hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Automotive Jobs Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1710
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles
Tariffs
Trade restrictions
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Automotive Jobs Act of 2019

 
This bill directs the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to report on the status of the U.S. automotive industry.
 
The bill delays the submission to the President of the Department of Commerce's investigation initiated on May 23, 2018, regarding the effects on national security of importing automobiles and automotive parts. The submission is delayed until the USITC submits its report to the President and Congress and the President subsequently determines not to reopen the investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2019-03-13
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: 2019-03-13
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: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act

Bill: 116-hr-1711
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Oil and gas
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act 

 
This bill modifies the tax treatment of the foreign source income of domestic corporations. The bill includes provisions that
 
 
 eliminate an exemption for certain returns from tangible investments made overseas, 
 
 eliminate deductions for a domestic corporation's foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income, 
 
 repeal a provision that excludes foreign oil and gas extraction income from the tested income of a controlled foreign corporation, 
 
 limit the tax deduction for the interest expenses of a U.S. corporation that is a member of a financial reporting group (i.e., a group that prepares consolidated financial statements according to generally accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards), 
 
 modify the rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States), and 
 
 treat certain foreign corporations managed and controlled primarily in the United States as domestic corporations for tax purposes. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Lonnie Kilpatrick Central Pacific Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-1713
Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: American Samoa
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and paralysis
Guam
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
U.S. territories and protectorates
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Lonnie Kilpatrick Central Pacific Relief Act

 
This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for diseases associated with exposure to certain herbicide agents to veterans who served on (1) Guam or American Samoa, or in the territorial waters thereof between January 9, 1962, and July 31, 1980; or (2) Johnston Atoll or a ship that went to Johnston Atoll between January 1, 1972, and September 30, 1977. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific diseases diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 
Additionally, the bill expands eligibility for hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans with a disability associated with exposure to certain herbicides during specified times of military service on Guam, American Samoa, or Johnston Atoll.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act

Bill: 116-hr-1714
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Military facilities and property
Motor vehicles
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act

 
This bill restricts the Department of Defense (DOD) from transferring certain surplus military property to federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies. 
 
Specifically, DOD may not transfer to such agencies property such as controlled firearms, ammunition, bayonets, grenades or grenade launchers, explosives, certain vehicles or trucks, armored or weaponized drones, certain controlled aircraft, silencers, or long-range acoustic devices. DOD may waive this limitation and transfer certain vehicles or trucks if DOD determines that the transfer is necessary for disaster or rescue purposes or for another purpose where life and public safety are at risk.
 
As a condition for a transfer of allowable property, DOD must require the federal or state agency that receives the property to return the property if the agency is investigated by the Department of Justice for civil liberties violations or is otherwise found to have engaged in widespread abuses of civil liberties. DOD must also periodically submit certain transfer-related information and certifications to Congress.
 
Furthermore, as a condition for transfer, the recipient must receive the approval of its local governing body, provide specified notice to the local community, and submit specified information and certifications to DOD. A federal or state agency that receives controlled property under such a transfer may never take ownership of the property. 
 
The bill also eliminates the requirement for DOD to give preference to transfers of property that will be used in counter-drug, counterterrorism, or border security activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Charitable Equity for Veterans Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1715
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Income tax deductions
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Charitable Equity for Veterans Act of 2019

 
This bill allows a tax deduction for charitable contributions to certain federally chartered organizations of past or present members of the Armed Forces. (Under current law, donations to such an organization are only deductible if at least 90% of the organization's membership consists of war veterans. The bill expands the deduction to include organizations that do not meet the wartime service requirement and are federally chartered.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act

Bill: 116-hr-1717
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Nutrition and diet
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Healthy Food Access for All Americans Act 

 
This bill allows tax credits and grants for activities that provide access to healthy food in food deserts, which are communities that have limited or no access to grocery stores and meet income requirements. 
 
For entities that are certified by the Department of the Treasury as special access food providers using specified criteria, the bill allows tax credits for operating a new grocery store or renovating an existing grocery store in a food desert. The bill also authorizes grants for a portion of (1) the construction costs of building a permanent food bank in a food desert, and (2) the annual operating costs of temporary access merchants (mobile markets, farmers markets, and food banks). 
 
Treasury, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture (USDA), must annually allocate the tax credits and grants to special access food providers. Grants authorized by this bill are not considered gross income for tax purposes. 
 
The bill also requires USDA to update the Food Access Research Atlas at least annually to account for food retailers that are placed in service during that year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-08-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
GI Education Benefits Fairness Act

Bill: 116-hr-1718
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

GI Education Benefits Fairness Act
 
 
This bill expands eligibility for receipt of GI education benefits as a dependent under the Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program. Specifically, the bill includes certain unmarried persons as dependents who can receive a transferred entitlement to educational assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend regulations relating to the eligibility of Federal employees, during a Government shutdown, for supplemental vision and dental coverage, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-1719
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Dental care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 
This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to revise a rule concerning federal-employee supplemental vision and dental insurance coverage. The revision continues such coverage for up to one year in the event that a lapse in appropriations causes a federal employee to go unpaid or underpaid and the employee does not make such insurance premium payments during the period of nonpayment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Limiting Emergency Powers Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1720
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Limiting Emergency Powers Act of 2019

 
This bill provides that a national emergency declared by the President terminates 30 days after a declaration unless a joint resolution affirming such declaration is enacted.
 
 All existing emergency declarations expire after two years unless the President requests a renewal that receives congressional approval. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Rules, 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: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Rules, 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: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Rules, 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: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act

Bill: 116-hr-1721
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Veterans Healthcare Improvement Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to review and report on the budget requests for Department of Veterans Affairs medical care accounts in the President's submitted budgets for FY2020-FY2022. Medical care accounts are the following accounts of the Veterans Health Administration: Medical Services, Medical Support and Compliance, Medical Facilities, and Medical Community Care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Build a Better VA Act

Bill: 116-hr-1722
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Build a Better VA Act

 
This bill prohibits funds from being appropriated for any fiscal year for a Department of Veterans Affairs major medical facility lease unless the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs adopt resolutions approving the lease. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Campus Hunger Reduction Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1723
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Higher education
Housing and community development funding

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Campus Hunger Reduction Act of 2019

 
This bill makes institutions of higher education eligible for assistance under the Community Food Projects grant program that addresses the food needs of low-income individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

Bill: 116-hr-1724
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Census and government statistics
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Student aid and college costs
Temporary and part-time employment

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act

 
This bill revises provisions related to financial aid and higher education programs for children and youths who are homeless or in foster care.
 
It requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in financial aid programs to, among other things, simplify the financial aid determinations process for these students. It also requires IHEs to designate a staff liaison to assist these students with support services, programs, and community resources in a variety of areas, including financial aid and housing.
 
The bill also requires these students to receive in-state tuition rates at public IHEs. Under current law, some states offer these students in-state tuition or provide them with tuition waivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1725
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 
 
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This bill prohibits a state or local jurisdiction from imposing (1) multiple taxes on the sale of a covered electronic good or service, or (2) discriminatory taxes on the sale or use of a digital good or service. 
 
A "digital good or service" is delivered or transferred electronically to a customer. A "covered electronic good or service" is a digital good, digital service, audio or video programming service, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service. 
 
The bill also
 
 
specifies services that are excluded from the definition of "digital service;"
 
 
restricts taxation of a covered electronic good or service to taxation by a state or local jurisdiction whose territorial limits encompass a customer tax address, as defined by this bill; 
 
makes the seller of covered electronic goods or services responsible for obtaining and maintaining such address; and 
 
specifies rules regarding the taxation of bundled transactions, digital code, and VoIP services. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E295)
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-1726
Sponsor: Rep. Collins, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2019

 
This bill modifies federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more firearms up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
Complete America’s Great Trails Act

Bill: 116-hr-1727
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2019-03-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Charitable contributions
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: 

Complete America's Great Trails Act 

 
This bill allows a tax credit for the fair market value of any National Scenic Trail conservation contribution. The Department of the Interior must study and report on the efficacy of the tax credit in completing, extending, and increasing the number of National Scenic Trails and the feasibility and cost of making the credit refundable and transferable. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-05-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2019-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2019-03-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-03-13
text: Introduced in House