hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
SENIOR CARE Act

Bill: 116-hr-5429
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2019-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: 

Supporting and Empowering the Nation to Improve Outcomes that Reaffirm Careers, Activities, and Recreation for the Elderly Act or the SENIOR CARE Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for the Medicaid Ticket to Work Program to include individuals who are 65 years of age or older. (Under the current program, states may establish a Medicaid buy-in option for working individuals with disabilities whose income exceeds the customary limits and who are between the ages of 16 and 64.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Introduced in House
FAA Family and Medical Leave Act

Bill: 116-hr-5431
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2019-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: 

FAA Family and Medical Leave Act 

 
This bill revises the personnel management system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide FAA employees the same family and medical leave benefits as other federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1588)
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Medical Education for a Diverse America Act

Bill: 116-hr-5432
Sponsor: Rep. Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie [D-FL-26]
Introduced: 2019-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: 

Medical Education for a Diverse America Act

 
This bill requires time spent by medical residents in certain cultural training to count towards a determination of a hospital's number of full-time equivalent residents for purposes of graduate medical education payments under Medicare. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2019-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in Executive Branch Official Finances Act

Bill: 116-hr-5433
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2019-12-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Intellectual property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: 

Transparency in Executive Branch Official Finances Act

 
This bill establishes disclosure requirements for the President, Vice President, and senior government officials, and it establishes penalties for political appointees who engage in certain conduct.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the President and Vice President, and any candidate for such offices, to disclose their federal income tax returns for the previous five years. The Office of Government Ethics must publish such tax returns after making redactions to prevent identity theft or physical danger.
 
In addition, the bill requires senior government officials to make certain disclosures with respect to (1) any foreign business relationship, and (2) any ownership interest of at least 10% of the outstanding shares in a private enterprise or corporation or any intellectual property protected or enforced by a foreign country.
 
Further, the bill establishes penalties for any political appointee who solicits or receives a payment from a foreign-owned business, organization affiliated with a foreign-owned business or foreign government, or a foreign national. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-13
text: Introduced in House
RPM Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5434
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor vehicles
Professional sports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 

Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2019 or the RPM Act of 2019

 
This bill authorizes the modification of a vehicle's air emission controls for vehicles that are not legal for operation on a street or highway and are used solely for competition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, with respect to enforcement of animal fighting ventures prohibition in the territories, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-5436
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Economic performance and conditions
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 
This bill delays the implementation of a ban on sponsoring or exhibiting live birds in fighting ventures (e.g., cockfights) in states and U.S. territories and possessions that do not ban such fights. In addition, the Department of Agriculture must analyze the impacts of the ban on U.S. territories and possessions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Boosting America’s Exports Act

Bill: 116-hr-5437
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 

Boosting America's Exports Act

 
This bill establishes measures to promote exports by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
 
 Specifically, the bill requires the International Trade Administration (ITA) to assess the location of and services provided by U.S. Export Assistance Centers in relation to the location of SMEs that export U.S. products and services. The ITA shall then issue a report identifying (1) centers that serve a comparatively high number of SMEs, and (2) locations where a center should be established. Further, the ITA shall implement the changes recommended in such report and may establish up to 30 new centers based on the report.
 
In addition, the ITA shall take necessary steps, through actions by the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, to increase exports by SMEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
End Valley Fever Now Act

Bill: 116-hr-5438
Sponsor: Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicaid
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 

End Valley Fever Now Act

 
 This bill provides various supports to address the occurrence of valley fever, which is an infection caused by the fungus Coccidioides that is commonly found in the southwestern United States as well as parts of Mexico, Central America, and South America. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-16
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: 2019-12-16
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: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Expansion Act

Bill: 116-hr-5439
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement officers
Railroads
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 

Law Enforcement Officers Safety Expansion Act

 
This bill permits an active or retired state railroad police officer to carry a concealed firearm. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Remembering the Life of Kyle Poteat Act

Bill: 116-hr-5440
Sponsor: Rep. Meadows, Mark [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 

Remembering the Life of Kyle Poteat Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to award grants for a period of three years to eligible entities for the provision of post-traumatic stress disorder prevention services to veterans. Under the bill, eligible entities include tribally designated housing entities, community-based organizations, and other private entities that meet certain requirements. 
 
