hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
BLAST Act

Bill: 116-s-601
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Banning Lobbying and Safeguarding Trust Act or the BLAST Act

 
This bill revises the post-employment lobbying ban on former Members and elected officers of Congress. 
 
Specifically, it imposes a permanent ban on lobbying contacts by a former Member of the U.S. Senate (currently, a two-year ban), a former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (currently, a one-year ban), or a former elected officer of the House or Senate (currently, a one-year ban).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-602
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computer security and identity theft
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Financial crises and stabilization
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt
Infrastructure development
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Multilateral development programs
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Sanctions
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism
U.S. and foreign investments
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Cyber Deterrence and Response Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the President to identify and impose sanctions on foreign persons and state-affiliated entities that engaged in or supported cyber activities that reasonably likely contributed to a significant threat to U.S. national security, foreign policy, or financial health. Within seven days of identifying such a person or entity, the President shall report the identification to Congress. 
 
Identified individuals shall be barred from entering the United States and shall have current visas revoked. With respect to foreign persons and state-affiliated entities, the President shall impose one or more of specified sanctions, such as (1) prohibiting a U.S. person from making investments that would benefit an identified foreign person; (2) suspending security assistance to a foreign state, in the case of a state-affiliated entity; and (3) directing U.S. representatives to international financial institutions to oppose any loan that would benefit an identified foreign person or entity. 
 
The President may impose additional sanctions on foreign states that are affiliated with an identified entity, such as the withdrawal of security assistance or the imposition of prohibitions on arms shipments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-603
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Federal Reserve System
Financial Stability Oversight Council

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2019

 
The bill requires the Financial Stability Oversight Council, prior to determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Federal Reserve Board and therefore subject to certain prudential standards, to first determine that certain alternative actions would not mitigate the threat the company may pose to U.S. financial stability


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-27
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-604
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Intergovernmental relations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 201

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This bill prohibits the wages or other remuneration earned by an employee who performs employment duties in more than one state from being subject to income tax in any state other than (1) the state of the employee's residence, and (2) the state within which the employee is present and performing employment duties for more than 30 days during the calendar year. 
 
The bill exempts employers from state income tax withholding and information reporting requirements for employees not subject to income tax in the state under this bill. For the purposes of determining penalties related to an employer's state income tax withholding or reporting requirements, an employer may rely on an employee's annual determination of the time expected to be spent working in a state in the absence of fraud or collusion by such employee.
 
For the purposes of this bill, the term &quot;employee&quot; excludes professional athletes; professional entertainers; production employees who perform services in connection with certain film, television, or other commercial video productions; and public figures who are persons of prominence who perform services for wages or other remuneration on a per-event basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-605
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide states and tribal entities with grants to increase access to licensed child care services.
 
 The grants may be used to develop and expand the child care workforce or child care facilities in locations with insufficient available child care. Specifically, grants cover 50% of the cost of programs to support the education and training of caregivers or projects to build, expand, or renovate child care facilities in these areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Reach Every Veteran in Crisis Act

Bill: 116-s-606
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement
Television and film
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Reach Every Veteran in Crisis Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish measurable targets to evaluate the effectiveness of the VA's mental health and suicide prevention media outreach campaigns.
 
The VA must also establish a process to oversee such outreach campaigns that includes a delineation of the roles of officials in leadership and contract oversight positions within the Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention of the Veterans Health Administration.
 
Finally, the VA must ensure that each contract entered into for the development of such outreach campaigns includes a requirement that the contractor track and report on the established metrics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Timely Review of Infrastructure Act

Bill: 116-s-607
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Timely Review of Infrastructure Act 

 
This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)to address insufficient compensation of its personnel without regard to civil service laws.FERC must consult with the Office of Personnel Management when making a determination of the appropriate compensation for its personnel.

action_date: 2019-10-22
text: 

Timely Review of Infrastructure Act 

 
This bill authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)to address insufficient compensation of its personnel without regard to civil service laws.FERC must consult with the Office of Personnel Management when making a determination of the appropriate compensation for its personnel.
 
The Department of Energy must report on its authority to implement flexible compensation models for the purposes of hiring, recruiting, and retaining employees who conduct scientific, technological, engineering, or mathematical work.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 254.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 116-134.
action_date: 2019-10-22
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment. With written report No. 116-134.
action_date: 2019-09-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-335.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-608
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019

 
This bill forbids institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs from restricting students' ability to pursue claims against IHEs in court. In addition, the bill makes mandatory arbitration agreements inapplicable to enrollment agreements between students and IHEs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting JOBs Act

Bill: 116-s-609
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Health personnel
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Protecting Job Opportunities for Borrowers Act or the Protecting JOBs Act

 
This bill prohibits states from suspending, revoking, or denying driver's licenses, teaching licenses, or professional licenses based solely on individuals' default or delinquency on student loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act

Bill: 116-s-610
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Age discrimination
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer credit
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Housing discrimination
Labor-management relations
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act

 
This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-611
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Appropriations
Buy American requirements
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Labor-management relations
Metals
Public contracts and procurement
Public participation and lobbying
Public utilities and utility rates
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Water Affordability, Transparency, Equity, and Reliability Act of 2019

 
This bill provides funding for several programs related to controlling water pollution or protecting drinking water, revises requirements concerning the clean water state revolving fund (SRF) and the drinking water SRF, and creates or reauthorizes several grant programs for water infrastructure. For example, the Environmental Protection Agency must establish a grant program for repairing, replacing, or upgrading septic tanks and drainage fields. In addition, the bill makes permanent a grant program for household water well systems in rural areas. It also increases the amount of appropriations for grant programs, including a program that awards grants to prevent lead from contaminating drinking water fountains in schools and day care facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Saudi Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-612
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Human rights
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Middle East
News media and reporting
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Protest and dissent
Rule of law and government transparency
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Technology transfer and commercialization
Terrorism
Trade agreements and negotiations
Trade restrictions
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Saudi Nuclear Nonproliferation Act of 2019

 
This bill imposes requirements that must be fulfilled before a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia may come into effect. 
 
Before such an agreement may come into effect (1) the President must report to Congress on various topics, including whether Saudi Arabia has been transparent in its investigation into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi; and (2) Congress must enact a joint resolution stating approval of the agreement. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
DEER Act

Bill: 116-s-613
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Agricultural research
Animal and plant health
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mammals
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Detection, Enhanced Education, and Response Act of 2019 or the DEER Act

 
This bill addresses chronic wasting disease, which is a transmissible disease that afflicts deer, elk, and moose populations.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support state efforts to develop and implement chronic wasting disease surveillance, testing, management, and response activities.
 
In addition, USDA must (1) establish a multiagency task force to respond to the disease, and (2) award a grant to a land-grant college or university to establish a policy research center for wildlife diseases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-614
Sponsor: Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animals
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Idaho
Judicial review and appeals
Mammals
Montana
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to remove the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-09
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
State Transportation Flexibility Act

Bill: 116-s-615
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
Public transit
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

State Transportation Flexibility Act 

 
This bill provides flexibility for a state to opt out of the federal-aid highway program.
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement a direct federal-aid highway program that permits a state to (1) waive its right to receive funds under the program, and (2) receive a prorated amount of taxes apportioned to the Highway Trust Fund (other than for the Mass Transit Account); 
 
sets forth responsibilities for states that elect to waive their rights, including that such states must agree to obligate or expend program amounts exclusively for projects that are eligible for surface transportation program funding; and 
 
directs DOT to implement a similar alternative funding program for public transportation programs. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
E-Cigarette Youth Protection Act

Bill: 116-s-616
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

E-Cigarette Youth Protection Act 

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to assess quarterly user fees on manufacturers and importers of electronic nicotine delivery systems (e.g., e-cigarettes or vape pens).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide disaster tax relief, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-617
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2019-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
American Samoa
Business expenses
Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Charitable contributions
Coal
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee benefits and pensions
Energy efficiency and conservation
First responders and emergency personnel
Government trust funds
Guam
Health care costs and insurance
Housing finance and home ownership
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Life, casualty, property insurance
Mammals
Mining
Minority employment
Motor fuels
Natural disasters
Northern Mariana Islands
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Poverty and welfare assistance
Professional sports
Public utilities and utility rates
Railroads
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Sales and excise taxes
Sports and recreation facilities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Television and film
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: 

Tax Extender and Disaster Relief Act of 2019

 
This bill extends certain tax credits and deductions expiring in 2018 and 2019, and provides disaster tax relief, including penalty-free withdrawal of retirement funds for disaster expenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-04
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 28.
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1595-1599)
action_date: 2019-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate