hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1236
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Reform Act of 2019 

 
This bill generally revises requirements related to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. Among other things, it establishes additional requirements for board members, limits board member compensation, and requires the confirmation of board members by the Securities and Exchange Commission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
DD–214 Modernization Act

Bill: 116-s-1237
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

DD-214 Modernization Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to modify the Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214) to include a block in which a member of the Armed Forces may provide an email address by which the member may be contacted after discharge or release from active duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act

Bill: 116-s-1238
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

End-of-Year Fiscal Responsibility Act

 
This bill prohibits an executive agency from spending more in each of the last 2 months of a fiscal year than the agency's average monthly spending for the previous 10 months. The bill applies to obligations of discretionary appropriations and includes an exception for national security-related activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
ROBO Calls and Texts Act

Bill: 116-s-1239
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Technology assessment
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Regulatory Oversight Barring Obnoxious Calls and Texts Act of 2019 or the ROBO Calls and Texts Act 

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a Robocall Division within the Enforcement Bureau.
 
The Robocall Division shall be tasked with (1) ensuring consumer protection and compliance with federal laws relating to robocalls; (2) serving as a line of communication between the federal government and the communications industry, as well as between the FCC and related federal agencies, to coordinate efforts to eliminate robocalls; and (3) managing and addressing consumer complaints regarding robocalls.
 
Additionally, the bill requires the FCC to compel telecommunications providers to adopt technological standards for preventing robocalls. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1240
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Restoring Rural Residencies Act of 

2019

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to reimburse medical residency training programs under Medicare for certain graduate medical education costs associated with resident time spent in rural community hospitals known as "critical access hospitals." 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act

Bill: 116-s-1241
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Protecting American Consumers from Robocalls Act

This bill expands the private right of action that is available against telemarketers that call individuals who have registered their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. The bill permits bringing a lawsuit after receiving one such call, while current law requires at least two calls from the same telemarketer within a 12-month period before a lawsuit can be filed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that bonds used to finance professional stadiums are not treated as tax-exempt bonds.

Bill: 116-s-1242
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Professional sports
Securities
Sports and recreation facilities
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 
This bill prohibits a professional stadium bond from being treated as a tax-exempt state or local bond. A &quot;professional stadium bond&quot; is used to finance or refinance a facility or real property used as a stadium or arena for professional sports exhibitions, games, or training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1243
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Evidence and witnesses
Freedom of information
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish standards for facilities holding aliens in its custody, phases out using non-DHS facilities for such purposes, and contains other related provisions.
 
The standards shall comply with the American Bar Association's Civil Immigration Detention Standards. The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) shall conduct periodic unannounced inspections of each facility and shall take various actions against noncompliant facilities, including imposing fines, cancelling contracts, and closing facilities. 
 
DHS shall report to Congress any death of an alien in its custody within 24 hours and conduct an investigation within 30 days that identifies policy changes that could reduce the likelihood of such a death.
 
DHS is prohibited from entering into contracts for third parties to operate detention facilities and shall terminate existing contracts within three years of the bill's enactment.
 
The bill establishes that OIG facility inspection reports and contracts for an outside entity to operate a detention facility are records available to the public under the Freedom of Information Act. 
 
DHS shall maintain certain information relating to detained aliens, including the alien's location and whether the alien was separated from family.
 
The bill provides for various requirements and procedures related to detaining aliens, including (1) prohibiting DHS from detaining children, (2) imposing a presumption that an alien should be released, and (3) establishing that aliens in custody shall be subject to the least restrictive conditions. The bill also abolishes mandatory detention for asylum seekers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Exercise and Fitness for All Act

Bill: 116-s-1244
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access Board
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business expenses
Department of Justice
Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Small business
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Exercise and Fitness for All Act

 
This bill requires the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) to develop guidelines for exercise or fitness service providers regarding the provision of accessible exercise or fitness equipment, and extends the disabled access tax credit to providers that implement such guidelines.
 
The Access Board must subsequently promulgate regulations, consistent with the guidelines, requiring that exercise or fitness classes and instruction provided by fitness providers are accessible to people with disabilities. The regulations also must require that each provider make at least one employee available to assist people with disabilities with using the accessible exercise or fitness equipment.
 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1245
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2019

 
This bill revises energy performance requirements for federal buildings, including by requiring agencies to begin installing energy and conservation measures that are life-cycle cost effective.

action_date: 2019-09-25
text: 

All-of-the-Above Federal Building Energy Conservation Act of 2019

 
This bill revises energy performance requirements for federal buildings, including by requiring agencies to begin installing energy and conservation measures that are life-cycle cost effective.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 220.
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 116-117.
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with amendments. With written report No. 116-117.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1246
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing discrimination
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Fair and Equal Housing Act of 2019

 
This bill prohibits discrimination, in the context of various housing practices, against individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2519-2520)
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Duty To Report Act

Bill: 116-s-1247
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional elections
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Family relationships
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Public participation and lobbying
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Duty To Report Act

 
This bill requires political committees, candidates for federal office, and other individuals to report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) any offers of prohibited contributions, including offers of nonpublic information regarding other candidates, by foreign nationals.
 
Specifically, political committees and candidates must report to the FEC within 24 hours any (1) offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals, and (2) meetings with foreign governments or their agents.
 
In addition, the bill requires political committees, candidates, immediate family members of candidates, and individuals affiliated with a campaign (e.g., employees and independent contractors) to report to the FBI within 24 hours any offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals. Further, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this reporting requirement. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both.
 
Such reported information may not be used to enforce certain immigration provisions related to the removal of undocumented aliens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Income-Based Repayment Debt Forgiveness Act

Bill: 116-s-1248
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Income-Based Repayment Debt Forgiveness Act

 
This bill modifies the requirements for calculating taxable income to exclude from the gross income of an individual any income that is attributable to the discharge of a federal student loan pursuant to a federal program or law that provides for income contingent or income-based repayment of the loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
American Innovation Act

Bill: 116-s-1249
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Defense spending
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Energy research
Executive agency funding and structure
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Science Foundation
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

American Innovation Act 

 
This bill requires certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits in FY2020-FY2024 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform basic science research. 
 
Adjustments are required for
 
 
the National Science Foundation, 
 
the Department of Energy Office of Science, 
 
Department of Defense science and technology programs, 
 
National Institute of Standards and Technology scientific and technical research and services, and 
 
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Science Mission Directorate. 
 
 
The bill also requires annual appropriations during FY2020-FY2024 for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2019. 
 
The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text: CR S2520-2521)
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
American Cures Act

Bill: 116-s-1250
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Executive agency funding and structure
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Military medicine
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

American Cures Act 

 
This bill requires certain adjustments to discretionary spending limits over FY2020-FY2024 to accommodate increases in appropriations for agencies that perform biomedical research. Adjustments are required for the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Defense health program, and the Department of Veterans Affairs medical and prosthetics research program. 
 
The bill also requires annual appropriations in FY2020-FY2024 for each of the programs and agencies referenced in this bill to be at least the amount appropriated for FY2019. 
 
The bill exempts appropriations provided pursuant to this bill from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. (text: CR S2521-2522)
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-1251
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-04-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Research administration and funding
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: 

Safe Drinking Water Assistance Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses contaminants of emerging concern (emerging contaminants), which are not regulated under a national primary drinking water regulation and may have an adverse effect on human health.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must review federal efforts to (1) identify, monitor, and assist in the development of treatment methods for emerging contaminants; and (2) assist states in responding to the human health risks posed by those contaminants. In addition, the EPA must establish a strategic plan for improving those efforts.
 
The EPA and the Department of Health and Human Services must jointly establish an interagency working group to coordinate federal activities that identify and analyze the public health effects of emerging contaminants.
 
The Office of Science and Technology Policy must establish a National Emerging Contaminant Research Initiative to (1) improve the identification, analysis, monitoring, and treatment methods of emerging contaminants; and (2) support the implementation of its cross-agency plan for addressing research gaps related to detecting, assessing exposure to, and identifying the adverse health effects of such contaminants.
 
Specified federal agencies must make grants for research proposals that are likely to result in significant progress toward achieving the plan's objectives.
 
The EPA must (1) report on actions it may take to increase technical assistance and support for states with respect to emerging contaminants in drinking water samples, and (2) develop a program to provide technical assistance and support to states for the testing and analysis of emerging contaminants.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-04-30
text: Introduced in Senate