hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6548
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act of 2018

 
This bill prohibits data brokers from obtaining or causing to be disclosed personal information relating to any person by making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, including by providing any document that the broker knows or should know to: (1) be forged, counterfeit, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained; or (2) contain a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation.
 
 
 
 
 
The bill defines "data broker" as a commercial entity that collects, assembles, or maintains personal information concerning an individual who is not a customer or an employee of that entity in order to sell or provide third-party access to the information. 
 
 
Data brokers must establish procedures to ensure the accuracy of the personal information they collect, assemble, or maintain, and provide individuals a cost-free means to review their personal or identifying information.
 
Individuals may dispute the accuracy of their personal information with a written request that the data broker make a correction.
 
Data brokers must provide individuals with a reasonable means of expressing a preference to exclude their information from being used, shared, or sold for marketing purposes.
 
 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Estate Recovery Fairness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6549
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Medicaid Estate Recovery Fairness Act of 2018

 
This bill limits the scope of estate recovery under Medicaid with respect to the Medicaid expansion population.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
FedRAMP Authorization Act

Bill: 115-hr-6550
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional agencies
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Digital media
General Services Administration
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Reform Act of 2018 or the FedRAMP Authorization Act

 
This bill amends the E-Government Act of 2002 to establish the FedRAMP Program Management Office within the General Services Administration. The office shall be responsible for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes the Joint Authorization Board which shall issue provisional authorizations to cloud service providers to operate within FedRAMP security guidelines.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act

Bill: 115-hr-6551
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commuting
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Temporary and part-time employment
Transportation costs
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act

 
This bill requires a federal agency's telework policy to include information on the following: (1) annual goals for increasing the telework participation rate, and (2) methods for collecting data related to cost savings achieved through telework.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Timely Review of Infrastructure Act

Bill: 115-hr-6552
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Timely Review of Infrastructure Act 

 
This bill amends the Department of Energy Organization Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)to address insufficient compensation of its personnel.FERC must consult with the Office of Personnel Management when making a determination of the appropriate compensation for its personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Our Communities, Our Choices Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6553
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Our Communities, Our Choices Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to require consultation with state and local elected officials and a public hearing before awarding grants or contracts for housing unaccompanied alien children in a facility that is not on federal property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
STEER Act

Bill: 115-hr-6554
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Substance Tableting and Encapsulating Enforcement and Registration Act or the STEER Act

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish registration requirements for tableting machines and encapsulating machines.
 
Specifically, the bill requires a person who possesses a tableting machine or encapsulating machine to obtain a registration from the Drug Enforcement Administration, subject to specified exceptions.
 
Additionally, it prohibits and penalizes&#8212;with civil fines, criminal penalties, or both&#8212;the possession of an unregistered tableting machine or encapsulating machine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act

Bill: 115-hr-6555
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program Act

 
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a DHS Cybersecurity On-the-Job Training and Employment Apprentice Program to identify DHS employees for work in matters relating to cybersecurity. In carrying out the program, the DHS Under Secretary in charge of the program shall, among other things: (1) submit a monthly report on the status of cybersecurity positions throughout DHS, (2) develop a curriculum for the program, (3) recruit DHS employees to participate in the program, (4) determine the best means for training and retention of employees enrolled in the program, and (5) maintain information on employees enrolled in the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 East Third Street in Farmville, Virginia, as the "Barbara Rose Johns Post Office".

Bill: 115-hr-6556
Sponsor: Rep. Garrett, Thomas A., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 301 East Third Street in Farmville, Virginia, as the "Barbara Rose Johns Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Inventor Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-6557
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Intellectual property
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue
Legal fees and court costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Inventor Protection Act

 
This bill creates additional protections for patents wholly owned by their inventors, such as exempting such patents from administrative validity challenges and allowing inventors to sue for infringement in any district where the defendant is subject to that court's personal jurisdiction.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
NO NOISE Act

Bill: 115-hr-6558
Sponsor: Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Noise pollution
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

National Overflight and New Onerous, Incessant Sound Elimination Act or the NO NOISE Act

 
This bill adds to the list of matters the Department of Transportation must consider as being in the public interest and consistent with public convenience and necessity when developing aviation policy: (1) assigning and maintaining community concerns, including noise, as the second highest priority in air commerce; and (2) evaluating the implications of new air transportation services on affected communities before authorizing such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Administration Modernization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6559
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Performance measurement
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Social Security Administration Modernization Act of 2018

 
This bill makes changes to the operations of the Social Security Administration (SSA), including by establishing limits on how long an individual may serve as an Acting Commissioner, creating a single point of contact at the SSA for identity-theft victims, and limiting reimbursements for travel by the representatives of claimants for medical examinations in connection with disability determinations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
ChiPACC Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6560
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Comprehensive health care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

ChiPACC Act of 2018

 
This bill provides statutory authority for states to cover children's programs of all-inclusive coordinated care under Medicaid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
FORWARD Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6562
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Finding Orphan-disease Remedies With Antifungal Research and Development Act of 2018 or the FORWARD Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to certain fungal disease research and treatment, including a grant program to support research on Valley Fever.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs for Seniors Act

Bill: 115-hr-6563
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Lower Out-of-Pocket Costs for Seniors Act

 
This bill makes permanent certain limitations on the growth rate of the annual out-of-pocket spending threshold under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-07-26
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: 2018-07-26
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: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Voting Innovation Prize Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6564
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Voting Innovation Prize Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Election Assistance Commission to (1) identify elements in voting systems most in need of innovation, and (2) conduct an annual prize competition to encourage the development of technologies to address such elements. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6565
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government lending and loan guarantees
Public contracts and procurement
Small Business Administration
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish criteria and procedures for small businesses to be designated as emerging business enterprises. The bill provides for various benefits to such enterprises, such as by authorizing the SBA to waive various loan fees, and requires federal agencies to award at least 3% of contracts in each fiscal year to such enterprises.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act

Bill: 115-hr-6566
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2018-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military personnel and dependents
Neurological disorders
Veterans' medical care
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: 

Agent Orange Exposure Fairness Act 

 
This bill, with respect to veterans exposed to certain herbicide agents during military, naval, or air service in Vietnam between January 9, 1962, and May 7, 1975: (1) removes the manifestation period required for presumption of service connection for chloracne and porphyria cutanea tarda, and (2) includes in such presumption acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy becoming manifest to a disability degree of 10% or more.
 
Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded without having to go through a separate adjudicative process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Introduced in House