hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Job Training through Off-Base Opportunities and Local Support for Veterans Act

Bill: 115-hr-4835
Sponsor: Rep. Esty, Elizabeth H. [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Job Training through Off-Base Opportunities and Local Support for Veterans Act or the Job TOOLS for Veterans Act

 
This bill amends the Dignified Burial and Other Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act of 2012 to extend and expand the pilot program to provide transition training to veterans and their spouses off base.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2018-04-11
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-03-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
To provide an exemption to noncontiguous States for certain essential air service requirements.

Bill: 115-hr-4836
Sponsor: Rep. Gabbard, Tulsi [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Aviation and airports
Community life and organization
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Hawaii
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 
This bill exempts noncontiguous states (i.e., Hawaii and Alaska) from certain cost-sharing requirements under the essential air service program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act

Bill: 115-hr-4837
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Appropriations
Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive agency funding and structure
Japan
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
South Korea
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

No Unconstitutional Strike against North Korea Act

 
This bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) a conflict on the Korean peninsula would have catastrophic consequences; (2) actions and statements that increase tensions between the United States and North Korea should be avoided; and (3) the President should engage in talks with North Korea to reduce tensions and improve communication, initiate negotiations to achieve a diplomatic agreement to halt and eventually reverse North Korea's nuclear pursuits, and move toward denuclearization and a permanent peace in the Korean peninsula.
 
Funds available to the Department of Defense or to any other federal department or agency may not be used to launch a military strike against North Korea or otherwise introduce U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities in North Korea before the earlier of: (1) the date on which Congress declares war on North Korea, or (2) the date of an authorization that meets the requirements of the War Powers Resolution and that is enacted after the enactment of this bill. Such prohibition shall not apply to military force used to: (1) repel a sudden attack on the United States, its territories or possessions, its Armed Forces, or its allies; or (2) rescue or remove U. S. personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Reaching English Learners Act

Bill: 115-hr-4838
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Community life and organization
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Reaching English Learners Act

 
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a grant program for preparing teachers to effectively instruct English learners. Grants may be awarded for up to five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Infrastructure Inventory Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4839
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Broadband Infrastructure Inventory Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish and maintain an inventory of federal real property or federal interest in real property on which a communications facility could be constructed or that is suitable for deployment of communications facilities or services. Commerce must make the inventory available to any entity that constructs or operates communications facilities or provides communications services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4841
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018

 
This bill requires Medicare's electronic-prescription program to provide for the secure electronic transmittal of a prior authorization request from a Medicare enrollee's prescribing health-care professional with respect to a drug covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.

action_date: 2018-06-12
text: 

Standardizing Electronic Prior Authorization for Safe Prescribing Act of 2018

 
This bill requires Medicare's electronic-prescription program to provide for the secure electronic transmittal of a prior authorization request from a Medicare enrollee's prescribing health-care professional with respect to a drug covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 581.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-747, Part I.
action_date: 2018-06-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-747, Part I.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Unanimous Consent .
action_date: 2018-04-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-18
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: 2018-01-18
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: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4842
Sponsor: Rep. Shimkus, John [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public utilities and utility rates

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 

Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Communications Act of 1934 to exempt certain broadband infrastructure project actions, including granting a covered easement, placement and installation of a communications facility, and replacement of a communications facility located in an existing public right-of-way, from environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
To modify the presumption of service connection for veterans who were exposed to herbicide agents while serving in the Armed Forces in Thailand during the Vietnam era, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-4843
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2018-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Birth defects
Child health
Conflicts and wars
Disability and paralysis
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Neurological disorders
Thailand
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Vietnam
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that if it creates a presumption of service connection between the occurrence of a disease and exposure to a herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era at a military base in Thailand, such presumption shall also apply to exposure to a herbicide agent while serving in the Armed Forces during the Vietnam era at any military base in Thailand without regard to where on the base the veteran was located or what military job specialty the veteran performed.
 
The VA may provide to any spina bifida-affected child of a veteran who served on active duty in Thailand beginning on January 9, 1962, and ending on May 7, 1975, and who was exposed to a herbicide agent during such service, the same health care, vocational training and rehabilitation, and monetary allowance required to be paid to a similarly affected child of a Vietnam veteran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Bill: 115-hr-4844
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health information and medical records
Medical ethics
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require abortion providers, before a woman gives informed consent to any part of an abortion: (1) perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman; (2) provide a simultaneous explanation of what the ultrasound is depicting; (3) display the ultrasound images so the woman may view them; and (4) provide a complete medical description of the images, including the dimensions of the embryo or fetus, cardiac activity if present and visible, and the presence of external members and internal organs if present and viewable. 
 
The bill establishes civil penalties for violations. It prohibits construing this bill to require a woman to view the images or penalizing the provider or the woman if the woman declines to look at the images.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4845
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Historic sites and heritage areas
Licensing and registrations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Connecting Communities Post Disasters Act of 2018
 
 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to exempt projects that replace or make improvements to communications facilities following a major disaster or presidentially declared emergency from any requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Such projects are also exempt from considerations about the effect they will have on any historic property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2018-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

Bill: 115-hr-4846
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal Labor Relations Authority
Federal preemption
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Labor-management relations
Law enforcement officers
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether a state substantially provides public safety officers or employees:
 
 
the right to form and join a labor organization;
 
recognition by public safety employers of the employees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum of understanding; 
 
the right to bargain over hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment; and 
 
binding interest arbitration to resolve an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations.
 
 
The bill makes the authority responsible for: (1) determining the appropriateness of units for labor representation; (2) supervising elections; (3) conducting hearings and resolving complaints of unfair labor practices; and (4) protecting the right of employees to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from doing so. 
 
An employer, public safety officer, or labor organization may not engage in a lockout, sickout, work slowdown, strike, or any other organized job action that will measurably disrupt the delivery of emergency services and is designed to compel an employer, public safety officer, or labor organization to agree to the terms of a proposed contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4848
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to change the assumptions that the Congressional Budget Office uses to calculate the baseline for discretionary spending. (A baseline is a projection of federal spending and receipts during a fiscal year under current law.) 
 
The bill changes the assumptions used for the discretionary spending baseline to eliminate adjustments required under current law for inflation, expiring housing contracts, social insurance administrative expenses, pay adjustments, and changes to other personnel benefits. The bill also prohibits adjustments for inflation or any other factor. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4849
Sponsor: Rep. Olson, Pete [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill requires a state that makes a Medicaid payment using federal funds in a given fiscal year for any items or services furnished by an abortion provider to: (1) submit a report to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all such payments, and (2) publish the report on the state's website. HHS must submit to specified congressional committees, and publish on its website, a report that contains all submitted reports and a summary of those reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Asylum Protection Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4850
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2018-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: 

Asylum Protection Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) replace the current deadline for an asylum application from 1 year to 30 days from the date an asylum seeker enters the United States, and (2) require an applicant who arrives at a designated port of entry to begin the asylum application at the time of arrival.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-19
text: Introduced in House