hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
VA Hiring Enhancement Act

Bill: 115-hr-5521
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Medical education
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

VA Hiring Enhancement Act

 
This bill negates enforcement of a noncompete agreement that an applicant for a physician's position in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has entered into with a non-Department of Veterans Affairs facility, entity, or individual. As a condition of terminating the noncompete agreement, the physician agrees to serve at the VHA for one year or until the expiration of the non-compete agreement. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-06-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Readiness Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5522
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations Readiness Act of 2018

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop and implement a capability to conduct joint campaign modeling for joint electromagnetic spectrum operations. The term &quot;joint electromagnetic spectrum operations&quot; means those activities consisting of electronic warfare and joint electromagnetic spectrum management operations used to exploit, attack, protect, and manage the electromagnetic operational environment to achieve a military commander's objectives.
 
 DOD shall: (1) conduct an assessment of required joint electromagnetic spectrum operations capabilities and capacity based on a review of all level 3 and level 4 contingency plans, and (2) submit to the congressional defense committees reports on its readiness with respect to joint electromagnetic spectrum operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in House
School Watch and Tactics Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5523
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Education
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Law enforcement officers
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

School Watch and Tactics Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to develop, disseminate, and publish best practices for occupation-specific education for school resource officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in House
Lake Fannin Conveyance Act

Bill: 115-hr-5525
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2018-04-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: 

Lake Fannin Conveyance Act

 
This bill directs the Forest Service, upon request by Fannin County in Texas, to convey approximately 2,025 acres of National Forest System land to the county.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-16
text: Introduced in House
VOICES Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5526
Sponsor: Rep. Ratcliffe, John [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Border security and unlawful immigration
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Peter, Ellie, and Grayson Victims of Illegal Criminal Entry Act of 2018 or the VOICES Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes new criminal offenses and penalties related to illegal reentry into the United States after deportation or removal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5527
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Lawyers and legal services
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes the Daniel Webster Congressional Clerkship Program for the appointment of individuals who are graduates of accredited law schools to serve as congressional clerks in the Senate or House of Representatives.
 
The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and the House Committee on House Administration must each select at least six individuals for a one-year term to serve for a clerkship with an office in their respective chambers. The committees shall ensure that congressional clerks selected under this bill are apportioned equally between majority and minority party offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
SWORDD Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5528
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Mental health
Research and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Speed Warrior Outcomes, Research, Detection and Diagnosis Act of 2018 or the SWORDD Act of 2018

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to submit to Congress a plan for the Defense Health Agency to accelerate cooperative research, development, and the fielding of breakthrough therapies for traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act

Bill: 115-hr-5529
Sponsor: Rep. Nolan, Richard M. [D-MN-8]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Minnesota

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation Restoration Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to approximately 11,760 acres of identified federal land in the Chippewa National Forest in Cass County, Minnesota. Immediately upon transfer, the federal land shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and considered as a part of its reservation. 
 
The federal land shall not become eligible or be used for gaming activities under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal desert terminal lakes assistance.

Bill: 115-hr-5530
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 
This bill amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to repeal the Desert Terminal Lakes Program. (The Department of Agriculture program requires the transfer of certain Commodity Credit Corporation funds to the Bureau of Reclamation to provide water to at-risk natural desert terminal lakes.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2018-04-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act

Bill: 115-hr-5532
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
South Carolina
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Reconstruction Era National Historical Park Act

 
This bill redesignates the Reconstruction Era National Monument in Beaufort County, South Carolina, as the Reconstruction Era National Historical Park, and authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified lands to expand the park. 
 
Interior shall establish within the National Park Service the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2018-09-17
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8140-8141)
action_date: 2018-09-12
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 H8140-8141)
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5532.
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8140-8142)
action_date: 2018-09-12
text: Mr. Gianforte moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 720.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-927.
action_date: 2018-09-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 115-927.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-07-18
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2018-07-17
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-04-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Special Counsel Transparency Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5533
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Executive Office of the President
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Special Counsel Transparency Act of 2018

 
This bill establishes reporting requirements with respect to a special counsel appointed under Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations. 
 
Specifically, it establishes these requirements: 
 
 
a special counsel must report periodically on the status of an investigation;
 
a special counsel who is removed from office must report on the status of an investigation, as of the date of dismissal; and
 
DOJ must report on the status of an investigation following the removal of a special counsel.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
GUIDE Compliance Act

Bill: 115-hr-5534
Sponsor: Rep. Duffy, Sean P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Give Useful Information to Define Effective Compliance Act or the GUIDE Compliance Act 

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to require certain procedures for guidance issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 847.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1095.
action_date: 2018-12-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1095.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 38 - 14.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Energy Diplomacy Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5535
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Alternative and renewable resources
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
International organizations and cooperation
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Energy Diplomacy Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the establishment in the Department of State of an Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources.
 
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is amended to eliminate the State Department position of Coordinator for International Energy Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7197)
action_date: 2018-07-25
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 H7197)
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5535.
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7197-7199)
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Mr. Royce (CA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2018-05-09
text: Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Unanimous Consent.
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: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Disabled Access Credit Expansion Act

Bill: 115-hr-5536
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Income tax credits
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

Disabled Access Credit Expansion Act 

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for expenditures by an eligible small business to provide access to disabled individuals, to: (1) increase from $10,250 to $20,500 the annual dollar limitation for eligible access expenditures, (2) require the $20,500 limit to be adjusted for inflation after 2018, and (3) increase from $1 million to $2.5 million the gross receipts limitation for an eligible small business. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
Local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-5537
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community life and organization
Crime prevention
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Racial and ethnic relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 

 
 
 
Local Task Forces on 21st Century Policing Act of 2018
 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to allow a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to establish a task force to identify the best ways to create an effective partnership between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E483)
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain additional periods of active duty service for purposes of suspending charges to veterans' entitlement to educational assistance under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs during periods of suspended participation in vocational rehabilitation programs.

Bill: 115-hr-5538
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2018-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: 
This bill provides that veterans participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) vocational rehabilitation program who are unable to complete the program because they are called to active reserve duty for a preplanned training operation in support of a combat command or in response to a natural disaster or emergency shall not have the period of the program for which they did not get credit count toward their VA assistance limit.

action_date: 2018-07-24
text: 
 (Sec. 1) This bill provides that veterans participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) vocational rehabilitation program who are unable to complete the program because they are called to active reserve duty for a preplanned training operation in support of a combat command or in response to a natural disaster or emergency shall not have the period of the program for which they did not get credit count toward their VA assistance limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-07-25
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7133-7134)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7133-7134)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5538.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7133-7134)
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Mr. Roe (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 673.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-870.
action_date: 2018-07-24
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 115-870.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-07-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-05-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-04-17
text: Introduced in House