hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Direct CARE Opportunity Act

Bill: 115-hr-3778
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aging
Allied health services
Disability and paralysis
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment Opportunity Act or the Direct CARE Opportunity Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to recruit, retain, or provide advancement opportunities to direct care workers. The term &quot;direct care worker&quot; includes home health aides, psychiatric aides, nursing assistants, and personal care aids who assist seniors and persons with disabilities in their homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act

Bill: 115-hr-3779
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Maryland
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Robert E. Lee Statue Removal Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to develop a plan to remove the monument to Robert E. Lee at Antietam National Battlefield in Maryland. 
 
Interior must submit to Congress a time line for the removal of such monument in accordance with the plan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Air Ambulance Quality and Accountability Act

Bill: 115-hr-3780
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Performance measurement
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Air Ambulance Quality and Accountability Act

 
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to modify standards and payment for air-ambulance services under the Medicare Program.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall establish minimum standards that must be met by air-ambulance suppliers and providers as a condition of their participation in Medicare. These standards must address: (1) scope of practice, training, and clinical capability; (2) medical equipment and vehicle attributes; (3) documentation; (4) medical direction and oversight; (5) reporting of specified events; (6) patient safety and infection control; (7) clinical quality-management and performance-improvement programs; and (8) particular populations. An air-ambulance provider or supplier that is accredited by an HHS-approved organization shall be deemed to be in compliance with these standards.
 
HHS must establish an air-ambulance quality-reporting and performance program under which Medicare payment is determined according to a specified performance-based formula. Performance measures shall address patient safety, clinical quality, and over-triage.
 
An air-ambulance provider or supplier must, subject to suspension of payment under Medicare, annually submit specified cost data to HHS.
 
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission shall report to Congress on whether changes should be made with regard to reimbursement of air-ambulance providers and suppliers under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-14
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: 2017-09-14
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: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Veterans' Record Reconstruction Act

Bill: 115-hr-3781
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Defense
Fires
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Missouri
Personnel records
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop guidelines regarding the use by the military departments and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of unofficial sources of information, including eyewitness statements, to determine the eligibility of a member or former member of the Armed Forces for benefits and decorations when the member's service records are incomplete because of damage from the 1973 fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri, or any subsequent incident while the records were in DOD's possession. 
 
DOD shall prepare the guidelines in consultation with the VA with respect to veterans benefits whose eligibility determinations depend on the use of service records maintained by DOD. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3782
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical education
Medical research
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Scientific communication
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Act of 2017

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to publish and implement a strategic action plan and to establish a climate and health program to ensure the public health and health care systems in the United States and other nations are prepared for, and can respond to, the impacts of climate change on health.
 
The bill directs HHS to revise the plan periodically to reflect new scientific developments and information.
 
HHS must establish a permanent science advisory board to provide: (1) scientific and technical recommendations on the impacts of climate change on public health, and (2) advice for purposes of issuing the plan and conducting the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Equal Employment for All Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3783
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Employee hiring
Employment discrimination and employee rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Equal Employment for All Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from furnishing an employer with a consumer credit report containing information on the consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, or credit capacity if the employer intends to use that information for any decision made for employment purposes.
 
An employer may use such a report in either an employment decision or before taking an adverse employment action with the consumer's authorization under certain circumstances. Specifically, a report may be used if the consumer applies for or holds employment that requires eligibility for access to classified information or such use is otherwise required by law.
 
An employer who has sought such a report may neither deny employment to nor make any other employment decision about a consumer because the consumer has not authorized the employer's procurement of the report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1222)
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense Opportunities Act

Bill: 115-hr-3784
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Common Sense Opportunities Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the Department of Education (ED) to inform each entity operating programs under the federal TRIO programs (programs designed to identify and provide services for students from disadvantaged backgrounds) of the status of their application for continued funding at least four months (currently eight) prior to the expiration of the funding.
 
The bill establishes a process for applicants to resubmit an application for a grant or contract for higher education resources or student assistance when the application contains a technical error. The bill prohibits ED from rejecting an application solely because it contains a technical error, unless ED notifies the applicant of the error and the applicant does not correct it by the resubmission deadline.
 
ED must submit an annual report that: (1) identifies each entity that received a grant or contract for higher education resources or student assistance and indicates the amount of the grant or contract; and (2) identifies each entity that applied for, but did not receive, such grant or contract and indicates the reason for the rejection of the application. ED must set forth the information separately for each state and local educational agency in the report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Middle School STEP Act

Bill: 115-hr-3785
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Susan A. [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Public-private cooperation
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Middle School Technical Education Program Act or the Middle School STEP Act 

 
 This bill directs the Department of Education to:
 
 
 create a pilot program for career and technical education exploration programs; and 
 
award grants to eligible partnerships (local educational agencies, area career and technical education schools, educational service agencies, and other organizations) to develop a middle school career and technical education exploration program that transition to career and technical education programs of study.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3786
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Accidents
Aquatic ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Oil and gas
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Great Lakes Environmental Sensitivity Index Act of 2017 

 
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to update at least once every seven years its environmental sensitivity index products for each coastal area of the Great Lakes. (An environmental sensitivity product is a map or similar tool that is utilized to identify sensitive shoreline, coastal or offshore, resources prior to an oil spill event.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Small Entity Regulatory Relief Opportunity Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3787
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Small business
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Small Entity Regulatory Relief Opportunity Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the Federal Communications Commission to streamline procedures for small entities that seek waivers from applicable regulations. A small entity includes: (1) a small business, small organization, or small governmental jurisdiction; and (2) an entity that provides subscription services to 2% or fewer of the consumers receiving that subscription service in the United States if the regulation waiver being sought applies to subscription services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve Act

Bill: 115-hr-3788
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Connecticut
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Maine
Massachusetts
Motor fuels
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York State
Oil and gas
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Strategic materials and reserves
Vermont

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE)to establish, maintain, and operate a Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve of no more than 1 million barrels as part of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. (The Northeast means the states of New Jersey, New York, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and any other contiguous state that DOE determines appropriate.)
 
 The bill authorizes DOE to sell refined petroleum products from the reserve if the President finds that there exists, or is likely to exist within the next 30 days, a severe energy supply interruption. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
High School Football Safety Study Act

Bill: 115-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Athletes
Child health
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

High School Football Safety Study Act

 
This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to: (1) conduct a study to more precisely identify the causes of deaths related to high school football, (2) develop recommendations to prevent such deaths, and (3) submit to Congress and publish on the public website of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality a report on the study's results.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Russell, Steve [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against property
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Firearms and explosives
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Federal Firearms Licensee Protection Act

 
This bill amends the federal criminal code to modify provisions related to theft of firearms.
 
Under current law, it is unlawful to steal a firearm from a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer, or from their business premises. This bill broadens the scope of unlawful conduct to also prohibit stealing a firearm from a gun range that rents firearms or a shooting club.
 
Additionally, the bill modifies criminal penalties for an offense: 
 
 
to increase from 10 to 20 years the maximum prison term, and
 
to create a 3- or 5-year mandatory minimum prison term for an offense that occurs during the commission of a burglary or robbery. 
 
 
Finally, an attempt to commit an offense is subject to the same penalties as a substantive offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
US Navy SEAL SCPO Tyrone Snowden Woods Ceremony Invitee Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3791
Sponsor: Rep. Schrader, Kurt [D-OR-5]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

US Navy SEAL SCPO Tyrone Snowden Woods Ceremony Invitee Act of 2017

 
This bill directs the Department of State to: 
 
 
prescribe a policy by which a member of a diplomatic mission may designate those next-of-kin who will be invited to, and be entitled to attend, any memorial service held to honor the member in the event of his or her death in service to the United States; and 
 
publicize such policy and make the appropriate forms available to each member of a diplomatic mission. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3792
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2017-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Business records
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Medical research
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Natural disasters
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: 

Animal Emergency Planning Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Animal Welfare Act to require research facilities, dealers, exhibitors, intermediate handlers, and carriers (covered persons) to develop, document, and follow a contingency plan to provide for the humane handling, treatment, transportation, housing, and care of their animals in the event of an emergency or disaster.
 
The plan must:
 
 
identify situations that the covered person might experience that would trigger the need to implement the measures identified in the plan; 
 
 outline tasks to be carried out in response to emergencies or disasters; 
 
 establish a chain of command and identify the individuals responsible for fulfilling the tasks; and 
 
 address how response and recovery will be handled in terms of materials, resources, and training needed.
 
 
Covered persons must review their plan at least annually, train personnel in their roles and responsibilities as outlined in the plan, and provide training when the plan changes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-09-14
text: Introduced in House