hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Supporting Graduate Medical Education at Community Hospitals Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2116
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Supporting Graduate Medical Education at Community Hospitals Act of 

2019

 
This bill revises payment rules under Medicare for graduate medical education (GME) costs with respect to a hospital that establishes a new medical residency training program. 
 
If a hospital has not entered into a GME affiliation agreement, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must establish the hospital's full-time equivalent (FTE) resident amount only after determining that the hospital's medical residency training program trains more than 1.0 FTE resident in a cost reporting period. If a hospital has an approved FTE resident amount that is based on other specified thresholds, the CMS must give the hospital the opportunity to have the amount reestablished when the hospital begins training FTE residents in excess of the applicable threshold. 
 
The bill also establishes similar thresholds for new determinations of certain adjustments to hospital payment limitations regarding FTE residents in allopathic and osteopathic medicine; a hospital that has an adjustment has the opportunity to have it redetermined once the applicable threshold is exceeded. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Huawei Prohibition Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2117
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
China
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Foreign and international corporations
Infrastructure development
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Sanctions
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Huawei Prohibition Act of 2019

 
This bill restricts the Department of Commerce from removing Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei) from the list of entities subject to license requirements for exports. Commerce may remove Huawei from the list only after certifying to Congress that (1) Huawei has neither violated U.S. or U.N. sanctions for five years nor stolen U.S. intellectual property during that time, and (2) Huawei poses no ongoing threat to U.S. telecommunications or infrastructure or the infrastructure of U.S. allies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Defending America’s 5G Future Act

Bill: 116-s-2118
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Asia
China
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Digital media
Foreign and international corporations
Infrastructure development
Legislative rules and procedure
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Technology transfer and commercialization
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Defending America's 5G Future Act

 
This bill prohibits transactions involving the information and communications technology of a foreign adversary when such transactions pose undue risks involving sabotage or subversion, catastrophic effects on critical U.S. infrastructure or the digital economy, or U.S. national-security or foreign-policy interests.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits the removal of Huawei Technology Co. Ltd. (Huawei) from the list of entities subject to certain license requirements for exports and authorizes Congress to disallow any export licenses granted to Huawei or its subsidiaries or affiliates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act

Bill: 116-s-2119
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Employee performance
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Merit Systems Protection Board

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act 

 
This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An 
adverse finding
 is a determination that an employee's conduct violated (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year.
 
The bill requires an agency to issue an order directing an employee to repay a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made, and the agency must allow such employee to repay such bonus using a repayment plan. As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after this bill's enactment, an employee must certify that he or she will repay the bonus in accordance with such an order. 

action_date: 2019-10-24
text: 

Stop Improper Federal Bonuses Act 

 
This bill prohibits a federal agency from awarding a bonus to any employee for five years after the end of a fiscal year in which the agency makes an adverse finding relating to the employee. An 
adverse finding
 is a determination that an employee's conduct violated (1) a policy of the agency for which the employee may be removed or suspended for at least 14 days, or (2) a law for which the employee may be imprisoned for more than one year.
 
The bill requires an agency to issue an order directing an employee to repay a bonus awarded in any year in which an adverse finding is made, and the agency must allow such employee to repay such bonus using a repayment plan. As a condition of receiving a bonus awarded after this bill's enactment, an employee must certify that he or she will repay the bonus in accordance with such an order. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 273.
action_date: 2019-10-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-152.
action_date: 2019-10-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson without amendment. With written report No. 116-152.
action_date: 2019-07-24
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Government Bailout Prevention Act

Bill: 116-s-2120
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Federal Reserve System
Government lending and loan guarantees
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

 

Government Bailout Prevention Act
 
 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to purchase or guarantee obligations of, issue lines of credit to, or provide grants to any state (defined to include the District of Columbia and any U.S. territory or possession), municipal, local, or county government that, on or after January 1, 2019, has defaulted on its obligations, is at risk of defaulting, or has filed for bankruptcy. 
 
The Department of the Treasury is prohibited from using general fund revenues or borrowed funds to purchase or guarantee any asset or obligation of any such state, municipal, local, or county government. 
 
Federal Reserve banks are prohibited from assisting such a state, municipal, local, or county government or other entity with taxing or bonding authority. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2121
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2019-07-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: 

Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act of 2019 

 
This bill prohibits the use of exotic or wild animals in performances of a traveling animal act, such as a circus, carnival, or parade. The prohibition does not apply to zoos, aquariums, research facilities, wildlife sanctuaries, and other entities. The prohibition also does not apply to domestic animals or farm animals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2019-07-15
text: Introduced in Senate
National Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2122
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Contracts and agency
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Floods and storm protection
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Consultant Accountability Act of 2019

 
This bill allows the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to terminate certain contracts under the National Flood Insurance Program on the basis of detrimental conduct to the program by a "covered entity" (an attorney, law firm, consultant, or third-party company that provides certain services under the contract). Specifically, on such basis, FEMA may terminate a contract between a covered entity and a "Write Your Own" company (a property and casualty company that writes and services federal standard flood insurance policies in its own name).
 
FEMA shall establish a process for a covered entity to appeal such a termination.
 
Neither FEMA nor a Write Your Own company is required to make an early-termination payout to a covered entity with respect to a contract terminated under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Break the Higher Education Monopoly Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2123
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

Break the Higher Education Monopoly Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to develop an alternative certification program that allows students to use Pell Grants for enrollment in educational programs that have existed for at least five years and would not otherwise be eligible.
 
The alternative certification program may not require accreditation, state authorization, minimum instructional hours, or minimum classroom time for an educational program to be eligible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Skin in the Game Act

Bill: 116-s-2124
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

Skin in the Game Act

 
This bill requires each institution of higher education (IHE) participating in the federal direct student loan program to pay 50% of any student loan balance that is in default for a loan that was used toward the cost of attendance at such IHE.
 
An IHE may not increase the costs of attendance in order to offset its liability to pay such balances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2125
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Digital media
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Freedom of information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Political advertising
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

Bot Disclosure and Accountability Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires social media providers to establish and implement policies that require their users to publicly disclose the use of any automated software program or process intended to impersonate or replicate human activity (i.e., bots) on the provider&rsquo;s social media website. Social media providers also must establish processes for identifying and removing the online activity of a user or profile making use of an automated software program that intended to impersonate or replicate human activity online and does not comply with the disclosure requirements. 
 
 In addition, political candidates and political parties are prohibited from using automated software programs for public communications and from soliciting, accepting, purchasing, or selling such programs. Further, political committees, corporations, and labor organizations are prohibited from using automated software programs to communicate messages that advocate for the election or defeat of a candidate or in any other electioneering communication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
PROMISE Act

Bill: 116-s-2126
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Congressional oversight
Higher education
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Minority education
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

Promoting Robust Opportunities for Minority Institutions and Strengthening Entrepreneurship Act or the PROMISE Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to report on various aspects of its relationship with historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), including
 
 
 the number of small business development centers located at HBCUs,
 
the number of women's business centers and Veteran Business Outreach Centers that have partnerships with HBCUs, and
 
the number of hours of training and education provided by a program overseen by the Office of Entrepreneurial Development of the SBA to students and graduates of HBCUs.
 
 
In addition, the SBA is directed to promote entrepreneurship and small business opportunities at HBCUs by conducting outreach and providing access to programs, resources, and opportunities offered by the SBA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act

Bill: 116-s-2127
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Small business
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

Research Advancing to Market Production for Innovators Act

 
This bill provides commercialization services for federally funded small business research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) expedites the application and award process for SBIR proposals and STTR solicitations, (2) requires determinations of commercialization potential for projects undertaken through SBIR and STTR awards, (3) provides continued flexibility of technical and business assistance for SBIR and STTR awardees, (4) instructs participating federal agencies to designate a technology commercialization official to help awardees commercialize, and (5) requires the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Patent Office to reach an interagency agreement to help SBIR and STTR awardees with intellectual property protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2128
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Consumer credit
Homeland security
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

National Guard and Reservists Debt Relief Extension Act of 2019

 
This bill extends for an additional four years the exemption from the means test under Chapter 7 bankruptcy for qualifying members of an Armed Forces reserve component or the National Guard. Currently, the exemption expires on December 19, 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to develop best practices for incorporating resilience into emergency relief projects, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-2129
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Government information and archives
Natural disasters
Roads and highways
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to (1) revise the emergency relief manual of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), including by incorporating resilience into its emergency relief program; (2) develop best practices for improving the use of resilience in the program; (3) provide information on such best practices to the FHWA and states; and (4) develop and implement a process to track the consideration of resilience as part of emergency relief efforts and the costs of emergency relief products. (The emergency relief program provides funds for emergency and permanent repairs on federal-aid highways and roads that have suffered serious damage because of a natural disaster or catastrophic failure from an external cause.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Pay for Team USA Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-2130
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Olympic games
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

Equal Pay for Team USA Act of 2019

 
This bill requires that all athletes representing the United States in international amateur athletic competitions receive equal compensation and benefits for their work, regardless of gender.
 
Each national governing body for a sport must report annually on compliance with this requirement. 
 
The bill requires full compliance by January 31, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Investment to Grow Manufacturing in America Act

Bill: 116-s-2131
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2019-07-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business education
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Manufacturing
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Small Business Administration
Small business
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
User charges and fees
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: 

Strengthening Investment to Grow Manufacturing in America Act

 
This bill provides incentives, investment, and resources for U.S. small manufacturers.
 
Specifically, the bill increases the maximum loan guarantee rate for Small Business Association (SBA) loans to manufacturers, and it increases the limit for loans to be used for plant acquisition, construction, conversion, and expansion.
 
The bill also eliminates guarantee fees paid by small manufacturers for loans under $350,000 and reduces the fees on loans over that amount. For acquisition and construction loans, the bill reduces the financing requirement for small manufacturers and increases the allowable debt refinancing for facility expansions. Small manufacturers are further authorized to lease a greater percentage of their facility to obtain financing.
 
In addition, the bill authorizes discount debentures to manufacturers and provides leverage capacity in the Small Business Investment Company program for investments in small manufacturers (1) in low or moderate income areas, rural areas, or areas of high unemployment; or (2) that are veteran-, minority-, or women-owned, have demonstrated employment growth, or are vital to national security.
 
The bill further directs the SBA to use its existing resources to provide training and education to small manufacturers on how to navigate application processes for receiving assistance from SBA programs. Lastly, the bill directs the SBA to ensure its business loan programs provide adequate support for innovative technologies in manufacturing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2019-07-16
text: Introduced in Senate