hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3742
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: 

Cancer Drug Coverage Act of 2018

 
This bill requires health plans that cover anticancer medications administered by a health care provider to provide no less favorable cost sharing for patient-administered anticancer medications. This requirement applies to medications that are (1) approved by the Food and Drug Administration; (2) medically necessary for the cancer treatment; and (3) clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent site, and duration.
To comply with this requirement, health plans may not, with respect to anticancer medications (1) change or replace benefits to increase out-of-pocket costs, (2) reclassify benefits to increase costs, or (3) apply more restrictive limitations to orally administered medications than to intravenously administered or injected medications.

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

Bill: 115-s-3743
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Crime victims
Trade secrets and economic espionage

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: 

Deterring Espionage by Foreign Entities through National Defense Act of 2018 or the DEFEND Act

 
This bill makes changes to provisions governing federal civil claims for trade secret misappropriation.
 
Specifically, it does the following: 
 
 
increases punitive damages for a victim, 
 
extends the statute of limitations for filing a claim, and 
 
allows claims for conduct that occurs outside the United States if the offense causes substantial economic harm in the United States.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Data Care Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3744
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Digital media
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Health information and medical records
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: 

Data Care Act of 2018

 
This bill imposes various duties on online service providers with respect to to their handling of user data, including duties to (1) reasonably secure sensitive data from unauthorized access, (2) refrain from using such data in a way that will result in reasonably foreseeable harm to the end user, and (3) not disclose individual identifying data to another party unless that party is also bound by the duties established in this bill. The bill authorizes the Federal Trade Commission and specified state officials to take enforcement actions with respect to breaches of such duties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Youth Financial Learning Act

Bill: 115-s-3745
Sponsor: Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL]
Introduced: 2018-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Financial literacy
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: 

Youth Financial Learning Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants, on a competitive basis, to state educational agencies to integrate financial-literacy education into public secondary schools.


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

Bill: 115-s-3746
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2018-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Crime victims
Government trust funds
Law enforcement administration and funding
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: 

Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 201

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This bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to establish points of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate against considering provisions in appropriations legislation that contain changes in mandatory programs (CHIMPs) that would cause the amount available for obligation during the fiscal year from the Crime Victims Fund to be less than the three-year average. 
 
A CHIMP is a provision that: (1) would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts if the provision were included in legislation other than an appropriations bill; and (2) results in a net decrease in budget authority in the current year or the budget year, but does not result in a net decrease in outlays over the period of the total of the current year, the budget year, and all fiscal years covered under the most recently adopted budget resolution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
First Step Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3747
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Family services
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Low- and moderate-income housing
Mental health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local courts
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vocational and technical education
Women's health
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: 

First Step Act of 2018

 
This bill makes changes to various aspects of the criminal justice system. 
 
Among other things, the bill does the following: 
 
 
modifies federal sentencing provisions, 
 
establishes a risk and needs assessment system at the Bureau of Prisons, and
 
reauthorizes the Second Chance Act of 2007. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 731.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving the Inspector General Process for Legislative Branch Instrumentalities Act

Bill: 115-s-3748
Sponsor: Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO]
Introduced: 2018-12-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Architect of the Capitol
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government studies and investigations
Library of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: 

Improving the Inspector General Process for Legislative Branch Instrumentalities Act

 
This bill amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 to allow the transfer of the Inspectors General of the Library of Congress, the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and the Government Publishing Office to another position within, or another location of, the respective entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7521-7522; text: CR S7521-7522)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7521-7522; text: CR S7521-7522)
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3750
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Common Sense Credit Union Capital Relief Act of 2018

 
This bill delays to 2021 the National Credit Union Administration rule titled &quot;Risk-Based Capital&quot; published on October 29, 2015. (The rule establishes a new method, beginning in 2019, for measuring whether a credit union is adequately capitalized.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
SEE MORE Act

Bill: 115-s-3751
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Screenings for Eye Evaluation, Monitoring, Observation, Review, and Examination Act or the SEE MORE Act

 
This bill exempts telehealth services involving remote imaging for chronic eye disease from specified requirements, such as geographic restrictions, under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Land Restoration Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3752
Sponsor: Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Land Restoration Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to transfer certain property within the exterior boundaries of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation that was acquired by the United States for the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project to the Department of the Interior to be held in trust for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota. The land is located above the top of the exclusive flood pool of the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project.
 
The transfer of such land shall not interfere with any of the authorized purposes of such project, any project of the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program, or any applicable law. The Corps of Engineers shall retain: (1) the right to inundate with water or cause erosion to the transferred lands as necessary for the operation of such projects; and (2) any land, structures, easements or other property interests necessary to carry out such projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Forest Management for Rural Stability Act

Bill: 115-s-3753
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Forest Management for Rural Stability Act

 
This bill establishes the Natural Resources Permanent Fund to provide payments to certain counties containing federal land. The bill also provides appropriations for the fund, requires certain annual receipts generated from public lands to be deposited into the fund, and grants a federal charter to the Forest and Refuge County Foundation to manage the fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7588)
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
CURE High Drug Prices Act

Bill: 115-s-3754
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Inflation and prices
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Combatting Unreasonable Rises and Excessively High Drug Prices Act or the CURE High Drug Prices Act

 
This bill prohibits price gouging by manufacturers of certain prescription drugs that are covered by a federal health care program. The bill specifies percentage increases in price at which price gouging is presumed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Background Investigation Authorization Demonstration Act

Bill: 115-s-3755
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Background Investigation Authorization Demonstration Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish a program in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for the purpose of conducting personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions at the BIA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3756
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Government trust funds
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Trust Fund Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate: (1) the $1 billion per incident limitation on expenditures from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for cleanup of oil spills, (2) the $500 million per incident limitation on expenditures from the trust fund for natural resource damage assessments and claims in connection with oil spills, and (3) the limitation on the borrowing authority of the trust fund.
 
The bill also amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to direct the President to promulgate regulations to allow advance payments from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund to states and localities to prepare for and mitigate substantial threats from the discharge of oil.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3757
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Accidents
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Big Oil Bailout Prevention Unlimited Liability Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to revise requirements governing the liability of parties that are responsible for oil discharges from offshore facilities into navigable waters or adjoining shorelines. Under current law, responsible parties are liable for the total of all removal costs plus $75 million. The bill: (1) removes the cap of $75 million on liability, and (2) makes the responsible parties liable for all covered damages. Covered damages includes damages for: (1) loss of natural resources, property, revenue, or profits; or (2) costs of providing increased public services during or after removal activities, such as fire protection. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Blocking Iranian Illicit Finance Act

Bill: 115-s-3758
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Arms control and nonproliferation
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Currency
Department of the Treasury
Digital media
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Insurance industry and regulation
International law and treaties
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Blocking Iranian Illicit Finance Act

 
This bill expands sanctions against Iranian financial institutions that engage in various prohibited activities. It also directs the President to impose sanctions against (1) persons that provide financial messaging services to such institutions, and (2) persons that conduct significant transactions in any Iranian digital currency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Venezuela TPS Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3759
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-12-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Due process and equal protection
Foreign aid and international relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Immigration status and procedures
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Travel and tourism
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: 

Venezuela TPS Act of 2018

 
This bill addresses the migration of Venezuelan nationals by permitting them to qualify for temporary protected status, which prevents their removal from the United States and allows them to obtain employment and travel authorization. The bill also provides assistance to the migration systems of nations surrounding Venezuela.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-12-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3760
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Army Corps of Engineers
Dams and canals
Department of Defense
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government liability
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Property rights
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: 

Defense of Environment and Property Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to specify the types of water bodies that are "navigable waters" and therefore fall under the scope of the Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3761
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2018-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Consumer affairs
Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: 

Fuel Choice and Deregulation Act of 2018

 
This bill revises requirements governing the use of alternative fuels in vehicles, including to 
 
 
allow certain aftermarket conversions of motor vehicles to alternative fuel operation without certification, 
 
ban the Environmental Protection Agency from prohibiting or controlling biomass fuel, and
 
revise the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards with respect to fuel choice enabling vehicles.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act

Bill: 115-s-3762
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2018-12-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: 

Protecting Financial Aid for Students and Taxpayers Act

 
 This bill amends the Higher Education Opportunity Act to prohibit an institution of higher education or postsecondary educational institution from using revenues derived from federal educational assistance funds for recruiting or marketing activities.
 
Federal educational assistance funds include federal student aid under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, education benefits for military personnel and veterans, and grants for workforce development programs.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-12-17
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Hospitals Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3763
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-12-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2018-12-18
text: 

State Accountability, Flexibility, and Equity for Hospitals Act of 2018 or the SAFE Hospitals Act of 

2018

 
This bill alters Medicaid requirements relating to payment for inpatient hospital services that are provided by disproportionate share hospitals (DSHs). (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)
 
Among other changes, the bill requires state Medicaid programs to adopt a payment methodology that meets certain criteria, including by prioritizing payments based on the DSH tier for which the hospital qualifies; tiers are determined based on factors such as the hospital's Medicaid inpatient utilization rate. 
 
The bill also incorporates state poverty ratios (i.e., the number of qualifying low-income individuals in a state compared to all states) into the formula for determining state DSH allotments under Medicaid. The bill phases in application of the revised formula over the course of 10 to 15 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-12-18
text: Introduced in Senate