hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Student Loan Relief Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3390
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Student Loan Relief Act of 2017

 
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to cap the interest rate for new Federal Direct Stafford Loans and Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans that are disbursement on or after July 1, 2018. Specifically, the bill caps the rates for: (1) undergraduate students at 4%, (2) graduate students at 5%, and (3) parents of undergraduates at 6%.
 
In addition, the bill eliminates loan origination fees charged to students to process their loans.
 
 Finally, the bill establishes a program that allows eligible students with existing loans under the Federal Direct Loan program (a Federal Direct Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, a Federal Direct PLUS Loan, or a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan) to refinance their loans down to the lower rates offered to new federal borrowers in the 2017-2018 school year. The program must also allow students with loans under the Federal Family Education Loans program to refinance them as federal direct loans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3391
Sponsor: Rep. Harris, Andy [R-MD-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative treatments
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

 

Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Controlled Substances Act to establish a new, separate registration process to facilitate research with marijuana for medical purposes. The Drug Enforcement Administration must register: (1) practitioners to conduct medical marijuana research, and (2) manufacturers and distributors to supply marijuana for such research.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must continue to produce marijuana through the National Institute on Drug Abuse Drug Supply Program and offer to sell immature plants and seeds to researchers until manufacturers and distributors can provide a sufficient supply of marijuana for medical research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-25
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: 2017-07-25
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: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act

Bill: 115-hr-3392
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Louisiana

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Lake Bistineau Land Title Stability Act

 
This bill declares that the document titled &quot;Dependent Re-Survey, Extension Survey and Survey of Two Islands, Sections 17, 29, and 30&quot; (published in the Federal Register on February 27, 1969) shall not be considered to be, or serve as, a gross error determination and shall have no legal force or effect on the ownership of certain land surrounding Lake Bistineau in northern Louisiana. 
 
The meander lines recorded in the original survey of such land approved by the Surveyor General on December 8, 1842, shall be definitive for purposes of determining title to such land and two adjacent islands. 
 
The Department of the Interior shall prepare a disclaimer of any U.S. right, title, or interest in and to any such land that is located outside such meander lines and any omitted land that was in place, but not included, in the original survey. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5603)
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5603)
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3392.
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5603-5604)
action_date: 2018-06-25
text: Mr. Bishop (UT) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 597.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-768.
action_date: 2018-06-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-768.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2018-02-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-502.
action_date: 2017-08-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Extension Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3394
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Teaching Health Centers Graduate Medical Education Extension Act of 2017

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend and expand funding through FY2020 for graduate medical education programs at teaching centers (which train medical residents in primary care specialties). The bill allows funds to be used for maintaining, expanding, and establishing graduate medical residency programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
529 OPTIONS Act

Bill: 115-hr-3395
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Child care and development
Employment and training programs
Financial services and investments
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

529 Opening Paths To Invest in Our Nation's Students Act or the 529 OPTIONS Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow distributions from qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) to be used for certain expenses associated with registered apprenticeship programs. 
 
The bill expands the definition of &quot;qualified higher education expenses&quot; for which tax-free distributions are allowed to include: (1) books, supplies, and equipment required for the enrollment or attendance of a designated beneficiary in an apprenticeship program registered and certified with the Department of Labor; (2) child care at a licensed day care center, and transportation, in connection with such enrollment or attendance; and (3) costs associated with obtaining an industry certification or other credential in connection with an apprenticeship program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-07
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Norcross asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3395, a bill originally introduced by former Representative Meehan, for purposes of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to change the classification of employers and employees for services providers.

Bill: 115-hr-3396
Sponsor: Rep. Paulsen, Erik [R-MN-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Self-employed
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a test for determining if a service provider should be classified as an independent contractor rather than as an employee for tax purposes. 
 
If the requirements of the test are met, the provider may not be treated as an employee, the recipient or any payor may not be treated as an employer, and compensation for the service may not be treated as paid or received with respect to employment. 
 
The factors of the test include:
 
 
 the relationship between the parties (i.e., the provider incurs expenses or risks income fluctuations; does not work exclusively for a single recipient; performs the service for a particular amount of time, to achieve a specific result, or to complete a specific task; or is a sales person compensated primarily on a commission basis);
 
 the place of business or ownership of the equipment (i.e., the provider has a principal place of business, which can be home or mobile-based, or bears financial responsibility for the equipment used to provide the service); and 
 
 the services are performed under a written contract that meets certain requirements (i.e., specifies that the provider is not an employee, the recipient will satisfy reporting requirements, and that the provider is responsible for taxes on the compensation).
 
