hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
HONEST Act

Bill: 115-s-1794
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment Act of 2017 or the HONEST Act

 
This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a covered action unless all scientific and technical information relied on to support the action is the best available science, specifically identified, and publicly available in a manner sufficient for independent analysis and substantial reproduction of research results. Covered actions are risk, exposure, or hazard assessments, criteria documents, standards, limitations, regulations, regulatory impact analyses, or guidance. Personally identifiable information, trade secrets, or commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential must be redacted prior to public availability.
 
The EPA may use an existing website maintained by another federal agency to make the scientific and technical information available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

Bill: 115-s-1795
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Census and government statistics
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise provisions related to financial aid and higher education programs for children and youths who are homeless or in foster care.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Upholding America's Nuclear Commitments Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1796
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Europe
International law and treaties
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Upholding America's Nuclear Commitments Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to report to the congressional defense committees on the Russian Federation's new ground-launched cruise missile (SSC-8). Funds authorized in FY2018 for the research and development program for the dual-capable road-mobile ground-launched missile system with a maximum range of 5,500 kilometers may not be obligated or expended until the committees receive the report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Insurance for Former Foster Youth Act

Bill: 115-s-1797
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the Senate
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: 2017-09-12
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: 2017-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Flood Management Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1798
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Appropriations
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Federal Flood Management Act of 2017

 
This bill directs executive agencies, including military departments, to reduce the risk of flood losses, minimize flood impacts, and restore and preserve natural floodplains. Agencies must also: (1) evaluate the effects of an action taking place in a floodplain, (2) ensure planning programs and budget requests incorporate flood hazard considerations, and (3) indicate their compliance with this bill to the Office of Management and Budget when making a request for a new authorization or appropriation. The bill sets forth characteristics to be used in determining whether an agency action impacts a floodplain. The Mitigation Framework Leadership Group must reassess annually the implementation of these requirements, and provide recommendations to the Water Resources Council.
 
An agency undertaking a federally funded project must comply with federal flood risk management standards, including construction guidelines, flood-proofing measures, and elevation techniques. Projects may be exempted if compliance would not be in the interest of national security, a project is in response to an emergency, or the standard is demonstrably inappropriate.
 
An agency facilitating a financial transaction in an area subject to a base flood (a base flood has a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year) has a duty to inform any private party of the hazards.
 
Agencies must report on their compliance with this bill to the Council on Environmental Quality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5219)
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Technology Maturation Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1799
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Energy research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Energy Technology Maturation Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE)to establish a funding program to facilitate the commercialization of energy and related technologies that exhibit promising commercial potential and are developed at DOE facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 419.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-252.
action_date: 2018-05-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 115-252.
action_date: 2018-03-08
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-10-03
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-318.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing the Electric Grid to Protect Military Readiness Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1800
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Military facilities and property
Military readiness

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Securing the Electric Grid to Protect Military Readiness Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to submit to Congress a report: (1)identifying significant cybersecurity risks to critical defense infrastructure, (2)assessing the potential effects of such risks on the readiness of the Armed Forces, (3)evaluating the strategic benefits and challenges of isolating military infrastructure from the electric grid, and (4)recommending a path forward to address these security risks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
SOS Campus Act

Bill: 115-s-1801
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2017-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Higher education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Right of privacy
School administration
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: 

Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act or the SOS Campus Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive federal financial assistance to designate independent advocates for campus sexual assault prevention and response. In addition, the bill prohibits IHEs from retaliating against: (1) advocates for representing the interests of student victims, or (2) student victims for reporting sexual assaults to advocates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5219)
action_date: 2017-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the maximum time a person may serve as an acting officer.

Bill: 115-s-1802
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 
This bill amends the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 to increase from 210 to 365 the maximum number of days an individual may serve as an acting officer in a presidentially appointed position requiring Senate confirmation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in Senate
MEDS Act

Bill: 115-s-1803
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative treatments
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

 

Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act of 2017 or the MEDS Act

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate research involving marijuana and the commercial production of drugs made from marijuana.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to register manufacturers and distributors to supply marijuana: (1) for use in research, and (2) for the commercial production of approved drugs containing or derived from marijuana.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5483-5484)
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare for All Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1804
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2017-09-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Alternative treatments
Budget process
Child health
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Insurance industry and regulation
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Nursing
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Women's health
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: 

Medicare for All Act of 2017

 
This bill establishes a national health insurance program that is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. Among other things, the program must: (1) cover all U.S. residents; (2) cover specified items and services, including hospital services, prescription drugs, and dental and vision services; and (3) be fully implemented four years after enactment of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Century Farms Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1805
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Farmland
Historic sites and heritage areas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Century Farms Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to recognize: (1) any farm that a state department of agriculture or similar statewide agricultural organization recognizes as a Century Farm, or (2) a farm or ranch that has been operated continuously and owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care for Working Families Act

Bill: 115-s-1806
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Appropriations
Child care and development
Child health
Crime prevention
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Family services
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Preschool education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Child Care for Working Families Act

 
This bill provides additional grant funding for child care and preschool programs. It also modifies various requirements for the programs, including policies regarding compensation and training for employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1807
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical education
Medical research
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Scientific communication
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish and implement a strategic action plan and to establish a climate and health program to ensure the public health and health care systems in the United States and other nations are prepared for, and can respond to, the impacts of climate change on health.
 
The bill directs HHS to revise the plan periodically to reflect new scientific developments and information.
 
HHS must establish a permanent science advisory board to provide: (1) scientific and technical recommendations on the impacts of climate change on public health, and (2) advice for purposes of issuing the plan and conducting the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1808
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Federal Perkins Loan Program Extension Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend the Federal Perkins Loans program through September 30, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Moving FIRST Act

Bill: 115-s-1809
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government studies and investigations
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation costs
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Moving and Fostering Innovation to Revolutionize Smarter Transportation Act or the Moving FIRST Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to award Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation grants to communities of varying sizes to promote technological innovation (e.g., autonomous vehicles, electric vehicles, and roadway electrification) in transportation systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Free Credit Freeze Act

Bill: 115-s-1810
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Free Credit Freeze Act

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from charging a consumer a fee for placing, temporarily lifting, or fully removing a credit freeze. A consumer reporting agency must place a credit freeze on the consumer's file upon a consumer's request, prohibiting a consumer reporting agency from releasing any credit information without the consumer's permission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Merger Enforcement Improvement Act

Bill: 115-s-1811
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Securities
Unemployment
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Merger Enforcement Improvement Act

 
This bill modifies antitrust enforcement requirements regarding mergers (acquisitions by one corporation of the voting securities or assets of another). Specifically, the bill:
 
 
adjusts premerger notification filing fees; 
 
requires certain filers to report to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or to the relevant Assistant Attorney General on information that allows the government to assess the competitive impact of a merger; 
 
requires the FTC to study overlapping ownership or control by investors in certain markets; and 
 
requires the Government Accountability Office to assess the success of certain merger remedies and the impact of mergers and acquisitions on wages, employment, innovation, and new business formation. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Consolidation Prevention and Competition Promotion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1812
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Corporate finance and management
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Consolidation Prevention and Competition Promotion Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Clayton Act to revise merger requirements. Specifically, the bill:
 
 
prohibits a merger that materially (currently, substantially) lessens competition in more than a de minimis amount or tends to create a monopsony (a market situation in which there is only one buyer),
 
shifts the burden of proof to the merging companies that their consolidation will not harm competition,
 
requires companies that enter into a settlement agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) or Department of Justice regarding a merger to report information that allows the agencies to assess the competitive impact of the merger, and
 
establishes the Office of the Competition Advocate within the FTC.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate