hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Caring Homes and Improved Lives for Dependents (CHILD) Act

Bill: 115-hr-4983
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Family services
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Caring Homes and Improved Lives for Dependents (CHILD) Act

 
This bill requires states to consider foster family homes or cottage homes to be the least restrictive setting for children who have attained six years of age and have been removed from their homes, if suitable relatives or other designated caregivers are not available. A cottage home is a residential operation:
 
 
 in which not more than 12 children reside; 
 
 that implements a trauma-informed treatment plan for its residents; 
 
 that involves family members of a child in the treatment for the child, and maintains contact with the family of the child, if available and if the involvement is clinically appropriate for the well-being of the child; 
 
 that is licensed by the state where it is located; and 
 
 that is accredited.
 
 
The bill makes cottage homes eligible for foster care maintenance payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Carryover Equity Act

Bill: 115-hr-4984
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Agricultural education
Education programs funding
Higher education
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Carryover Equity Act 

 
This bill amends the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 to allow 1890 land-grant colleges and universities (historically black colleges and universities that were established under the Second Morrill Act of 1890 and receive funding from the Department of Agriculture) to carry over all extension funding into the succeeding fiscal year. (Under current law, the institutions are prohibited from carrying over more than 20% of the funds received in any fiscal year.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act

Bill: 115-hr-4985
Sponsor: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act

 
This bill amends the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to prohibit the Act from being construed to preclude or limit the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for technical amendments to the Merit-based Incentive Payment System under Medicare.

Bill: 115-hr-4987
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 
This bill revises provisions related to performance and payment under Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Conservation Assistance Loan Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4988
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Farmland
Government lending and loan guarantees
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Conservation Assistance Loan Act of 2018 

 
This bill establishes a Department of Agriculture (USDA) nonrecourse conservation assistance loan program. Under the program, farmers who receive loans must meet certain conservation requirements, including: (1) complying with applicable conservation and wetland protection requirements under the Food Security Act of 1985, (2) using a reduced tillage method and nutrient management practices, and (3) planting a cover crop. 
 
(Under a nonrecourse loan, a farmer pledges a commodity as collateral and may deliver the pledged collateral to USDA to repay the loan.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Rehab and Ahmed Amer Foster Care Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4990
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Rehab and Ahmed Amer Foster Care Improvement Act of 2018 

 
This bill revises notification requirements that are triggered when states decide to remove a child from the custody of the child's parent(s) and to place the child in another home. States must provide notice of the decision to each relative who expressed an interest in caring for the child, the guardian, and the guardian ad litem for the child, the attorney for the child, the attorney for each parent of the child, the child (if the child is able to express an opinion regarding placement), and the prosecutor involved. The notice must be provided within 90 days after the state makes a placement decision.
 
States must establish procedures to: (1) allow a person who receives such a notice to request documentation of the reasons for the decision involved, (2) allow the attorney for the child to petition the court involved to review the decision, and (3) require the court to commence a review after receiving a petition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
NOTICE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-4992
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Electric power generation and transmission
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Notify Officials, Towns, Individuals, and Cities of Electric Generating Facilities Act of 2017 or the NOTICE Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to require permitting authorities to notify nearby municipalities of permit applications and proposed permits. Permitting authorities must also notify nearby states and municipalities of permit modifications and renewals. Under current law, permitting authorities are required to only notify nearby states of a permit application or a proposed permit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4993
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Immunology and vaccination
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Vaccine Access Improvement Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the excise tax on specified vaccines, to allow the Department of Health and Human Services to designate additional taxable vaccines. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Energy Sovereignty Act

Bill: 115-hr-4994
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Environmental health
Intergovernmental relations
International organizations and cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Energy Sovereignty Act

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to repeal the requirement that states must revise implementation plans to prevent or eliminate air pollution endangering public health or welfare in other countries when directed to do so by the Environmental Protection Agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Due Diligence for FEMA Disaster Contractors Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4995
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Due Diligence for FEMA Disaster Contractors Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), before awarding a covered contract (i.e., a contract for goods or services, awarded in response to a major disaster or emergency, and in an amount that equals or exceeds $1 million) to: (1) conduct a review of the potential contractor, and (2) determine whether the past performance and resources of the contractor are adequate for the contract's performance.
 
