hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
A bill to block the implementation of a recent presidential proclamation restricting individuals from certain countries from entering the United States.

Bill: 116-s-3379
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Asia
Burma
Eritrea
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigration status and procedures
Kyrgyzstan
Nigeria
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 
This bill prohibits any federal agency from using any funds, resources, or fees made available by Congress to implement or enforce Presidential Proclamation 9983. The proclamation, which came into effect on February 21, 2020, imposes immigration restrictions on the nationals of Burma (Myanmar), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and Tanzania.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3380
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Licensing and registrations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 

Patient Safety Improvement Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to undertake actions related to (1) health care-associated infections (HAI), (2) antimicrobial stewardship, and (3) patient safety. 
 
With respect to HAI, HHS must award grants for state and regional infection control programs and must establish a pilot program related to HAI data reporting by long-term care facilities and others. HHS must also award grants to eligible entities for infection control during patient care transitions, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must develop guidance regarding transfers or discharges of patients with HAI diagnoses. The Government Accountability Office must evaluate the adequacy of oversight and validation of specified HAI data reporting. 
 
With respect to antimicrobial stewardship, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must award grants to states to implement antimicrobial stewardship plans and must otherwise take steps to address antibiotic prescribing. 
 
With respect to patient safety, the HHS must incentivize state medical boards to require education on patient safety topics as a condition of licensure, and the CMS must harmonize quality measure reporting requirements through a collaborative that includes representatives from, among other groups, insurers and patient groups. In addition, as a condition of a hospital's participation in Medicare, members of the hospital's board must periodically receive training on relevant patient safety topics. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reauthorize the Essex National Heritage Area, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3381
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2036 grants and any other assistance for the Essex National Heritage Area in Massachusetts.
 
The bill removes the limit on the total amount that may be appropriated for the heritage area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
NIST Plumbing Research Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3382
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Lighting, heating, cooling
Research administration and funding
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 

NIST Plumbing Research Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to
 
 
establish or designate a laboratory to conduct research on premise plumbing in relation to water safety, security, efficiency, sustainability, and resilience;
 
conduct an organizational review of all research and other activities related to premise plumbing conducted by federal entities; and 
 
appoint one or more officers or employees of NIST to liaise with nonfederal entities that are conducting research or other activities related to premise plumbing. 
 
 
The bill defines 
premise plumbing
 as the water distribution system within the property lines of a property, including all buildings and permanent structures on such property. This term also includes building supply and distribution pipes, fixtures, fittings, water heaters, water-treating and water-using equipment; and all respective joints, connections, devices, and appurtenances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3383
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 

Continuing Coverage for Preexisting Conditions Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes severability between provisions relating to the requirement to maintain minimum essential health care coverage (i.e., the individual mandate) and other provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically, the bill provides that if the individual mandate is found to be illegal or incapable of being enforced, such findings do not affect the validity of other provisions relating to (1) the availability and renewability of coverage, or (2) the prohibitions against discriminatory coverage practices based on preexisting conditions or health status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America’s Seniors and Families Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3384
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-03-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business ethics
Canada
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public participation and lobbying
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: 

Lowering Prescription Drug Prices for America's Seniors and Families Act of 2020

 
This bill makes a series of changes to requirements relating to prescription drug prices. Among other changes, the bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate the prices of certain covered drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, allows individuals to import certain drugs from Canada to fill personal prescriptions, and establishes specific enforcement actions against patent infringement agreements that involve generic drug manufacturers and have anticompetitive effects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-03
text: Introduced in Senate
BENEFIT Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3385
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health information and medical records
Product development and innovation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2020 or the BENEFIT Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider relevant patient-focused drug development data, such as data from patient preference studies and patient-reported outcome data, in the risk-benefit assessment framework used in the process for approving new drugs.
 
After a new drug application has been approved, the FDA's public statement about how it used patient experience data shall include a description of how such data was considered in the risk-benefit assessment framework.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting America From Foreign Investors Compromised by the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3386
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Economic performance and conditions
Foreign and international corporations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Telephone and wireless communication
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Protecting America From Foreign Investors Compromised by the Chinese Communist Party Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States to consider whether and how the connection of a foreign person to the telecommunications infrastructure of a foreign country or government may affect U.S. national security. In addition, the President must report on U.S. coordination with trade and investment partners to develop alternatives to telecommunications infrastructure that is supported by China. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Capital Investment Grant Program Improvement Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3387
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Railroads
Rural conditions and development
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Capital Investment Grant Program Improvement Act of 2020 

 
This bill revises and extends through FY2025 the fixed guideway capital investment grant program.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) increases funding for the program; (2) revises how the Department of Transportation (DOT) evaluates and rates new fixed guideway capital projects under the program based upon, among other things, a consideration of inoperability; and (3) directs DOT to report on financing and technical barriers to the construction and operation of fixed guideway transportation projects with a total estimated capital cost of not more than $500,000 in small urbanized and rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Woman’s Right To Know Act

Bill: 116-s-3388
Sponsor: Sen. Loeffler, Kelly [R-GA]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Civil actions and liability
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Lawyers and legal services
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Woman's Right To Know Act

 
This bill specifies requirements for informed consent that health care providers must obtain before performing an abortion procedure.
 
Providers must present a woman seeking an abortion with an authorization form at least 24 hours before performing the procedure. The form must (1) include specified information concerning gestational age, associated developmental characteristics, and medical risks; (2) disclose penalties that providers may face for failing to obtain the requisite informed consent; and (3) include an affirmation that the individual signing the form understands the information. The form must be signed and witnessed in person and retained in the medical file.
 
Providers do not have to obtain such consent if, in reasonable medical judgment, obtaining it would pose a greater risk of death or substantial physical impairment of a major bodily function, excluding psychological or emotional conditions, of the pregnant woman. 
 
The bill also establishes civil penalties for providers who do not comply with these requirements. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Access to Lending Options Act

Bill: 116-s-3389
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Credit and credit markets
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Expanding Access to Lending Options Act 

 
This bill allows the National Credit Union Administration Board to increase the federal credit union loan maturity cap from 15 to 20 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3390
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Medicare
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2020

 
This bill excludes certain hospitals that establish shortage specialty programs from the cap on full-time equivalent residents that is otherwise applicable, and provides for a new building period, for purposes of graduate medical education payments under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Connecting America’s Active Transportation System Act

Bill: 116-s-3391
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Community life and organization
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Government trust funds
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Racial and ethnic relations
Regional and metropolitan planning
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Connecting America's Active Transportation System Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to carry out an active transportation infrastructure investment program to provide competitive grants for states, Indian tribes, multi-county special districts, and local or regional government organizations to construct certain projects to provide safe and connected active transportation facilities, including for sidewalks, bikeways, and trails that connect between destinations within a community or between communities, metropolitan regions, or states.
 
DOT must select grant recipients within 150 days after funds become available under this bill.
 
The bill sets forth various limitations on the use of funds, including that DOT must 
 
 
obligate at least 30% of funds to certain projects, including projects that connect people with public transportation, businesses, workplaces, schools, residences, recreation areas, and other community activity centers;
 
set aside at least $3 million to provide planning grants for eligible organizations to develop plans for active transportation networks and active transportation spines; and
 
set aside at least $2 million to cover the costs of administration, research, technical assistance, communications, and training activities under the program.
 
 
The federal share of grants must not exceed 80% of the total project cost.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Immigrants' Mental Health Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3392
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child health
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Immigrant health and welfare
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 

Immigrants' Mental Health Act of 2020

 
This bill directs Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to take steps to address mental health issues among immigrants and CBP agents and officers. It also restricts the sharing of mental health information for use in certain immigration proceedings.
 
CBP shall develop training to enable its agents and officers to (1) identify mental health issues and risk factors in immigrants and refugees, (2) provide crisis intervention using a trauma-informed approach, and (3) better manage work-related stress and psychological pressures. 
 
CBP shall assign at least one qualified mental or behavioral health expert to each Border Patrol station, port of entry, checkpoint, forward operating base, secondary inspection area, and short-term custody facility. 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services may not provide to the Department of Homeland Security information about the mental health of an alien that was obtained by a mental health professional while the alien was in federal government custody if the information will be used for (1) an asylum determination, (2) an immigration hearing, or (3) a deportation hearing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for concurrent receipt of veterans' disability compensation and retired pay for disability retirees with fewer than 20 years of service and a combat-related disability, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3393
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2020-03-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: 
This bill allows a veteran with a combat-related disability and fewer than 20 years of creditable service to receive retirement pay, without reduction, concurrent with disability compensation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Network Security Trade Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3394
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Free trade and trade barriers
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 

Network Security Trade Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the overall trade negotiating objectives of the United States to require that negotiators seek to ensure the security and autonomy of global communications infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Korean War Divided Families Reunification Act

Bill: 116-s-3395
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Family relationships
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
North Korea
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 

Korean War
 
Divided Families Reunification Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State to consult with South Korea on potential opportunities to reunite Korean Americans with family in North Korea. The State Department's Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues shall periodically consult with representatives of Korean Americans with family in North Korea on reunification efforts. 
 
The State Department shall periodically report to Congress on the progress of such consultations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the posthumous honorary promotion to general of Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews, United States Army.

Bill: 116-s-3396
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to issue a posthumous honorary commission promoting Lieutenant General Frank Maxwell Andrews, U.S. Army, to the grade of general.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate