hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
COST Act

Bill: 116-s-807
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Cost Openness and Spending Transparency Act of 2019 or the COST Act

 
This bill requires recipients of federal funds to disclose financing information relating to programs, projects, or activities carried out using such funds.
 
Specifically, such a recipient (including a state or local government or a recipient of a federal research grant) must clearly state in any press release, request for proposal, bid solicitation, or other document describing the activity the amount and percentage of federal funding and the amount and percentage of nongovernmental funding.
 
 If the Office of Management and Budget determines that a recipient is failing to comply, it may direct each agency providing federal funds to withhold up to 25% of the funds until the recipient complies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
ALERT Act

Bill: 116-s-808
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education programs funding
Higher education
School administration
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act or the ALERT Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that receive federal aid to certify annually with the Department of Education that they have reviewed reports of misconduct by their employees involving domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The certification must include a confirmation that the IHEs' president and board members involved in the review did not interfere with or influence investigations or dispositions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Complete America’s Great Trails Act

Bill: 116-s-809
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Complete America's Great Trails Act 

 
This bill allows a tax credit for the fair market value of any National Scenic Trail conservation contribution. The Department of the Interior must study and report on the efficacy of the tax credit in completing, extending, and increasing the number of National Scenic Trails and the feasibility and cost of making the credit refundable and transferable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
COASTAL Implementation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-810
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Homeland Security
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

COASTAL Implementation Act of 2019

 
This bill revises the authority of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct scientific assessments related to storms, including to (1)direct NOAA to seek public input before the Named Storm Event Model (the official meteorological and oceanographic computerized model which replicates the winds, rainfall, and storm surges associated with named storms)takes effect, (2)authorize the deployment of sensors to enhance data collection in coastal states that are at highest risk of experiencing indeterminate losses from an identified named storm, and (3)authorize separate post-storm assessments for each coastal state that is impacted by a single storm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-812
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2019

 
This bill reallocates to urban counties, under certain circumstances, Emergency Solutions Grant funds to help individuals and families regain permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness.
 
Currently, if such funds going to a metropolitan city or an urban county are less than a specified amount, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) typically reallocates the funds to the state in which the city or county is located. The bill generally maintains this reallocation arrangement but also establishes certain circumstances when such funds shall go directly to the recipient or be reallocated elsewhere. 
 
Generally, under the bill, if such aid going to a metropolitan city is less than a specified amount, HUD must reallocate the funds to the urban county in which the city is located if the county elects to receive, and has previously administered, such aid. However, the bill maintains an existing provision whereby a metropolitan city shall receive the funds directly if (1) the state does not have counties as local governments, (2) the city has a specified population, and (3) the city has previously received a certain amount of such funds.
 
Similarly, HUD must distribute these funds directly to an urban county receiving less than a specified amount if the county has previously received and administered such funds.
 
An urban county receiving reallocated funds must spend such funds for the benefit of the metropolitan cities located within the county.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree).

Bill: 116-s-813
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Provides for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-814
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Expanding Access to Diabetes Self-Management Training Act of 2019 

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training and establishes a demonstration program to test an online platform that provides such training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Access Technology Affordability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-815
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Access Technology Affordability Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a refundable tax credit equal to the amounts paid for qualified access technology for use by a blind individual who is the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, or a dependent of the taxpayer. 
 
"Qualified access technology" is hardware, software, or other information technology with the primary function of converting or adapting information that is visually represented into forms or formats useable by blind individuals. 
 
The credit is limited to (1) costs that are not compensated by insurance or otherwise, and (2) an aggregate amount of $2,000 per blind individual in any period of three consecutive taxable years. The credit must be adjusted for inflation after 2020 and terminates after five years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-816
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Oil and gas
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2019

 
This bill provides that an application for the exportation of natural gas that does not exceed 51.75 billion cubic feet per year shall be deemed consistent with the public interest and granted by the Federal Power Commission without modification or delay.
 
Applications for exportation of natural gas to any nation subject to sanctions imposed by the United States may not be expedited.

action_date: 2019-08-16
text: 

Small Scale LNG Access Act of 2019

 
This bill provides that an application for the exportation of natural gas that does not exceed 51.75 billion cubic feet per year shall be deemed consistent with the public interest and granted by the Federal Power Commission without modification or delay.
 
Applications for exportation of natural gas to any nation subject to sanctions imposed by the United States may not be expedited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 175.
action_date: 2019-08-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2019 without amendment. With written report No. 116-73.
action_date: 2019-08-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2019 without amendment. With written report No. 116-73.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Hearing Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-817
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Federal preemption
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Hearing Protection Act 

 
This bill removes silencers from the definition of firearms for purposes of the National Firearms Act. It also treats persons acquiring or possessing a firearm silencer as meeting any registration and licensing requirements of such Act.
 
The Department of Justice must destroy certain records relating to the registration, transfer, or making of a silencer. 
 
The bill also revises the definition of firearm silencer and firearm muffler under the federal criminal code and includes such items in the 10% excise tax category. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Future Logging Careers Act

Bill: 116-s-818
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Family relationships
Forests, forestry, trees
Labor standards
Worker safety and health
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Future Logging Careers Act 

 
This bill allows individuals who are 16 or 17 years old to work at certain logging operations that are owned or operated by at least one parent or a person standing in place of a parent. Thus, the bill exempts such employees from child labor laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Communications Commission Reporting Modernization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-819
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Marketing and advertising
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Federal Communications Commission Reporting Modernization Act of 2019

 
This bill revises the Federal Communications Commission reporting requirements relating to robocalls and spoofed calls (i.e., falsified caller ID) to provide certain information about the number of complaints, citations, and notices of apparent liability, including the amount of each proposed forfeiture penalty, the person issued such notice, and the status of such forfeiture proceeding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Debbie Smith Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-820
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex offenses
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Debbie Smith Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes grants that support state and local efforts to process DNA evidence in rape kits.
 
Specifically, it reauthorizes through FY2024 the following:
 
 
grants under the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program;
 
grants to provide DNA training and education for law enforcement personnel, corrections personnel, and court officers; and
 
grants under the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program.
 

action_date: 2019-05-09
text: 

Debbie Smith Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes grants that support state and local efforts to process DNA evidence in rape kits.
 
Specifically, it reauthorizes through FY2024 the following:
 
 
grants under the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program;
 
grants to provide DNA training and education for law enforcement personnel, corrections personnel, and court officers; and
 
grants under the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program.
 

action_date: 2019-05-16
text: 

Debbie Smith Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes grants that support state and local efforts to process DNA evidence in rape kits.
 
Specifically, it reauthorizes through FY2024 the following:
 
 
grants under the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program;
 
grants to provide DNA training and education for law enforcement personnel, corrections personnel, and court officers; and
 
grants under the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2946-2948; text: CR S2947-2948)
action_date: 2019-05-16
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2946-2948; text: CR S2947-2948)
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 80.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-05-09
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2019-05-02
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom Financing Act

Bill: 116-s-821
Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Federal Reserve System
Firearms and explosives
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Licensing and registrations
Monetary policy
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Freedom Financing Act 

 
This bill restricts certain banks, credit unions, and payment card networks from refusing to do business with a person based on reputational considerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Cameras in the Courtroom Act

Bill: 116-s-822
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Due process and equal protection
Judicial procedure and administration
Supreme Court
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Cameras in the Courtroom Act

 
This bill requires the Supreme Court to permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless it decides by majority vote that allowing such coverage in a particular case would violate the due process rights of any of the parties involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1905)
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
ESIA

Bill: 116-s-823
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Election Systems Integrity Act or the ESIA

 
This bill directs each election service provider to submit to the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission (1) a report listing the identity of any foreign national who directly or indirectly owns or controls the election service provider and the percentage of such ownership, and (2) a notice of any material change in ownership or control of the election service provider.
 
If an election service provider fails to submit such a report, the Department of Justice may impose a civil fine of $10,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act

Bill: 116-s-824
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Excellence in Mental Health and Addiction Treatment Expansion Act

 
This bill increases the number of states that may participate in two-year Medicaid demonstration programs that improve access to community mental health services. It also extends the two-year term for existing state demonstration programs by two years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect our Elections Act

Bill: 116-s-825
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Protect our Elections Act

 
This bill requires each state or local government entity responsible for the administration of federal elections to ensure that each election service provider (i.e., contractor or vendor) is a qualified provider with regard to (1) the ownership and control of the provider, (2) the provider's compliance with cybersecurity best practices, and (3) the provider's reporting of its ownership and control.
 
The bill requires the entity to annually evaluate each provider.
 
It also specifies reporting requirements for providers, subject to civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Skies Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-826
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Labor standards
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: 

Safe Skies Act of 2019 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to modify a specified DOT final rule relating to flight crew member duty and rest requirements so that the requirements under that rule apply to all-cargo flight crew members to the same extent they apply to air passenger flight crew members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate