hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3302
Sponsor: Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medicare
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Keep Physicians Serving Patients Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use specified data regarding physician wages and office rent when determining certain geographic adjustment factors for the payment of physician services under Medicare. With respect to such payment, the bill also makes permanent certain minimum adjustments to the work geographic index and extends to all localities certain minimum adjustments to the practice expense index. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-06-18
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: 2019-06-18
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: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening U.S. Olympics Act

Bill: 116-hr-3303
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Athletes
Congressional agencies
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Government studies and investigations
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Olympic games
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex offenses
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Strengthening U.S. Olympics Act

 
This bill establishes within the legislative branch the Commission on the State of U.S. Olympics and Paralympics, which shall study matters relating to the state of U.S. participation in the Olympic and Paralympic games.
 
Such study shall, among other things, include a description of proposed reforms to the structure of the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and assessments of
 
 
whether the board of the USOC includes diverse members, including athletes;
 
 U.S. athlete participation levels in the Olympics and Paralympics; 
 
 whether the U.S. Center for Safe Sport has the necessary fiscal resources and staffing levels to effectively handle reports of bullying, hazing, harassment, and sexual assault and to properly audit and provide oversight of the USOC and National Governing Bodies; and 
 
the finances and the financial organization of the USOC.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for payments to possessions of the United States related to the application of the earned income tax credit in such possessions.

Bill: 116-hr-3307
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Caribbean area
Government information and archives
Guam
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Northern Mariana Islands
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to make payments to specified U.S. possessions (i.e., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa), beginning in 2020 and each calendar year thereafter, for expenditures made by such possessions relating to the earned income tax credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Building STEAM Education Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3308
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Building STEAM Education Act of 2019

 
This bill requires (1) the STEM Education Advisory Panel to consider ways of integrating art and design into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education programs to promote innovation; (2) the National Science Foundation's Math and Science Partnership program to develop a STEM educational curriculum that incorporates art and design to promote creativity and innovation; and (3) teacher institutes for the 21st century, which provide professional development to teachers, to have a component that includes the integration of art and design principles and processes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to report on vulnerabilities from sea level rise to certain military installations located outside the continental United States.

Bill: 116-hr-3309
Sponsor: Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Diego Garcia
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marshall Islands
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Military readiness

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to report to Congress on the vulnerabilities to sea level rise of (1) the Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia, and (2) the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (in the Marshall Islands). The report shall include identification of alternative locations for the continuance of the installations' operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a study on how to improve training and support for local emergency response providers in areas with high concentrations of covered chemical facilities in how to respond to a terrorist attack on a chemical facility.

Bill: 116-hr-3310
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency communications systems
Emergency planning and evacuation
First responders and emergency personnel
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health facilities and institutions
Industrial facilities
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to study how to improve training and support for local emergency response providers in how to respond to a terrorist attack on a chemical facility.
 
The training shall focus on areas with high concentrations of chemical facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
action_date: 2019-06-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
action_date: 2019-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Family Reunification Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3312
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Family Reunification Act of 2019

 
This bill revives an expired program that allows qualified aliens with certain familial or employment ties to the United States to apply for lawful permanent resident status. The deadline for applying for such status shall be five years after the enactment of this bill, where the deadline under current law was April 30, 2001. (Generally, a qualifying alien under the program must be one who (1) entered the United States without inspection or falls into other specified categories, (2) is the beneficiary of a petition for lawful permanent status based on family sponsorship or for performing certain labor where there are not sufficient workers available for such labor, and (3) was physically present in the United States on December 21, 2000.)
 
The bill also prohibits the removal of an alien who (1) has a pending petition for lawful permanent status based on being the spouse or child of a U.S. citizen, and (2) is prima facie eligible for lawful permanent status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Defense Maintenance Data Transparency Act

Bill: 116-hr-3313
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Department of Defense
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Defense Maintenance Data Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to consult with stakeholders to develop guidelines for the acquisition of intellectual property (e.g., technological processes), to include model forms and definitions of key terms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act

Bill: 116-hr-3315
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Food assistance and relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
School administration
Science and engineering education
Special education
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Universal Child Care and Early Learning Act

 
This bill provides funds to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for an affordable child care and early learning program. Children who are at least six weeks of age but not yet required to attend school may participate in the program regardless of family income, disability status, citizenship status, or employment of a family member.
 
