hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act

Bill: 115-s-3654
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: 

U.S. Agency for Global Media Reform Act

 
This bill modifies provisions regarding the coordination and assessment of U.S. public diplomacy efforts.
 
The bill permanently reauthorizes the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, which assesses U.S. public diplomacy efforts. Currently, the commission's authorization expires after FY2020.
 
The bill directs the Department of State to research and report on ways to improve U.S. public diplomacy and reduce duplicated efforts. It creates a director of research and evaluation position within the State Department's Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs to oversee this research. 
 
The bill also restructures the International Broadcasting Advisory Board. (The board advises the U.S. Agency for Global Media, the body that oversees U.S. government media outlets abroad such as Radio Free Europe and Voice of America.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Corker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
TRACED Act

Bill: 115-s-3655
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: 

Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act or the TRACED Act

 
This bill implements a forfeiture penalty for intentional violations of the prohibition on certain robocalls. The bill also limits the scope of an annual reporting requirement for enforcement relating to unsolicited facsimile advertisements. 
 
The bill requires voice service providers to develop call authentication technologies.
 
 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shall promulgate rules establishing when a provider may block a voice call based on information provided by the call authentication framework, but also must establish a process to permit a calling party adversely affected by the framework to verify the authenticity of their calls. The FCC shall also initiate a rulemaking to help protect a subscriber from receiving unwanted calls or texts from a caller using an unauthenticated number. 
 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to assemble an interagency working group to study and report to Congress on the enforcement of the prohibition of certain robocalls. Specifically, the working group will look into how to better enforce against robocalls by examining issues like the types of laws, policies, or constraints that could be inhibiting enforcement. 
 
The bill requires the FCC to initiate a proceeding to determine whether its policies regarding access to number resources could be modified to help reduce access to numbers by potential robocall violators. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Energy Veterans Health Initiative Act

Bill: 115-s-3656
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-11-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Genetics
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Right of privacy
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: 

Department of Energy Veterans' Health Initiative Act

 
 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research program in artificial intelligence and high-performance computing that is focused on the development of tools to: (1) solve big data challenges associated with veterans' health care, and (2) support the Department of Veterans Affairs in identifying potential health risks and challenges. 
 
 DOE shall carry out a pilot program to develop tools for big data analytics in order to advance artificial intelligence technologies to solve complex big data challenges. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-534.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3657
Sponsor: Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-11-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Minority health
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: 

Traumatic Brain Injury Program Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize through FY2024 several programs relating to traumatic brain injuries, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant program for state surveillance systems that monitor traumatic brain injuries. The bill also authorizes the CDC to collect data regarding the prevalence and incidence of concussions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 697.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Alexander with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2018-11-29
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7089-7090)
action_date: 2018-11-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to submit to Congress a report on the death of Jamal Khashoggi, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-3658
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-11-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Europe
Government studies and investigations
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Middle East
News media and reporting
Protest and dissent
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 
This bill directs the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to prepare an unclassified report to identify who was responsible for the death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi, due within 30 day of the bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7134)
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to annually designate at least one city in the United States as an "American World War II Heritage City", and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-3659
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2018-11-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 
This bill allows the Department of the Interior to designate annually at least one city in a state or U.S. territory as an American World War II Heritage City in order to recognize, and ensure the continued preservation and importance of, the history of the involvement of the United States in World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3660
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2018-11-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Blood and blood diseases
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Census and government statistics
Child health
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal justice information and records
Dental care
Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Drug therapy
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental health
Family planning and birth control
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
HIV/AIDS
Hawaii
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
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 promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hereditary and development disorders
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical ethics
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
Prescription drugs
Racial and ethnic relations
Radiation
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
U.S. territories and protectorates
Violent crime
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: 

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to the health of minority populations, including provisions to improve data collection, health literacy, health workforce diversity, and overall access to health care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-11-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Stopping Russian Nuclear Aggression Act

Bill: 115-s-3662
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International law and treaties
Nuclear weapons
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

Stopping Russian Nuclear Aggression Act

 
This bill specifies that no funds shall be made available to extend the implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START Treaty) beyond its current 2021 expiration date unless various conditions are met, including an agreement by Russia that several of its new weapons systems are covered by the treaty.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act

Bill: 115-s-3663
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

Secret Service Overtime Pay Extension Act

 
This bill amends the Overtime Pay for Protective Services Act of 2016 to extend through 2020, subject to specified limitations, the exemption of U.S. Secret Service officers, employees, and agents who perform protective services from the limitation on premium pay otherwise applicable to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3664
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

Zero-Emission Vehicles Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to establish a zero-emission passenger vehicle standard. Specifically, the bill sets a schedule for increasing the percentage of zero-emission vehicles a vehicle manufacturer must sell, culminating in a requirement to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2040. The bill also sets forth a zero-emission vehicle credit program that approves one zero-emission vehicle credit for each zero-emission vehicle sold in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
21st Century American Service Act

Bill: 115-s-3665
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

21st Century American Service Act

 
This bill directs the Corporation for National and Community Service to develop and implement a program to ensure that each applicant to a voluntary civilian national service program has the opportunity to serve. The bill also increases living allowances provided by such service programs and excludes various allowances, including AmeriCorps educational awards, from gross income for taxation purposes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Adoptive Families Act

Bill: 115-s-3666
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

Supporting Adoptive Families Act

 
This bill provides support for adoptive families, including pre- and post-adoptive support services or mental health services for adopted children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3667
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Appropriations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Defense spending
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
International law and treaties
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Nuclear weapons
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

Prevention of Arms Race Act of 2018

 
This bill restricts funding for the procurement or deployment of missiles banned by the Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty). Before such funding may be appropriated, the Department of Defense shall submit to Congress a report that (1) confirms U.S. efforts to resolve Russia's violation of the INF Treaty, (2) identifies the ramifications of a collapse of the treaty and of a U.S. withdrawal from the agreement, and (3) addresses other related issues.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
REAL PEACE Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3668
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

Robocall Elimination At Last Protecting Every American Consumer's Ears Act of 2018 or the REAL PEACE Act of 2018

 
This bill allows the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to regulate the activities of common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign communication by wire or radio.
 
Under current law, common carriers are regulated exclusively by the Federal Communications Commission and are exempt from regulation by the FTC. The bill removes this exemption and subjects common carriers to FTC regulation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Guardianship Accountability Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3669
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Aging
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Judicial procedure and administration
Personnel records
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

Guardianship Accountability Act of 2018

 
This bill provides resources to support individuals who are at least 18 years old and who are placed under guardianships because they are unable to make safe and sound decisions. Specifically, the bill requires the Elder Justice Coordinating Council to establish a National Online Resource Center on Guardianship. In addition, the bill expands a demonstration grant program for elder abuse prevention to include grants for collecting information about guardianships, training court visitors, and sharing guardian background checks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7192)
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3670
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act
 
of 2018

 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program through December 7, 2018. 
 
The bill shall take effect as if it had been enacted on November 30, 2018.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to revise certain ethylene oxide emissions standards under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-s-3671
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Cancer
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to amend its regulations to revise the standards for the emission of ethylene oxide. Specifically, regulations must be revised based on results from the National Center for Environmental Assessment report titled &ldquo;Evaluation of the Inhalation Carcinogenicity of Ethylene Oxide.&rdquo;
 
The bill also requires revisions to apply maximum achievable control technology requirements to chamber exhaust vents. Maximum achievable control technology standards are established for sources of hazardous air pollutants to limit or control emissions.
 
The EPA must notify the public of violations under the revised standards, and failure to do so will result in an investigation to assess the health risks and prevent a future failure of notification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7192-7193)
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Honoring All Veterans Act

Bill: 115-s-3672
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

Honoring All Veterans Act

 
This bill adds the following as a mission statement for the Department of Veterans Affairs: &quot;To fulfill President Lincoln's promise to care for those 'who shall have borne the battle' and for their families, caregivers, and survivors.&quot;


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Energy Quantum Information Science Research Act

Bill: 115-s-3673
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2018-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: 

Department of Energy Quantum Information Science Research Act

 This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a basic research program on quantum information science. 
The Office of Science of DOE shall establish and operate National Quantum Information Science Research Centers to conduct basic research to accelerate scientific breakthroughs in quantum information science and technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate