hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Opioid Treatment Providers Act

Bill: 116-hr-3341
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Education of the disadvantaged
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Opioid Treatment Providers Training Act

 
This bill makes certain opioid treatment programs eligible for grants that provide low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Health Providers Training Act

Bill: 116-hr-3342
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Health Providers Training Act

 
This bill makes hospitals eligible for grants that provide low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Technical Assistance for Health Grants Act

Bill: 116-hr-3343
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Technical Assistance for Health Grants Act

 
This bill provides funding for, and makes changes to the scope and content of, technical assistance provided by the Department of Health and Human Services concerning certain grants that provide low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Opportunities to Support Mothers and Deliver Children Act

Bill: 116-hr-3344
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Health personnel
Medical education
Performance measurement
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Opportunities to Support Mothers and Deliver Children Act

 
This bill provides funding for, and requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award, grants for demonstration projects to train low-income individuals to work in the field of pregnancy or childbirth. Grantees must be located in a state that recognizes doulas or midwives as health care providers and that allows payment for their services in the Medicaid program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
MORE Act

Bill: 116-hr-3345
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Higher education
Labor-management relations
Medical education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Making Opportunities Reachable for Everyone Act or the MORE Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to give preference to grantees with specified partners, such as state and local government agencies and health care employers, when awarding certain grants to train low-income individuals to work in health care occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
HOPE Act

Bill: 116-hr-3346
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Health Opportunities to Promote Equity Act or the HOPE Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, when awarding grants to train low-income individuals to work in certain health care occupations, to make certain efforts to ensure the geographic diversity of grant recipients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Training Opportunities Act

Bill: 116-hr-3347
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Rural conditions and development
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Rural Health Training Opportunities Act

 
 This bill expands the health profession opportunity grant program that provides education and training to low-income individuals for high-demand occupations in the health care field. The Administration for Children and Families must prioritize grant applications for demonstration projects in rural areas and such projects must include assistance for the transportation costs of program participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
MERIT Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3348
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee hiring
Employee performance
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Labor-management relations
Merit Systems Protection Board
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Personnel records
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Modern Employment Reform, Improvement, and Transformation Act of 2019 or the MERIT Act of 2019

 
This bill revises provisions related to federal employment, including the furlough and removal of federal employees, the calculation of federal employee retirement benefits, and the length of the probationary employment period.
 
Specifically, the bill repeals the process for taking action against a federal employee for unacceptable performance, accelerates the process for removal or suspension based on performance or actions, and prohibits grievances based on adverse personnel actions and reductions in force. The bill also authorizes an agency to remove a senior executive from the civil service for performance-related reasons, and it revises provisions covering performance- or conduct-related actions against senior executives.
 
The bill authorizes agencies to furlough employees for such cause as will promote the efficiency of the service, and it prohibits appeals to the Merit Systems Protection Board based on short-term furloughs or furloughs due to a lapse in appropriations (i.e., government shutdown).
 
Additionally, the bill limits the retirement benefits of a federal employee who is removed due to a felony conviction related to their official duties by prohibiting felonious service from being taken into account when calculating the employee's annuity.
 
The bill also authorizes an agency to order the repayment of a bonus or award when performance or conduct issues are discovered and such bonus or award would not have been paid had such issues been known when they were made.
 
Lastly, the bill extends from one year to two years the probationary period for competitive service appointments and members of the Senior Executive Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
VA Emergency Transportation Act

Bill: 116-hr-3350
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Motor vehicles
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

VA Emergency Transportation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse a veteran for the reasonable value of emergency transportation by a non-VA provider (1) to a facility for emergency treatment, or (2) from a non-VA facility where the veteran was treated to a VA or other federal facility for additional care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Parent PLUS Loan Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3353
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Parent PLUS Loan Improvement Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies requirements concerning the applicable terms and conditions of Federal Direct PLUS Loans made by parent borrowers (i.e., parent PLUS loans) on behalf of their dependent college students.
 
Specifically, it reduces the interest rate and eliminates the origination fee for a parent PLUS loan disbursed on or after July 1, 2019.
 
The Department of Education must ensure, prior to disbursement, that parent PLUS loan borrowers receive counseling that includes comprehensive information on the terms and conditions of the loans and the responsibilities of the borrowers.
 
The bill makes parent PLUS loans eligible for the income-contingent and income-based repayment plans. Additionally, it makes consolidation loans that repay parent PLUS loans eligible for the income-based repayment plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Time for Completion Act

Bill: 116-hr-3354
Sponsor: Rep. Fudge, Marcia L. [D-OH-11]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Time for Completion Act

 
This bill modifies consumer information disclosure requirements related to student completion or graduation rates at institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs. 
 
Currently, such IHEs must disclose the completion or graduation rate of first-time, full-time, certificate- or degree-seeking undergraduate students. This bill expands disclosure requirements to include the completion or graduation rates of non-first-time and half-time certificate- or degree-seeking undergraduate students. The bill also sets forth new time periods for calculating the completion or graduation rates for programs of study that are less than four years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Reward Work Act

Bill: 116-hr-3355
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Reward Work Act 

 
This bill prohibits issuers from purchasing their own securities on a national exchange. The bill also requires one-third of an issuer's board of directors to be elected by employees in order for the issuer to be allowed to register securities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E791)
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
VETS Safe Travel Act

Bill: 116-hr-3356
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Transportation safety and security
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act or the VETS Safe Travel Act

 
This bill makes certain veterans eligible for the Transportation Security Administration PreCheck Program at no cost if they meet the program's background check and security requirements.
 
Veterans who are eligible for this fee waiver are those who have been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to have incurred permanent blindness, or those who have been determined to require the use of a wheelchair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid with mobility due to (1) loss, or loss of use, of a limb; or (2) full or partial paralyzation.

action_date: 2019-09-12
text: 

Veterans Expedited TSA Screening Safe Travel Act or the VETS Safe Travel Act

 
This bill makes certain veterans eligible for the Transportation Security Administration PreCheck Program at no cost if they meet the program's background check and security requirements.
 
Veterans who are eligible for this fee waiver are those who have been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to have incurred permanent blindness, or those who have been determined to require the use of a wheelchair, prosthetic limb, or other assistive device to aid with mobility due to (1) loss, or loss of use, of a limb; or (2) full or partial paralyzation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 160.
action_date: 2019-09-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2019-09-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs discharged.
action_date: 2019-09-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-203, Part I.
action_date: 2019-09-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-203, Part I.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Merit Systems Protection Board Reauthorization Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3357
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Merit Systems Protection Board
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Merit Systems Protection Board Reauthorization Act of 2019

 
This bill reauthorizes the Merit Systems Protection Board through FY2024 and modifies its authority. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires the board to establish and collect a filing fee to be paid by any individual filing a claim or appeal. The bill requires the board to make a decision in a matter after receiving the written representations of the parties and after an opportunity for a hearing, and the bill authorizes the board to grant a motion for summary judgment. With respect to an appeal from a performance or conduct-based adverse action, the bill prohibits the board from mitigating the personnel action unless it is so disproportionate as to be without justification. Further, the bill requires that all decisions of the agency be supported by substantial evidence.
 
In addition, the bill limits furlough appeals and provides for the reappointment of board members (currently, board members may not be reappointed).
 
The bill also makes the board the arbiter of appeals involving the removal, demotion, or suspension of an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act

Bill: 116-hr-3358
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Materials
Nuclear power
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Radiation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to advance the research and development of domestic advanced, affordable, and clean nuclear energy. 
 
Specifically, DOE must (1) complete at least two advanced nuclear reactor demonstration projects by December 31, 2025, and (2) demonstrate at least two and not more than four additional operational advanced reactor designs by December 31, 2035.
 
DOE must establish goals for research relating to advanced nuclear reactors, including by coordinating with members of private industry to advance the demonstration of various designs of advanced nuclear reactors.
 
DOE must also develop and update biennially a 10-year strategic plan for its Office of Nuclear Energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act

Bill: 116-hr-3359
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-19 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: 

National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act

This bill requires The Department of Health and Human Services to establish a methodology for researched-based home study and to award grants for demonstration projects for states to adopt such methodology in the evaluation of prospective foster and adoptive parents. Such methodology must incorporate specified data-collection tools including, among others, (1) uniform, closed-ended questions; (2) a rating system to report findings; (3) a guidance document for practitioners; and (4) ongoing training for home-study personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Introduced in House