 In carrying out such review, FEMA shall assess the past experience and resources of the potential contractor using specified criteria.
 
FEMA may waive requirements of this bill upon determining that the waiver is in the public interest.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4996
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Citizenship and naturalization
Crimes against property
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Motor vehicles
Organized crime
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: 

Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018

 
This bill denies immigration benefits to aliens determined to be criminal gang members, criminal street gang members, or gang supporters. No such alien may file an immigration petition, affidavit of support, or be permitted to assume custodial care of an unaccompanied alien minor.
 
The bill, absent countervailing evidence, revokes the citizenship of an individual who: 
 
 
was naturalized after December 24, 1952, and 
 
 within 10 years after naturalization becomes a member of a criminal gang or other organization in which membership at the time of naturalization would have prohibited such individual's naturalization. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-08
text: Introduced in House
GROW Act

Bill: 115-hr-4997
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Employee benefits and pensions
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Giving Retirement Options to Workers Act of 2018 or the GROW Act 

 
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to authorize a new composite multiemployer pension plan, which combines features of defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans. 
 
Under a composite plan, employer contributions are set at a fixed rate. Benefits are based on a formula, are paid to participants in the form of life annuities (except for benefits that may be immediately distributed from certain plans with a low value), and may be reduced based on the plan's funded status. 
 
The plan sponsor must take corrective actions through a realignment program whenever the plan's projected funded ratio is below 120% for the plan year. The realignment program may include measures such as benefit reductions or proposed contribution increases. 
 
A composite plan is not covered by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) or required to pay PBGC premiums. The plan sponsors are also not subject to liability for withdrawing from the plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act

Bill: 115-hr-4998
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act

 
This bill requires state Medicaid programs to expand coverage for former foster care youth. Specifically, state Medicaid programs must cover individuals who were in foster care at 14 years of age but who subsequently left foster care due to a kinship guardianship. In addition, states must provide such coverage regardless of whether individuals were enrolled in Medicaid while in foster care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 567.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-732.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-732.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Lending Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4999
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Government studies and investigations
Indian social and development programs
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending Act of 2018 or the SAFE Lending Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Electronic Fund Transfer Act and the Truth in Lending Act. The bill revises requirements related to consumer financial protection and small-dollar lending, including matters concerning remotely created checks, electronic fund transfers, registration of small-dollar lenders, overdraft fees, and the collection of personal information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Free to Fly Act

Bill: 115-hr-5000
Sponsor: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Licensing and registrations
Life, casualty, property insurance
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Transportation costs
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Free to Fly Act

 
The bill modifies definitions relating to aviation to permit a foreign air carrier to own U.S. domestic air routes. The foreign carrier may establish U.S.-based subsidiaries for such purpose. 
 
All foreign-owed air carriers that obtain a certificate to fly domestic routes may only hire U.S. citizens or nationals, or permanent legal residents. The Department of Transportation (DOT) may issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to a foreign air carrier with a board of directors that is comprised of more than 49% non-U.S. citizens.
 
The bill expands the scope of the President's review of DOT actions involving foreign air carriers.
 
The Department of Defense may waive citizenship requirements for certain foreign air carriers participating in the civil reserve air fleet.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-02-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, in recognition of her contribution to the Nation and her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBT community in athletics, education, and our society.

Bill: 115-hr-5001
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Professional sports
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King in recognition of her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBT community in athletics, education, and our society.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Cutting Edge Research Act

Bill: 115-hr-5002
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2018-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Biological and life sciences
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: 

Advancing Cutting Edge Research Act or the ACE Research Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to expand the National Institutes of Health's unique research initiatives to include cutting-edge research that: (1) fosters scientific creativity and increases fundamental biological understanding leading to the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of diseases and disorders; or (2) is urgently required to respond to a public health threat. (Unique research initiatives may be supported through transactions other than contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5038-5039)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5038-5039)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5002.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5038-5040)
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Mr. Walden moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent .
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Introduced in House