hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Government Shutdown Impact Report Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-270
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Government Shutdown Impact Report Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office to submit daily reports to Congress when a government shutdown is in effect. The reports must include details regarding the costs and economic effects of the shutdown, including estimates of
 
 
lost economic output,
 
the decrease in gross domestic product for the quarter, 
 
assistance that the Small Business Administration was unable to provide,
 
revenue that the National Park Service (NPS) lost due to the closure of NPS lands and historic sites, and
 
revenue lost due to the effects on tourism and travel to and within the United States.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
No Work Without Pay Act

Bill: 116-hr-271
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

No Work Without Pay Act

 
This bill provides appropriations to pay the salaries and expenses of federal employees who are working during the lapse in appropriations that began on or about December 22, 2018, and resulted in a partial government shutdown. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-272
Sponsor: Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Protect Interstate Commerce Act of 201

9

 
This bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing a standard or condition on the production or manufacture of agricultural products sold or offered for sale in interstate commerce if (1) the production or manufacture occurs in another state, and (2) the standard or condition adds to standards or conditions applicable under federal law and the laws of the state or locality in which the production or manufacture occurs. 
 
The bill also allows private rights of action to challenge state or local regulations relating to agricultural goods sold in interstate commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Presidential Tax Transparency Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-273
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Presidential Tax Transparency Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the President, the Vice President, and certain candidates for President and Vice President to disclose federal income tax returns for the ten most recent taxable years.
 
The returns must be disclosed to the Federal Election Commission (FEC), which must make the returns publicly available after redacting information that is necessary for protecting against identity theft, such as Social Security numbers. 
 
If the tax returns are not disclosed to the FEC as required by this bill, the Internal Revenue Service must provide the returns to the FEC upon receiving a written request from the FEC. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-274
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Cottonwood Land Exchange Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture, upon request by Yavapai County, Arizona, to convey to the county 80 acres of land within Coconino National Forest in exchange for 369 acres of county land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-275
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 

2019

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law prohibits the CMS from doing so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-08
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: 2019-01-08
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: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Access to Sufficient Capital for Everyone in Natural Disaster areas Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-277
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Access to Sufficient Capital for Everyone in Natural Disaster areas Act of 2019 or the ASCEND Act of 2019

 
This bill makes permanent the increased threshold limits for the minimum major-disaster loan amount for which the Small Business Administration may require collateral.

action_date: 2019-06-13
text: 

Access to Sufficient Capital for Everyone in Natural Disaster areas Act of 2019 or the ASCEND Act of 2019

 
This bill makes permanent the increased threshold limits for the minimum major-disaster loan amount for which the Small Business Administration may require collateral.

action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Access to Sufficient Capital for Everyone in Natural Disaster areas Act of 2019 or the ASCEND Act of 2019

 
This bill makes permanent the increased threshold limits for the minimum major-disaster loan amount for which the Small Business Administration may require collateral.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5805)
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H5805)
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 277.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5805-5806)
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Mr. Delgado moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 84.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 116-115.
action_date: 2019-06-13
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 116-115.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to the Kennewick Irrigation District, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-278
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Washington State
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 
This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation to convey to Kennewick Irrigation District, located in Benton County, Washington, certain canals, laterals, and appurtenant works and lands, which begin at the district's head gate and extend 40 miles east to the Columbia River.

action_date: 2020-12-15
text: 
This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation to convey to Kennewick Irrigation District certain canals, laterals, and appurtenant works and lands, which begin at the district's head gate and extend 40 miles east to the Columbia River. The irrigation district is located in Benton County, Washington.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 531.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-647.
action_date: 2020-12-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 116-647.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-05-01
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E20)
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
California Clean Coast Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-279
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Pacific Ocean

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

California Clean Coast Act of 2019

 
 This bill prohibits oil and gas exploration and leasing in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-280
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Athletes
Child health
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
School athletics

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Concussion Awareness and Education Act of 

2019

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to youth and sports-related concussion research. Among other things, the bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a national system to determine the incidence of sports-related concussions among youth. The National Institutes of Health must also conduct or support specified concussion research, such as research regarding predictors and outcome modifiers of youth concussions. 
 
The bill also temporarily establishes a Concussion Research Commission. The commission must review supported research and make systemic recommendations regarding youth and sports-related concussions. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-281
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Federal officials
Minority employment
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of
 
2019

 
This bill requires that in making the appointment of a president, a Federal Reserve Bank must interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one reflective of racial or ethnic diversity.
 
The bill amends numerous banking-, finance-, and trade-related Acts to make references to officials (including those to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) gender-neutral. 

action_date: 2019-09-10
text: 

Ensuring Diverse Leadership Act of
 
2019

 
This bill requires that in making the appointment of a president, a Federal Reserve Bank must interview at least one individual reflective of gender diversity and one reflective of racial or ethnic diversity.
 
The bill amends numerous banking-, finance-, and trade-related Acts to make references to officials (including those to the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) gender-neutral. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7576-7577)
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7576-7577)
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 281.
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7576-7579)
action_date: 2019-09-10
text: Mr. San Nicolas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 56 - 2.
action_date: 2019-07-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
SAFER Now Act

Bill: 116-hr-282
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
Smuggling and trafficking
Trade restrictions
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Safer America for Everyone Right Now Act or the SAFER Now Act

 
This bill establishes new restrictions and requirements regarding the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. Specifically, it does the following:
 
 
prohibits a licensed gun dealer from transferring a firearm to an unlicensed person prior to the completion of a background check; 
 
generally prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD); 
 
requires a gun dealer to conduct a background check prior to the sale or transfer of a grandfathered SAW between private parties; 
 
requires law enforcement agencies to be notified when a prohibited person attempts to purchase a grandfathered SAW; 
 
allows Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to be used to compensate individuals who surrender a SAW or LCAFD under a buy-back program; 
 
requires a person who operates a gun show to meet certain requirements (e.g., minimum age and registration); 
 
makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense; 
 
prohibits firearm sale or disposition to or receipt or possession by a person who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking; and 
 
prohibits the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession of a trigger crank, a bump-fire device, or any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
To adjust the boundaries of the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-283
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [D-GA-2]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Georgia
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: This bill redesignates the Ocmulgee National Monument in Georgia as the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. 
The boundary of the park is adjusted to include approximately 2,100 acres of land.
 
The Department of the Interior may acquire lands and interests within the boundaries of the park by donation, purchase, or exchange, but not by condemnation. 
 
Interior shall administer any acquired land as part of the park. 
 
Interior shall conduct a special resource study of the Ocmulgee River corridor between the cities of Macon, Georgia, and Hawkinsville, Georgia, to evaluate the national significance of the study area and determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the study area as a unit of the National Park System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Insurance Tax Deduction Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-284
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Mortgage Insurance Tax Deduction Act of 201

9

 
This bill permanently extends the tax deduction for mortgage insurance premiums. (The deduction expired at the end of 2017.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 2018

Bill: 116-hr-285
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Housing finance and home ownership
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Mortgage Debt Tax Forgiveness Act of 201

8

 
This bill modifies the rules for calculating taxable income to make permanent the exclusion from gross income of income attributable to the discharge of qualified principal residence indebtedness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
Florida Coastal Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-286
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2019-01-08 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: 

Florida Coastal Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management from offering any tract for oil and gas leasing or preleasing in the following areas: 
 
 
 the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area that is within 125 miles of the coastline of Florida,
 
 the South Atlantic Planning Area that is south of 30 degrees 43 minutes North Latitude, or 
 
 the Straits of Florida Planning Area.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-01-08
text: Introduced in House