Entities must submit an application to receive financial assistance that includes a description of the services they propose to provide, among other elements. 
 
The bill requires the VA to equitably distribute grants across geographic regions and areas with the most need. Additionally, the VA shall give preference to entities that are experienced in providing post-traumatic stress disorder prevention services. 
 
Entities receiving funding must notify service recipients that funding is wholly or partially from the VA.
 
The bill also expands VA patient advocate responsibilities by requiring them to share specified information with a family member who is a caregiver of a veteran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the funding authorization sunset and the total funding cap for the Essex National Heritage Area.

Bill: 116-hr-5441
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Massachusetts

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 
This bill permanently extends the authority of the Department of the Interior to make grants and provide other assistance for the Essex National Heritage Area in Massachusetts. 
 
The bill also repeals the limitation on the total amount of funding that may be appropriated for the heritage area. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Lowest Price for Patients Act

Bill: 116-hr-5442
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Inflation and prices
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 

Lowest Price for Patients Act

 
This bill requires pharmacies to disclose to consumers when dispensing a prescription drug (1) the cost of the drug under the consumer's insurance plan, and (2) the cost of the drug without using their plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-16
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: 2019-12-16
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: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Isaiah Baker and Margie Harris-Austin Act

Bill: 116-hr-5443
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2019-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: 

Isaiah Baker and Margie Harris-Austin Act

 
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover certain home- and community-based services, self-directed personal assistance services, and home- and community-based attendant services that are provided in acute care hospitals. The bill specifies, among other criteria, that such services may not be duplicative of, or serve as a substitute for, necessary or obligatory hospital services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Lower Insulin Costs Now Act

Bill: 116-hr-5444
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Biological and life sciences
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 
 

Lower Insulin Costs Now Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to continue to review applications for certain biological products under an earlier review process, notwithstanding recent FDA guidance. (A 2009 law established a new procedure for approving biological products but allowed certain products in an already approved product class to receive approval under the earlier procedure until March 23, 2020; subsequently, in December 2018, the FDA issued guidance stating that an application filed under the earlier procedure that is not approved by March, 23, 2020, will not be approved.)
 
The bill requires the FDA to continue reviewing an application filed not later than March 23, 2019, under the earlier procedure, even if it was not approved as of March 23, 2020. 
 
Such an application not approved after October 1, 2022, shall be deemed withdrawn. 
 
Such an approved application shall be deemed a biological product license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Critical Infrastructure Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5445
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental regulatory procedures
Mammals
Public utilities and utility rates
Water storage
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Critical Infrastructure Act of 2019

 
This bill (1) requires specified power administrations to disclose all estimated costs and factors affecting total power costs, such as costs for complying with environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife, (2) prohibits the Department of the Interior from designating critical habitat in certain water infrastructure areas, and (3) provides exemptions from environmental review requirements for certain electrical power projects or construction projects that may affect prairie dogs.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Bonneville Power Administration, the Western Area Power Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, and the Southeastern Power Administration to include in monthly billing statements sent to each customer estimates of all costs and factors affecting total power costs. The estimates must include the customer's share of such administration's costs for compliance with any relevant federal environmental laws impacting the conservation of fish and wildlife. 
 
Each administration must report each year on (1) all estimated costs and factors affecting total power costs, including estimates of its total compliance costs; and (2) sources of replacement power.
 
The bill prohibits Interior from designating critical habitat for endangered or threatened species in certain water storage, diversion, or delivery facilities.
 
In addition, the bill exempts projects to install or maintain electrical transmission poles or power lines from environmental review requirements. The bill also exempts from such review construction projects that include buffer areas if the projects would otherwise only require an environmental assessment because of the presence of prairie dogs in such buffer areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-01-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act

Bill: 116-hr-5446
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Executive agency funding and structure
Social Security Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 

Improving Social Security's Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act 
 
This bill requires the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. The single point of contact must track the individual's case to completion and coordinate with other specialized units to resolve case issues as quickly as possible. 
 
 
 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide certain veterans with nonarticulating trailers in furnishing adaptive equipment to veterans.

Bill: 116-hr-5447
Sponsor: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2019-12-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Motor vehicles
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide non-articulating trailers (adaptive equipment) to veterans with specified disabilities or diseases incurred or aggravated due to their military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-17
text: Introduced in House