hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
American Aviator Act

Bill: 115-s-3322
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Licensing and registrations
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

American Aviator Act

 
 This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to establish a pilot program to make grants to certain pilot schools to provide flight training services to veterans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior Security Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3323
Sponsor: Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Aging
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

National Senior Investor Initiative Act of 2018 or the Senior Security Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to establish the Senior Investor Taskforce within the Securities and Exchange Commission. The taskforce must report on topics relating to investors over the age of 65, including industry trends and serious issues impacting such investors, and make recommendations for legislative or regulatory actions to address problems encountered by senior investors. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the costs of the financial exploitation of senior citizens. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
American Cars, American Jobs Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3324
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Buy American requirements
Canada
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Department of Transportation
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Income tax deductions
Lease and rental services
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Retail and wholesale trades
Taxation of foreign income
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

American Cars, American Jobs Act of 2018

 
 This bill establishes in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the American Cars, American Jobs Program. Under the program, the Department of Transportation must issue vouchers of $3,500 to offset the purchase or lease price of a new automobile made in the United States if at least 45% of the automobile's parts come from the United States or Canada and assembly of the automobile occurs in the United States.
 
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow a tax deduction for the global low-tax income of certain foreign subsidiaries of U.S. automakers whose profits exceed a specified percentage of their value.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for the eligibility of national grasslands for grazing leases and permits.

Bill: 115-s-3325
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Licensing and registrations
Livestock

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to revise the rules regarding the eligibility of national grasslands for grazing leases and permits. 


Legislative actions:
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: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Fairness for Disabled Workers Act

Bill: 115-s-3326
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Tax Fairness for Disabled Workers Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit certain lump-sum payments of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits from being included as income to determine if a taxpayer meets the income requirements for the premium assistance tax credit. The bill applies to lump-sum SSDI payments that are: (1) received during the taxable year, and (2) attributable to prior taxable years. 
 
(The premium assistance tax credit is provided to eligible individuals and families to subsidize the purchase of health insurance plans on an exchange established under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
SENIOR Communities Protection Act

Bill: 115-s-3327
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Stop Excessive Narcotics in our Retirement Communities Protection Act or the SENIOR Communities Protection Act

 
This bill authorizes the suspension of payments to a pharmacy under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage prescription drug plans pending the investigation of a credible allegation of fraud by the pharmacy. A fraud hotline tip, without other evidence, may not be considered a credible allegation of fraud. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Veterans Housing Act

Bill: 115-s-3328
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Student Veterans Housing Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from withholding payments of monthly housing stipends due to holidays or other closures and also specifies how monthly housing stipends are paid between school terms or when a recipient transfers to another institution of higher learning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade Security Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3329
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
Tariffs
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Trade Security Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 to revise provisions related to the adjustment of U.S. imports due to a national security threat. 
 
The bill allows Congress to block a Presidential import adjustment through a joint resolution. This provision retroactively applies to adjustments made on or after July 1, 2018. However, it shall not apply to specified steel and aluminum import adjustments. 
 
The Department of Defense (currently, the Department of Commerce ) must:
 
 
 investigate the national security threat of a U.S. import, and 
 
report to the President the results of that investigation. 
 
 
Commerce must provide recommendations regarding such imports upon request by the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare and Medicaid Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3330
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Medicare and Medicaid Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits the Senate from considering any budget reconciliation bill or resolution that would affect the Medicare or Medicaid programs in one of several specified ways (e.g., by increasing the Medicare eligibility age or converting Medicaid into a block grant program).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Fluke Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3331
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Congressional oversight
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Fluke Fairness Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council to submit for approval by the Department of Commerce a modified fishery management plan for the commercial and recreational management of summer flounder, or an amendment to the plan, that:
 
 
 is based on the best scientific information available; 
 
 reflects changes in the distribution, abundance, and location of summer flounder in establishing distribution of the commercial and recreational catch quotas; 
 
 considers regional, coastwide, or other management measures that comply with national standards under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act; and 
 
 prohibits the allocation of catch quotas on a state-by-state basis using historical landings data that does not reflect the status of the summer flounder stock, based on the most recent scientific information. 
 
 
Commerce must prepare and approve a plan if the council fails to submit the modifications or amendments.
 
The Government Accountability Office must assess and report on whether the subsequent implementation of the approved plan or amendment complies with national standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5586)
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
LIFT for Charities Act

Bill: 115-s-3332
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax rates
Sports and recreation facilities
Tax-exempt organizations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Lessen Impediments From Taxes for Charities Act or the LIFT for Charities Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the requirements for determining the unrelated business taxable income of tax-exempt organizations. The bill repeals a provision that requires unrelated business taxable income to be increased by the amount of expenses paid or incurred by a tax-exempt organization for certain fringe benefits for which a tax deduction is not allowed, including benefits relating to transportation, parking, or an on-premises athletic facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3333
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2018

 
This bill bars the Department of Agriculture from allowing the construction of roads, reconstruction of roads, or logging in an inventoried roadless area where those activities are prohibited by the Roadless Rule. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Lending Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3334
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Military Lending Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill revises consumer credit protections for active members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their dependents, including by (1) expanding such protections to cover individuals who have been separated from the Armed Forces for up to one year, (2) expanding the protections to cover loans for purchasing personal property secured by such personal property, (3) reducing the maximum allowable annual interest rate of covered loans, (4) prohibiting creditors from installing a device on a borrower's car that can affect the car's operation or report its location, and (5) imposing certain limitations on debt collection practices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

Bill: 115-s-3335
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

 
This bill modifies the prior convictions that trigger a 15-year enhanced mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who commits a firearms offense after three or more such prior convictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3337
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2018

 
This bill provides specific statutory authority for the Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) State Educational Agency Grant Program that is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; the program supports school-based mental health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Care for Seniors Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3338
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Medicare
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Comprehensive Care for Seniors Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to finalize a proposed rule regarding Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) by December 31, 2018. 
 
PACE is a program under Medicare and Medicaid that provides in-home and community services for certain individuals as an alternative to nursing home care. The proposed rule updates and revises application, enforcement, and other administrative requirements. The CMS published the proposed rule in August 2016; final action is expected in August 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act

Bill: 115-s-3339
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Jurisdiction and venue
Specialized courts
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act

 
This bill amends the federal judicial code to authorize a U.S. district court, a U.S. court of appeals, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, or the Court of International Trade to transfer to the U.S. Tax Court a misfiled case within the Tax Court's jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Teachers and School LEADERS Act

Bill: 115-s-3340
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Preschool education
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Teachers and School LEADERS Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide professional development activities that prepare principals and other school leaders in high-need schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
IMAGINE Act

Bill: 115-s-3341
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Materials
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Innovative Materials for America's Growth and Infrastructure Newly Expanded Act of 2018 or the IMAGINE Act

 
This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology to establish an Interagency Innovative Materials Standards Task Force to coordinate and improve, with respect to infrastructure construction, retrofitting, rehabilitation, and other improvements: (1) federal testing standards, (2) federal design and use guidelines, and (3) other applicable standards.
 
 The task force shall collaborate with certain nonfederal entities to: (1) identify and carry out appropriate research, testing methods, and processes relating to the development and use of innovative materials; (2) develop new methods and processes relating to the development and use of innovative materials; and (3) contribute to the development of standards and guidelines for the use of innovative materials and approaches in civil infrastructure projects. The term &quot;innovative material,&quot; with respect to an infrastructure project, includes high performance asphalt mixtures and concrete formulations, geosynthetic materials, advanced alloys and metals, reinforced polymer composites, including any coating or other corrosion prevention method used in conjunction with those materials, advanced polymers, and any other material or aggregate materials, as determined by the appropriate agency or department head.
 
The Department of Transportation shall carry out a program to enhance the development of innovative materials in the United States.
 
The Federal Highway Administration shall establish the Innovative Bridge Program to provide grants for coastal and rural infrastructure bridge projects.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency shall establish the Water Infrastructure Innovation Program to provide grants for the design and installation of water infrastructure projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3342
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2018

 
This bill (1) requires a recipient of a Community Development Block Grant to develop strategies to support new, inclusive zoning policies and programs; (2) establishes a tax credit based on the rental costs of an eligible individual; and (3) establishes a savings program to allow a taxpayer to defer payment on a portion of the amount that would otherwise be refunded to the taxpayer as overpayment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Overdraft Profiteering Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3343
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-08-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: 

Stop Overdraft Profiteering Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit a depository institution from engaging in certain acts in connection with overdraft coverage. 
 
Each depository institution that offers overdraft coverage for accounts must disclose overdraft coverage fees and certain related information. 
 
A depository institution must provide certain other disclosures regarding its overdraft protection program, including prompt notification of the account's overdraft status.
 
The bill limits the number of overdraft fees a consumer may be charged each month and year, and provides that such fees must be reasonable.
 
The bill prohibits an overdraft coverage fee if the overdraft results solely from a debit hold amount that exceeds the actual dollar amount of the transaction. 
 
The bill also prohibits a depository institution from:
 
 
charging a non-sufficient fund fee for any debit card transaction, or 
 
reporting negative information regarding consumer use of overdraft coverage to any consumer reporting agency when the overdraft amounts and coverage fees are paid under the terms of an overdraft coverage program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Introduced in Senate