hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
COLA’s Don’t Count Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-351
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

COLA's Don't Count Act of 2021 

 
This bill revises requirements for determining eligibility and benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program) to exclude household income received from certain cost-of-living adjustments and supplementary payments under the Social Security Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Jobs to Fight COVID–19 Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-352
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority employment
Minority health
Public contracts and procurement
Right of privacy
Self-employed
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Jobs to Fight COVID-19 Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to states and other governmental and native American entities to (1) support the recruitment, placement, and training of&#8212;and provide employment to&#8212;certain individuals seeking employment in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) contact tracing and pandemic response positions; and (2) assist with the transition to new employment or education and training of these individuals in preparation for and upon termination of such employment. The employees must be paid at least the required prevailing wage and fringe benefit rates.
 
 In addition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services and state, local, tribal, and territorial health departments, must establish and implement a national evidence-based system for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, surveillance, containment, and mitigation. The CDC shall also award grants or contracts to these entities for such activities and to public entities to implement multilingual and culturally appropriate COVID-19 awareness campaigns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-353
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil disturbances
Congressional operations and organization
Crimes against property
Employee hiring
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Personnel records
Protest and dissent
Subversive activities
Terrorism
U.S. Capitol
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Security Clearance Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Office of Personnel Management to revise Standard Form 86 (Questionnaire for National Security Positions) to specifically include questions regarding an individual's (1) affiliation with organizations or movements that spread conspiracy theories and false information about the U.S. government, and (2) participation in the activities that occurred at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, or in similar activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
CCP Visa Disclosure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-354
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
China
Family relationships
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Political parties and affiliation
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Chinese Communist Party Visa Disclosure Act of 2021 or the CCP Visa Disclosure Act of 2021

 
This bill requires an applicant for an F, J, or M (student or exchange visitor) visa to disclose in the application certain information about whether the applicant has received or will receive funds from the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or an entity controlled by either. If an individual receives such funds after receiving such a visa, the individual must inform the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State. 
 
Any visa issued to an alien who violates these disclosure requirements may be revoked.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act

Bill: 117-hr-355
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
Law enforcement administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act

 
This bill requires the national instant criminal background check system to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and relevant state and local law enforcement agencies when the system indicates that a prospective firearm transferee is illegally or unlawfully in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Federal HIRE Act

Bill: 117-hr-356
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Federal Hiring Improvement Reform and Enforcement Act or the Federal HIRE Act

 
This bill provides direct-hire authority to federal agencies for purposes of filling positions in the competitive service for which there is a severe shortage of candidates, as determined by the agency.
 
Direct-hire authority is an expedited hiring authority that currently may be issued by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to fill positions in the competitive service for which there is a critical hiring need or severe shortage of candidates. OPM may issue such authority to agencies upon written request or upon an independent assessment that there is a critical hiring need or severe shortage of candidates for specific positions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
To direct Federal departments and agencies to verify eligibility for Federal benefits for individuals 105 years of age or older, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-357
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Social security and elderly assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 
This bill requires departments or agencies that provide federal benefits to verify the eligibility of any beneficiary age 105 or older. This must occur on a semiannual basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
FRESH Trucking Act

Bill: 117-hr-358
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Motor carriers
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Freedom from Regulating Edible Supplies and Horticulture Trucking Act or the
 
FRESH Trucking Act

 
This bill modifies service hour requirements for drivers transporting perishable agricultural, horticultural, or floricultural commodities.
 
The bill requires the Department of Transportation to establish that
 
 
loading and unloading of commercial motor vehicles shall be excluded from on-duty time requirements, 
 
there shall be no requirement of a 30-minute rest break within the first 8 hours of the hours of service on-duty requirements and the carrier or driver may take breaks at any time during the trip, and 
 
such carrier or driver may complete a scheduled trip if they are over the hours of service maximum on-duty drive schedule and are within 150 miles of their scheduled delivery point. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Modern GI Bill Act

Bill: 117-hr-359
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Modern GI Bill Act

 
This bill authorizes individuals who are entitled to educational assistance under the Post-9/11 GI Bill to apply amounts of such assistance to repay federal student loans for up to 36 months. 
 
The bill sets a cap and annual cost-of-living increases for the amount of educational assistance that may be paid to an individual under this bill during FY2020 and the following years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
VA Fiscal Responsibility Act

Bill: 117-hr-360
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

VA Fiscal Responsibility Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to automate the collection of outstanding, overdue, and incomplete payments of third-party health insurance claims, regardless of the amount owed under any single claim. The VA must seek to enter a contract using competitive procedures and select a contractor that has proven expertise in the private sector through the use of automated small-balance recovery and appeal processes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Make Marriage Great Again Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-361
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax rates
Marriage and family status
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Make Marriage Great Again Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses the tax effect commonly known as the marriage penalty by modifying the tax brackets and income thresholds that married individuals use to calculate their tax liability. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
U.S. Citrus Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-362
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Agricultural trade
Asia
China
Fruit and vegetables
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

U.S. Citrus Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits importing commercially produced fresh citrus fruit originating in China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
PRO Sports Act

Bill: 117-hr-363
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Professional sports
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Properly Reducing Overexemptions for Sports Act or the PRO Sports Act
 
 
 This bill removes professional football leagues from the list of tax-exempt organizations. The bill also prohibits an organization or entity from being treated as tax-exempt if it (1) is a professional sports league, organization, or association, a substantial activity of which is to foster national or international professional sports competitions; and (2) has annual gross receipts in excess of $10 million. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Veterans’ True Choice Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-364
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military medicine
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Veterans' True Choice Act of 2021

 
This bill allows covered veterans to receive coverage under TRICARE Select, a health care program of the Department of Defense (DOD). Veterans covered by this bill include those with service-connected disabilities, former prisoners of war, Purple Heart recipients, Medal of Honor recipients, those discharged from service due to disability, and those entitled to disability compensation.
 
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must reimburse DOD's costs of enrolling eligible veteran beneficiaries in the program.
 
A covered veteran may not concurrently receive medical care from DOD and the VA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Marijuana 1-to-3 Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-365
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Marijuana 1-to-3 Act of 2021

 
This bill moves marijuana to a lower schedule of the Controlled Substances Act. 
 
Specifically, it directs the Drug Enforcement Administration to transfer marijuana from schedule I to schedule III. (A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; that has no currently accepted medical use; and that is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule III controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has less potential for abuse than a schedule I or II substance; that has a currently accepted medical use; and that has low or moderate risk of dependence if abused.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Access to Post-COVID–19 Telehealth Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-366
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021

 
This bill makes permanent several telehealth flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), particularly with respect to Medicare coverage of telehealth services. 
 
For example, the bill permanently allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner) for telehealth services under Medicare. Payment must be made in the same manner as for non-telehealth services, rather than in accordance with a separate methodology determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The bill also permanently allows beneficiaries to receive Medicare telehealth services at any site, regardless of type or location, and grants the CMS general authority to waive any other requirements during any emergency period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Vice Presidents Act

Bill: 117-hr-368
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2021-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Family relationships
Marriage and family status
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protection of officials

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: 

Protecting Vice Presidents Act

 
This bill authorizes lifetime Secret Service protection to former Vice Presidents and their spouses and protection to their children under 16. Current law provides for six months of protection after a Vice President leaves office.
 
The bill terminates the protection of a spouse in the event of remarriage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-19
text: Introduced in House