hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Nuclear Energy Leadership Act

Bill: 115-s-3422
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2018-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Energy research
Higher education
Nuclear power
Public contracts and procurement
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: 

Nuclear Energy Leadership Act 

 
This bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to direct the Department of Energy (DOE)to (1)establish a long-term nuclear power purchase agreement pilot program; (2)advance the research and development of domestic advanced, affordable, and clean nuclear energy; (3)develop a 10-year strategic plan for its Office of Nuclear Energy; (4)provide for a versatile, reactor-based fast neutron source; and (5)establish a program to make available high-assay, low-enriched uranium for use in commercial or noncommercial advanced nuclear reactors.
 
DOE, the National Nuclear Security Administration, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must jointly establish a University Nuclear Leadership Program to provide financial assistance for scholarships, fellowships, and research and development projects at institutions of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-534.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
PASS Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3423
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2018-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: 

Promoting Academic Success Sustainably Act of 2018 or the PASS Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to decrease the maximum amount of Pell Grant awards that students may receive each year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
RISE Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3424
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: 

Retirement Investments for a Sustainable Economy Act of 2018 or the RISE Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a new fund&#8212;the Climate Choice Stock Index Fund&#8212;as an investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan.
 
The Climate Choice Stock Index Fund must be invested in a portfolio that is designed to replicate the performance of a commonly recognized index comprised of common stock and to ensure that no investment in the portfolio is an investment in a fossil fuel entity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Palestinian Assistance Reform Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3425
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2018-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Appropriations
Arab-Israeli relations
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Gaza Strip
Government trust funds
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Middle East
Palestinians
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Rule of law and government transparency
Syria
Unemployment
United Nations
Wages and earnings
West Bank
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: 

Palestinian Assistance Reform Act of 2018

 
This bill authorizes the redirection of U.S. funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees in the Near East, if specified reforms are not achieved by the UNRWA and certified by June 30, 2020, to other entities to be used for assistance to Palestinians living in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria, or Lebanon. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
END Network Abuse Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3426
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Military facilities and property
Military law
Sex offenses
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: 

End National Defense Network Abuse Act of 2018 or the END Network Abuse Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to establish (1) an initiative to improve the capacity of military criminal-investigative organizations to prevent child sexual exploitation, and (2) partnerships with various governmental and outside entities to improve practices and outcomes related to the prevention of child sexual exploitation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act

Bill: 115-s-3427
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Child health
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to state educational agencies to support school-based, mental-health-services providers at public elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
LABEL Opioids Act

Bill: 115-s-3428
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Lessening Addiction by Enhancing Labeling Opioids Act of 2018 or the LABEL Opioids Act

 
This bill requires certain prescription opioids to contain a warning label specifying that the opioids may cause dependence, addiction, and overdose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Neonatal Abstinence Intervention Act

Bill: 115-s-3429
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Neonatal Abstinence Intervention Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance for state Medicaid programs to improve care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome and their parents or guardians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Seasonal Airport Parity Act

Bill: 115-s-3430
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Seasonal Airport Parity Act

 
This bill allows designated nonhub commercial service airports receiving scheduled air carrier service for fewer than six months annually (i.e., seasonal airports) to receive minimum apportionments of funds available to sponsors of primary airports. The airport must have passenger boardings of at least 8,000 in the calendar year used to calculate the apportionment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Iranian Proxies Terrorist Sanctions Act

Bill: 115-s-3431
Sponsor: Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Foreign property
Iran
Iraq
Middle East
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Syria
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Iranian Proxies Terrorist Sanctions Act

 
This bill directs the President to block and prohibit all transactions in U.S. property and property interests of the As-Saib Ahl al-Haq and Harakat Hizballah al-Nujaba militias and any foreign person who is an official, agent, or affiliate of such groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
School Bus Safety Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3432
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Department of Transportation
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

School Bus Safety Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue rules prescribing or amending motor vehicle safety standards to require school buses with a gross vehicle weight rating of greater than 10,000 pounds to be equipped with a three-point safety belt at each designated seating position. DOT shall also issue rules to require (1) school buses to be equipped with an automatic emergency braking system, an event data recorder, and an electronic stability control system; and (2) at least 30 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction for school bus operators.
 
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration shall publish a final rule entitled &quot;Evaluation of Safety Sensitive Personnel for Moderate-to-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea.&quot;
 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shall complete a study of the benefits of requiring school buses to be equipped with a motion-activated detection system that can detect pedestrians located near the exterior of the school bus and alert the bus operator of the pedestrians. The NHTSA must also study the benefits of requiring school buses to have a system that alerts the operator if a passenger is not wearing a three-point safety belt.
 
The bill requires DOT to establish a grant program to assist local educational agencies to purchase school buses equipped with three-point safety belts at each designated seating position and assist them in modifying existing school buses to be equipped with such belts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Fairness for Firefighters and Police Officers Act

Bill: 115-s-3433
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Social Security Fairness for Firefighters and Police Officers Act

 

 
This bill exempts firefighters and law enforcement officers with at least five years of service from the government pension offset and windfall elimination requirements under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. Under current law, those provisions reduce OASDI benefits for individuals who receive a pension based on earnings in government employment that was not covered under the Social Security program. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing Administrative Costs and Burdens in Health Care Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3434
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Reducing Administrative Costs and Burdens in Health Care Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to take a series of actions to reduce unnecessary costs and administrative burdens in the health care system, including a grant program for states to establish commissions targeting such costs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3435
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Government information and archives
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Right of privacy
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Beyond the Box for Higher Education Act of 2018

 
This bill removes drug conviction questions form the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and encourages institutions of higher education to remove criminal and juvenile justice questions from their admission applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Women's Pension Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3436
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employee benefits and pensions
Family relationships
Financial literacy
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Temporary and part-time employment
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Women's Pension Protection Act of 201

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This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to: (1) extend spousal consent requirements that currently apply to defined benefit pension plans to defined contribution pension plans, and (2) allow certain long-term part-time workers to participate in pension plans that include either a qualified cash or deferred arrangement or a salary reduction agreement. 
 
Financial product or service providers who sell retirement financial products or services must provide purchasers of their products or services an easily accessible link to the website of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to obtain information relating to retirement planning or later life economic security. 
 
The Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor shall award grants to certain community-based organizations to: (1) improve the financial literacy of women who are working age or in retirement, and (2) assist low-income women and victims of domestic violence in obtaining qualified domestic relations orders and the benefits they are entitled to through the orders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3437
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program Act of 2018

 
This bill permits an agency to determine whether a cyber workforce position in such agency is eligible for the rotational cyber workforce program. That program provides for certain agency employees to detail among rotational cyber workforce positions at other agencies.
 
Additionally, the bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to issue a Federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program operation plan that shall provide policies, processes, and procedures for detailing employees among rotational cyber workforce positions at agencies.
 
The Government Accountability Office must assess the operation and effectiveness of the rotational cyber workforce program by addressing the extent to which agencies have participated in the program and the experiences of employees serving in the program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 671.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-385.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-385.
action_date: 2018-09-26
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

Bill: 115-s-3438
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Government Operations and Politics
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act

 
This bill requires the Government Publishing Office (GPO) to establish and maintain a publicly available website containing copies of all congressionally mandated reports. The website must feature, in addition to certain descriptive information related to such reports: (1) the ability to retrieve a report through specified types of searches; (2) a means for downloading reports individually or in bulk; (3) an electronic means for federal agencies to submit reports to the GPO, as required by the bill; and (4) in tabular form, a list of all reports that can be searched and sorted by time frame or submission status.
 
The Office of Management and Budget must issue guidance to federal agencies on the bill's requirement for agencies to submit copies of congressionally mandated reports and related information to the GPO. With respect to each report, the relevant federal agency may redact or withhold certain information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and other laws.
 
The Library of Congress must submit to the GPO a list of all congressionally mandated reports that are required to be submitted during a year as soon as practicable, but no later than April 1 of the following year. The list shall be provided in an open format and must include specified identifying and otherwise descriptive information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act

Bill: 115-s-3439
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2018-09-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
South Carolina
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: 

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act

 
This bill redesignates the Reconstruction Era National Monument in Beaufort County, South Carolina, as the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, and authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified lands to expand the park. 
 
Interior shall establish within the National Park Service the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3440
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-09-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Government studies and investigations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: 

Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Economic Analysis to include estimates pertaining to various income groups in its gross domestic product analyses. Such analyses shall include estimates pertaining to each of the 10 deciles of income as discreet groups and the highest 1% of income as a group. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6191-6192)
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Introduced in Senate