 
The bill also sets forth: (1) reporting requirements for service recipients who meet the requirements of the test, and (2) procedures for the reclassification of employment status by the Internal Revenue Service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Building Blocks of STEM Act

Bill: 115-hr-3397
Sponsor: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-25 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Family relationships
Higher education
Preschool education
Science and engineering education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Women's education

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: 

Building Blocks of STEM Act

 
This bill instructs the National Science Foundation, when awarding grants under the Discovery Research PreK-12 program, to consider age distribution in order to more equitably allocate funding for research studies with a focus on early childhood. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-02-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1097-1098)
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1097-1098)
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3397.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1097-1100)
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Mr. Knight moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 420.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 115-558.
action_date: 2018-02-13
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 115-558.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2017-11-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-25
text: Introduced in House
Fair Tax Treatment for Manufactured Housing Community Cooperatives Act

Bill: 115-hr-3399
Sponsor: Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Property tax

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Fair Tax Treatment for Manufactured Housing Community Cooperatives Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow tenant-stockholders of a cooperative housing corporation to claim a deduction for real estate taxes and interest paid or incurred for land that is owned or leased by the corporation for dwelling purposes. (Under current law, the deduction applies to buildings and does not include land.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 301 of subtitle VI of title 49, United States Code, to update or provide new motor vehicle safety standards for highly automated vehicles, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3401
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Research and development
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule requiring the submission of safety assessment certifications for highly automated vehicles or automated driving systems.
 
DOT shall make available to the public and submit to Congress a rulemaking and safety priority plan to accommodate the development and deployment of highly automated vehicles and to ensure their safety and security.
 
DOT shall: (1) initiate the first rulemaking proceeding for the rulemaking and safety priority plan within 18 months of this bill's enactment, and (2) complete research into the development of updated safety standards or performance requirements for motor vehicle headlamps within two years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Fruit and Vegetable Access for Children Act

Bill: 115-hr-3402
Sponsor: Rep. Poliquin, Bruce [R-ME-2]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Fruit and vegetables

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Fruit and Vegetables Access for Children Act

 
This bill amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to allow federal grant-funded fresh fruit and vegetable programs carried out by states to include canned, dried, frozen, or pureed fruits and vegetables.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Cyber VICTIM Act

Bill: 115-hr-3403
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Cyber Valuing Individual Cybersecurity Through Interagency Measures Act or the Cyber VICTIM Act

 
This bill requires the President to designate a federal official as the interagency cyber victim response coordinator. The interagency cyber victim coordinator must respond to data breaches and other cyber attacks on federal employees.
 
Additionally, the coordinator must: (1) coordinate activities of the federal government relating to incidents of data breaches; (2) chair an interagency working group, consisting of appropriate personnel of the federal government and responding to cyber attacks against federal employees; (3) ensure sufficient representation of each federal agency at the interagency working group; and (4) develop processes and procedures to inform victims of efforts to mitigate damage from data breaches and prosecute perpetrators.
 
The President must develop a comprehensive plan for the U.S. response to data breaches of personal information of federal employees. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the establishment in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of a Highly Automated Vehicle Advisory Council.

Bill: 115-hr-3404
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Right of privacy
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a Highly Automated Vehicle Advisory Council to undertake information gathering activities, develop technical advice, and present best practices or recommendations to DOT regarding:
 
 
labor and employment issues that may be affected by the deployment of highly automated vehicles;
 
 the impact of the development and deployment of such vehicles on the environment;
 
 protection of consumer privacy and security of information collected by such vehicles; and
 
 cabin safety for vehicle passengers and how automated driving systems may impact collision vectors, overall crashworthiness, and the use and placement of airbags, seatbelts, anchor belts, head restraints, and other protective features in the cabin.
 
 
A "highly automated vehicle" is defined as a motor vehicle (excluding a commercial motor vehicle) equipped with an automated driving system. 
 
An "automated driving system" is defined as the hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether such system is limited to a specific operational design domain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-26
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: 2017-07-26
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: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
MORE Act

Bill: 115-hr-3405
Sponsor: Rep. Walters, Mimi [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2017-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of Transportation
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Technology assessment
Trade restrictions
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: 

Maximizing Opportunities for Research and the Enhancement of Automated Vehicles Act or the MORE Act

 
This bill exempts manufacturers of highly automated vehicles, automated driving systems or components thereof from prohibitions on manufacturing, selling, and importing noncomplying (from safety standards) motor vehicles if they: (1) agree not to sell or lease such vehicles and systems at the end of testing or evaluation; and (2) have submitted to the Department of Transportation specified information, including identifying information and proof of insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Introduced in House