hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act

Bill: 116-s-923
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family services
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to award grants to state, local, and tribal government entities for the planning and implementation of programs to address homelessness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2091)
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Jenna Quinn Law

Bill: 116-s-924
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
School administration
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Jenna Quinn Law

 
 This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for evidence-informed child sexual abuse awareness programs in schools.
 
 The bill also modifies the eligibility for child abuse prevention grants to states and community-based organizations to require that grant recipients support sexual abuse education, training, and reporting. 

action_date: 2020-09-17
text: 

Jenna Quinn Law

 
This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for evidence-informed child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs. The grants may be awarded for a period of up to five years.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-09-22
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5716)
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-09-17
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act

Bill: 116-s-925
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign property
Free trade and trade barriers
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Licensing and registrations
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Sanctions
Syria
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Economic Exclusion Act

 
This bill expands sanctions and reporting requirements related to Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian armed forces that the Department of State has designated as a foreign terrorist organization.
 
The President shall identify foreign persons and entities that have conducted one or more sensitive transactions or activities related to the IRGC as well as entities owned or controlled by the IRGC and impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on them. The bill expands the definition of a "sensitive transaction or activity" to include transactions to provide material support for (1) a designated foreign terrorist organization, (2) a foreign person or entity whose property and interests have been blocked pursuant to an executive order related to those who commit or threaten terrorist acts, or (5) the Syrian government or any agency or entity owned or controlled by the Syrian government. 
 
The bill also expands existing sanctions to cover foreign persons and entities that knowingly provided significant financial services to an Iranian person or entity that (1) has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization, (2) has provided support for an act of international terrorism, or (3) is subject to sanctions pursuant to various executive orders. 
 
The President shall report to Congress on whether specified entities, such as the Telecommunication Company of Iran and the Iran Mineral Products Company, are owned or controlled by the IRGC. The bill imposes other reporting requirements, including an analysis of how supply chains in Iran and abroad aid the IRGC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
KOMBUCHA

Bill: 116-s-926
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
National Aviation Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

Bill: 116-s-927
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Historic sites and heritage areas
Ohio
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

National Aviation Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 assistance from the National Park Service for the National Aviation Heritage Area in Ohio. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and middle judicial districts of North Carolina.

Bill: 116-s-929
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Federal district courts
North Carolina

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 
This bill moves portions of four counties encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall from the Middle District to the Eastern District of North Carolina.

action_date: 2019-07-30
text: 
This bill moves portions of four counties encompassing the Fort Bragg Military Reservation and Camp Mackall from the Middle District to the Eastern District of North Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2019-08-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-08-02
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2019-07-31
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5204)
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S5204)
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5203-5204)
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5203-5204)
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act

Bill: 116-s-930
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Prescription drugs
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act

 
This bill permits health savings accounts, medical savings accounts, and employer reimbursements for medications to be used for over-the-counter drugs. The bill also removes the limit on employee contributions to flexible spending accounts offered under specified health plans established pursuant to a pretax salary reduction agreement with an employer (i.e., cafeteria plans).
 
Further, the bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to give priority review, at no cost, to applications for modifications to already-approved contraceptive drugs that are intended for routine use and available over the counter. Such drugs, however, must require a prescription for individuals under the age of 18.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit Enhancement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-931
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
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

9

 
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: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Buildings Renewal Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-932
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement administration and funding
Libraries and archives
Research administration and funding
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Public Buildings Renewal Act of 201

9

 
This bill allows tax-exempt financing of certain government-owned buildings by expanding the definition of "exempt facility bond" to include bonds used for qualified government buildings. 
 
A qualified government building is a government-owned building or facility that consists of one or more of the following
 
 
an elementary or secondary school;
 
a facility of a state college or university used for educational purposes;
 
a public library;
 
a court;
 
a hospital or health care facility; 
 
a laboratory or research facility used by a governmental unit; 
 
a public safety facility; or
 
an office for government employees.
 
 
The bill excludes buildings or facilities that include specified recreational equipment or are used for the primary purpose of providing retail food and beverage services, recreation, or entertainment.
 
The bill establishes (1) a $5 billion limit on the amount of tax-exempt financing which may be provided for government buildings, and (2) procedures for allocating and applying for the financing. 
 
The bill exempts the bonds for government buildings from the volume cap on private activity bonds. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act

Bill: 116-s-934
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural research

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Voluntary Checkoff Program Participation Act 

 
This bill prohibits mandatory or compulsory checkoff programs and requires producer participation in the programs to be voluntary at the point of sale. (A checkoff program is a program to promote and provide research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands. The Department of Agriculture oversees the programs, which are requested and funded by industry.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-935
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural research
Business records
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act of 201

9

 
This bill establishes restrictions and requirements for checkoff programs, which are programs overseen by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote and provide research and information for a particular agricultural commodity without reference to specific producers or brands. 
 
The bill prohibits boards established to carry out a checkoff program or a USDA order issued under a checkoff program from entering into a contract or agreement to carry out program activities with a party that engages in activities to influence any government policy or action that relates to agriculture.
 
 A board or its employees or agents acting in their official capacity may not engage in any
 
 
 act that may involve a conflict of interest; 
 
anticompetitive activity;
 
unfair or deceptive act or practice; or
 
act that may be disparaging to, or in any way negatively portray, another agricultural commodity or product. 
 
 
Upon approval of USDA, a board may enter directly into contracts and agreements to carry out generic promotion, research, or other activities authorized by law if the agreement or contract requires records accounting for the funds received to be submitted to the board. 
 
The board must meet specified requirements regarding the publication of budgets and disbursements of funds. 
 
The USDA Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office must conduct specified audits regarding checkoff programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Mass Collection of Americans’ Phone Records Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-936
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Ending Mass Collection of Americans' Phone Records Act of 2019

 
This bill repeals the authority of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to obtain business records, such as phone records, on an ongoing basis under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). FISA warrants shall only be for items specifically identified in the FBI's application to access the records.
 
FISA currently allows the FBI to apply for a warrant to access records and other documents to obtain foreign intelligence information or to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities. The application for such a warrant is ex parte before courts designated under FISA, meaning that the government is the only party present in the proceedings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting American Technologies Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-937
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Research administration and funding
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Protecting American Technologies Act of 2019 

 
This bill requires an institution of higher education or a research facility to obtain a deemed export license before allowing a foreign national affiliated with the institution or facility access to certain technology controlled for export to the foreign national's country. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-04
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-938
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Congressional oversight
Department of State
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
International law and treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Intercountry Adoption Information Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of State to include additional information in its annual report to Congress on intercountry adoptions. The reports shall contain (1) a list of countries that have laws that prevent or prohibit adoptions by American parents, (2) various information related to such prohibitions, and (3) what steps the State Department has taken to help such countries reopen intercountry adoptions.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate
CONFUCIUS Act

Bill: 116-s-939
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Asia
China
Contracts and agency
Education programs funding
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States Act or the CONFUCIUS Act

 
This bill addresses China's influence on postsecondary educational institutions through Confucius Institutes, which are cultural institutes directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes requirements for postsecondary educational institutions that receive federal funding and that have contracts or agreements with Confucius Institutes. The contracts or agreements must include clear provisions that (1) protect the academic freedom of the institutions; (2) prohibit the application of foreign law on the institutions' campuses; and (3) grant full managerial authority of the institutes to the institutions, including full control over teaching plans, activities, research grants, and employment decisions.

action_date: 2020-06-10
text: 

Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States Act or the CONFUCIUS Act

 
This bill addresses China's influence on postsecondary educational institutions through Confucius Institutes, which are cultural institutes directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes requirements for postsecondary educational institutions that receive federal funding and that have contracts or agreements with Confucius Institutes. The contracts or agreements must include clear provisions that (1) protect the academic freedom of the institutions; (2) prohibit the application of foreign law on the institutions' campuses; and (3) grant full managerial authority of the institutes to the institutions, including full control over teaching plans, activities, research grants, and employment decisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-06-15
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-06-11
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-06-10
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2860-2861)
action_date: 2020-06-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2020-06-10
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2859-2861)
action_date: 2020-06-10
text: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate