hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Token Taxonomy Act

Bill: 115-hr-7356
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Capital gains tax
Computers and information technology
Currency
Digital media
Employee benefits and pensions
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Income tax exclusion
Securities
State and local government operations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Token Taxonomy Act 

 
This bill specifies that digital tokens, such as those used in virtual currencies, are not securities for regulatory purposes. The bill also provides for the tax treatment of virtual currencies, including by excluding from gross income any gains from virtual currency transactions up to $600.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7358
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Tax Fairness for Americans Abroad Act of 2018 

 
This bill allows certain U.S. citizens who are residents of foreign countries to elect to use an alternative tax exclusion for foreign source earned and unearned income. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Voter Information and Access Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7359
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Licensing and registrations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Voter Information and Access Act of 2018

 
This bill expands the uses of certain Department of Justice (DOJ) grant funds to include voting restoration and voter registration education for persons in prisons, jails, and juvenile facilities.
 
DOJ is authorized to make grants to states and units of local government to: (1) install polling places in jails for use by detained persons eligible to vote; (2) provide absentee ballots to detained persons eligible to vote; and (3) provide counseling, education, and information services on voting restoration and voter registration in prisons.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Shut Down Child Prison Camps Act

Bill: 115-hr-7360
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Detention of persons
Florida
Immigration status and procedures
Licensing and registrations
Public contracts and procurement
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Shut Down Child Prison Camps Act

 
The bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from operating unlicensed temporary emergency shelters for unaccompanied alien children, including the existing shelters in Tornillo, Texas and Homestead, Florida.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow exclusion of gain or loss on like-kind exchanges of virtual currency.

Bill: 115-hr-7361
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Capital gains tax
Currency
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to require the nonrecognition of a taxpayer's gains or losses from like-kind exchanges of virtual currency, in the same manner as gains or losses from like-kind exchanges of real property are currently not recognized.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Pay our Doctors Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7362
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Pay our Doctors Act of 2018 

 
This bill provides FY2019 appropriations to the Indian Health Service (IHS) if a joint resolution making continuing appropriations for FY2019 is not in effect. In the event of a partial government shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations, the bill provides continuing appropriations to the IHS at the same level that was provided for FY2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Biased Algorithm Deterrence Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7363
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Biased Algorithm Deterrence Act of 2018

 
This bill provides that an owner or operator of a social media service shall be treated as a publisher or speaker of user-generated content (and, therefore, may potentially be held liable with respect to such content) if the service or its algorithm does any of the following:
 
 
displays user-generated content in an order that is not chronological; 
 
delays the display of such content relative to other content; or 
 
hinders the display of such content for reasons other than to carry out the user's direction or to restrict material that the provider or user considers obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Financial Protection for Our Military Families Act

Bill: 115-hr-7364
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Financial Protection for Our Military Families Act 

 
This bill extends the supervisory authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to credit protections applicable to certain active duty members of the armed forces and their dependents. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To require the Federal Communications Commission to approve or deny a license transfer application within 180 days of submission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7365
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Radio spectrum allocation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to approve or deny a license-transfer application within 180 days of submission. These applications relate to the transfer of control or assignment for radio-station licenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
RAMP Act

Bill: 115-hr-7366
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Commerce
Intellectual property

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Revitalizing Amendment Motions for Patents Act of 2018 or the RAMP Act

 
This bill establishes that for motions to amend patent claims challenged at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), a patent examiner shall prepare an advisory report about the patentability of the proposed amended claims, which the PTAB shall consider when deciding the motion. The proposed amended claims shall be construed under the broadest reasonable interpretation standard for the purposes of the motion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To designate a peak in the State of Washington as "Mount Cleator".

Bill: 115-hr-7367
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Parks, recreation areas, trails
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 
This bill designates the 7,630-foot peak in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in the state of Washington as &quot;Mount Cleator.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-7368
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Federal Employee Retroactive Pay Fairness Act

 
This bill requires federal employees furloughed due to a lapse in appropriations that begins on or about December 22, 2018, to be compensated at their standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse as soon as practicable after such lapse ends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
DEA Notification Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7369
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Licensing and registrations
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

DEA Notification Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to notify the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of providers or suppliers that are prohibited from participating in Medicare due to improper prescriptions of controlled substances, and to recommend that the DEA consider revoking certain controlled substance registrations or waivers held by such providers or suppliers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Spam Calls Task Force Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7370
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
International law and treaties
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Spam Calls Task Force Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to assemble an interagency working group to study and report to Congress on the enforcement of the prohibition against certain robocalls. Specifically, the working group must look into how to better enforce against robocalls by examining issues such as the types of laws, policies, or constraints that could be inhibiting enforcement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining a birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of domestic violence, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-7371
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Crime victims
Domestic violence and child abuse
Freedom of information
Social Security Administration
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 
This bill directs the Social Security Administration to pay the fees associated with obtaining certain identification documents required for getting a replacement Social Security card if the person applying for the card (1) is a domestic violence victim, (2) receives support services related to domestic violence, or (3) is the dependent of such a person. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Protect SNAP Act

Bill: 115-hr-7372
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Agriculture
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Protect SNAP Act 

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from modifying certain regulations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) regarding the time limit for able-bodied adults, work requirements, and waivers of the requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide an exemption from FIRPTA for interests held by certain foreign insurance companies.

Bill: 115-hr-7373
Sponsor: Rep. Holding, George [R-NC-2]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax exclusion
Real estate business
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 
This bill exempts interests held by certain foreign insurance companies from provisions of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 that tax foreign individuals or corporations on dispositions of investments in U.S. real property interests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
Minimum Wage Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7374
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Brenda [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Labor standards
State and local finance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Minimum Wage Fairness Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to identify each fiscal year any states that have reduced their minimum wage or that have reduced a minimum wage increase that would otherwise become effective. Labor must then notify federal agencies that administer programs in such states and such agencies must reduce the funding for the administrative costs of such programs by a percentage equivalent to the reduction in the minimum wage in such states. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, 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: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, 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: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Financial Services, 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: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
SHELTER Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7375
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Brenda [D-MI-13]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Energy revenues and royalties
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Low- and moderate-income housing
Oil and gas
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

Stronger, Healthier Environment for Low-Income Tenants and Economic Renewal Act of 2018 or the SHELTER Act of 2018 

 
This bill limits or repeals several tax deductions, credits, and related rules that benefit major integrated oil companies. It also repeals royalty relief (suspension of royalties) for (1) natural gas production from deep wells in shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico, and (2) deep water oil and gas production in the Western and Central Planning Area of the Gulf (including a specified portion of the Eastern Planning Area).
 
Any increase in revenues as a result of this bill must be credited to the Housing Trust Fund, which provides funding to states for activities to increase affordable housing. The bill also specifies requirements for the fund regarding funding for (1) environmental rehabilitation activities, and (2) childhood lead prevention. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Financial Services, and 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: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Financial Services, and 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: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Financial Services, and 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: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, Financial Services, and 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: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
The Earning Experience Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7376
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2018-12-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Student records
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: 

The Earning Experience Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish a pilot program that awards grants to institutions of higher education for a program to provide students with work opportunities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-12-20
text: Introduced in House