hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Student Loan Debt Relief Act

Bill: 115-hr-2551
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Higher education
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Student Loan Debt Relief Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax treatment of student loan payments, to: (1) expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided educational assistance programs to include an employer's payment of any qualified education loan incurred by an employee; (2) increase the maximum amount that may be excluded from the gross income of an employee under employer-provided educational assistance programs; and (3) increase the maximum deduction and the income limitation for the deduction for interest on education loans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

Bill: 115-hr-2552
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Appropriations
Employee benefits and pensions
Government trust funds
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Railroads
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the inclusion of any Social Security or tier I railroad retirement benefits in gross income for income tax purposes.
 
The bill also: (1) appropriates funds to cover reductions in transfers to the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Trust Funds resulting from the enactment of this bill, and (2) expresses the sense of Congress against using tax increases to provide revenue necessary to carry out this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
TABS Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2553
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending Act of 2017 or the TABS Act of 201

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This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to eliminate provisions that fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) using transfers from the earnings of the Federal Reserve System. The transfers under current law permit the CFPB to be funded outside of the annual appropriations process, and this bill brings the CFPB into the regular process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Direct Connect to Success Act

Bill: 115-hr-2554
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Direct Connect to Success Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each state that receives assistance under the Act to carry out a program under which graduates of 2-year community colleges with at least 2.0 grade point averages are: (1) automatically enrolled into 4-year public institutions of higher education (IHE) in the state if they meet the admission requirements, and (2) given credits at the 4-year IHE for courses from the community college. The participating 4-year IHEs in the state must meet periodically with first-year students at the community colleges to assist in developing and maintaining 4-year academic plans for the students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4361-4362)
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Health Care Integrity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2555
Sponsor: Rep. Love, Mia B. [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee performance
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Home and outpatient care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Veterans' Health Care Integrity Act of 2017 

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the director of each VA medical facility annually certifies that: (1) the facility is in full compliance with all provisions of law and regulations relating to scheduling appointments for veterans hospital care and medical services, and (2) any official data on appointment wait times is accurate. 
 
The VA may not waive any applicable provision of such laws or regulations. 
 
If unable to make such certification, a director shall provide the VA with an explanation of any noncompliance and a description of compliance actions being taken. If a director does not make a certification for any year, each covered official may not receive specified awards or bonuses during the subsequent year. &quot;Covered officials&quot; are a facility's director, chief of staff, associate director, associate director for patient care, and deputy chief of staff. 
 
The VA shall ensure that its directives and policies apply to, and are implemented by, each VA office or facility in a uniform manner. 
 
 The following VA positions shall be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate: (1) Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management, (2) Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Policy and Services, (3) Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Benefits, (4) Deputy Under Secretary for Disability Assistance, and (5) Deputy Under Secretary for Field Operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
CONNECT for Health Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2556
Sponsor: Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Neurological disorders
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2017 or the CONNECT for Health Act of 2017

 
This bill makes a series of changes to expand coverage of telehealth services under Medicare, including by exempting certain telehealth services (e.g., specified renal dialysis and stroke evaluation services) from originating site requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2557
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Genetics
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of a DNA Specimen Provenance Assay clinical diagnostic laboratory test following a positive prostate cancer biopsy. 


action_date: 2017-12-06
text: 

Prostate Cancer Misdiagnosis Elimination Act of 2017
 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of a DNA Specimen Provenance Assay clinical diagnostic laboratory test following a positive prostate cancer biopsy. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 331.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-449, Part I.
action_date: 2017-12-06
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-449, Part I.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-10-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2017-09-13
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Patient Safety and Toxicology Modernization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2558
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Patient Safety and Toxicology Modernization Act of 2017

 This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to issue and periodically update guidance on: (1) novel tools for testing the toxicology and efficacy of medications, and (2) three-dimensional human tissue models.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Bike to Work Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2559
Sponsor: Rep. Crowley, Joseph [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commuting
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public transit

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Bike to Work Act of 201

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This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to include a bicycle sharing system as a mass transit facility for purposes of the tax exclusion of employer-paid commuting expenses. The bill defines "bicycle sharing system" as a public transportation system: (1) consisting of a network of stations at which bicycles are made available to customers for commuting and short-term, point-to-point use within the network's service area; and (2) that is operated or authorized by a government agency or public-private partnership. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Reef Assassin Act

Bill: 115-hr-2560
Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Department of Commerce
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Reef Assassin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to issue regulations under which a participating state may allow individuals to exchange 100 lionfish for one tag that authorizes recreational or commercial fishing for covered species. (Covered species are red snapper, gag grouper, triggerfish, and amberjack.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
POLICE Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2561
Sponsor: Rep. Hollingsworth, Trey [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Protecting Officers of the Law In Civilian Establishments Act of 2017 or the POLICE Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify the restriction on possessing a firearm or other dangerous weapon in a federal facility.
 
Specifically, the prohibition does not apply to the lawful carrying of agency-issued firearms and dangerous weapons by a uniformed law enforcement officer in certain publicly accessible federal facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-15
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Discharged.
action_date: 2017-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Making Pharmaceutical Markets More Competitive Act

Bill: 115-hr-2562
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Making Pharmaceutical Markets More Competitive Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to prioritize the review of generic drug applications and supplements with respect to drugs that are in a shortage or for which there are not more than three approved drugs.
 
The holder of an approved drug application must notify the FDA within 180 days of withdrawing or transferring the application or withdrawing the drug from sale.
 
The FDA must maintain a list of generic drugs with three or fewer holders of approved applications. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
Entrepreneurial Education Act

Bill: 115-hr-2563
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Economic development
Small business
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 

Entrepreneurial Education Act

 
This bill amends the Small Business Act to establish within the Small Business Administration (SBA) the Entrepreneurial Education Initiative, under which the SBA shall provide training to executives of businesses poised for growth in historically challenged communities that have the organizational framework, resource network, and motivation required to build sustainable businesses and promote economic development within urban communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 10, United States Code, to require an annual report on the personnel, training, and equipment needs of the non-federalized National Guard.

Bill: 115-hr-2564
Sponsor: Rep. LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 
This bill directs the Chief of the National Guard Bureau to submit to specified recipients an annual report for 2018 through 2024 that identifies the personnel, training, and equipment required by the non-federalized National Guard to: (1) support civilian authorities in connection with natural and man-made disasters; and (2) carry out related prevention, protection, mitigation, response, and recovery activities. 
 
Such reports shall: (1) set forth the requirements for each of the emergency support functions of the National Response Framework and each of the Federal Emergency Management Agency regions; (2) assess core civilian capability gaps; and (3) consider threat and hazard identifications and risk assessments of the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
To require the use of replacement cost value in determining the premium rates for flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-2565
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2017-05-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: 
This bill amends the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to incorporate the replacement cost value of a structure insured under the National Flood Insurance Program of 1968 in its consideration of chargeable premium rates.
 
FEMA must conduct a study regarding risk rating redesign utilizing replacement cost and report the findings to Congress.

action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 
(Sec. 1) This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to incorporate the replacement cost value of a structure insured under the National Flood Insurance Program of 1968 in its consideration of chargeable premium rates.
 
FEMA must conduct a study regarding risk rating redesign utilizing replacement cost and report the findings to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 156.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-221.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-221.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 34 - 25.
action_date: 2017-06-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-05-19
text: Introduced in House