hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
David Dorn Back the Blue Act

Bill: 117-hr-3131
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Employee hiring
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

David Dorn Back the Blue Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide programs to support the hiring and retention of law enforcement personnel and to increase their salaries. Further, DOJ may make grants to state and local law enforcement agencies for this purpose.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-3132
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: California
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Nevada
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Water resources funding
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Lake Tahoe Restoration Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through September 30, 2034, activities to restore Lake Tahoe and its surrounding basin. Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake on the border of California and Nevada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
National Secure Data Service Act

Bill: 117-hr-3133
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

National Secure Data Service Act 

 
This bill establishes a National Secure Data Service demonstration project. The bill follows a recommendation in the 2017 Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking report calling for establishment of such a service to facilitate access to data across government.
 
The project shall be (1) aligned with the principles, best practices, and priority actions recommended by the Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building; and (2) managed by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics.
 
The project shall engage with state and federal agencies to collect, acquire, analyze, report, and disseminate statistical data in the United States and other nations to support government-wide evidence-building activities.
 
The bill includes provisions to ensure confidentiality and transparency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Combatting Racist Training in the Military Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3134
Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments
Higher education
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Racial and ethnic relations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Combatting Racist Training in the Military Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the Armed Forces and academic institutions of the Department of Defense from promoting specified anti-American and racist theories (e.g., that any race is inherently superior or inferior to any other race). 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits
 
 
 including anti-American and racist theories or materials in curricula, reading lists, seminars, workshops, trainings, or other educational or professional settings in a manner that could appear as sponsorship, approval, or endorsement;
 
contracting with, hiring, or otherwise engaging speakers, consultants, diversity trainers, and other persons for the purpose of advocating anti-American and racist theories;
 
compelling members of the Armed Forces to affirm or profess belief in anti-American and racist theories; and
 
segregating members of the Armed Forces by race in any setting, including educational and training sessions.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Captive Primate Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-3135
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of the Interior
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Captive Primate Safety Act

 
This bill limits the trade and possession of nonhuman primates. For example, the bill prohibits most individuals from owning a nonhuman primate as a pet.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Zero Foreign Influence in Education Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3136
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Zero Foreign Influence in Education Act of 2021

 
This bill revises certain disclosure requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to disclose to the Department of Education (ED) any gift from or contract with a foreign source, regardless of the amount of the gift or contract. Under current law, an IHE must disclose to ED a gift or contract from a foreign source that is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that foreign source within a calendar year.
 
 An IHE must also report the identity of each foreign source and the name of each foreign government. 
 
Further, an IHE must report additional information when it receives a restricted or conditional gift or contract from a foreign source. Such additional information includes (1) the identity of the foreign source; (2) the identity of the specific department, college, project, or other division of the IHE that is the recipient of the gift or contract, if applicable; and (3) the intended purpose of the gift or contract.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Protect Equality And Civics Education (PEACE) Act

Bill: 117-hr-3137
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Protect Equality And Civics Education (PEACE) Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of FY2021 federal education funding for the priorities noticed in the Department of Education's proposed rule titled 
Proposed Priorities-American History and Civics Education
, published on April 19, 2021, or for a priority or requirement related to the teaching of critical race theory under a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
PEAKER Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3139
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental health
Income tax credits
Oil and gas
Poverty and welfare assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Promoting Energy Alternatives is Key to Emission Reductions Act of 2021 or the PEAKER Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses the emissions from peaker plants and provides financial incentives for renewable energy to reduce the need for peaker plants.
 

Peaker plants
 are defined as fossil fuel-fired power plants or units of power plants that are run primarily to meet peak electricity demand. In other words, peaker plants are run where there is above average energy demand, such as during extremely hot or cold weather.
 
The bill establishes an additional investment tax credit for renewable energy generation and battery storage to replace the need for peaker plants in disadvantaged communities.
 
In addition, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a grant program to provide up to $1 billion annually through FY2032 to eligible entities for clean energy projects. Specifically, grants must be awarded to assist eligible entities in carrying out (1) projects associated with the construction, installation, or acquisition of qualifying renewable energy facilities and qualifying energy storage facilities; or (2) community energy proposals or community energy studies to reduce or replace the need for peaker plants. Entities that are eligible to receive grants include state or local governments, nonprofit organizations, community-owned energy generation facilities or energy storage facilities located in disadvantaged communities, community-based energy cooperatives, or certain partnerships.
 
