hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Agreement Act

Bill: 115-s-2154
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Kansas
Land transfers
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas Water Rights Settlement Agreement 

 
This bill ratifies and modifies the Kickapoo Tribe Water Rights Settlement Agreement entered into by the tribe, Kansas, and the United States. The bill confirms a consumptive tribal water right in the Delaware River Basin of up to 4,705 acre-feet of water per year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-343.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2156
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Hospital Payment Fairness Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to terminate the requirement for certain budget-neutrality requirements associated with the Medicare hospital wage-index floor to be applied on a national, rather than state-level, basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug-Price Transparency in Communications Act

Bill: 115-s-2157
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Drug-Price Transparency in Communications Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to impose a civil penalty on any person who disseminates a direct-to-consumer drug advertisement that does not include the wholesale acquisition cost (the manufacturer's list price to wholesalers or direct purchasers) for a 30-day supply of the drug.
 
The bill requires any representative of a drug manufacturer who communicates with a health care practitioner about a drug manufactured by the drug manufacturer to disclose the wholesale acquisition cost for a 30-day supply of the drug. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in Senate
USA Liberty Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2158
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Uniting and Strengthening American Liberty Act of 2017 or the USA Liberty Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to allow the contents of communications by persons outside of the United States to be accessed if the Department of Justice (DOJ) determines there is probable cause to believe that those contents may provide evidence of a crime or that such persons are agents of a foreign power.
 
Noncontent communication information may be accessed only if DOJ determines that the noncontent information is relevant to an authorized investigation or assessment.
 
DOJ must establish specific procedures when unmasking information is requested. (Unmasking means providing the identity of a U.S. person mentioned in an intelligence report that contains a reference to the person but does not identify the person.) 
 
The National Security Act of 1947 is amended to prevent federal employees from taking any personnel action against a contractor employee who has made a lawful disclosure of information that the contractor employee believes provides evidence of a violation of federal law or mismanagement, a gross waste of funds, an abuse of authority, or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety.
 
The bill extends to September 30, 2023, the authorization of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows DOJ and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to jointly authorize the electronic surveillance of non-U.S. persons who are outside the United States.
 
The bill increases the criminal penalty (from one to up to five years imprisonment) for knowingly removing classified information without authority and with intent to retain such information at an unauthorized location.
 
The bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study the unauthorized disclosure of classified information and the U.S. classification system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in Senate
ME TOO Congress Act

Bill: 115-s-2159
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Age discrimination
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional committees
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Disability and paralysis
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Genetics
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
House Committee on House Administration
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Racial and ethnic relations
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Member and Employee Training and Oversight On Congress Act or the ME TOO Congress Act

 
This bill amends the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA), including to (1) extend CAA nondiscrimination requirements and remedies to sexual orientation, gender identity, and to legislative branch interns, detailees, and fellows; (2) revise CAA procedures for certain harassment and discrimination complaints; (3) require the offending Member of Congress to pay for settlements and awards in such complaints; and (4) rename the Office of Compliance the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights.
 
 The bill sets forth requirements for certain harassment and discrimination awareness and prevention training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act

Bill: 115-s-2160
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2017-11-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Congressional oversight
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Insects
Judicial review and appeals
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: 

Protect Collaboration for Healthier Forests Act

 
This bill directs the Forest Service to establish within its Region 1 under an arbitration pilot program an alternative dispute resolution process in lieu of judicial review for the arbitration of projects that:
 
 
are developed through a collaborative process,
 
are carried out under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program, or
 
are identified in a community wildfire protection plan,
 
have as a purpose hazardous fuels reduction or mitigation of insect or disease infestation, and 
 
are located in a wildland-urban interface. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-429. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2018-12-11
text: By Senator Murkowski from Committee on Energy and Natural Resources filed written report. Report No. 115-429. Minority views filed.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 720.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-12-05
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-08-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-528.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2161
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2017-11-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Smuggling and trafficking
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-27
text: 

Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense. 
 
A person who commits or conspires to commit a gun trafficking offense is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a prison term of up to 20 years (or up to 25 years, if the person also acted as an organizer), a fine, or both. 
The U.S. Sentencing Commission must review and, if appropriate, amend the sentencing guidelines and policy statements that apply to persons convicted of trafficking in firearms. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-27
text: Introduced in Senate
ENOUGH Act

Bill: 115-s-2162
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Jurisdiction and venue
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Ending Nonconsensual Online User Graphic Harassment Act of 2017 or the ENOUGH Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime to knowingly distribute (or intentionally threaten to distribute) an intimate visual depiction of an individual with knowledge of or reckless disregard for the individual's lack of consent, reasonable expectation of privacy, and potential harm; and without a reasonable belief that such distribution touches a matter of public concern.
 
It imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both&#8212;on a violator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Educational Freedom Accounts Act

Bill: 115-s-2163
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
District of Columbia
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Preschool education
Public contracts and procurement
Religion
Special education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Educational Freedom Accounts Act

 
This bill (1) establishes an educational savings account program for District of Columbia children who are eligible to receive a free public education in the District, but whose parents choose not to enroll them in a public school or home schooling; and (2) specifies the use of such funds, including for private schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

Bill: 115-s-2164
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 
This bill amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Equitable Rebuild Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2165
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Equitable Rebuild Act of 2017

 
This bill provides for additional disaster-recovery assistance and other assistance to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands with respect to infrastructure, health care, agriculture, education, economic development, and environmental remediation, among other sectors. Specifically, regarding both territories, the bill:
 
 
provides for the use of certain emergency assistance to rebuild electric grids; 
 
establishes several grant programs to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy; 
 
subject to specified oversight requirements, increases funding for transportation infrastructure, telecommunications systems, housing, and community development; 
 
increases funding for the Medicaid and Medicare programs; 
 
temporarily increases social-services block-grant allotments; 
 
increases funding for, and otherwise revises, rural and agricultural programs; 
 
increases funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
 
provides for aid to the Head Start program, elementary and secondary education programs, and higher education programs; 
 
increases funding for training and employment services; 
 
modifies provisions concerning the earned-income tax credit, the child tax credit, and unemployment assistance; 
 
increases funding for economic and community development programs; 
 
increases funding for environmental remediation; and 
 
otherwise modifies provisions related to emergency funding and disaster-recovery assistance.

 
In addition, the bill:
 
 
extends Medicaid waiver authority to all territories, provides for Medicaid disproportionate share hospital allotments to the territories, and otherwise revises the Medicaid and Medicare programs with respect to the territories; 
 
extends participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to all territories; 
 
modifies provisions concerning the application of certain workers' protections in Puerto Rico; and 
 
requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit to Congress a long-term disaster-relief plan with respect to Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act

Bill: 115-s-2166
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Arizona
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Energy revenues and royalties
Fishes
Lakes and rivers
New Mexico
Utah
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Extension Act of 2017

 
This bill extends through FY2023 the authority of the Department of the Interior to use power revenues collected pursuant to the Colorado River Storage Project Act for annual base funding of endangered fish recovery implementation programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins.
 
Additionally, Interior must submit to Congress a report that describes the accomplishments and costs of the recovery implementation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 660.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-374.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-374.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-02-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-505.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act

Bill: 115-s-2167
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human rights
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Syria
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury, not later than 30 days after authorizing a U. S. or foreign financial institution to export or re-export a commercial passenger aircraft to Iran (or, for an authorization made after January 16, 2016, but before the enactment of this bill, not later than 60 days after such enactment) and every 180 days thereafter for the duration of the authorization, to submit to Congress a report containing: 
 
 
 a list of financial institutions that have, after January 16, 2016, conducted transactions authorized in connection with such export or re-export; and either
 
 a certification that such transaction does not pose a significant money laundering or terrorism financing risk to the U. S. financial system and will not benefit an Iranian person who for the one year preceding the certification has knowingly transported weapons of mass destruction or has knowingly provided transportation services or material support for terrorism, weapons of mass destruction delivery system proliferation, or human rights abuses in Syria, and that any such institution had appropriate policies, procedures, and processes in place to avoid engaging in sanctionable activities; or 
 
a statement that the Treasury is unable to make such a certification and will, within 60 days after such determination, submit a report on non-certification to Congress.
 
 
The President may waive the requirements of this bill for up to one year at a time upon certifying to Congress that: 
 
 
the Government of Iran has made substantial progress toward combating money laundering and terrorism financing risk emanating from Iran or has significantly reduced its destabilizing activities in the region or material support for terrorist groups; or
 
such waiver is important to U.S. national interests.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2168
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2017-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: 

Veterans Improved Access and Care Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to provide access to hospital care and medical services in non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities for all veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system. (Currently, such access is based upon appointment wait times and distance from, or existence of, VA facilities.) 
 
The VA shall: (1) establish a pilot program to expedite the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) process for bringing on a medical provider after such person is offered a tentative VHA position (onboarding), (2) give priority to medical facilities facing hiring shortages of licensed independent medical providers, and (3) submit to Congress a strategy for reducing the length of the medical provider hiring process by half. 
 
The bill requires that certain personal information be transmitted to the National Practitioner Data Bank and the applicable state licensing board whenever a major adverse action based upon performance or conduct is taken against certain VHA health care employees.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2017-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-2169
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Department of Education
Educational technology and distance education
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: 

Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish and maintain a new higher education data system. The center must use the system to calculate student education, debt-related, and earning metrics (e.g., student graduation rates, transfer rates, rates of continuation to subsequent levels of education, dropout rates, loan debt amounts, loan repayment rates, and debt-to-earnings ratios) for each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs. The metrics must be disaggregated and separately provided on the basis of specified categories.
 
The system must meet requirements for minimizing privacy and security risks.
 
The bill provides for the transition from the existing Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to the new higher education data system.
 
The Department of Education (ED) must publish the metrics and post the metrics on its website. Within five years, an IHE that participates in federal student aid programs must display links on its website to ED's website that provides metrics data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate