hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Clean Up Congress Act

Bill: 116-hr-3118
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
House of Representatives
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Clean Up Congress Act

 
This bill (1) revises the post-employment lobbying ban on former Members of Congress, (2) prohibits the use of federal funds for certain official travel expenses of Members, and (3) prohibits automatic pay adjustments for Members during any year following a budget deficit.
 
Specifically, this bill imposes a permanent ban on lobbying contacts by a former Member of the Senate (currently, a two-year ban), or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, a one-year ban). The bill maintains the current one-year ban on elected officers of the House.
 
In addition, the bill (1) prohibits the use of federal funds for official travel expenses of a Member for airline accommodations that are not coach-class accommodations, and (2) prohibits an automatic adjustment to the pay of Members if the Congressional Budget Office determines that there was a federal budget deficit in the last fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and 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: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
BEST Act

Bill: 116-hr-3119
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act or the BEST Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award renewable two-year grants to states to establish or improve, and carry out, Seal of Biliteracy programs to recognize student proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in both English and a second language.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Energy to establish an energy efficiency materials pilot program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-3120
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Energy efficiency and conservation
Health facilities and institutions
Materials
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for energy-efficiency materials to install in nonprofit buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Performing Artist Tax Parity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3121
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Performing arts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Performing Artist Tax Parity Act of 2019

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the above-the-line deduction of expenses of performing artist employees, to increase to $100,000 ($200,000 for joint returns) the adjusted gross income limitation for calculating the phaseout of the deduction. The increased amount is adjusted for inflation for taxable years beginning after 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.

Bill: 116-hr-3122
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 
This bill revises post-employment lobbying restrictions on former Members of Congress.
 
Specifically, it makes permanent the post-employment lobbying ban on a former Member of the Senate (currently, two years) or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, one year).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act

Bill: 116-hr-3123
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Employee hiring
Food industry and services
Fruit and vegetables
Income tax credits
Retail and wholesale trades
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Supermarket Tax Credit for Underserved Areas Act 

 
 This bill expands the tax credits that are available for the establishment of supermarkets in underserved areas (i.e., any enterprise community or empowerment zone and any renewal community). The bill includes provisions that (1) increase the rate of the rehabilitation tax credit for a supermarket building placed in service after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 2022, in an underserved area; (2) increase by $1,000 the limit on wages eligible for the work opportunity tax credit for employees of a new supermarket located in an underserved area; and (3) allow a business-related tax credit for 15% of the gross receipts from the retail sale of locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables in a new supermarket in an underserved area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
EQUITABLE Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3124
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
China
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Political parties and affiliation
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Ensuring Quality Information and Transparency for Abroad-Based Listings on our Exchanges of 2019 or the EQUITABLE Act of 2019 

 
This bill generally restricts the use of a foreign public accounting firm by a foreign issuer of securities.
 
The bill requires certain disclosures from a foreign issuer of securities that uses, for its required audit report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a foreign public accounting firm that is not subject to inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. 
 
If an issuer uses such a foreign public accounting firm, the issuer is generally prohibited from listing its securities on a national securities exchange. Specifically, an issuer that is not currently listed on an exchange and uses such a firm may not be listed. A currently-listed issuer will be delisted beginning in 2025 if the issuer uses such a firm for three consecutive years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
School Milk Nutrition Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3125
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

School Milk Nutrition Act of 2019

 
This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture.
 
The bill permits schools participating in the program to offer students low-fat flavored milk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Saving Local News Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3126
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Marketing and advertising
News media and reporting
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 
 

Saving Local News Act of 2019

 
 
This bill includes as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit purpose the publication (including electronic publication) of written news articles. Currently, a tax-exempt nonprofit purpose includes religious, charitable, scientific, and other purposes, as specified. 
 
In the case of an organization that is tax-exempt due to the publication of written news articles, the term 
unrelated business taxable incom
e does not include any amount attributable to payments for advertisements in news publications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act

Bill: 116-hr-3127
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Medicare Home Health Flexibility Act 

 
This bill establishes circumstances under which an occupational therapist may conduct an initial or comprehensive assessment for an individual who is eligible for home health services under Medicare. Specifically, an occupational therapist may conduct the assessment if the physician's referral order does not include skilled nursing care but does include (1) occupational therapy, and (2) physical therapy or speech language pathology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Collegiate Freedom of Association Act

Bill: 116-hr-3128
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
School administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Collegiate Freedom of Association Act

 
This bill addresses freedom of association protections for college students.
 
Specifically, this bill gives students (or groups of students) enrolled at institutions of higher education (IHEs) the right to form or join social organizations, including single-sex social organizations.
 
In addition, the bill prohibits IHEs that participate in federal student aid programs from 
 
 
taking actions that require or coerce students or social organizations to waive their rights; 
 
taking adverse actions against students who are members of single-sex social organizations, or against single-sex social organizations, based solely on the membership practice of limiting membership to only individuals of one sex; or 
 
placing recruitment restrictions on single-sex social organizations, which are not imposed upon other student organizations, without the written agreement of the organizations. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3129
Sponsor: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Medicaid
Medical education
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women's Health Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes, or authorizes to be established, a series of programs relating to cancer screenings for women. Among other things, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration programs that (1) support certain cancer-screening training for health care providers at family planning and community health centers, and (2) support increased co-testing of human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer among demographics that have disproportionate rates of cervical cancer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Age Discrimination in Employment Parity Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3130
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Age discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Age Discrimination in Employment Parity Act of 2019

 
This bill lowers the number of employees, from 20 to 15, that an employer must have in order to be subject to specified prohibitions against age discrimination in the workplace. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Rapid Fielding Defense Capabilities and Risk Assessment Act

Bill: 116-hr-3132
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Rapid Fielding Defense Capabilities and Risk Assessment Act

 
This bill addresses the use of &quot;middle tier&quot; defense acquisition programs. It requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to brief Congress on lessons learned and best practices identified through the use of the middle tier of acquisition programs intended to be completed in a period of two to five years, using two pathways: rapid prototyping and rapid fielding. An analysis shall accompany the briefing that includes (1) identification of lessons learned that can be applied to both middle tier and major acquisition programs, (2) description of the extent to which covered risk (determined by DOD) should be a factor in determining acquisition authority, and (3) description of whether requirements applicable to major defense acquisition programs should be applicable to middle tier programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3133
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., III [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Gay and Trans Panic Defense Prohibition Act of 2019

 
This bill generally prohibits a federal criminal defendant from asserting, as a defense, that the nonviolent sexual advance of an individual or a perception or belief of the gender, gender identify or expression, or sexual orientation of an individual excuses or justifies conduct or mitigates the severity of an offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Bridges Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3134
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Strengthen And Fortify Existing Bridges Act of 2019 or the SAFE Bridges Act of 2019 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish a program to assist states to rehabilitate or replace bridges found to be structurally deficient. 
 
States shall use program funds for projects to rehabilitate and replace such bridges and to maintain their surface coating and corrosion protection systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
Department of Energy National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act

Bill: 116-hr-3135
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear weapons
Public-private cooperation
Science and engineering education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Department of Energy National Labs Jobs ACCESS Act
 
 
This bill establishes the Department of Energy National Lab Jobs ACCESS Program to provide grants for technical, skills-based preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that provide employer-driven or recognized postsecondary credentials during the five-year grant period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
STORE Nuclear Fuel Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3136
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2019-06-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Nuclear power
Public contracts and procurement
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: 

Storage and Transportation Of Residual and Excess Nuclear Fuel Act of 2019 or the
 
STORE Nuclear Fuel Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program under which it may (1) site, construct, and operate one or more consolidated interim storage facilities for the storage of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste; and (2) enter into contracts with the licensee of a private interim storage facility in order to take title to, transport, and store in it either high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel.
 
DOE must prioritize contracting with private facilities unless it can demonstrate that it is able to develop a site in a more cost-effective manner.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-05
text: Introduced in House