hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Defeat Pandemic Propaganda Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8542
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marketing and advertising
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Defeat Pandemic Propaganda Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from obligating or expending federal funds before November 3, 2020, on public service announcements intended to positively influence public perception or misrepresent facts regarding the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic or encourage activities that carry an undue risk of contracting the disease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Power Line Resiliency Act

Bill: 116-hr-8543
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Geography and mapping
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Power Line Resiliency Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a five-year program to provide grants to electric utilities to (1) improve the performance or efficiency of a power line, (2) make a power line more resilient to an extreme weather event, or (3) otherwise ensure that an end-user has access to electricity during an extreme weather event.
 
DOE must prioritize providing grants to electric utilities that sell electricity in an area that has a history of extreme weather events.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
STRONG Support for Children Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8544
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Crimes against children
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Medicaid
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Services and Trauma-informed Research of Outcomes in Neighborhoods Grants for Support for Children Act of 2020 or the STRONG Support for Children Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes two grant programs for governmental health departments to prevent and mitigate childhood trauma and adverse childhood experiences.
 
For the first program, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must award grants to health departments to use data analysis methods to identify interventions to prevent and mitigate childhood trauma. Grant activities include, among others, using data analysis to identify geographic areas with a high prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and to implement strategies to improve outcomes for infants, children, and adolescents.
 
For the second program, HHS must award grants to local or tribal governments to establish or expand early childhood trauma-informed care coordination services, including by instituting risk and needs assessments to respond to adverse childhood experiences.
 
For both grants, the bill prohibits the use of funds for certain purposes, such as using the data analysis methods to inform individual case decisions, including child removals, or increasing the presence of law enforcement.
 
In addition, HHS must evaluate and report on these programs and make findings and recommendations publicly available on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Beat CHINA for 5G Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8545
Sponsor: Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Radio spectrum allocation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Beat China by Harnessing Important, National Airwaves for 5G Act of 2020 or the Beat CHINA for 5G Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes requirements related to the assignment and allocation of electromagnetic spectrum between the frequencies of 3450 MHz and 3550 MHz.
 
Specifically, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration must begin withdrawing or modifying assignments of this electromagnetic spectrum to federal government stations. Further, the Federal Communications Commission must revise the nonfederal allocation of this spectrum to permit flexible-use services and conduct an auction to grant new initial licenses for the use of this spectrum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Fair Drug Prices for Kids Act

Bill: 116-hr-8546
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Fair Drug Prices for Kids Act

 
This bill allows states to apply the requirements of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program to covered outpatient drugs under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Incentivize Energy-Saving Improvements Act

Bill: 116-hr-8547
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2020-10-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: 

Incentivize Energy-Saving Improvements Act

 
This bill makes the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings permanent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-06
text: Introduced in House
Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office Act

Bill: 116-hr-8548
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health personnel
Mental health
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office Act

 
This bill establishes in the legislative branch a Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of the Office to determine whether the President is mentally or physically unable to discharge the powers and duties of office. 
 
The commission (1) within 72 hours after Congress adopts a concurrent resolution directing it to do so, shall conduct a medical examination to determine if the President is temporarily or permanently impaired by physical illness or disability, mental illness, mental deficiency, alcohol or drug use, or any other condition or contingency rendering the President unable to execute the powers and duties of the office of President; and (2) within 72 hours after completing the examination, shall report its findings and conclusions to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate.
 
Any refusal by the President to undergo such examination shall be taken into consideration by the commission in reaching a conclusion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the retention of incidentally acquired communications in the course of intelligence collection activities.

Bill: 116-hr-8549
Sponsor: Rep. Amash, Justin [L-MI-3]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 
This bill modifies statutory requirements related to certain procedures limiting the retention of communications incidentally acquired during an intelligence activity.
 
Specifically, the bill removes a requirement that such procedures must permit the acquisition, retention, and dissemination of such communications. (An existing executive order authorizes intelligence community agencies to collect, retain, and disseminate incidentally obtained information that may indicate involvement in activities that may violate federal, state, local or foreign laws.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Students Helping Young Students Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8550
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
National and community service
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Students Helping Young Students Act of 

2020

 
This bill expands the federal work-study programs at institutions of higher education to include work-study programs that compensate students employed in the educational after-school, before-school, or out-of-school community service activities of public elementary or secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E946-947)
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Interstate Teaching Mobility Act

Bill: 116-hr-8551
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Employee performance
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Interstate Teaching Mobility Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to establish a voluntary interstate teaching application program for participating states. Under the program, a teacher in a participating state may obtain licensure or certification and apply for an open teaching position in another participating state without completing additional requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E945)
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Student Records Protection Act

Bill: 116-hr-8552
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Licensing and registrations
School administration
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Student Records Protection Act

 
This bill revises the requirements for an accrediting agency to be recognized by the Department of Education (ED) as a reliable authority on the quality of education being offered at an institution of higher education (IHE). It also requires an IHE to establish a records management plan for accreditation purposes. 
 
Specifically, an accrediting agency must require an IHE to submit for approval a records management plan upon notification by the IHE that it intends to cease its operations. The plan must, among other things, include a plan for the custody, continued access, and disposition of student records (e.g., student transcripts, billing, and financial-aid records). Further, the IHE must submit the plan to ED.
 
Under current law, an IHE must be accredited by an accrediting agency to participate in federal student-aid programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Federal Sunset Commission Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8554
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Federal Sunset Commission Act of 2020
 
 
This bill provides for the establishment of the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to submit to Congress a schedule for review and abolishment of each agency, including each advisory committee. Each agency shall be abolished unless reauthorized by Congress. For each agency, the commission must schedule a date of abolishment to occur at least once every 12 years.
 
The commission must (1) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (2) analyze the authority claimed by the executive branch but not specifically authorized by statute; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished, reorganized, or continued; and (3) report to Congress on introduced legislation that would establish a new agency or a new program. 
 
The Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Congressional Research Service, shall prepare an inventory of federal programs to assist Congress and the commission in carrying out this bill.
 
The bill provides for expedited consideration of the schedule for review and abolishment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Vaccine Fairness Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8555
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Disability and paralysis
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Minority health
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Vaccine Fairness Act of 2020

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide weekly reports to Congress concerning the distribution of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) vaccines to the public.
 
Specifically, HHS must submit the first report within seven days of the date on which the federal government begins distributing COVID-19 vaccines. Additionally, the Secretary of HHS must be available to brief Congress on the date on which each report is submitted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
David Dorn Back the Blue Act

Bill: 116-hr-8556
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee hiring
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

David Dorn Back the Blue Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide programs to support the hiring and retention of law enforcement personnel and to increase their salaries. Further, DOJ may make grants to state and local law enforcement agencies for this purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8557
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Business records
Contracts and agency
Department of Agriculture
Government information and archives
Livestock
Meat
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Cattle Market Transparency Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and maintain a library or catalog of each type of contract offered by packers to producers for the purchase of all or part of the production of fed cattle (including cattle that are purchased or committed for delivery).
 Fed cattle
 means a steer or heifer that has been feeding on a ration of roughage and feed concentrates prior to slaughter, including grains, protein meal, grass, and other nutrient-rich feeds.
 
USDA must create and maintain a publicly available library of the types of contracts that are being offered by packers to, and are open to acceptance by, producers for the purchase of fed cattle.
 
Additionally, USDA must also establish regional mandatory minimum thresholds to enhance price discovery and transparency for cattle market participants. 
 
Further, the bill revises daily reporting requirements for packer processing plants by requiring them to include the number of cattle scheduled to be delivered for slaughter each day for the subsequent 14 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Comprehensive Breast Reconstruction Act of 2020

Bill: 116-hr-8558
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Insurance industry and regulation
Medicaid
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Comprehensive Breast Reconstruction Act of 2020

 
This bill provides for Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance coverage of certain tattooing services in connection with post-mastectomy breast reconstruction, and aligns the scope of Medicare and Medicaid coverage of such breast reconstruction with that of private health insurance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2020-10-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E939-940)
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-8559
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2020-10-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: 

Surviving Families Benefit Expansion Act

 
This bill adjusts the amount that the Department of Veterans Affairs pays to surviving spouses and children of veterans who were rated as totally disabled for a period of less than 10 years before their death.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses who remarry after the age of 55.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2020-10-09
text: Introduced in House