services related to the pet.
 
The bill directs the Department of Agriculture to award grants for shelter and housing assistance and support services for domestic violence victims with pets.
 
Finally, it expresses the sense of Congress that states should include, in domestic violence protection orders, protections against violence or threats against a person's pet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Universal Savings Account Act

Bill: 115-s-323
Sponsor: Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Income tax exclusion
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Universal Savings Account Act

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow for the establishment of Universal Savings Accounts. These accounts shall be tax-exempt and may be opened by any individual who is at least 18 years of age and a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident. Contributions to these accounts must be in cash and may not exceed $5,500 (adjusted annually for inflation) in any calendar year. Distributions from a Universal Savings Account are excluded from the gross income of the account holder for income tax purposes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-325
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2015

 
This bill restores and revives the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, and any regulations promulgated pursuant to it, as if the Act had not expired after 2014.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Buildings Renewal Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-326
Sponsor: Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement administration and funding
Libraries and archives
Research administration and funding
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Public Buildings Renewal Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit the tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings by expanding the definition of &quot;exempt facility bond&quot; to include bonds used for qualified government buildings. 
 
A qualified government building is a government-owned building or facility that consists of one or more of the following: 
 
 
an elementary or secondary school;
 
a facility of a state college or university used for educational purposes;
 
a public library;
 
a court;
 
a hospital, health care, laboratory, or research facility; 
 
a public safety facility; or
 
an office for government employees.
 
 
The bill excludes buildings or facilities that include specified recreational equipment or are used for the primary purpose of providing retail food and beverage services, recreation, or entertainment.
 
The bill establishes: (1) a $5 billion limit on the amount of tax-exempt financing which may be provided for government buildings, and (2) procedures for allocating and applying for the financing. 
 
The bill exempts the bonds for government buildings from the volume cap on private activity bonds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Justice Under Law Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-328
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Equal Justice Under Law Act of 

2017

 
This bill states that an indigent individual facing criminal prosecution or juvenile delinquency in a state court is entitled to the effective assistance of counsel, as guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments, at the state's expense.
 
It authorizes a federal class action lawsuit against a state for its systemic failure to guarantee the right to effective assistance of counsel. The assistance of counsel is ineffective when a class of individuals demonstrates that counsel's performance was not reasonable under prevailing professional norms.
 
Additionally, the bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to modify the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. Specifically, it requires a state or local government to consult with public defenders before distributing JAG funds to community organizations and local governments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
MERCY Act

Bill: 115-s-329
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Maintaining dignity and Eliminating unnecessary Restrictive Confinement of Youths Act of 2017 or the MERCY Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to prohibit juvenile solitary confinement, except as a temporary response to behavior that poses a serious and immediate risk of harm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Gideon Act

Bill: 115-s-330
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2017-02-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Judicial review and appeals
Lawyers and legal services
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: 

Clarence Gideon Full Access to Justice Act or the Gideon Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to establish a private, nonmembership, nonprofit corporation to assist and advocate on behalf of individuals in certain noncapital criminal cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and the highest state court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-02-07
text: Introduced in Senate