Under the program, HHS must support sponsors (e.g., states, local governments, tribal organizations, and nonprofit community organizations) that provide child care and early learning services for families.
 
Families must pay a subsidized fee, based on their income, for the services. The fees are waived for children from families with incomes below 200% of the poverty line. The fees are capped at 7% of a family's income regardless of the family's income level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

Bill: 116-hr-3316
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Building construction
Business investment and capital
Economic development
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Neighborhood Homes Investment Act

 
This bill establishes a new business-related tax credit to finance home building and rehabilitation in neighborhoods that meet certain eligibility criteria relating to poverty rates, income, and home values. The credit is limited to 35% of the lesser of the qualified development cost (i.e., the cost of construction, substantial rehabilitation, demolition, and environmental remediation of residential properties) or 80% of the national median sale price for new homes. The credit applies to single family homes containing four or fewer residential units, condominiums, or houses or apartments owned by cooperative housing corporations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H–2A Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-3319
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aquaculture
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Forests, forestry, trees
Fruit and vegetables
Horticulture and plants
Immigration status and procedures
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Seafood
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act

 
This bill expands the H-2A (temporary agricultural worker) visa program to cover additional types of labor, makes various changes to the program, and provides a safe harbor for errors in nonimmigrant worker visa applications in certain instances.
 
The bill makes H-2A visas available to an alien providing temporary labor that falls within the federal government classification categories for (1) grounds maintenance workers; (2) farming, fishing, and forestry occupations; or (3) forest, conservation, and logging workers. 
 
The bill authorizes joint employers to file a joint petition for an H-2A alien. 
 
The bill allows (1) employers seeking to rehire an H-2A worker to submit a simplified petition, and (2) employers seeking to hire H-2A workers for different time periods during a fiscal year to submit a single petition for such workers. 
 
The Department of Labor shall establish an electronic filing and appeals system for H-2A petitions. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shall communicate electronically with an H-2A employer when USCIS requests evidence from the employer, if the employer asks to do so.
 
An employer who uses a third-party service to apply for a nonimmigrant worker visa shall not be civilly or criminally liable for errors in the application if the employer reasonably believed that the application was accurate and complied with statutory requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Securing the Homeland Security Supply Chain Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3320
Sponsor: Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Public contracts and procurement
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Securing the Homeland Security Supply Chain Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restrict procurement of information technology, telecommunications equipment and services, and related products or services from a vendor that poses a risk to the DHS supply chain. A vendor poses a risk if a malicious actor may manipulate the design, integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, operation, or maintenance of a vendor's covered article.

action_date: 2019-08-27
text: 

Securing the Homeland Security Supply Chain Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to restrict procurement of information technology, telecommunications equipment and services, and related products or services from a vendor that poses a risk to the DHS supply chain. A vendor poses a risk if a malicious actor may manipulate the design, integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, operation, or maintenance of a vendor's covered article.
 
DHS must report to specified congressional committees on cybersecurity threats posed by terrorist actors and foreign state-owned entities to the information technology and communications systems of DHS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-27
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 146.
action_date: 2019-08-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-188.
action_date: 2019-08-27
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 116-188.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2019-07-17
text: Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability Discharged.
action_date: 2019-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
STEM to STEAM Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3321
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Education programs funding
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

STEM to STEAM Act of 2019

 
This bill includes (1) among the purposes for which the National Science Foundation shall award competitive, merit-reviewed grants the support of the integration of art and design in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) educational programs; and (2) among activities supported by such grants the design and testing of programming that integrates art and design in STEM education in order to promote creativity and innovation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
Renew America’s Schools Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-3322
Sponsor: Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2]
Introduced: 2019-06-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Environmental education
Environmental health
Higher education
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: 

Renew America&rsquo;s Schools Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes a program under which the Department of Energy must award grants for energy improvements (e.g., renovations to install energy efficiency or renewable energy technologies, repairs to improve indoor air quality, or purchases of zero-emission vehicles) at public school facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-06-18
text: Introduced in House