hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Sara's Law

Bill: 116-hr-1950
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Sara's Law

 
This bill allows courts to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum for a juvenile who was convicted of a violent offense against a person who engaged in certain conduct (e.g., trafficking, abuse, or assault) against the juvenile. It also allows courts to suspend any portion of an imposed sentence under these circumstances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 18, United States Code, to authorize a court to reduce the term of imprisonment imposed on certain defendants convicted as an adult for an offense committed and completed before the defendant attained 18 years of age, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-1951
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Juvenile crime and gang violence

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 
This bill authorizes a court to reduce a prison term imposed on a defendant convicted as an adult for an offense committed as a juvenile if (1) the defendant has served at least 20 years in custody, and (2) the defendant is not a danger to public safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Hello Girls Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1953
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Military history
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

&quot;Hello Girls&quot; Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to make arrangements for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the female telephone operators of the Army Signal Corps (commonly known as the &quot;Hello Girls&quot;).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1954
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Cellphone Jamming Reform Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a state or federal correctional facility to operate a jamming system to interfere with cellphone signals within inmate housing facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer’s Care Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1955
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Medical research
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Understanding Appropriate Alzheimer's Care Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report on the appropriateness of antipsychotic prescriptions in settings other than nursing homes, particularly with respect to individuals with Alzheimer's disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-28
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: 2019-03-28
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: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Voluntary Protection Program Act

Bill: 116-hr-1956
Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Voluntary Protection Program Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the voluntary protection program within the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Under the program, management, labor, and OSHA must establish cooperative relationships at workplaces that have implemented a comprehensive safety and health management system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Repatriation Assistance Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1958
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Detention of persons
Foreign aid and international relief
Immigration status and procedures
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Repatriation Assistance Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide foreign governments with financial assistance through FY2023 for operations to stop individuals who may pose a national security, border security, or terrorist threat to the United States. 
 
DHS and the Department of State shall jointly develop and implement such financial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1959
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Nutrition and diet
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Preserving Patient Access to Compounded Medications Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses regulations governing compounding pharmacies.
 
The bill expands the circumstances under which a drug may be compounded (i.e., manufactured at small scale) to allow pharmacists and physicians to compound drugs for administration to patients in an office or clinical setting, in accordance with state law. (Compounded drugs are not required to meet certain federal requirements regarding manufacturing, labeling, or approval.)
 
Dietary supplements may be used in the compounding of a drug.
 
The bill exempts from interstate distribution limits the dispensing of a compounded drug from the facility where it is compounded to a patient or health facility.
 
The bill limits the scope of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspections of compounding pharmacies to certain equipment, materials, containers, and labeling. This aligns the scope of inspections of compounding pharmacies with the scope of inspections of other pharmacies. (Currently, the scope of inspections of compounding pharmacies is the same as the scope of inspections of drug manufacturers.)
 The bill also eliminates the requirement for compounding pharmacies to register with the FDA as drug manufacturers.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1960
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Public contracts and procurement
Tariffs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a carbon trading program that caps the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from crude oil, coal, and natural gas. Beginning in 2019, crude oil refineries, petroleum importers, coal mines, coal importers, and natural gas suppliers or processors must purchase carbon permits equivalent to the amount of CO2 that would be emitted by covered fuels. 
 
This bill establishes a declining cap on the quantity of permits issued to reduce CO2 emissions until 2040 when the permits issued represent an amount 80% below 2005 CO2 emission levels.
 
This bill provides for the trading or sale of permits between entities, the banking by entities of permits for future years, and the borrowing by Treasury of permits from future years to stabilize permit prices.
 
Auction proceeds and penalties are returned to U.S. citizens lawfully present in the United States using the Healthy Climate Trust Fund established by this bill. 
 
Treasury must impose fees on the import and pay fees for the export of carbon-intensive goods when the export country does not have equivalent measures to regulate greenhouse gases. Carbon-intensive goods are goods with an increased cost due to the regulation of greenhouse gases.
 
The Environmental Protection Agency must regulate within 10 years all sources of greenhouse gases that are anthropogenically emitted. This excludes gases attributable to the production of animals for food.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
KOMBUCHA

Bill: 116-hr-1961
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Food industry and services
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Keeping Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly taxed while Championing Health Act or KOMBUCHA 

 
This bill exempts the production of kombucha for consumption or sale from excise taxes imposed on alcoholic beverages. Kombucha is a beverage that (1) is fermented solely by a symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast; (2) contains not more than 1.25% of alcohol by volume; (3) is sold or offered for sale as kombucha; and (4) is derived from sugar, malt or malt substitute, tea, or coffee, and not more than 20% other wholesome ingredients. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act

Bill: 116-hr-1962
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Solid waste and recycling
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Creation of On-Site Treatment Systems Affording Veterans Improvements and Numerous General Safety Enhancements Act or the VA COST SAVINGS Enhancements Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to install and operate an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system at each VA facility that would benefit from such a system's cost savings. In order to identify which VA facilities would benefit, the VA must develop a uniform regulated medical waste cost analysis model to determine the cost savings associated with the use of an on-site regulated medical waste treatment system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Care for Veterans Act

Bill: 116-hr-1963
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Expanding Care for Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop a plan to expand the scope of research and education on and delivery of complementary and integrative medicine services (products and practices that are not currently part of mainstream, conventional medical practice) for veterans. The bill also requires the VA to define in regulations the meaning of 
complementary and integrative medicine
. 
 
The VA must implement a three-year program at not fewer than 15 VA medical centers to assess the feasibility and advisability of integrating the delivery of complementary and integrative medicine services for veterans with mental health conditions, chronic pain conditions, and other chronic conditions. 
 
The bill requires the VA to contract with a qualified independent entity to conduct studies of the barriers encountered by veterans in receiving (and administrators and clinicians in providing) complementary and integrative medicine services. The National Research Advisory Council must review the results of the studies and submit findings to the VA.
 
Finally, the VA must implement a three-year grant program awarding grants to public or private nonprofit entities to assess the feasibility and advisability of using wellness programs to complement the provision of mental health care to veterans and family members who are eligible for readjustment counseling from the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Admission Act

Bill: 116-hr-1965
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Puerto Rico Admission Act

 
This bill establishes a process to enable the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico to be admitted into the Union as a state. 
 
Not later than 90 days after enactment of this bill, the President shall issue a proclamation announcing that Puerto Rico is admitted into the Union on equal footing with other states.
 
All of the territory laws in force in Puerto Rico on the enactment date shall (1) continue in force and effect in the state, except as modified by this bill; and (2) be subject to repeal or amendment by the legislature and the governor of Puerto Rico. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1967
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Marriage and family status

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 201

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This bill modifies the tax credit for employment-related expenses incurred for the care of a taxpayer's dependent to (1) increase to $120,000, the adjusted gross income threshold level above which the credit is incrementally reduced; (2) increase the dollar limits on the allowable amount of the credit; (3) specify rules for married couples filing separate returns; (4) allow an inflation adjustment to the adjusted gross income threshold and the maximum credit amounts, beginning after 2020; and (5) make the credit refundable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 116-hr-1968
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
Racial and ethnic relations
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Shirley Chisholm, in recognition of her activism, independence, and groundbreaking achievements in politics, election as the first African American woman in Congress, and campaign to be the first African American to gain the nomination of a major political party for President of the United States.
 Following its award, the gold medal shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution where it shall be available for display and research.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1969
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 

2019
 
 
This bill (1) provides for Medicare coverage of screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer screening test, and (2) excludes screening CTC from a special Medicare payment rule applicable to certain imaging services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in House