hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
PAVE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3406
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Practical Automated Vehicle Exemptions Act or the PAVE Act

 
This bill increases the annual number of vehicles that may be exempted from federal motor vehicle safety standards for the development of new vehicle safety features.
 
 It makes a manufacturer eligible for an exemption from certain standards relating to a bumper standard if the Department of Transportation (DOT) determines that the manufacturer's total motor vehicle production in the most recent year of production is not more than 10,000.
 
A manufacturer is eligible for an exemption from other standards if DOT determines that the exemption is for not more than a specified number of vehicles in any 12-month period. 
 
The bill puts a cap on renewals of exemptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 301 of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, to require a cybersecurity plan for highly automated vehicles, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3407
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Department of Transportation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Trade restrictions
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 
This bill prohibits a manufacturer from selling, introducing into commerce, or importing into the United States any highly automated vehicle (i.e., equipped with an automated driving system that can perform the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis), unless the manufacturer has developed a cybersecurity plan for the vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
EXEMPT Act

Bill: 115-hr-3408
Sponsor: Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of Transportation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Expanding Exemptions to Enable More Public Trust Act or the EXEMPT Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to exempt highly automated vehicles from certain motor vehicle safety standards if an exemption would facilitate the development or field evaluation of the safety features of such vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Anti-Pyramid Promotional Scheme Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3409
Sponsor: Rep. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Financial services and investments
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Marketing and advertising

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Anti-Pyramid Scheme Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Trade Commission Act to make it unlawful for any person to establish, operate, or promote a pyramid promotional scheme. "Pyramid promotional scheme" means any plan or operation in which individuals pay consideration for the right to receive compensation that is based upon recruiting other individuals into the plan or operation rather than primarily related to the sale of products or services to ultimate users.
 
Furthermore, any person who establishes, operates, or promotes any plan or operation which sells or solicits the sale of consumer products or services in the home or otherwise outside of a permanent retail establishment, and which sells products or services to independent salespeople, shall have a bona fide inventory repurchase agreement.
 
A violation of the bill shall be treated under the Act as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in, or affecting, commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
SIMARRA Act

Bill: 115-hr-3410
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Vocational and technical education
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Stop Infant Mortality And Recidivism Reduction Act of 2017 or the SIMARRA Act

 
This bill directs the Bureau of Prisons to establish a pilot program to allow incarcerated women who give birth and children born during such incarceration to reside together in a separate prison housing unit.
 
 It sets forth inmate eligibility criteria and program participation requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration an Automated Driving System Cybersecurity Advisory Council to make recommendations regarding cybersecurity for the testing, deployment, and updating of automated driving systems.

Bill: 115-hr-3411
Sponsor: Rep. Costello, Ryan A. [R-PA-6]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Technology assessment
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration an Automated Driving System Cybersecurity Advisory Council. The council shall undertake information gathering activities, develop technical advice, and present best practices or recommendations to DOT regarding cybersecurity for the testing, deployment, and updating of automated driving systems for motor vehicles with respect to supply chain risk management, interactions with Information Sharing and Analysis Centers and Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, and a framework for identifying and implementing recalls of motor vehicles or equipment.
 
A &quot;highly automated vehicle&quot; is defined as a motor vehicle (excluding a commercial motor vehicle) equipped with an automated driving system. 
 
An &quot;automated driving system&quot; is defined as the hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether such system is limited to a specific operational design domain. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
LEAD'R Act

Bill: 115-hr-3412
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of Transportation
Federal preemption
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Let NHTSA Enforce Automated Vehicle Driving Regulations Act or the LEAD'R Act

 
This bill provides for federal preemption of state laws regulating highly automated vehicles and automated driving systems (or components of such systems). A state may not enact a law in this area unless such law is identical to federal standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
ACCESS Act

Bill: 115-hr-3413
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Aging
Computers and information technology
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Public transit
Technology assessment
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Addressing Community Challenges Emerging From Self-Driving Systems or the ACCESS Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration an Advisory Council on Improving Mobility Access for Underserved Populations and Senior Citizens. The council shall undertake information gathering activities, develop technical advice, and present best practices or recommendations to DOT regarding mobility access for senior citizens and populations underserved by traditional public transportation services and educational outreach efforts with respect to the testing and distribution of highly automated vehicles in commerce.
 
A &quot;highly automated vehicle&quot; is defined as a motor vehicle (excluding a commercial motor vehicle) equipped with an automated driving system. 
 
An &quot;automated driving system&quot; is defined as the hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether such system is limited to a specific operational design domain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Disability Mobility Advisory Council to make recommendations regarding advancing mobility access for the disabled community with respect to the deployment of automated driving systems.

Bill: 115-hr-3414
Sponsor: Rep. Harper, Gregg [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Department of Transportation
Disability and paralysis
Executive agency funding and structure
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Disability Mobility Advisory Council. The council shall undertake information gathering activities, develop technical advice, and present best practices or recommendations to DOT regarding advancing mobility access for the disabled community with respect to the deployment of automated driving systems for motor vehicles to identify impediments to their use and ensure an awareness of the needs of such community as these highly automated vehicles are being designed for commercial distribution.
 
A &quot;highly automated vehicle&quot; is defined as a motor vehicle (excluding a commercial motor vehicle) equipped with an automated driving system. 
 
An &quot;automated driving system&quot; is defined as the hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether such system is limited to a specific operational design domain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Megan Rondini Act

Bill: 115-hr-3415
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Megan Rondini Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require the Department of Health and Human Services to designate a hospital as a "SAFE-ready facility" if the hospital: (1) employs or contracts with a sexual-assault forensic examiner, or (2) uses a telemedicine system of such examiners. Subject to civil penalties, and as a condition of participation in the Medicare program, a hospital that has an emergency department but is not designated as a SAFE-ready facility must meet certain requirements. Specifically, with respect to an individual who comes to the hospital's emergency department for treatment relating to sexual assault, the hospital must (regardless of whether the individual is eligible for Medicare):
 
 
inform the individual that the hospital is not a SAFE-ready facility; 
 
provide the name and location of the nearest SAFE-ready facility; 
 
inform the individual that the individual may elect either to receive treatment at the hospital or to be stabilized and transferred to the nearest SAFE-ready facility; and 
 
if the individual elects to be transferred, obtain the individual's written consent for the transfer, contact the nearest SAFE-ready facility to confirm that a sexual-assault forensic examiner or telemedicine system is available, and stabilize and transfer the individual.

 
In addition, a hospital with an emergency department must develop and implement a plan to train relevant personnel on sexual-assault forensic-evidence collection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Rural and Mountainous Advisory Council to make recommendations regarding the testing and deployment of highly automated vehicles and automated driving systems in areas that are rural, remote, mountainous, insular, or unmapped.

Bill: 115-hr-3416
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Rural conditions and development
Technology assessment
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Rural and Mountainous Advisory Council. The council shall undertake information gathering activities, develop technical advice, and present best practices or recommendations to DOT regarding the testing and deployment of highly automated vehicles and automated driving systems in rural, remote, mountainous, insular, or unmapped areas to evaluate operational limitations caused by natural geographical or man-made features or adverse weather conditions and to enhance the safety and reliability of such vehicles and systems in such areas or conditions.
 
A &quot;highly automated vehicle&quot; is defined as a motor vehicle (excluding a commercial motor vehicle) equipped with an automated driving system. 
 
An "automated driving system" is defined as the hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether such system is limited to a specific operational design domain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a pilot program to improve community-based care infrastructure.

Bill: 115-hr-3417
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants for the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at teaching health centers and behavioral health care centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act

Bill: 115-hr-3418
Sponsor: Rep. Lawrence, Brenda L. [D-MI-14]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Government information and archives
Higher education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Fostering Academic Information and Resources Act or the FAIR Act

 
This bill requires states to inform each child in foster care who is at least 14 years old of government programs that provide financial assistance for expenses related to higher education, including housing expenses and tuition assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
FUEL Reform Act

Bill: 115-hr-3419
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Department of Agriculture
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government lending and loan guarantees
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Farewell to Unnecessary Energy Lifelines Reform Act of 2017 or the FUEL Reform Act 

 
This bill repeals title IX (Energy) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, which authorized various energy programs that are administered by the Department of Agriculture and primarily provide support and incentives for renewable energy projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-09-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House