hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
AIR Safety Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3413
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Fires
Government studies and investigations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 

Aerial Incursion Repercussion Safety Act of 2020 or the AIR Safety Act of 2020

 
This bill directs the Forest Service to study the effects of drone incursions on wildfire suppression concerning lands managed by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal and Family Care Act

Bill: 116-s-3415
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child care and development
Civil actions and liability
Congressional agencies
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Department of Labor
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Labor-management relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Sex offenses
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 

Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal and Family Care Act

 This bill expands the availability of paid sick time by requiring employers with at least one employee to provide a minimum amount of accrued paid sick time per work week and additional paid sick time in the event of a public-health emergency such as the coronavirus (i.e., the virus that causes COVID-19).

Specifically, the bill requires employers to grant at least 1 hour of accrued paid sick time to each employee for every 30 hours worked, up to a minimum of 56 hours, or 7 days, of paid sick time per year. Accrued paid sick time may be used for, among other reasons, an absence from work that is taken (1) due to a medical condition or illness or for the diagnosis, care, or prevention thereof; (2) to care for a child, spouse, domestic partner, parent, or other close relative with a medical condition or illness, or for the diagnosis or prevention thereof; (3) during a public-health emergency when the employee's workplace has been closed or the employee has been exposed to a communicable disease and may pose a risk to others; or (4) to care for a child or close relative during such public-health emergency, if such relative has been exposed to a communicable disease or the child's school has been closed.

Further, employees are immediately entitled to up to 14 days of additional paid sick time if a public-health emergency is declared. This additional paid sick time may be used during the public-health emergency for the same purposes as accrued paid sick time. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3416
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2020-03-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: 

Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2020

 
This bill reauthorizes the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for another five years. The CFATS program regulates high-risk chemical facilities to reduce the risk of terrorist attacks.
 
Among other requirements, DHS must
 
 
 issue a strategy to improve the cybersecurity of chemical facilities and the sharing of information with local emergency responders;
 
prescribe regulations to establish the CFATS Recognition Program to enhance security of chemical facilities and provide incentives for greater regulatory relief;
 
conduct a review every two years of audits and inspections and develop an official standard to evaluate the consistency of such audits and inspections; 
 
implement a Personnel Surety Program with respect to Tier 3 and Tier 4 facilities (currently, limited to Tier 1 [highest risk] and Tier 2);
 
make information available to state, local, and regional fusion centers and state and local government officials, in a secure and expeditious manner; and 
 
implement a system under which an owner or operator of a chemical facility may request an informal consultation relating to a preliminary deficiency determination.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-05
text: Introduced in Senate
INFORM Act

Bill: 116-s-3417
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 

Information Needed for Financial Options Risk Mitigation or the INFORM Act

 
This bill requires pension plan sponsors to provide certain information to participants and beneficiaries when the sponsor makes an offer to pay the plan's lifetime annuity as a lump sum. This includes the relative value of the lump sum option compared to the lifetime annuity and the general tax rules for accepting such lump sum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
SALE Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3419
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 

Securing All Livestock Equitably Act of 2020 or the
 
SALE Act of 2020

 
This bill requires all livestock purchased by a dealer in cash sales and all inventories of, or receivables or proceeds from, such livestock to be held by the dealer in a trust until all unpaid cash sellers of the livestock have been paid.
 
The bill exempts from the requirement any dealer whose average annual purchases of livestock do not exceed $100,000.
 
The bill also specifies requirements regarding enforcement, preserving a trust, notifying lien holders, and purchasing or transferring livestock that is subject to a trust.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
USA FREEDOM Extension and Amici Curiae Reform Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3420
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Evidence and witnesses
First Amendment rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Judicial review and appeals
Specialized courts
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 

USA FREEDOM Extension and Amici Curiae Reform Act of 2020

 
This bill expands the role and authority of amici curiae (outside parties appointed to assist courts in deciding certain cases) in proceedings before courts established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA). The bill also extends certain FISA-authorized investigative powers, including the power to access certain business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, to June 19, 2020.
 
The bill expands the circumstances under which a FISA court shall appoint an amicus, such as when a case involves (1) a significant First Amendment issue, or (2) a request for approval of a new program or technology. Currently, the statute directs a FISA court to appoint an amicus only when a case involves a novel or significant interpretation of the law.
 
Under the bill, an amicus may (1) raise any issue at any time even if the court did not request assistance on that issue, (2) access un-redacted copies of relevant FISA court documents and related information, and (3) petition the FISA Court of Review or the Supreme Court to review a decision by a FISA-authorized court. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3421
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Business records
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial review and appeals
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Specialized courts
Telephone and wireless communication
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 

USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies provisions related to foreign intelligence surveillance. Among other things, the bill (1) repeals authorities providing for ongoing access to call detail records; (2) requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to decide whether to declassify a significant Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decision within 180 days of the decision; and (3) requires government officers to disclose all relevant information, including any exculpatory information, when applying for a court order under certain foreign surveillance authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 54, United States Code, to establish, fund, and provide for the use of amounts in a National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to address the maintenance backlog of the National Park Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Indian Education, and to provide permanent, dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3422
Sponsor: Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]
Introduced: 2020-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Coal
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Department of the Interior
Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Energy revenues and royalties
Executive agency funding and structure
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hunting and fishing
Indian social and development programs
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Minority education
Oil and gas
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public-private cooperation
Securities
Transportation programs funding
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: 

Great American Outdoors Act

 
This bill establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund to support deferred maintenance projects on federal lands. 
 
For FY2021-FY2025, there shall be deposited into the fund an amount equal to 50% of all federal revenues from the development of oil, gas, coal, or alternative or renewable energy on federal lands and waters. Deposited amounts must not exceed $1.9 billion for any fiscal year. 
 
The fund must be used for priority deferred maintenance projects in specified systems that are administered by
 
 
the National Park Service, 
 
the Forest Service, 
 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
 
the Bureau of Land Management, and 
 
the Bureau of Indian Education. 

 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the effect of the fund in reducing the backlog of priority deferred maintenance projects for the specified agencies. 
 
Additionally, the bill makes funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) permanent. The President shall annually report to Congress specified details regarding the allocation of funds to the LWCF. Congress may provide for alternate allocations using specified procedures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2020-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Joint Committee on the Library, in accordance with section 1831 of the Revised Statutes, to accept a statue depicting Harriet Tubman from the Harriet Tubman Statue Commission of Maryland and display the statue in a prominent location in the Capitol.

Bill: 116-s-3423
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional tributes
Maryland
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 
This bill directs the Joint Committee on the Library to accept from the Harriet Tubman Statue Commission of Maryland the donation of a statue of Harriet Tubman, which the Architect of the Capitol shall place in a prominent, permanent location in the U.S. Capitol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
End Outsourcing Act

Bill: 116-s-3425
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. territories and protectorates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

End Outsourcing Act

 
This bill addresses the outsourcing (transfer) of jobs and companies from the United States to low-tax foreign jurisdictions.
 
The bill (1) requires employers to include an outsourcing statement in worker adjustment and retraining notices; (2) denies employers a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses, including license fees and equipment installation costs; (3) allows a tax credit for similar insourcing expenses; (4) denies employers the use of certain favorable accounting methods and a deduction for interest paid on indebtedness; and (5) requires the recapture of certain tax credit amounts allowed to outsourcing employers. 
 
The bill authorizes federal contracting officers to take the outsourcing of jobs from the United States into account in awarding contracts and grants and extending loans and loan guarantees to corporations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Anticompetitive Exclusionary Conduct Prevention Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3426
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

Anticompetitive Exclusionary Conduct Prevention Act of 2020

 
This bill prohibits a business from engaging in conduct that materially disadvantages or limits the opportunity of its competitors in an economic market.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act

Bill: 116-s-3427
Sponsor: Sen. McSally, Martha [R-AZ]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Digital media
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

Modernizing Access to Our Public Land Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to jointly develop and adopt interagency standards to ensure compatibility and interoperability among federal databases for the collection and dissemination of outdoor recreation data related to federal lands.
 
Interior, the Forest Service, and the Corps of Engineers must digitize and publish geographic information system mapping data that includes
 
 
federal interests, including easements and rights-of-way, in private land;
 
status information as to whether roads and trails are open or closed; 
 
the dates on which roads and trails are seasonally opened and closed; 
 
the types of vehicles that are allowed on each segment of roads and trails; 
 
the boundaries of areas where hunting or recreational shooting is regulated or closed; and 
 
the boundaries of any portion of a body of water that is closed to entry, is closed to watercraft, or has horsepower limitations for watercraft.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-09-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-380.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act

Bill: 116-s-3428
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Commuting
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Temporary and part-time employment
Transportation costs
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

Telework Metrics and Cost Savings Act

 
This bill requires a federal agency's telework policy to include information on (1) annual goals for increasing the telework participation rate, and (2) methods for collecting data related to cost savings achieved through telework.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Farmer Driven Conservation Outcomes Act of 2020

Bill: 116-s-3429
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2020-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: 

Farmer Driven Conservation Outcomes Act of 2020

 
This bill modifies the authority of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) with respect to strategic assessment and planning for the conservation, protection, and enhancement of soil, water, and related natural resources.
 
USDA may establish a conservation effects assessment project to
 
 
quantify the environmental and economic effects of conservation practices,
 
develop the science base for managing the agricultural landscape for environmental quality and sustainable productive capacity, and
 
improve the efficacy of conservation practices and programs by evaluating conservation effects.
 
 
USDA must establish a goals and assessment process for conservation programs that includes (1) the identification of natural resource and environmental objectives, outcomes, and results for the programs; (2) assessments of the resulting changes in the status and conditions of natural resources and the environment; and (3) a monitoring and evaluation process for the programs and initiatives.
 
In implementing the monitoring and evaluation process, USDA must use certain funds provided for conservation programs and establish a National Technical Committee.
 
The bill also sets forth reporting requirements regarding the progress conservation programs have made in achieving the objectives and outcomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2020-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate