hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
DONE Act

Bill: 115-hr-5820
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Detention of persons
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Sex offenses
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Detention Oversight, Not Expansion Act or the DONE Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using federal funds to construct or expand immigration detention facilities.
 
The bill provides for increased oversight of immigration detention facilities by the Inspector General of DHS, including through unannounced annual inspections, health and safety inspections, and audits to ensure compliance with protections against sexual abuse and violence against women.
 
The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties of DHS shall investigate civil rights and civil liberties complaints in immigration detention facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Wasteful Defense Spending Reduction Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5821
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Legislative rules and procedure
Military procurement, research, weapons development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Wasteful Defense Spending Reduction Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes the independent Wasteful Defense Spending Reduction Commission, which shall report to Congress recommendations as to which procurement programs of the Department of Defense (DOD) should be terminated. DOD shall terminate a recommended program if Congress approves the termination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5822
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Executive Cyberspace Coordination Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes the National Office for Cyberspace within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate cyberspace issues within the federal government. The responsibilities of the office include achieving an assured, reliable, secure, and survivable information infrastructure and related capabilities for the federal government, while promoting national economic interests, security, and civil liberties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3957-3958)
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Secure Data Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5823
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Secure Data Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits: (1) a federal agency from requiring or requesting a manufacturer, developer, or seller of any computer hardware, software, or electronic device made available to the general public to design or alter the security functions in such products to allow the surveillance of any user or the physical search of such product by any agency; and (2) a court from issuing an order to compel any such manufacturer, developer, or seller to design or alter the security functions in its product to allow such surveillance, or to allow the physical search of such product, by an agency.
 
The bill exempts from such prohibition mandates, requests, or court orders authorized under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5824
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan Grisham, Michelle [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Farmland
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Assist Socially Disadvantaged and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers Program. 
 
(The program provides funding to assist socially disadvantaged and veteran farmers and ranchers in participating in USDA programs and in owning and operating farms and ranches.) 
 
The bill includes provisions that: 
 
 
 authorize multiyear grants, contracts, and agreements for terms of up to three years; 
 
 require USDA to establish an external peer review process to use in making grants and entering into contracts and agreements; and 
 
 modify reporting requirements. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Whole Farm Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5825
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural insurance
Congressional oversight
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Government Operations and Politics
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Whole Farm Crop Insurance Improvement Act of 2018 

 
This bill modifies requirements for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) crop insurance policy, which covers all commodities on a farm under a single policy. 
 
The bill requires USDA to:
 
 
 expand coverage for beginning farmers under the Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program to allow the farmers to develop the revenue history necessary to qualify for WFRP; 
 
 allow insurance providers to use alternative compensation structures based on the time necessary to write and administer the plans; 
 
 ensure that that all producers, including producers with expected revenue from an operation that is greater than 35% of the revenue for the previous year, are able to obtain coverage; and 
 
 reduce paperwork requirements for the program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Never Forgotten Korean War POW Act

Bill: 115-hr-5826
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Never Forgotten Korean War POW Act

 
This bill provides for recognition of the entire period spent in a captured or missing-in-action status during the Korean War for purposes of receipt of combat pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Dam Safety Reauthorization Act

Bill: 115-hr-5827
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Emergency planning and evacuation
Floods and storm protection
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Dam Safety Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the National Dam Safety Program through FY2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
EASE Act

Bill: 115-hr-5828
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Employment and training programs
Family services
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Encouraging Apprenticeships, Spurring Employment Act or the EASE Act

 
This bill requires a state Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to disregard, for a 12-month period, any income earned by an individual participating in a qualified apprenticeship program. Additionally, the bill establishes a penalty on states for noncompliance with such requirement. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
VA Opioid Prescribing Rates Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-5829
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employee performance
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical education
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

VA Opioid Prescribing Rates Accountability Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to: (1) report at least annually to each Veterans Health Administration physician on his or her opioid prescribing rates, and (2) provide physicians who were among the highest opioid prescribers each fiscal year with pain management training. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Veteran PEER Act

Bill: 115-hr-5830
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Mental health
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Veteran Partners' Efforts to Enhance Reintegration Act or the Veteran PEER Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish at least two peer specialists in patient aligned care teams at VA medical centers to promote the use and integration of mental health services in a primary care setting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Keith Nolan Air Force Deaf Demonstration Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5831
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Keith Nolan Air Force Deaf Demonstration Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the U.S. Air Force to (1) carry out a demonstration program assessing the advisability of permitting individuals with auditory impairments to act as officers, and (2) report to Congress as to the program's outcome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Preparedness for Power Outages Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5832
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2018-05-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Natural disasters
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public utilities and utility rates
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: 

Disaster Preparedness for Power Outages Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to long-term care facilities to help such facilities prepare for power outages during and after natural disasters. Eligible grant activities include the purchase of backup power sources (e.g., generators) and the creation of regional resource directories. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Housing Opportunities for Foster Youth Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5833
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Appropriations
Family services
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Expanding Housing Opportunities for Foster Youth Act of 2018

 
This bill increases the budget authority for the Family Unification Vouchers program, which provides housing assistance to foster youth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5834
Sponsor: Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2018

 
 This bill directs the Department of Justice to award competitive matching grants to state, local, and tribal governments to establish or maintain witness protection programs in cases: (1) involving a homicide, serious violent felony, or serious drug offense; or (2) involving gangs or organized crime.
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Child Care Act

Bill: 115-hr-5835
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Appropriations
Child care and development
Family services
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Improving Access to Child Care Act

 
This bill extends through FY2023, and increases funding for, the Child Care Entitlement grant program under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Work Through Apprenticeships Act

Bill: 115-hr-5836
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Supporting Work Through Apprenticeships Act

 
This bill specifies that, for purposes of meeting mandatory work requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, work activities include apprenticeships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Rural Septic Tank Access Act

Bill: 115-hr-5837
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Rural Septic Tank Access Act 

 
This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Household Water Well System Grant Program. 
 
(Under current law, the program awards grants for private nonprofit organizations to provide loans to eligible individuals for the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual household water well systems that are or will be owned by the eligible individuals in rural areas.) 
 
The bill modifies the program to: 
 
 
 prohibit the household income of an eligible individual from exceeding 60% (currently 100%) of the median nonmetropolitan household income, 
 
 require grant recipients to provide subgrants to eligible individuals instead of loans, 
 
 authorize subgrants for household decentralized wastewater systems, and
 
limit the amount of each subgrant provided to an individual to $20,000 for each water well system or decentralized wastewater system.
 
 
In the event of well water contamination, USDA must allow a subgrant to be used to install water treatment measures as needed beyond the point of entry, with or without the installation of new well equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Work Act

Bill: 115-hr-5838
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2018-05-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Government trust funds
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: 

Improving Access to Work Act

 
This bill requires states to use at least 25% of grant funds received under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program for assistance, case management, supportive services, nonrecurring short-term benefits, and certain activities related to work and wages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-05-16
text: Introduced in House