hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Cents for Sense Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4383
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Cents for Sense Act of 2019

 
This bill establishes the Traveler's Border Protection Fund and directs the Transportation Security Administration to transfer unclaimed money recovered at airport security checkpoints into the fund. The fund shall be available only to the Department of Homeland Security for the construction or maintenance of a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4384
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Interest, dividends, interest rates

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

 

Community Bank Deposit Access Act of 2019

 
This bill specifies that certain custodial deposits shall not be considered to be brokered deposits, which are subject to additional regulatory requirements, including those related to liquidity. The bill generally defines a custodial deposit as a deposit made by a certain entity serving as an agent, trustee, or custodian at an insured depository institution for the purpose of providing deposit insurance for the benefit of a third party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Small Refinery Exemption Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4385
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor fuels
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Small Refinery Exemption Fairness Act of 2019

 
This bill revises requirements under the renewable fuel program to adjust the renewable fuel obligation to account for the full volume of gasoline and diesel produced by exempted small refineries of crude oil. The renewable fuel program requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Wait Act

Bill: 116-hr-4386
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Medical research
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Stop the Wait Act

 
This bill eliminates the 5-month waiting period that applies to the payment of certain Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits for workers and surviving spouses and the 24-month waiting period that applies to Medicare coverage for workers who are eligible for SSDI benefits. 
 
In addition, the National Academy of Medicine must study disabling conditions that can be delayed or prevented if individuals access health care services and coverage before the condition reaches disability levels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4388
Sponsor: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Health programs administration and funding
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Human Trafficking and Exploitation Prevention Training Act of 2019

 
 This bill requires the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families to award grants to nonprofits, state agencies, elementary and secondary schools for demonstration projects to train students, teachers, and school personnel how to better understand, recognize, prevent, and respond to human trafficking and the exploitation of children and youth.
 
 Such projects also must collect data about the number of human trafficking survivors served and develop procedures to coordinate with law enforcement and appropriate social service organizations. The OTIP must consult with the appropriate agencies to determine and prioritize funding for geographic areas with the highest prevalence of human trafficking and largest underserved youth populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
SPELL Act

Bill: 116-hr-4389
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Supporting Providers of English Language Learning Act or the SPELL Act

 
This bill allows teachers of English language learners to take advantage of certain student loan forgiveness and loan cancellation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Removing Marijuana from Deportable Offenses Act

Bill: 116-hr-4390
Sponsor: Rep. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Removing Marijuana from Deportable Offenses Act

 
This bill removes offenses involving the use, possession, or distribution of marijuana from the list of crimes that could render an alien inadmissible into the United States or deportable. An alien previously denied a visa for such marijuana-related activities may reapply for a visa, and an alien previously deported for such activities shall be readmitted into the United States if not otherwise inadmissible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
PSLF Modernization Act

Bill: 116-hr-4391
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Modernization Act or the PSLF Modernization Act

 
This bill revises provisions related to the public service loan forgiveness program.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to establish a comprehensive database identifying each qualified public service employer and each position offered by such employer that is a public service job. ED must also establish a process whereby an employer may submit a certification that it is a qualified public service employer.
 
In addition, the bill prohibits ED from requiring a borrower to apply for and be denied loan cancellation pursuant to the public service loan forgiveness program as a condition of eligibility for loan forgiveness under the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. ED must also develop and make publicly available an online tool where borrowers may learn more about the expanded program, determine their eligibility for forgiveness, and identify any requirements for participation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Allowing for the Safe Return of Rohingyas to Burma Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4392
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Burma
Citizenship and naturalization
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Allowing for the Safe Return of Rohingyas to Burma Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the President to withdraw duty-free treatment from Burma (Myanmar) and prohibits the President from reinstating such treatment without certifying that Burma (1) allows the safe, voluntary, and dignified return of Rohingya refugees; (2) has taken steps to provide Burmese citizenship to such Rohingya refugees; and (3) has addressed the root causes of the crisis in the Rakhine State.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

Bill: 116-hr-4393
Sponsor: Rep. Swalwell, Eric [D-CA-15]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Birth defects
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Medicaid
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Neurological disorders
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Advancing Access to Precision Medicine Act

 
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to cover DNA sequencing clinical services for certain individuals. 
 
Specifically, states may cover such services for individuals under the age of 21 (or a lower age, if the state chooses) and for former foster youth under the age of 26 who (1) have been referred or admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit and seen by a medical specialist for a chronic or undiagnosed disease, and (2) are suspected by a medical specialist to have a pediatric-onset genetic disease. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to assist states in developing plans to cover such services. 
 
Additionally, the National Academy of Medicine must study the effects of genetic and genomic testing and ways to expand health insurance coverage of such services, including under Medicare and Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Flores Agreement Act

Bill: 116-hr-4394
Sponsor: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2019-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: 

Protecting Flores Agreement Act

 
This bill prohibits federal funds from being used to violate a 1997 agreement, which is commonly known as the Flores settlement agreement and imposes requirements related to the treatment of detained alien minors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-18
text: Introduced in House
Clean Slate through Consolidation Act

Bill: 116-hr-4395
Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Consumer credit
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Clean Slate through Consolidation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to have a record of default removed from a borrower's credit history in certain circumstances. 
 
Specifically, when a borrower obtains a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan discharging the borrower's liability on a defaulted student loan, ED must request a consumer reporting agency remove the record of default from the borrower's credit history.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Clean Slate through Repayment Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4396
Sponsor: Rep. Mucarsel-Powell, Debbie [D-FL-26]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business records
Consumer credit
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Clean Slate through Repayment Act of 2019

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to have a record of default removed from a borrower's credit history in certain circumstances.
 
Specifically, when a borrower repays in full the amount due on a defaulted student loan, ED must request a consumer reporting agency remove the record of default from the borrower's credit history. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Direct CARE Opportunity Act

Bill: 116-hr-4397
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Allied health services
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Labor market
Medical education
Performance measurement
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Direct Creation, Advancement, and Retention of Employment Opportunity Act or the Direct CARE Opportunity Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to recruit, retain, or provide advancement opportunities to direct care workers. The term "direct care worker" includes home health aides, psychiatric aides, nursing assistants, and personal care aides who assist seniors and persons with disabilities in their homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4398
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Health care costs and insurance
Inflation and prices
Intellectual property
Judicial review and appeals
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2019

 
 This bill prohibits product hopping by drug manufacturers. Product hopping is presumed when a drug manufacturer engages is a 
hard switch
 or a 
soft switch
. A hard switch occurs when, after a manufacturer receives notice of an application for a generic drugs, either, (1) the manufacturer obtains removal of a drug from the Food and Drug Administration&rsquo;s approved drug list or the drug is moved to the discontinued products list, and the manufacturer markets or sells a follow-on product; or (2) a manufacturer announces the withdrawal or discontinuance of a listed drug, or the manufacturer destroys the inventory of a listed drug in a manner that impedes generic drug competitors, and the manufacturer markets or sells a follow-on product. A
 follow-on product 
is a changed, modified, or reformulated version of a manufacturer&rsquo;s already-approved drug or biological product that still treats the same medical condition.
 
 A soft switch occurs when a manufacturer receives notice of an application for a generic drugs, takes other actions that impede generic drug competitors, and the manufacturer markets or sells a follow-on product.
 
 A drug manufacturer may rebut a presumption of product hopping by demonstrating that its conduct was not intended to limit competition.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-10-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-4399
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2019-09-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: 

Support And Value Expectant Moms and Babies Act of 2019 or the
 
SAVE Moms and Babies Act of 2019

This bill prohibits the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from approving any new drug (either as a brand-name drug or a generic) intended to terminate a pregnancy and imposes additional restrictions on such drugs that are already approved. 
Under the bill, an already-approved drug intended to terminate a pregnancy may be dispensed to a patient only with a prescription. Furthermore, the FDA may not approve any labeling change that would authorize (1) using the drug after 70 days of gestation, or (2) dispensing the drug by any means other than in-person administration by the prescribing health care practitioner. 
 
The FDA must also impose additional restrictions on such already-approved drugs, including by (1) requiring the prescribing health care practitioner to receive a special certification, (2) prohibiting the practitioner to also act as the dispensing pharmacist, and (3) requiring the practitioner to have the ability to provide surgical intervention to the patient. 
 
The bill also rescinds any investigational use exemption already granted to such a drug if the bill would have prohibited the FDA from granting the exemption. (Currently, the FDA may grant an exemption to certain market approval requirements if a drug is intended solely for use in safety and effectiveness investigations.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-09-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-09-19
text: Introduced in House