hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Promoting Cybersecurity for Rural Electric Utilities Act

Bill: 115-s-2991
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2018-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Government lending and loan guarantees

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: 

Promoting Cybersecurity for Rural Electric Utilities Act

 
This bill amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to authorize the Department of Agriculture to make or guarantee loans for cybersecurity and grid security improvements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2992
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2018-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Department of Transportation
Elementary and secondary education
Motor carriers
Motor vehicles
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: 

Secure Every Child Under the Right Equipment Standards Act of 2018 or the SECURES Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking on new federal standards for school bus seat belt requirements on all school buses, regardless of gross vehicle weight rating.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include energy storage as renewable energy under the Rural Energy for America Program.

Bill: 115-s-2993
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2018-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: 
This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include energy storage as renewable energy under the Rural Energy for America Program. (The program is administered by the Department of Agriculture and provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to farmers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or energy efficiency improvements.) 
 
The bill specifies that energy storage includes electrochemical, thermal, and mechanical storage, for example, provided by battery storage, a grid-enabled water heater, or pumped hydroelectric storage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
EMPOWER Act-Part I

Bill: 115-s-2994
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Congressional officers and employees
Contracts and agency
Corporate finance and management
Crime victims
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Labor-management relations
Library of Congress
Marketing and advertising
Merit Systems Protection Board
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: 

Ending the Monopoly of Power Over Workplace Harassment through Education and Reporting Act-Part I or the EMPOWER Act-Part I

 
This bill makes it an unlawful practice for an employer to: (1) enter into a contract with an employee or applicant, as a condition of employment or employment status, if that contract contains a nondisparagement or nondisclosure clause that covers workplace harassment; and (2) enforce, or attempt to enforce, such a clause. This prohibition does not apply to a clause contained in a settlement agreement or separation agreement that resolves legal claims or disputes under specified conditions. 
 
Notwithstanding signing any nondisparagement or nondisclosure clause, an employee or applicant retains any right that person would otherwise have had to report a concern about workplace harassment to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and other specified agencies and any right that person would otherwise have had to bring an action in a court of the United States.
 
The EEOC shall: (1) establish a confidential tip-line that supplements its existing process for submitting a charge of discrimination; and (2) provide for the development and dissemination of workplace training programs and information regarding workplace harassment, including sexual harassment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Rural Exports Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2995
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2018-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Business education
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Department of Commerce
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: 

Promoting Rural Exports Act of 2018 

 
This bill establishes the Rural Export Center for the purpose of assisting rural businesses seeking to export their products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2996
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2018-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Family services
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: 

Housing Victims of Major Disasters Act of 2018

 
This bill makes certain individuals and households eligible for housing assistance in connection with a major disaster, including Hurricane Maria of 2017. To be eligible, an individual or household must be: (1) occupying an otherwise unused or uninhabited property located in the area for which the major disaster was declared but does not have documented ownership rights to and is not renting the property, or (2) renting a property located in the area for which the major disaster was declared but does not have a written lease for the rental.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) shall consider alternative forms of proof to determine the eligibility of an individual or household for assistance.
 
FEMA shall enter into agreements with the Department of Housing and Urban Development to implement a Disaster Housing Assistance Program to provide temporary rental assistance to individuals and households displaced by any major disaster during 2017, and shall engage in consultations regarding the implementation of such program for future disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Carbon Utilization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2997
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2018-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Lighting and heating
Lighting, heating, cooling
Manufacturing
Pipelines
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: 

Carbon Utilization Act of 2018 

 
This bill modifies several Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs to authorize additional grants, loans, and loan guarantees for carbon utilization technologies, such as carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration; and biogas systems. The bill also requires USDA to establish: (1) a carbon utilization education program, and (2) an interagency biogas opportunities task force. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Quantum Computing Research Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2998
Sponsor: Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-06-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: 

Quantum Computing Research Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD), coordinating with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to establish the Defense Quantum Information Consortium to address matters relating to quantum information sciences. DOD must establish a board to support the consortium. The board shall: (1) award grants to consortium members for quantum information research, (2) assist with ongoing research, and (3) facilitate partnerships between consortium members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-06-05
text: Introduced in Senate
National Cybersecurity Exercise Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-2999
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

National Cybersecurity Exercise Act of 2018

 
 This bill requires the U.S. Cyber Command, the U.S. Northern Command, and other Department of Defense commands or components, consistent with the recommendations made by a Government Accountability Office report, to conduct a tier 1 exercise of support to civil authorities for a cyber incident.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Patient Advocacy Transparency Act

Bill: 115-s-3000
Sponsor: Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Patient Advocacy Transparency Act

 
This bill expands the scope of transparency reports submitted by manufacturers of covered drugs, devices, and medical supplies under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act

Bill: 115-s-3001
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers
State and local government operations
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, in consideration for the Contra Costa Water District, California, assuming all liability for the Contra Costa Canal, to offer to convey to the district all U.S. interest in the canal and associated land.
 
 Upon agreement between Interior and the district regarding safe and reliable operations of the Rock Slough fish screen facility, Interior shall convey to the district all U.S. interest in the facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-359.
action_date: 2018-11-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-359.
action_date: 2018-10-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3036-3037)
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3002
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business records
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Mental health
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. 
 
Among other things, the bill does the following: 
 
 
generally requires owners of certain firearms&#8212;handguns and semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable ammunition feeding device&#8212;to obtain a license, and 
 
establishes background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Inspector General Access Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3003
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Inspector General Access Act of 

2018

 
This bill transfers responsibility for investigating certain allegations of misconduct from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility to the DOJ Office of the Inspector General. Specifically, the bill transfers responsibility for allegations relating to a DOJ attorney's authority to investigate, litigate, or provide legal advice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3004
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Financial services and investments
Licensing and registrations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to exempt certain privately held, non-custody brokers and dealers from specified audit report requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-28
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-406.
action_date: 2018-06-26
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-354.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Urban Agriculture Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3005
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Government studies and investigations
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Soil pollution
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Urban Agriculture Act of 2018 

 
This bill establishes an Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to encourage and promote urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural practices. 
 
The bill also makes farmers developing innovative agricultural production practices and using traditional practices in innovative areas such as urban areas eligible for various USDA loan and grant programs. 
 
USDA must work with producers to mitigate the presence of contaminants in soil by taking several specified actions, such as establishing a coordinated soil testing protocol, coordinating and conducting research, and providing soil assessment and remediation technical assistance. 
 
The bill establishes various USDA pilot projects, including programs to: 
 
 
 establish urban and suburban county committees, 
 
 increase municipal compost and food waste reduction activities; and 
 
 strengthen marketplace links between healthy food consumption, good environmental practices, and direct public health outcomes. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep Buying American Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3006
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Keep Buying American Act of 2018
 
 
This bill directs each agency required to submit reports under Executive Order 13788, titled &quot;Buy American and Hire American,&quot; to make each report available to the public and Congress at the same time it submits the report to the Department of Commerce and the Office of Management and Budget.
 
Each agency that was previously required to submit a report under such order shall make each report available to the public and to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
AMIGOS Act

Bill: 115-s-3007
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act or the AMIGOS Act

 
 This bill makes Portuguese nationals eligible to enter the United States as nonimmigrant traders and investors as provided for under the Immigration and Nationality Act if Portugal provides reciprocal nonimmigrant treatment to U.S. nationals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management Improvement Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3008
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Congressional oversight
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Dr. Todd Graham Pain Management Improvement Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to publish a report on whether Medicare payments, coverage, and coding policies for non-opioid pain management treatments should be revised. The report must include an analysis of pain management and prescribing guidelines, access to non-opioid treatments, and the effect of any recommended changes on Medicare and enrollee opioid addiction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Regulatory Certainty Act of 2018

Bill: 115-s-3009
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Licensing and registrations
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Regulatory Certainty Act of 2018
 
 
This bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to specify that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must determine, in consultation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, that a discharge of dredged or fill materials into a disposal area will have certain unacceptable adverse effects before the EPA prohibits the specification, or restricts the use, of an area as a disposal site. 
 
The period during which the EPA may make such a prohibition is limited to the period that: (1) begins on the date that the Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA that the Corps of Engineers has completed all procedures for processing an application for a permit for dredged or fill material and is ready to determine whether the permit should be issued, and (2) ends on the date that the Corps of Engineers issues the permit. The Corps of Engineers must ensure that the period consists of at least 30 consecutive days.
 
The Corps of Engineers may issue a permit for dredged or fill material only after the Corps of Engineers provides notice to the EPA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
SPECTRUM NOW Act

Bill: 115-s-3010
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2018-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Congressional oversight
Research and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: 

Supplementing the Pipeline for Efficient Control of The Resources for Users Making New Opportunities for Wireless Act or the SPECTRUM NOW Act

 
This bill amends the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to authorize the Office of Management and Budget to make a payment from the Spectrum Relocation Fund for costs of spectrum research and development and planning activities under specified circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2018-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate