hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Ensuring Access to Direct Support Professionals Act

Bill: 116-s-3220
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

Ensuring Access to Direct Support Professionals Act

 
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain home- and community-based services, self-directed personal assistance services, and home- and community-based attendant services that are provided in acute care hospitals. The bill specifies, among other criteria, that such services may not be duplicative of, or serve as a substitute for, necessary or obligatory hospital services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Farm System Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-3221
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural trade
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competition and antitrust
Department of Agriculture
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Legal fees and court costs
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Marketing and advertising
Meat
Pollution liability
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

Farm System Reform Act of 2019

 
This bill places a moratorium on large concentrated animal feeding operations; requires country-of-origin labeling for beef, pork, and dairy products; and otherwise revises provisions related to the marketing of livestock, poultry, and meat.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act

Bill: 116-s-3222
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Athletes
Child health
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Prescription drugs
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act

This bill authorizes the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide grants to support addiction-prevention and prescription-drug-misuse programs related to opioids and other medications used for pain or injury recovery. Specifically, SAMHSA may award grants to eligible public and nonprofit private entities, including states and drug-free community coalitions, to carry out such programs in schools, athletic programs, and communities. Among other activities, grant recipients may use funds to educate teachers, campus-based medical providers, and others on signs of opioid misuse and options for treatment and prevention. In addition, SAMHSA must report annually on federal programs to prevent pain medication misuse and addiction.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Resources to Prevent Youth Vaping Act

Bill: 116-s-3223
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
Research administration and funding
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

Resources to Prevent Youth Vaping Act

This bill directs the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to collect user fees on products that it deems by regulation to be tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems. Currently, the FDA is authorized to collect user fees only on specified classes of tobacco products.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
VA Research Approval Efficiency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3224
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Medical research
Public-private cooperation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

VA Research Approval Efficiency Act of 2020

 
This bill addresses clinical research procedures within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the VA to complete policy revisions within the internal directive titled 
Requirements for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research
 to allow sponsored clinical research of the VA to use accredited commercial institutional review boards to review VA research proposal protocols.
 
The VA must identify accredited commercial institutional review boards for use in connection with sponsored clinical research of the VA and establish a process to modify existing approvals if a board loses its accreditation during an ongoing clinical trial.
 
The bill also requires the VA to establish an Office of Research Reviews within the VA's Office of Information and Technology. The office shall (1) perform centralized security reviews and complete security processes for approved research sponsored outside the VA, (2) develop and maintain a list of commercially available software preferred for use in sponsored clinical trials of the VA, (3) ensure such software list is maintained as part of the official approved software products list, and (4) develop benchmarks for time lines for security reviews.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3225
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2020

 
This bill terminates (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account. The Department of the Treasury must transfer funds remaining in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to the treasury for the sole purpose of reducing the deficit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3226
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: 

Pregnant Women Health and Safety Act of 2020

 
This bill imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both&#8212;on a physician who performs an abortion without admitting privileges to a local hospital or fails to comply with certain notification requirements. 
 
A woman who receives an abortion in violation of this bill may not be prosecuted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Prevent Future American Sickness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3227
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Fires
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government lending and loan guarantees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health
Manufacturing
Military facilities and property
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Prevent Future American Sickness Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to designate all perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, as hazardous substances within one year of enactment of this bill. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain the compounds, such as nonstick cookware or weatherproof clothing.
 
The bill authorizes states to provide grants to owners of household water wells that have been contaminated by PFAS to purchase and install a household filtration system.
 
Among other requirements, the EPA must
 
 
establish pretreatment standards for PFAS introduced into publicly owned treatment works;
 
implement various grant programs to assist with PFAS contamination, water infrastructure, and PFAS pretreatment standards;
 
issue a final rule adding PFAS to the list of hazardous air pollutants and, within one year after issuing the rule, revise the list of air pollution sources to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of PFAS; 
 
prohibit the disposal of firefighting foam (containing PFAS) by incineration; and
 
identify additional wastes containing PFAS for which a prohibition on incineration may be necessary and prescribe such prohibitions.
 
 
The bill bans the use of PFAS in food contact substances, which are substances intended for use as a component of materials in manufacturing, packing, packaging, transporting, or holding food, if such use is not intended to have a technical effect in such food.
 
For criminal penalty purposes, wastes containing PFAS must be considered hazardous waste.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice for Victims of Hate Crimes Act

Bill: 116-s-3228
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Hate crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Justice for Victims of Hate Crimes Act

 
This bill establishes a statutory legal standard for proving intent in a hate crime. 
 
A hate crime is a federal criminal offense committed because of the actual or perceived protected characteristic (e.g., race) of the victim. This bill specifies that the 
because of
 standard (i.e., the legal standard for proving intent) requires proof that the actual or perceived protected characteristic of the victim is a substantial motivating factor in the offense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Solar and Geothermal Tax Credit Expansion Act

Bill: 116-s-3229
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Lighting, heating, cooling
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Solar and Geothermal Tax Credit Expansion Act

 
This bill extends the energy tax credit for certain renewable resources, including solar and geothermal properties, and the credit for residential energy efficient property for five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
TA SUPPORT Act

Bill: 116-s-3230
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Technical Assistance for Small and Underserved Providers to Prevent Oversights and Refocus on Treatment Act or the TA SUPPORT Act

 
This bill reauthorizes funds through FY2025 for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to contract with specified entities (e.g., quality improvement organizations) to provide technical assistance regarding the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and alternative payment models under Medicare, specifically for health professionals in practices with 15 or fewer professionals. (MIPS is an incentive program under Medicare that allows health professionals to receive payment adjustments based on certain performance measures.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
FAIR Act

Bill: 116-s-3231
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Federal Adjustment of Income Rates Act of 2020 or the FAIR Act

 
This bill increases by 3.5% in FY2021 the rates of basic pay for federal employees under the statutory pay systems (i.e., the General Schedule, the Foreign Service Schedule, and various schedules related to the Veterans Health Administration) and for prevailing rate employees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
PLACE Act

Bill: 116-s-3232
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Art, artists, authorship
Books and print media
Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Charitable contributions
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Disability assistance
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Historical and cultural resources
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Indian social and development programs
Intellectual property
Language arts
Literature
Music
Performing arts
Rural conditions and development
Self-employed
Small business
Tax-exempt organizations
Temporary and part-time employment
Trade adjustment assistance
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce Act of 2020 or the PLACE Act

 
This bill establishes or amends programs and activities to provide for opportunities for education or job training in a creative industry or occupation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Hemophilia SNF Access Act

Bill: 116-s-3233
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Health care coverage and access
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Hemophilia SNF Access Act

 
This bill includes certain treatments for hemophilia and other bleeding disorders as high-cost, low-probability ancillary services that may be paid for separately, rather than under the prospective payment (i.e., per diem) system for skilled nursing facilities, under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Solvency and Sustainability Act

Bill: 116-s-3234
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Social Security Solvency and Sustainability Act

 
This bill incrementally raises the full, early, and delayed retirement ages for Social Security retirement benefits and otherwise revises the Social Security program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Posttraumatic Growth Act

Bill: 116-s-3235
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Mental health
Neurological disorders
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Veterans Posttraumatic Growth Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a two-year pilot program to study the effectiveness of nonprofit post-traumatic growth programs to determine (1) the outcomes of such programs in contrast to traditional models of mental health care, (2) the possible integration of such nonprofit programs into VA mental health care programs, and (3) the budgetary impact of such integration. Post-traumatic growth is the positive psychological change that can result from struggling with traumatic events.
 
The bill makes veterans who are not at immediate risk of attempting suicide and not participating in traditional mental health treatment eligible for such program.

action_date: 2020-09-15
text: 

Veterans Posttraumatic Growth Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct a two-year pilot program to study the effectiveness of nonprofit post-traumatic growth programs to determine (1) the outcomes of such programs in contrast to traditional models of mental health care, (2) the possible integration of such nonprofit programs into VA mental health care programs, and (3) the budgetary impact of such integration. Post-traumatic growth is the positive psychological change that can result from struggling with traumatic events.
 
The bill makes veterans who are not at immediate risk of attempting suicide and not participating in traditional mental health treatment eligible for such program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 543.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-09-15
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Reported by Senator Moran with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-08-05
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Unborn Child Support Act

Bill: 116-s-3236
Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Unborn Child Support Act

 
 This bill requires states to apply child support obligations to the time period during pregnancy. This requirement is applicable retroactively based on a court order at the request of the pregnant parent and a determination by a physician of the month during which the child was conceived. Existing state requirements are applicable to these obligations, such as proof of parenthood.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
WELL Seniors Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3237
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Wellness and Education for Longer Lives for Seniors Act of 2020 or the WELL Seniors Act of 2020

 
This bill includes balance screenings and services to address certain social determinants of health (e.g., food and housing security) as elements that may be covered in annual wellness visits under Medicare. The bill also provides incentive payments for visits that cover such elements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventive Home Visit Act

Bill: 116-s-3238
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2020-01-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: 

Preventive Home Visit Act

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage to include biennial preventive home visits, in which a qualified professional conducts a risk assessment of an individual's home and provides appropriate referrals for interventions or modifications to improve physical activity, fall prevention, and nutrition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Introduced in Senate