hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Aid to Homeowners with Crumbling Foundations Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2744
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Cooperative and condominium housing
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Materials
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Aid to Homeowners with Crumbling Foundations Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide grants for states to assist residential-building owners in repairing or replacing concrete foundations that have deteriorated due to pyrrhotite (an iron sulfide mineral).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Crumbling Foundations Small Business and Homeowners Assistance Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2745
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Cooperative and condominium housing
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Materials
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Crumbling Foundations Small Business and Homeowners Assistance Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award grants for states to assist homeowners, small-business owners, and condominium associations in preventing, mitigating, and repairing structural damage to concrete foundations that contain pyrrhotite (an iron sulfide mineral linked to crumbling foundations).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2746
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Economic development
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs
Minority employment
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
Unemployment
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a pilot program to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., political subdivisions of states and Tribal entities with a high unemployment rate) for programs to guarantee employment to individuals residing in the areas served by such entities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Efficient and Resilient Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2747
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government studies and investigations
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

National Evaluation of Techniques for Making Energy Technologies More Efficient and Resilient Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to seek to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the national academies must study and evaluate net metering. Net metering allows consumers who generate some or all of their own electricity to use that electricity anytime, instead of when it is generated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
BATTLE for Servicemembers Act

Bill: 115-s-2748
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Better Access to Technical Training, Learning, and Entrepreneurship for Servicemembers Act or the BATTLE for Servicemembers Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security to waive additional training under the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) under certain circumstances. The TAP provides information and training to service members and their spouses to assist them in the transition to civilian life by pursuing additional education, finding a job in the public or private sector, or starting their own business. Under the bill, service members must participate in TAP training programs unless they choose to opt out of such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-01
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-616.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Agriculture Risk Coverage Improvement and Innovation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2749
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Farmland
Fruit and vegetables
Grain
Natural disasters
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Agriculture Risk Coverage Improvement and Innovation Act of 2018 

 
This bill reauthorizes and modifies Department of Agriculture commodity programs, including the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program and the Price Loss Coverage Program. The bill modifies payment calculations, coverage levels, and other requirements of the Agriculture Risk Coverage Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Our Commitment to Homeless Veterans Act

Bill: 115-s-2750
Sponsor: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Preserving Our Commitment to Homeless Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide case management support to local housing authorities under the VA-supported housing program. The program assists veterans who are homeless and their families in finding and sustaining permanent housing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 115-s-2751
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Performing arts
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6 Doyers Street in New York, New York, as the "Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
National Fab Lab Network Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2752
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digital media
Federally chartered organizations
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Product development and innovation
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

National Fab Lab Network Act of 2018

 
This bill grants a federal charter to the National Fab Lab Network (formerly, the Fab Foundation).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Commission on Retirement Security Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2753
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Small business
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Commission on Retirement Security Act of 2018 

 
This bill establishes within the executive branch the Commission on Retirement Security to: (1) conduct a comprehensive study of the state of retirement security in America, and (2) submit to Congress recommendations on how to improve or replace existing private retirement programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Handle With Care Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2754
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Handle With Care Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Department of Education, to award five-year demonstration grants to states to address the impact of substance use-related trauma on children and youth in public schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Postal Banking Act

Bill: 115-s-2755
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Financial services and investments
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Postal service
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Postal Banking Act

 
This bill grants the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) the power to provide basic financial services, including:
 
 
 low-cost, small-dollar loans, in specified amounts;
 
 small checking accounts and interest-bearing savings accounts in specified amounts, alone or in partnership with depository institutions and federal credit unions;
 
 transactional and remittance services; and
 
 other basic financial services in the public interest.
 
 
It grants the USPS the power to: (1) set interest rates and fees for the financial instruments and products provided by the USPS that meet specified requirements, and (2) allow capitalization of an amount deemed necessary by the USPS to finance the services provided by this bill.
 
 The USPS: (1) shall not be granted a bank charter, become an insured depository institution, or engage in traditional banking activities such as lending; and (2) shall be subject to the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code regarding bank deposits and collections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act

Bill: 115-s-2756
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

Fair Investment Opportunities for Professional Experts Act

 
This bill amends the Securities Act of 1933 to modify the definition of "accredited investor" for purposes of participating in private offerings to include: 
 
 
an individual whose net worth or joint net worth with their spouse exceeds $1 million (adjusted for inflation), excluding from the calculation of their net worth their primary residence and a mortgage secured by that residence in certain circumstances; 
 
an individual whose income over the last two years exceeded $200,000 (adjusted for inflation) or joint spousal income exceeded $300,000 (adjusted for inflation) and who has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year; 
 
an individual who holds previously purchased securities, if the issuer believes that the individual met such income requirements at the time of purchase and would continue to do so; 
 
an individual who is licensed as a broker or investment advisor by certain entities; and 
 
an individual determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to have qualifying education or experience. 

 
(Certain unregistered securities may be offered only to accredited investors.)
 
The SEC is directed to revise the definition of "accredited investor" in Regulation D (which exempts certain offerings from SEC registration requirements) to conform to changes in this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-406.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
National Economic Security Strategy Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2757
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alliances
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental regulatory procedures
International organizations and cooperation
Manufacturing
Military operations and strategy
Public-private cooperation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

National Economic Security Strategy Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the President to set forth a national economic security strategy to support the national security strategy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 36, United States Code, to provide for the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag at the World War I Memorials.

Bill: 115-s-2758
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 
This bill permits the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag at the World War I Memorials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2442-2443; text of measure as passed: CR S2441)
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2442-2443; text of measure as passed: CR S2441)
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
EAGLES Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2759
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: 

EAGLES Act of 2018

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) within the Department of Homeland Security. 
 
It authorizes the functions of NTAC through FY2022 and expands them to include the establishment of a national program on targeted school violence prevention. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the definition of a modification.

Bill: 115-s-2760
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Industrial facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to exclude energy efficiency projects, pollution control projects, and reliability projects from the new source review process (requiring stationary sources of air pollution to get approval before construction or modification).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to clarify when a physical change in, or change in the method of operation of, a stationary source constitutes a modification, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-2761
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Electric power generation and transmission
Industrial facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to provide that a modification of a stationary source results in an increase in air pollution only when the maximum achievable hourly emissions rate from the source is higher than: (1) the rate of the source as it was originally designed, and (2) the rate that was actually achieved during the 10 years before the change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Next Generation in Agriculture Act

Bill: 115-s-2762
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2018-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Contracts and agency
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: 

Next Generation in Agriculture Act 

 
This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs and policies to provide additional assistance to beginning farmers and ranchers. 
 
The bill includes provisions that
 
 
 reauthorize and modify the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program, 
 
create a permanent National Beginning Farmer and Rancher Coordinator and an Agricultural Youth Coordinator within USDA, 
 
 establish a next generation agriculture technology challenge competition to provide an incentive for the development of innovative mobile technology that removes barriers to entry in the marketplace for beginning farmers and ranchers, and 
 
modify the definitions used for the Federal Crop Insurance Program to specify that a beginning farmer or rancher includes a farmer or rancher who has not farmed for more than 10 years (currently 5 years). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
POWER Act

Bill: 115-s-2763
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Chemistry
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employment and training programs
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: 

Providing Officers With Electronic Resources Act or the POWER Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to make grants to law enforcement agencies to purchase a chemical screening device and to train personnel to use, and intercept data collected by, such device.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2764
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural trade
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seafood
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: 

Sustainable Shark Fisheries and Trade Act
 
of 2018

 
This bill requires any country that seeks to import shark products into the United States to obtain a certification from the Department of Commerce that the country has a regulatory program in effect to provide for the conservation and management of sharks, including measures to prohibit the removal of any of the fins of a shark (including the tail).
 
Commerce must revise its regulations to include rays and skates as species that are subject to the Seafood Traceability Program. (The Seafood Traceability Program has data reporting and recordkeeping requirements at the time of entry for imported fish or fish products entered into U.S. commerce.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 733.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-442.
action_date: 2018-12-19
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 115-442.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate