hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
IMF Reform and Integrity Act

Bill: 115-hr-1573
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Foreign loans and debt
International monetary system and foreign exchange
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

IMF Reform and Integrity Act

 
This bill amends the Bretton Woods Agreements Act to direct the United States to oppose: 
 
 
International Monetary Fund (IMF) financing in conjunction with financing by a multilateral organization of which the United States is not a member if such organization's financing would exceed the IMF's financing or the debtor's IMF obligation is not made explicitly senior to the debtor's obligation to the multilateral organization; 
 
any proposal to make additional resources available to the IMF or to increase the quota of any IMF member who is a member of a multilateral organization of which the United States is not a member if, during the previous 24 months, either the IMF has approved or disbursed financing in conjunction with financing provided by such multilateral organization or an obligation to the IMF from such approval or disbursement has not been fully repaid; 
 
 any proposed IMF loan to a country about which an IMF staff analytical report finds no high probability that the country's public debt is sustainable in the medium term (currently, only if the proposed loan is not likely to be repaid in full); and 
 
any proposal that would alter IMF criteria for exceptional access lending such that an ineligible country would become eligible for such lending, unless the Department of the Treasury has submitted a justification for such proposal, including its effects on repayment risk. 
 
 
The bill cancels and rescinds certain deactivated IMF funds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Dissenting Viewpoints and Voices Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1574
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Civil actions and liability
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Licensing and registrations
Political movements and philosophies
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Protecting Dissenting Viewpoints and Voices Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using the viewpoints that a person broadcasts or otherwise disseminates on issues of public importance as a basis for: (1) revoking the person's licenses or authorizations; (2) taking action against the person; or (3) placing conditions on the FCC's approval of the assignment or transfer of a station license or construction permit or the construction, extension, acquisition, operation, or discontinuation of a communications line.
 
The bill also prohibits the President from directing an agency to take actions against a person, or to condition agency approvals, based on a person's broadcasted or disseminated viewpoints.
 
Nothing in this bill affects the authority of the FCC or the President to take action against violations concerning the broadcast of: (1) obscene or indecent language, fraudulent schemes, or lottery information; or (2) content constituting incitement under the First Amendment. 
 
The FCC may continue to enforce broadcast requirements that: (1) permit candidates to federal elective office to purchase reasonable broadcast time, (2) allow equal broadcast opportunities for all candidates for public office, and (3) require disclosures of paid broadcasts. 
 
The President may continue to direct agencies to take actions to execute the President's legal duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Addiction Recovery through Family Health Accounts Act

Bill: 115-hr-1575
Sponsor: Rep. MacArthur, Thomas [R-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Addiction Recovery through Family Health Accounts Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit taxpayers to use tax-favored health reimbursement arrangements, health flexible spending arrangements, health savings accounts, and Archer medical savings accounts to pay for alcohol and drug addiction treatments for specified family members as if the expenses were incurred for a dependent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Innovation Corps Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1576
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Industrial facilities
National and community service
Science and engineering education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Innovation Corps Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a competitive program to make grants to institutions of higher education to establish or enhance education programs that retrain workers displaced from their jobs by automation to provide such workers with skills needed for jobs in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields.
 
Commerce shall establish an Innovation Corps whereby recent college graduates may volunteer, in an education program for which an institution of higher education receives (or is eligible to receive) such a grant, to help retrain displaced workers.
 
The Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended to: (1) allow federal student loan deferment for graduate volunteers who serve in the corps, and (2) require Commerce to repay up to $100,000 of such a student loan for a borrower who completes two years of corps service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
National Park Service Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-1577
Sponsor: Rep. McSally, Martha [R-AZ-2]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

National Park Service Transparency and Accountability Act

 
This bill directs the National Park Service (NPS) to submit to Congress a report that contains: (1) an evaluation of its capital investment strategy, (2) a determination of whether the strategy is achieving its intended outcomes, and (3) any changes to the strategy that the NPS recommends to improve such outcomes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1578
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage and payment, subject to specified frequency limits, of certain colorectal cancer screening blood-based tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-16
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: 2017-03-16
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: 2017-03-16
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: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Secure and Resilient Water Systems Act

Bill: 115-hr-1579
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Hydrology and hydrography
Infrastructure development
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Water quality
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Secure and Resilient Water Systems Act

 
This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring each community water system to submit to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) source water and distribution system vulnerability assessments that identify threats from:
 
 
 industrial activity, pipelines and storage tanks, contaminated sites, agricultural activity, and oil and gas exploration;
 
climate change, extreme weather, drought, and temperature changes; and 
 
 intentional acts, including intentional contamination, sabotage, and theft of any chemical of interest. 
 
 
Each community water system must also submit to the EPA protection plans that mitigate the threats to source water and distribution systems.
 
The EPA must establish a grant program for increasing the resiliency or adaptability of the community water systems to threats. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1580
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Canada
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fishes
Government studies and investigations
Great Lakes
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Great Lakes Fishery Research Authorization Act of 2017

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct critical monitoring, scientific assessments, and research in support of fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin between the United States and Canada. 
 
In support of the fisheries within the Great Lakes Basin, the USGS Great Lakes Science Center shall: (1) execute a comprehensive, multi-lake, freshwater fisheries science program; (2) work cooperatively with regional, state, tribal, and local governments; and (3) consult with interested groups, including academia and Canadian agencies.
 
 To protect and improve the Great Lakes, the USGS Great Lakes Science Center may provide:
 
 
deep-water ecosystem research,
 
fish behavior and habitat reports,
 
fish population assessments,
 
invasive species research,
 
use of biological equipment and laboratory capabilities necessary to support fishery management decisions, and
 
studies that assess impacts on Great Lakes Fishery resources.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1581
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Science, Technology, Communications
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Tribal Digital Access Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to extend to Indian reservations, dependent Indian communities, Indian allotments, and areas with high populations of Indian people the universal service principle that telecommunications and information services in rural, insular, and high cost areas should be accessible at rates reasonably comparable to urban areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Duty First Act

Bill: 115-hr-1582
Sponsor: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
District of Columbia
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Duty First Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue up to 20,000 $5 gold coins, 100,000 $1 silver coins, and 200,000 half-dollar clad coins, emblematic of the 100-year anniversary of the 1st Infantry Division.
 
All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of such coins shall be paid to the Society of the 1st Infantry Division for renovation of the existing 1st Infantry Division Memorial located in the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act

Bill: 115-hr-1583
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act

 
This bill increases Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits for widows or widowers in two-income households by establishing an alternative benefit based on combined household benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1584
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Orca Responsibility and Care Advancement Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to prohibit taking, importing, or exporting the killer whale (orcinus orca) species, or any product that contains that species, for public display purposes. However, the killer whale may be exported if it is being transported to a marine mammal sanctuary.
 
The bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to prohibit any person from artificially inseminating or breeding that species in order to use their progeny for public display purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Kids' Medicine Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1586
Sponsor: Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Protecting Our Kids' Medicine Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the sale of liquid formulations of over-the-counter drugs that are not packaged with a dosage delivery device, such as a calibrated cup or spoon, and that do not have measurements on the label and on the dosage delivery device exclusively in metric units. The Food and Drug Administration may waive the requirement for metric units if that requirement would not benefit public health.
 Over-the-counter liquid drugs labeled for pediatric use may not be sold without a flow restrictor or another mechanism to reduce accidental ingestion.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-1587
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Livestock
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require an applicant for approval of a new animal drug that is a medically important antimicrobial to demonstrate that there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health from antimicrobial resistance attributable to the nontherapeutic use of the drug.
 
Medically important antimicrobials are drugs intended for use in food-producing animals that contain: (1) specified antibiotics, or (2) certain drugs on the World Health Organization&rsquo;s list of critically important antimicrobials.
 
 Two years after enactment of this bill, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must withdraw approval of a drug's nontherapeutic use in food-producing animals unless the FDA makes a determination that, based on the application holder's demonstration or an FDA risk analysis, there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health from antimicrobial resistance attributable to nontherapeutic use.
 
 The FDA must rescind an exemption for investigational use of, or approval of a new drug application for, a medically important antimicrobial for its nontherapeutic use in food-producing animals two years after the exemption is granted or the application for approval is submitted unless there is a reasonable certainty of no harm to human health from antimicrobial resistance attributable to nontherapeutic use.
 
A medically important antimicrobial cannot be administered (including through animal feed) to a food-producing animal for disease control unless there is a significant risk that a disease or infection present on the premises will be transmitted to the animal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-08
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Ms. DeLauro asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1587 a bill originally introduced by former Representative Slaughter, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-1588
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2017-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Military law
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: 

Servicemember Intimate Privacy Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Uniform Code of Military Justice to prohibit the nonconsensual distribution of private sexual images.
 
To be guilty of such offense, a person must have:
 
 
 knowingly broadcast or distributed a visual image of another person who is at least 18 years of age, who is identifiable from the image itself or from information displayed in connection with the image, and who is engaged in a sexual act or exposes a private area; 
 
obtained the image under circumstances in which a reasonable person would know or understand that the image was to remain private; and 
 
known, or reasonably should have known, that the person depicted in the image has not consented to its broadcast or distribution.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-03-16
text: Introduced in House