hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Fully Informed District Bank Act

Bill: 115-hr-4757
Sponsor: Rep. Pittenger, Robert [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

Fully Informed District Bank Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to modify the appointment processes for presidents and first vice presidents of Federal Reserve banks. Specifically, Class A directors (representatives of the banking industry) on a bank's board may vote on such appointments, as may, under current law, Class B and Class C directors (representatives of the public).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
FOMC Policy Responsibility Act

Bill: 115-hr-4758
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

FOMC Policy Responsibility Act

 
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to require the Federal Open Market Committee to set the interest rates on balances maintained at Federal Reserve banks by depository institutions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 837.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1078.
action_date: 2018-12-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 115-1078.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2018-09-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
FOMC Representation Improvement Act

Bill: 115-hr-4759
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Federal Reserve System

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

FOMC Representation Improvement Act 

 
This bill amends the Federal Reserve Act to revise the membership of the Federal Open Market Committee. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade Prior to Referral.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
To require the United States Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP code for particular communities.

Bill: 115-hr-4762
Sponsor: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Florida
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 
This bill requires the U. S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP code for each of the communities of Ocoee and Oakland, Florida.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Space Debris Removal Act

Bill: 115-hr-4763
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Research and development
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

Space Debris Removal Act

 
This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), in conjunction with other federal agencies, to develop or acquire technologies and policies to remove orbital debris.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Improving Access to Traditional Banking Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4764
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

Improving Access to Traditional Banking Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 to establish in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau the Office for Under-Banked and Un-Banked Consumers. The office must, in part: (1) report on impeding factors for individuals and families that do not participate in the banking system, and (2) develop strategies to increase such participation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4765
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2018-01-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: 

Prevent Crime and Terrorism Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the President from removing any of the following items under category I, II, or III (firearms, armament, ammunition) of the United States Munitions List in order to transfer them to the Commerce Control List: (1) significant military equipment or their components, parts, or accessories; (2) flame throwers designed or modified for military application; or (3) devices for launching or delivering ordnance.
 
Such items are currently under Department of State jurisdiction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Positive Train Control Implementation and Financing Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4766
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government studies and investigations
Public transit
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Positive Train Control Implementation and Financing Act of 2018

 
This bill amends federal transportation law to repeal provisions authorizing a railroad to include in any revised plan to implement a positive train control system an alternative schedule and sequence for implementing such system. Under current law, a railroad is required to submit a revised plan for implementing a positive train control system by December 31, 2018. The bill prohibits further extensions of such deadline.
 
The Department of Transportation shall provide grants to entities providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation to implement positive train control systems. An entity providing regularly scheduled intercity or commuter rail passenger transportation may not begin service on any new route unless a positive train control system is fully implemented and operational on such route.
 
The bill requires the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to provide a detailed status report on progress in implementing a positive train control system on each of its routes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Safer Streets Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4767
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Safer Streets Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to direct the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to award grants to local governments with high rates of violent crime to support law enforcement efforts such as hiring additional officers, acquiring surveillance equipment, and promoting prevention programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E34-35)
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Helping Americans Seek Treatment Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4769
Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Helping Americans Seek Treatment Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to conduct a national public awareness campaign regarding its substance abuse treatment referral routing programs. SAMHSA must incorporate into its programs and services information about pre-arrest referral programs, which allow an individual with a substance use disorder to seek assistance from a law enforcement agency without being subject to criminal penalties related to the individual's possession and use of controlled substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4770
Sponsor: Rep. Rooney, Francis [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Protecting and Securing Florida's Coastline Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 to permanently extend the moratorium on oil and gas leasing, preleasing, and related activities in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for clarification under the Medicare program about minimal self-adjustment for off-the-shelf orthotics.

Bill: 115-hr-4772
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Mike [R-MI-8]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 
This bill specifically includes off-the-shelf orthotics that require minimal self-adjustment by the patient as covered services under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-11
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: 2018-01-11
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: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
ANTI Viruses Act

Bill: 115-hr-4773
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Licensing and registrations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

A Necessary and Targeted Impediment to Viruses Act or the ANTI Viruses Act

 
This bill directs: (1) the General Services Administration to procure an antivirus product suitable for federal agencies to provide to individuals whose personally identifiable information may have been compromised, and (2) a federal agency that experiences a compromise in its computer systems resulting in the loss of personally identifiable information to provide to any individual directly affected a one-year license of such product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
New England Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 115-hr-4774
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Atlantic Ocean
Connecticut
Maine
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Oil and gas
Rhode Island

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

New England Coastal Protection Act

 
This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas off the coast of: (1)Maine, (2) New Hampshire, (3)Massachusetts, (4)Rhode Island, or (5)Connecticut.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act

Bill: 115-hr-4775
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act or the FAIR Act

 
This bill increases by 3% the rates of basic pay for federal employees under the statutory pay systems (i.e., the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and various schedules related to the Veterans Health Administration) for calendar year 2019.
 
Additionally, it increases by 3% the rates of basic pay for prevailing rate employees for FY2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Hospital Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4776
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Intergovernmental relations
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Hospital Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to extend through FY2023 support to improve surge capacity and enhance community and hospital preparedness for public health emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4777
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Palau
Right of privacy
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act of 2018 

 
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) expand nonimmigrant employer annual data reporting requirements to include all nonimmigrant worker categories and compensated cultural exchange, training, and business classifications; and (2) require that such information be made public. (Employment means employment in the United States and includes cultural exchanges, training, or business activities for which the nonimmigrant receives any form of compensation.) 
 
Expanded reporting requirements shall include information regarding: (1) age and gender of admitted nonimmigrants, (2) categories and numbers of visas issued and numbers of persons admitted under each visa, (4) blanket petitions, (5) nonimmigrant worker employers, and (6) citizens of nations with Compacts of Free Association with the United States who are authorized to reside permanently in the United States as nonimmigrants. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of State, and the Department of Labor may revise forms or databases used to regulate nonimmigrant visas or grant nonimmigrant status.
 
The State Department and Labor shall share report-related information with DHS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
action_date: 2018-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-4778
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2018-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: 

Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to require the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury to: (1) cooperatively issue regulations to require group health plans and health insurance issuers to annually disclose the analyses performed to ensure compliance with mental health parity laws, and (2) conduct annual random audits of group health plans and health insurance issuers to determine compliance.
 
HHS must establish a consumer parity unit: (1) to facilitate the collection of, monitoring of, and response to consumer complaints; and (2) to provide consumers information about the disclosure requirements and enforcement of the mental health parity laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2018-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2018-01-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-01-11
text: Introduced in House