DOE must also assess and report on the location of each peaker plant, the quantity and type of pollution each plant is producing, and related data as specified by the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-05-12
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: 2021-05-12
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: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
FIRED Act

Bill: 117-hr-3140
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Fauci's Incompetence Requires Early Dismissal Act or the FIRED Act

 
This bill retroactively prohibits an individual from serving as the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for more than 12 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
REO Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3141
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Community life and organization
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

REO Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Reentry Employment Opportunities Program to make grants for the purpose of providing job training opportunities to formerly incarcerated adults, youths, and young adults who have dropped out of school. Grants are awarded to entities such as nonprofit organizations, organizations serving women or a minority population, and state and local governments to carry out projects related to apprenticeship programs, occupational skills education, on-the-job training, work experience, job referrals, basic skills remediation, educational services, and work readiness activities for such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Tax Parity for U.S. Mutual Funds Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3142
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Foreign and international corporations
Securities
Taxation of foreign income
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Tax Parity for U.S. Mutual Funds Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes international regulated investment companies (IRICs) and specifies rules for the taxation of such companies. An IRIC is a regulated investment company (i.e., a mutual fund) that has all of its outstanding stock held by foreign shareholders, including nonresident alien individuals (and their foreign estates) and qualified foreign pension funds, and meets other specified requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Buyback Our Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-3143
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Buyback Our Safety Act

 
This bill directs the Office of Justice Programs within the Department of Justice to establish a gun buyback grant program for state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Restraining Russian Imperialism Act

Bill: 117-hr-3144
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Europe
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Sanctions
Ukraine
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Restraining Russian Imperialism Act

 
This bill requires the President to impose all available Russia-related sanctions against each individual and entity that meet the criteria for such sanctions until the Russian government removes all of its armed forces from the Donbas region of Ukraine. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Freedom to Work Act

Bill: 117-hr-3145
Sponsor: Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Freedom to Work Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies to review and reduce occupational licensing requirements. 
 
Specifically, each executive agency must review relevant laws, policies, and regulations that institute occupational licensing requirements for agency positions, or that cause a state, local, or tribal government to adopt licensing requirements for positions within their jurisdictions, and identify possible changes to eliminate such requirements or to provide alternatives that are the least restrictive while also maintaining consumer protection. Agencies must implement changes to the extent permissible under law.
 
The bill also requires states to describe their plans to reduce occupational licensing barriers as part of their unified state plans for programs under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
 
Several executive orders have required similar review of occupational licensing requirements. For example, the executive order titled
 Increasing Economic and Geographic Mobility, 
which was issued on December 14, 2020, outlined certain principles for occupational licensing requirements, including that such requirements should be the least restrictive to competition while also maintaining consumer protection; the order directed executive agencies to review and identify changes to their regulations, guidance, and policies in accordance with these principles. Additionally, the executive order titled 
Promoting Competition in the American Economy
, which was issued on July 9, 2021, directs the Federal Trade Commission to consider addressing practices that inhibit competition, including unfair occupational licensing restrictions, through regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3146
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Materials
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies Act of 2021 or the SAVE Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the President to make payments to manufacturers to increase supply-chain security if doing so is important to the national defense. 
 
The President must submit a strategy to Congress that includes (1) a plan to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of medical materials essential to the national defense; and (2) plans to diversify, and address vulnerabilities in, supply chains for essential medical materials.
 
The President must submit to Congress annual progress reports through FY2025 evaluating the implementation of the strategy.

action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Securing America's Vaccines for Emergencies Act of 2021 or the SAVE Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the President to make payments to manufacturers to increase supply-chain security if doing so is important to the national defense. 
 
The President must submit a strategy to Congress that includes (1) a plan to use authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of medical materials essential to the national defense; and (2) plans to diversify, and address vulnerabilities in, supply chains for essential medical materials.
 
The President must submit to Congress annual progress reports through FY2025 evaluating the implementation of the strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2454-2455)
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H2454-2455)
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3146.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2454-2456)
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Mr. Cleaver moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
RBI Act

Bill: 117-hr-3147
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2021-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Economic performance and conditions
Government liability
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Military personnel and dependents
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: 

Restoring Board Immunity Act of 2021 or the RBI Act

 
This bill grants antitrust immunity to state occupational licensing boards in states that satisfy specified occupational licensing law requirements. These include (1) requiring a board's actions to be authorized by a non-frivolous interpretation of the state's occupational licensing laws; and (2) using less restrictive alternatives to occupational licensing to address threats to public health, safety, or welfare. Such states must either establish an office to supervise boards or provide for judicial review of occupational licensing laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Introduced in House