hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution requiring that each agency and department's funding is justified.

Bill: 115-hjres-18
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Executive agency funding and structure
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: 

Constitutional Amendment 

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless: (1) Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths vote of each chamber, and (2) total outlays do not exceed a specified percentage of the estimated gross domestic product of the United States. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. 
 
The amendment requires a three-fifths vote of each chamber of Congress to increase revenue or increase the limit on the debt of the United States. 
 
The President must submit an annual budget in which total outlays do not exceed total receipts and that includes justifications and specified details regarding funding proposed for departments and agencies. 
 
Congress may waive the requirements due to a declaration of war, a military conflict, an event that causes an imminent and serious military threat to national security, or a natural disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.

Bill: 115-hjres-19
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the President and Vice President to be elected directly by the people of the states and the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E24-25)
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Bill: 115-hjres-20
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2017-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
 This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit Congress' power to impose a tax on a failure to purchase goods or services.

Bill: 115-hjres-21
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: 

Constitutional Amendment
 
 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to prohibit Congress from making any law that imposes a tax on a failure to purchase goods or services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "Oil and Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modified Sources".

Bill: 115-hjres-22
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-06 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Industrial facilities
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the Environmental Protection Agency's rule published on June 3, 2016, that revised new source performance standards under the Clean Air Act and established new standards for emissions of greenhouse gases and volatile organic compounds from the oil and natural gas sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-06
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to four in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate.

Bill: 115-hjres-23
Sponsor: Rep. Hollingsworth, Trey [R-IN-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
 This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to four terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years an individual may serve as a Member of Congress.

Bill: 115-hjres-24
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional elections
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the total period an individual may serve as a Member of Congress to 12 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to end the practice of including more than one subject in a single law by requiring that each law enacted by Congress be limited to only one subject and that the subject be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title of the law.

Bill: 115-hjres-25
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2017-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
 This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring: (1) each bill, order, resolution, or vote that must be submitted to the President under the U.S. Constitution to embrace no more than one subject; and (2) such subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed in the title of the bill, order, resolution, or vote.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-09
text: Introduced in House
No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever

Bill: 115-hjres-26
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2017-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Corporate finance and management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: 

No Congressional Consent for President Donald J. Trump To Accept Foreign Emoluments of Any Kind Whatsoever

 
This joint resolution declares that:
 
 
 the President, as holder of a federal office, is subject to the strict scrutiny of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution;
 
 as a holder of office of profit or trust, the President shall not accept any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince, or foreign state, without the consent of Congress;
 
historic meaning and precedent provides that what qualifies as an emolument is given broad construction, further broadened by the inclusion &quot;of any kind whatever,&quot; leaving Congress with the power to consent or deny consent to a full spectrum of transactions; and 
 
emoluments reach not only foreign states, but also their agents and instrumentalities, and precedent has determined that corporations owned or controlled by a foreign government are presumptively foreign states.
 
 
The joint resolution: (1) declares that the Emoluments Clause denies congressional consent to allow President Trump to accept any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince, or foreign state; and (2) requires President Trump to report to Congress on matters relevant to this resolution, including a detailed account of actions taken to ensure compliance with the Emoluments Clause.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E68)
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016.

Bill: 115-hjres-27
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2017-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Drug therapy
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Death with Dignity Act of 2016, signed by the Mayor of the District on December 19, 2016, and transmitted on January 6, 2017, to Congress pursuant to the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. The D.C. Act authorizes terminally ill patients to request and to be prescribed medication to end their lives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 14.
action_date: 2017-02-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to protect the voting rights of the citizens of the United States.

Bill: 115-hjres-28
Sponsor: Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2017-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that: (1) requires the President and Vice President to be elected by the citizens of the United States, (2) prohibits infringing on the right to vote by imposing any undue burden of proof of identity or proof of citizenship, (3) prohibits any involvement in elections by foreign persons, (4) prohibits undue or anonymous influence in elections from any person, (5) requires voting districts to be geographically compact and composed of contiguous territory, (6) prohibits any citizen who has reached 18 years of age from being barred from participating in elections on account of failure to register to vote, and (7) designates election day as a national holiday.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced.

Bill: 115-hjres-29
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2017-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: 

Constitutional Amendment 

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year or 18% of the U.S. gross domestic product unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. The prohibition excludes outlays for repayment of debt principal and receipts derived from borrowing. 
 
The amendment requires a two-thirds vote of each chamber of Congress to levy a new tax, increase the rate of any tax, or increase the debt limit. 
 
The amendment provides any Member of Congress with standing and a cause of action to seek judicial enforcement of this amendment if authorized by a petition signed by one-third of the Members of either house of Congress. Courts are prohibited from ordering any increase in revenue to enforce this amendment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the number of persons in each State who are citizens of the United States.

Bill: 115-hjres-30
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2017-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Congressional districts and representation
Constitution and constitutional amendments
House of Representatives
Immigration status and procedures
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring Representatives to be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by counting the number of U.S. citizens in each state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.

Bill: 115-hjres-31
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Constitutional Amendment 

 
 This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections. 
 
 The amendment grants Congress and the states the power to implement and enforce this amendment by appropriate legislation. They are allowed to distinguish between natural persons and corporations or other artificial entities created by law, including by prohibiting such entities from spending money to influence elections. 
 
 This joint resolution declares that nothing in this amendment shall be construed to grant Congress or the states the power to abridge the freedom of the press.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to give States the authority to repeal Federal rules and regulations when the repeal is agreed to by the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States.

Bill: 115-hjres-32
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing states to repeal, in whole or in part, any presidential executive order, rule, regulation, other regulatory action, or administrative ruling issued by an agency or instrumentality of the United States when the legislatures of two-thirds of the states approve resolutions for this purpose that particularly describe the provisions to be repealed. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Bill: 115-hjres-33
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2017-01-24 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Due process and equal protection
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: 

Constitutional Amendment

 
This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment declaring that women shall have equal rights in the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction. 
 
The amendment prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging equal rights under the law on account of sex. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-02-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-24
text: Introduced in House
Disapproving the rule submitted by the Department of the Interior regarding requirements for exploratory drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf.

Bill: 115-hjres-34
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Arctic and polar regions
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management titled &quot;Oil and Gas and Sulfur Operations on the Outer Continental Shelf Requirements for Exploratory Drilling on the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf.&quot; The rule published in the Federal Register on July 15, 2016, limits exploration of oil and gas resources in the Arctic Outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska".

Bill: 115-hjres-35
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2017-01-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Hunting and fishing
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: 
This joint resolution nullifies the rule finalized by the Department of the Interior on August 5, 2016, relating to non-subsistence takings of wildlife and public participation and closure procedures on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-01-27
text: Introduced in House