hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Resilient Highways Act

Bill: 116-hr-5700
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Floods and storm protection
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Natural disasters
Performance measurement
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Resilient Highways Act 

 
This bill addresses projects to increase the resiliency of federal-aid highways and bridges on and off the National Highway System.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
allows states to use up to 15% of funds apportioned under the national highway performance program for projects to mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repairs from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters on infrastructure that is part of the National Highway System; 
 
provides for a maximum federal cost-share of up to 100% for these projects; and
 
authorizes emergency relief funds to be used to pay for these projects, including removing debris from rivers, creeks, streams, and ditches, raising roadway grades, deepening channels to prevent flooding, improving drainage, and stabilizing slopes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Care for the Veteran Caregiver Act

Bill: 116-hr-5701
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-8]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Family services
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Medical education
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Care for the Veteran Caregiver Act

 
This bill modifies the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including by requiring the VA to continue to provide assistance to a family caregiver for at least six months after the death of a veteran participating in the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5702
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes
Education programs funding
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2020

 
This bill makes it a violation of federal law for a recipient of federal funds who operates, sponsors, or facilitates athletic programs or activities to permit a person whose sex is male to participate in an athletic program or activity that is designated for women or girls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
PRIVCY ACT

Bill: 116-hr-5703
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Child safety and welfare
Consumer affairs
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Protecting the Information of our Vulnerable Children and Youth Act or the PRIVCY ACT

 
 This bill modifies and expands the requirements for commercial entities with respect to information collected from young consumers under the age of 18 and children under the age of 13. Specifically, it applies the requirements for processing information reasonably linkable to a young consumer or child to any entity within the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission, including nonprofit organizations.
 
 Additionally, the bill modifies the requirements for such processed information with respect to
 
 
obtaining verifiable consent to process such information and the applicable exceptions; 
 
developing a publicly available privacy policy with respect to such information; 
 
 consumers' access to, and requests to delete, such information; and
 
securing such information and periodically testing such security measures.
 
 
Among other things, it also adds provisions
 
 
requiring the deletion of processed information that is no longer reasonably necessary to retain for the purpose for which it was processed,
 
prohibiting targeted marketing to a specific young consumer or child based on processed information or using processed information in a manner inconsistent with the reasonable expectation of such consumers, and
 
limiting the disclosure of processed information to third parties without a written agreement with the third party specifying and limiting the purposes for which the third party may process the information and requiring the third party to provide specified security and privacy protections. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
COAL TeCC Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5704
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Congressional oversight
Energy research
Government studies and investigations
Mining
Product development and innovation
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Creating Opportunities And Leveraging Technologies for Coal Carbon Act of 2020 or the COAL TeCC Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish two programs concerning coal-derived carbon products.
 
First, DOE must establish a program of research, development, and demonstration for carbon engineering solutions to enable new uses for coal-derived carbon for a variety of purposes, such as commercial, military, or medical purposes.
 
Second, DOE must establish a pilot and demonstration program to accelerate the commercial deployment of coal-carbon products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Danger Pay for U.S. Marshals Act

Bill: 116-hr-5706
Sponsor: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Law enforcement administration and funding
Terrorism
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Danger Pay for U.S. Marshals Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of State from denying a request from the U.S. Marshals Service for danger pay. (Danger pay is a form of additional compensation for federal employees who are working in a foreign area and who are under threat of physical harm or imminent danger as a result of civil insurrection, civil war, terrorism, or wartime conditions.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Protect American Voters Act

Bill: 116-hr-5707
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional elections
Congressional oversight
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Protect American Voters Act

 
This bill establishes a specified technology committee and unit within the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to address the security of election technology.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes the Emerging Election Technology Committee to advise the EAC on voluntary guidelines for election officials on the use of nonvoting election technology. Nonvoting election technology refers to the technology used in the administration of federal elections which is not used directly in the casting, counting, tabulating, or collecting of ballots or votes (e.g., electronic pollbooks or election result reporting systems). The EAC must (1) take into account the recommendations of the technology committee and adopt such voluntary guidelines, and (2) review and update such guidelines every two years.
 
