hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Promotion Board Opt-Out Opportunity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1380
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: 

Promotion Board Opt-Out Opportunity Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to permit an active duty officer or a reserve active-status list officer to request exclusion from consideration by a selection board for promotion to the next higher grade. 
 
A military department may approve such a request only if: (1) the basis for the request is to allow an officer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced education, another assignment of significant value to DOD, or a career progression requirement delayed by the assignment or education; (2) the military department concerned determines that such exclusion is in its best interest; and (3) the officer has not previously failed to be selected for promotion to the grade for which such exclusion is requested.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a report on the extension of authorities to the United States Special Operations Command for the development, acquisition, and sustainment of special operations-peculiar technology, equipment, and services, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-1381
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to submit a report to the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services that identifies the authorities DOD recommends be provided to the Commander and the acquisition executive of the U.S. Special Operations Command to develop, acquire, and sustain special operations-peculiar technology, equipment, and services that are equivalent to the authorities of the Secretaries and acquisition executives of the military departments for the development, acquisition, and sustainment of technology, equipment, and services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Defense Talent Management Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1382
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: 

Department of Defense Talent Management Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill suspends for FY2018-FY2022 the fiscal year limit on the number of: (1) commissioned officers serving on active duty in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Navy; or (2) officers on active duty Reserve or full-time National Guard duty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement Security Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1383
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2017-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of the Treasury
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Income tax deferral
Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: 

Retirement Security Act of 2017 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to modify various requirements for employer-provided retirement plans. 
 
The bill modifies the qualification requirements for certain multiple employer plans with pooled providers. The bill applies to defined contribution plans that: (1) are sponsored by employers all of which have both a common interest other than having adopted the plan and control of the plan, or (2) have a pooled plan provider. Such a plan that meets specified requirements may not be disqualified or otherwise lose its tax-favored status because a participating employer fails to take actions required with respect to the plan. 
 
The bill also: (1) permits pooled employer plans that meet certain requirements to be treated under ERISA as a single employee pension benefit plan or single pension plan that is a multiple employer plan, and (2) modifies reporting requirements for pooled employer and multiple employer plans. 
 
With respect to 401(k) retirement plans, the bill: (1) modifies requirements related to default rates for elective deferrals under automatic enrollment plans, the election of safe harbor 401(k) status, and nondiscrimination rules; (2) allows a business-related safe harbor adoption tax credit for small employers, and (3) requires the Department of the Treasury to simplify regulations regarding the timing of participant notices. 
 
The bill also: (1) increases the limit on the amount of the credit for small employer pension plan startup costs, (2) allows a business-related tax credit for small employers who include and maintain an automatic contribution arrangement in an employer-sponsored retirement plan, and (3) requires Treasury to modify tax forms to permit individuals to claim the saver's credit on Form 1040EZ. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3651-3652)
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act

Bill: 115-s-1384
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2017-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer credit
Domestic violence and child abuse
Higher education
Marriage and family status
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: 

Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act

 
 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow two borrowers, who had previously received a joint consolidation loan for their student debt under the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, to submit a joint application to sever their consolidated loan. One borrower may submit a separate application in the event that the individual is experiencing domestic or economic abuse from the other individual borrower, or is unable to reasonably reach or access the loan information of the other borrower.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1385
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign loans and debt
Latin America
Mexico
Motor vehicles
Multilateral development programs
North America
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
Pipelines
Roads and highways
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: 

North American Development Bank Improvement Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to subscribe to and make a payment for 150,000 additional shares of the capital stock of the North American Development Bank.
 
Treasury shall direct the U.S. representatives to the Board of Directors of the bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to support the financing of projects related to: 
 
 
environmental infrastructure relating to water pollution, wastewater treatment, water conservation, municipal solid waste, and related matters;
 
natural gas, including natural gas pipelines and combined cycle power plants, with major emphasis on cross-border energy distribution and consumption and the energy security of the United States and Mexico; and
 
the expansion or new construction of international land border crossings to facilitate the flow of goods and people across the international land border between the United States and Mexico while reducing wait times at border crossings and improving air quality by reducing pollution related to vehicular and commercial traffic. 
 
 
Treasury shall also direct such representatives to seek to require the bank to:
 
 
 develop and implement efficiency improvements to streamline and accelerate the bank's project certification and financing process, and 
 
develop performance measures that demonstrate how the projects and financing approved by the bank are meeting its mission and providing value to the region near such border.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3652)
action_date: 2017-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
TRICARE Expedited Evaluation and Treatment for Prenatal Surgery Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1387
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military medicine
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

TRICARE Expedited Evaluation and Treatment for Prenatal Surgery Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to implement processes and procedures to ensure that a covered TRICARE program beneficiary whose pregnancy is complicated with a fetal anomaly or suspected of being so complicated receives, at the beneficiary's discretion, expedited evaluation and treatment from a perinatal or pediatric specialist capable of providing surgical management and intervention in utero.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to repeal the requirement for voting assistance officers for members of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 115-s-1388
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 
This bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Defense appoint or assign voting assistance officers as part of its voting assistance programs for members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Consumer Enforcement Act

Bill: 115-s-1389
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer credit
Contracts and agency
Financial services and investments
Housing finance and home ownership
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Lease and rental services
Military personnel and dependents
Motor vehicles
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Military Consumer Enforcement Act

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act to extend Consumer Financial Protection Bureau oversight and protection to persons covered by provisions of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act concerning: 
 
 
future financial transactions, excluding insurance;
 
default judgments, excluding child custody proceedings; 
 
interest rates on pre-service debts; 
 
evictions; 
 
purchase or lease installment contracts;
 
mortgages and trusts; 
 
motor vehicle leases; 
 
telephone service contracts; 
 
waiver of rights pursuant to a written agreement, excluding bailments; and
 
 the rights and protections of reserves ordered to report for military service and persons ordered to report for induction. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3688)
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
STRONGER Patents Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1390
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal district courts
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Higher education
Intellectual property
Judicial procedure and administration
Licensing and registrations
Small business
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Support Technology and Research for Our Nation's Growth and Economic Resilience Patents Act of 2017 or the STRONGER Patents Act of 2017

 
This bill makes several changes to the patent law, including the procedures that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office uses to conduct administrative patent validity reviews.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Covering our FAS Allies Act

Bill: 115-s-1391
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: American Samoa
Caribbean area
Foreign aid and international relief
Guam
Marshall Islands
Medicaid
Micronesia
Northern Mariana Islands
Oceania
Palau
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Covering our FAS Allies Act

 
This bill amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to permit Medicaid coverage for citizens of the Freely Associated States (the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau) lawfully residing in the United States under the Compacts of Free Association.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking Act

Bill: 115-s-1392
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Human trafficking
Public-private cooperation
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking Act

 
This bill establishes the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking. The council must provide advice and recommendations to the Senior Policy Operating Group and the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1394
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Licensing and registrations
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Commercial Balloon Pilot Safety Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to revise federal regulations to apply medical certificate of physical fitness requirements that are applicable to operators of other aircraft to operators of air balloons. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to revise the boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System units in Delaware.

Bill: 115-s-1395
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Delaware
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 
This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units located in Sussex County, Delaware.

action_date: 2017-09-07
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
 
(Sec.1)This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units located in Sussex County, Delaware.

action_date: 2018-01-23
text: 
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the Senate reported version is repeated here.)
 
(Sec.1)This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Units located in Sussex County, Delaware.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S471; text: CR S471)
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S471; text: CR S471)
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 214.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. With written report No. 115-149.
action_date: 2017-09-07
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. With written report No. 115-149.
action_date: 2017-07-12
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3688-3689; text of measure as introduced: CR S3689)
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
ADVANCE Act

Bill: 115-s-1396
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
National Guard and reserves
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Active Duty Voluntary Acquisition of Necessary Credentials for Employment Act or the ADVANCE Act

 
 This bill applies commercial driver's license standards for former members of the Armed Forces or reserves to current members of the Armed Forces or reserves.
 
The bill allows such covered individuals who have experience in driving vehicles similar to a commercial motor vehicle while serving in the Armed Forces or reserves to apply for an exemption from all or a portion of federal commercial motor vehicle driving test requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting the Second Amendment Act

Bill: 115-s-1397
Sponsor: Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Protecting the Second Amendment Act

 
This bill prohibits subjecting a licensed gun dealer to a reporting requirement based on the geographic location of the gun dealer's business or the sale of multiple rifles or shotguns to the same person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017

Bill: 115-s-1398
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Dams and canals
Fishes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Great Lakes
Illinois
Lakes and rivers
Mississippi River

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release for public comment the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study - Brandon Road interim report that was scheduled for release on February 27, 2017. (The interim report is a feasibility study that assesses the viability of establishing a single point to control the upstream transfer of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River Basin into the Great Lakes Basin in the vicinity of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet, Illinois.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Partner with Korea Act

Bill: 115-s-1399
Sponsor: Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]
Introduced: 2017-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign labor
South Korea
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: 

Partner with Korea Act
 
 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Department of Labor has certified to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate