hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3253
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-02-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Business education
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: 

Innovators to Entrepreneurs Act of 2020

 
This bill expands eligibility for the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program and requires development of an I-Corps course to support commercialization-ready participants.
 
 The bill requires the National Science Foundation (NSF) to allow grantees of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and other entities to participate in I-Corps courses. The cost of participation by such a grantee in a course may be furnished
 
 
through I-Corps Teams grants,
 
through funds awarded to grantees under the SBIR Program or the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program,
 
by the grantor federal agency using funds set aside for the SBIR and STTR Programs, or 
 
by the participating teams.
 
 
The NSF shall develop an I-Corps course, to be offered by I-Corps regional nodes, to support commercialization-ready participants. The course shall support participants that have completed an I-Corps course and participants that have made the decision to market an innovation.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report on the I-Corps Program, including by assessing the effects of the I-Corps on the commercialization of federally funded research and development, the higher education system, regional economies, and the national economy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2020-02-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

Bill: 116-s-3255
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Federal preemption
Labor-management relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: 

Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

 
This bill provides authorization for labor agreements to require membership in a labor organization as a condition of employment regardless of state law (thus preempting state laws that prohibit such agreements).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Schedules That Work Act

Bill: 116-s-3256
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2020-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Child care and development
Civil actions and liability
Department of Labor
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Family relationships
Food industry and services
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government information and archives
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Library of Congress
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Retail and wholesale trades
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: 

Schedules That Work Act
 

 This bill provides employees with the right to request changes to their work schedules related to the number of hours they are required to work or be on call, the location of the work, the amount of notification about work schedule assignments, and fluctuations in work hours. 
 
 Employers must negotiate in good faith with employees who make such requests and comply with certain work schedule notice and split shift pay requirements for retail, food service, cleaning, hospitality, or warehouse employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, as the "Einar 'Sarge' H. Ingman, Jr. Post Office Building".

Bill: 116-s-3257
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2020-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, as the "Einar 'Sarge' H. Ingman, Jr. Post Office Building."
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: 
Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 311 West Wisconsin Avenue in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, as the "Einar 'Sarge' H. Ingman, Jr. Post Office Building."


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Became Public Law No: 116-264.
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Became Public Law No: 116-264.
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-30
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-21
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7137)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7137)
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Ms. Kelly (IL) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2020-12-10
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7137)
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2020-11-19
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7081; text: CR S7081)
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7081; text: CR S7081)
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 443.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-03-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2020-03-11
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 116-264
SHIPS Implementation Act

Bill: 116-s-3258
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2020-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: 

Securing the Homeland by Increasing our Power on the Seas Implementation Act or SHIPS Implementation Act

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Navy to procure specified amphibious ships, submarines, and fleet oilers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

Bill: 116-s-3259
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2020-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Abortion
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
Multilateral development programs
Public participation and lobbying
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: 

Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for purposes outside the United States related to abortion.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits funding to certain foreign or domestic organizations that perform or promote abortions, furnish or develop items intended to procure abortions, or provide financial support for an entity that conducts such activities.
 
Current U.S. policy prohibits the provision of federal funds to a foreign nongovernmental organization unless it agrees to not perform or actively promote abortions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3703 North Main Street in Farmville, North Carolina, as the "Walter B. Jones, Jr. Post Office".

Bill: 116-s-3260
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
North Carolina
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3703 North Main Street in Farmville, North Carolina, as the "Walter B. Jones, Jr. Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Homecare for Seniors Act

Bill: 116-s-3261
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2020-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Health care costs and insurance
Health promotion and preventive care
Home and outpatient care
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: 

Homecare for Seniors Act 

 
This bill allows tax-exempt distributions from health savings accounts (HSAs) to be used for qualified home care. 
 

Qualified home care
 includes a contract to provide three or more of the following services in the residence of the service recipient
 
 
 assistance with eating, 
 
 assistance with toileting,
 
 assistance with transferring,
 
 assistance with bathing, 
 
assistance with dressing, 
 
 assistance with continence, and 
 
 medication adherence. 
 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must carry out a campaign to increase public awareness of the in-home service expenses that are eligible for tax-free distribution from HSAs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
True Reciprocity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3262
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2020-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Free trade and trade barriers
International organizations and cooperation
News media and reporting
Sanctions
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Trade agreements and negotiations
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: 

True Reciprocity Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Department of State to report to Congress on how China's government creates barriers to the work of U.S. diplomats, officials, journalists, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations in China. The report shall include assessments of (1) the impact of Chinese government sanctions on U.S. nonprofit organizations, and (2) the Chinese government's treatment of U.S. citizens and whether such treatments adhere to international agreements related to due process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2020-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3264
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public participation and lobbying
Rural conditions and development
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

Bridging the Tribal Digital Divide Act of 2020

 
This bill establishes an interagency coordination program for tribal access to broadband service and further expands broadband access on tribal land, including by setting aside certain funds for its deployment and establishing a pilot program for tribes to grant rights-of-way for the construction, maintenance, and facilitation of broadband service on their land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-11-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2020-09-23
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-359.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Weir Farm National Historical Park Redesignation Act

Bill: 116-s-3265
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Connecticut
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

Weir Farm National Historical Park Redesignation Act

 
This bill redesignates the Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut as the Weir Farm National Historical Park. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-04
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-367.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3266
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act of 2020

 
This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance. Specifically, the bill adjusts the type of service that entitles a member of the Armed Forces, reserves, or National Guard to such assistance. Under the bill, service by a reservist or National Guard member that is entitled to pay counts toward benefit eligibility. Such service includes training, active military service, inactive training, and general duty for which basic pay is warranted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
MAKE CENTS Act

Bill: 116-s-3267
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Senate
State and local government operations
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

Making Americans Know about Excessive spending through Commonsense Efforts to Notice and Target Shenanigans Act or the MAKE CENTS Act

 
This bill modifies the federal budget process to add reporting requirements, limit spending at the end of a fiscal year, and impose penalties on Congress for failing to approve a budget resolution or the annual appropriations bills on a timely basis. 
 
Among other changes, the bill
 
 
requires federal agencies to report annually to Congress regarding federally funded projects that are more than five years behind schedule or have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate for the project;
 
requires recipients of federal funding to disclose specified details regarding the cost to the federal government and nongovernmental sources;
 
prohibits an executive agency from spending more in the last 2 months of a fiscal year than the agency's average monthly spending for the previous 10 months;
 
prohibits Members of Congress from being paid in a fiscal year until both chambers approve the budget resolution and pass all of the regular appropriations bills for that fiscal year; and
 
limits congressional recesses, adjournments, and travel if Congress has not completed work on a budget resolution and the annual appropriations bills by certain deadlines. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Determining Election Blunders And Correcting Logical Errors Act

Bill: 116-s-3268
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government studies and investigations
Iowa
Political parties and affiliation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

Determining Election Blunders And Correcting Logical Errors Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on the 2020 Iowa caucuses. The GAO must study topics including cyber vulnerabilities in election technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Economy Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3269
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Ecology
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Farmland
Forests, forestry, trees
Industrial facilities
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Minority education
Minority employment
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Research and development
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

Clean Economy Act of 2020 

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt and implement a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the United States with the goal of net zero emissions by 2050. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
2020 ESOP Fairness Act

Bill: 116-s-3270
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

2020 ESOP Fairness Act

 
This bill allows certain over-the-counter securities to be treated as publicly traded employer securities for purposes of the diversification requirements for employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act

Bill: 116-s-3271
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 

Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act

 
This bill limits which orphan drugs may be granted a market exclusivity period by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (Generally, an orphan drug is one that is not economically viable because of the rarity of the disease that it treats; the sponsor of an FDA-designated orphan drug may be granted various incentives, such as a seven-year period in which the FDA may not grant market approval to a different sponsor for the same drug to treat the same disease.)
 
Specifically, when determining whether to grant an exclusivity period to a drug that has orphan status due to low expected sales, the FDA must consider the sales of all drugs from the sponsor that are covered by the same orphan drug designation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a safe to report policy relating to alleged instances of sexual assault involving members of the Armed Forces.

Bill: 116-s-3272
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2020-02-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Defense
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Military education and training
Military law
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to establish a safe-to-report policy for members of the Armed Forces (including members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces) and cadets and midshipmen at the military service academies.
 
The policy must generally allow an alleged victim of sexual assault to report the assault without fear or receipt of discipline for minor collateral misconduct.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Introduced in Senate