The bill also establishes the Election Cyber Assistance Unit to provide state and local election officials with access to risk management, resiliency, and technical support services provided by election administration and cybersecurity experts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Immigration Courts Act

Bill: 116-hr-5708
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Immigration status and procedures
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Empowering Immigration Courts Act

 
This bill authorizes immigration judges to impose a fine for contempt in accordance with the criminal code. Currently, the Department of Justice is authorized to prescribe regulations providing immigration judges with such authority, but has not done so. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Climate Resilient Communities Act

Bill: 116-hr-5709
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Economic performance and conditions
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Climate Resilient Communities Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to evaluate, and report to Congress on, the structural and economic impacts of climate resiliency at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including recommendations on how to improve FEMA's use of building codes and standards to prepare for climate change and address resiliency in housing, public buildings, and infrastructure such as roads and bridges.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Mobility Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5710
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business ethics
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor-management relations
Trade secrets and economic espionage
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Workforce Mobility Act of 2020

 
 This bill prohibits employers from entering into, enforcing, or threatening to enforce noncompete agreements with employees, subject to exceptions. Noncompete agreements prohibit an employee from performing similar work or working with a competitor employer for a certain period of time or in a specified geographic area after the current working relationship terminates. Employers must post in the workplace a notice of this prohibition.
 
 The bill permits certain noncompete agreements in the context of the sale of a business or the dissolution of a business partnership.
 
 Violations of the prohibition against noncompete agreements are unfair business practices subject to enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission. The Department of Labor also must receive and investigate complaints of such violations and may bring claims to prohibit enforcement of such noncompete agreements and seek civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as the "Tuskegee Airman Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend Memorial Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-hr-5711
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 League in Irvine, California, as the "Tuskegee Airman Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Friend Memorial Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Nationwide Right to Unionize Act

Bill: 116-hr-5712
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Federal preemption
Labor-management relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

 
This bill provides authorization for labor agreements to require membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment regardless of state law (thus preempting state laws that prohibit such agreements).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Safe Bases Act

Bill: 116-hr-5713
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Safe Bases Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Defense (DOD) to allow a service member to carry a concealed firearm while on any military installation. DOD must establish a single authority within the department to issue permits for this purpose. To be eligible for a permit, the service member must be on active duty and must not be prohibited under federal law from purchasing, owning, or possessing a firearm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Readiness in Military Aviation Training Act

Bill: 116-hr-5714
Sponsor: Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2020-01-29 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Land use and conservation
Military education and training
Military readiness
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: 

Safeguarding Readiness in Military Aviation Training Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to report on the impacts that the expansion of wilderness designations in the western United States would have on the readiness of the Armed Forces with respect to aviation training. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-29
text: Introduced in House
Petfax Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5715
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2020-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Business records
Family relationships
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Research administration and funding
Retail and wholesale trades
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: 

Petfax Act of 2020 

 
This bill generally addresses the sale of animals as pets, including by requiring certain disclosures by a seller to a purchaser, prohibiting unfair or deceptive acts with respect to the sale of an animal as a pet, and restricting the licensing of certain pet dealers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Introduced in House
SAFER Voter Act.

Bill: 116-hr-5716
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2020-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: 

Second Amendment For Every Registrable Voter Act or the SAFER Voter Act

 
This bill reduces the minimum age&#8212;from 21 years to 18 years&#8212;at which an individual may obtain a handgun from a federally licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, importer, or collector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Natural Gas Consumers from Overcharges Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-5718
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2020-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Consumer affairs
Energy prices
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Inflation and prices
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: 

Protecting Natural Gas Consumers from Overcharges Act of 2020

 
This bill provides authority for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish a refund effective date and order refunds for rates and charges by any natural-gas company in connection with the transportation or sale of natural gas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Introduced in House
CLOSE Act

Bill: 116-hr-5719
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2020-01-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business records
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: 

Closing Loopholes On SafetyNet Exploitation Act or the
 
CLOSE Act

 
This bill revises eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to require each state to implement a financial asset verification program for purposes of determining or redetermining the eligibility of an individual to participate in SNAP. (The financial asset program requires each applicant for or recipient of SNAP benefits to provide authorization for the state to obtain from a financial institution any financial record held by the institution with respect to such applicant or recipient.)
 
The bill only applies to the 50 States and the District of Columbia.
 
The Department of Agriculture must provide states with technical assistance to aid in implementation of a financial asset verification program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-01-30
text: Introduced in House