hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Clean Slate Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2864
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Evidence and witnesses

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Clean Slate Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a framework for sealing records related to certain federal criminal offenses.
 
Courts must automatically seal records related to (1) a conviction for simple possession of a controlled substance or for any nonviolent offense involving marijuana, or (2) an arrest for an offense that does not result in a conviction. 
 
Additionally, an individual who meets certain criteria may petition to seal records related to a conviction for other nonviolent offenses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 12.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2865
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Commerce
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Right of privacy
Sex offenses
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention Improvements Act of 202

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This bill addresses sexual harassment and sexual assault involving personnel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
 
The bill specifies that NOAA's sexual harassment prevention and response policy applies to personnel such as observers, at-sea monitors, and voting members and staff of regional fishery management councils.
 
It also requires victim advocates at NOAA to be full-time employees whose sole job is advocacy for survivors rather than a volunteer collateral duty of an existing employee.
 
Additionally, the bill expands reporting requirements on sexual harassment, sexual assault, and equal opportunity employment.
 
The bill also provides for a restricted reporting structure that allows survivors of sexual assault to receive services without triggering an investigative process.
 
The Office of Marine and Aviation Operations within NOAA must develop and implement a policy to report to the Coast Guard Suspension and Revocation National Center of Expertise the names of NOAA personnel who are under investigation for an offense detrimental to good discipline and safety at sea, such as sexual harassment or sexual assault or any other offense for which suspension or revocation of a merchant mariner credential is either mandatory or sought.
 
Further, the bill removes the requirements that acts of assault, resistance, opposition, intimidation, sexual harassment, bribery, or interference with a fishery observer be forcible in nature and occur on a vessel to be unlawful.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
America Grows Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2866
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Census and government statistics
Department of Agriculture
Executive agency funding and structure
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

America Grows Act of 2021

 
This bill permanently funds several agencies that perform agriculture research. 
 
The bill provides specified funding for the following agencies within the Department of Agriculture:
 
 
the Agricultural Research Service,
 
the Economic Research Service,
 
the National Agricultural Statistics Service, and
 
the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
 
 
The bill exempts the funding from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals. 
 
It also exempts the budgetary effects of the funding from the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) and the Senate PAYGO rule. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Roadside First Responders Act

Bill: 117-hr-2867
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Congressional oversight
First responders and emergency personnel
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Protecting Roadside First Responders Act

 
This bill addresses transportation matters relating to Move Over laws and crash avoidance technology. Move Over laws are intended to ensure first responder and motorist safety by requiring motorists to change lanes or slow down when approaching an authorized emergency vehicle that is parked or otherwise stopped on a roadway.
 
Specifically, the bill requires
 
 
the Department of Transportation (DOT) to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to produce research findings on the efficacy of Move Over laws and related public awareness campaigns;
 
DOT to award grants to states to prevent death and injury from crashes involving vehicles striking vehicles and individuals stopped at the roadside;
 
DOT to implement rules to establish minimum performance standards with respect to crash avoidance technology and to require mandating crash avoidance technology on all new passenger and commercial motor vehicles; and
 
all federal fleet vehicles to have crash avoidance technology and, if such vehicles are used for emergency response activities, be equipped with digital alert technology.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2868
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Protecting Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 

2021

 
This bill prohibits additional rebates for certain drugs under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Specifically, the bill prohibits additional rebates with respect to noninnovator multiple-source drugs (i.e., generics) for which the average manufacturer price is less than $1. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2869
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Increasing Access to Biosimilars Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to establish a demonstration project to evaluate the benefits of providing additional payments to providers of biosimilars under Medicare. Specifically, under the demonstration project, participating providers receive an additional payment based on the difference between the costs to the provider of furnishing the biosimilar and the cost if the provider had furnished the underlying reference biological product instead. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-28
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: 2021-04-28
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: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Essential Medicines Strategic Stockpile Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2870
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Essential Medicines Strategic Stockpile Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a pilot program with private entities to test the effectiveness of acquiring, maintaining, managing, and distributing a stockpile of generic drugs at risk of shortage.
 
Specifically, HHS must enter into contracts of up to three years for entities to create a six-month stockpile of up to 50 types of such drugs.
 
The bill establishes various program requirements, including annual evaluations by the Government Accountability Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
READI Act

Bill: 117-hr-2871
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Resist Executive Amnesty on Defense Installations Act or the READI Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of a military installation to house an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States or undergoing removal proceedings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2873
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 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: 2021-04-28
text: 

Affordable Prescriptions for Patients Through Promoting Competition Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits product hopping by drug manufacturers and authorizes the Federal Trade Commission to sue in court or institute administrative proceedings to enforce this prohibition. 
 
Generally, 
product-hopping
 describes a situation where, when the patents on a reference drug (or biological product) expire, the manufacturer switches to a follow-on product that is covered by a later-expiring patent. Under this bill, a 
follow-on product
 is a changed, modified, or reformulated version of the reference drug that shares an indication (what the drug is used for) with the reference drug.
 
The bill presumes product hopping has occurred when a reference drug manufacturer engages in a 
hard switch
 or a 
soft switch
. A hard switch occurs when, after receiving notice of an application for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to market a generic (or biosimilar) version of the reference drug, the manufacturer markets a follow-on product and (1) the FDA withdraws approval of the reference drug at the manufacturer's request, or (2) the manufacturer announces the withdrawal or discontinuance of the reference drug or destroys the drug's inventory in a manner that impedes generic competitors. 
 
Furthermore, the bill presumes that a soft switch occurred if a reference drug manufacturer (1) markets a follow-on product, and (2) takes actions that disadvantage the reference drug relative to that follow-on product in a way that impedes competition from a generic drug. 
 
A drug manufacturer may rebut these presumptions by demonstrating that its conduct was not intended to limit competition.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 16.
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Disclosure Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-2874
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Student Loan Disclosure Modernization Act

 
This bill requires loan disclosure forms for federal student loans to be written in plain language, thus enabling borrowers to understand loan terms, total costs of loans, and estimated monthly repayments. Borrowers must acknowledge in writing that they have read the form before the loans are issued.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2875
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child health
Child safety and welfare
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2021

 
This bill allows owners of eligible dwelling units a new tax credit through 2024 for 50% of the lead hazard reduction activity costs for each such unit, up to an aggregate of $4,000 per unit. An 
eligible dwelling unit
 is any unit located in the United States that was placed in service before 1978. 
 
The bill (1) specifies the types of lead hazard reduction activity costs eligible for the credit, including risk assessment and abatement costs; and (2) limits the amount of the credit in any taxable year to $3,000 for specified abatement measures and $1,000 for interim lead control measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America’s Workers Act

Bill: 117-hr-2876
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2021-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Labor
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Labor-management relations
Legal fees and court costs
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: 

Protecting America's Workers Act

 
This bill expands the coverage of requirements governing workplace safety and health to include protection for federal, state, and local government employees. However, the bill does not cover working conditions otherwise covered by federal requirements for mine safety and health.
 
The bill revises requirements governing worker protection, including by
 
 
expanding protections for whistle-blowers, such as protections for employees who refuse to perform work because they reasonably believe the work would result in serious injury or illness and for employees who aid inspections;
 
directing employers to furnish a hazard-free place of employment to all individuals performing work, not just employees;
 
directing employers to report work-related deaths or certain injuries, illnesses, or hospitalizations; 
 
requiring the Department of Labor to investigate fatalities or significant incidents in the workplace; 
 
establishing rights for victims, or representatives of victims, with respect to inspections or investigations of work-related bodily injuries or deaths; 
 
setting the permitted period for employers to correct serious, willful, or repeated violations while citations for the violations are being contested;
 
increasing civil and criminal penalties for certain violations;
 
expanding enforcement requirements relating to state occupational safety and health plans;
 
expanding requirements for workplace health hazard evaluations by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; and
 
requiring Labor to provide training programs concerning employee rights and employer responsibilities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Introduced in House