hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Enhancing Military Base Resilience and Conserving Ecosystems through Stormwater Management Act

Bill: 117-s-3183
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Ecology
Floods and storm protection
Infrastructure development
Military facilities and property
National Guard and reserves
Roads and highways
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

EMBRACE Stormwater Management Act or the Enhancing Military Base Resilience And Conserving Ecosystems through Stormwater Management Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense and each military department to implement stormwater management projects on or related to military installations. 
 
Specifically, such projects are authorized for the purpose of (1) protecting nearby waterways and stormwater-stressed ecosystems, and (2) improving military installation resilience or the resilience of a defense access road or other essential civilian infrastructure supporting the installation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7796-7797)
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Parental Rights Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-3184
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Parental Rights Protection Act

 
This bill restricts government entities from requiring that individuals age 18 or younger receive certain COVID-19 vaccines that were authorized through emergency use and related procedures.
 
Specifically, a federal, state, tribal, territorial, or local government entity (including a local educational agency) that receives funding from either the Department of Education or the Department of Health and Human Services may not require such COVID-19 vaccinations for individuals age 18 or younger. In particular, a local educational agency that mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for students loses its eligibility for federal education funding.
 
The bill also requires the prior, informed, written consent of a parent or guardian before administration of such COVID-19 vaccines to an individual age 18 or younger.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Improvement Act to extend the exception to the closure of certain roads within the Recreation Area for local businesses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-3185
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 
This bill extends until September 30, 2026, the use of Highway 209, a federally owned road within the boundaries of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, by certain commercial vehicles that serve local businesses.

action_date: 2022-10-18
text: 
This bill extends until September 30, 2026, the use of Highway 209, a federally owned road within the boundaries of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, by certain commercial vehicles that serve local businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 without amendment. With written report No. 117-184.
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 without amendment. With written report No. 117-184.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
PATRIA Y VIDA Act

Bill: 117-s-3186
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Protecting Against Tyrants by Restoring Internet Access and Yielding Vital Interconnectivity in Designated Areas Act or the PATRIA Y VIDA Act

 
This bill requires activities to expand the capacity of the U.S. government to transmit internet access and counter foreign internet censorship.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must obtain the capacity to transmit internet access domestically in the event of emergency-related network disruptions, while the Department of State must obtain the capacity to transmit internet access in foreign countries with repressive regimes. FEMA and the State Department must consult with other federal agencies on their efforts, including the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. Consulted agencies must provide necessary authorizations and support to allow FEMA and the State Department to transmit internet access.
 
In addition, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must identify effective tools to counter large-scale internet censorship by foreign governments. In the event of increased demand for the tools, the FCC must rapidly provide funding to U.S. companies capable of deploying the tools to significant numbers of simultaneous users to circumvent internet censorship.
 
The FCC and the U.S. Agency for Global Media must jointly report on matters concerning the capacity to domestically and globally transmit internet access and tools to circumvent internet censorship by foreign governments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Trade Commission Technologists Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3187
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Federal Trade Commission Technologists Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish the Office of Technologists to advise on matters such as the FTC's use of technology, technical aspects of law enforcement actions, and technology policy recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Manufactured Housing Community Improvement Grant Program Act

Bill: 117-s-3188
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Building construction
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Manufactured Housing Community Improvement Grant Program Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award grants to manufactured home communities for projects that protect the health and safety of community residents and the long-term sustainability of the community.
 
To be eligible for grants under the bill, a manufactured home community must be affordable to low-income and moderate-income persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Pathways to Health Careers Act

Bill: 117-s-3189
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Pathways to Health Careers Act

 
This bill extends, revises, and funds through FY2026 certain demonstration grant programs for projects to train low-income individuals for jobs considered part of the health care career pathway.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Judgment Fund Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3190
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Judgment Fund Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits payments from the Judgment Fund to individuals who entered or attempted to enter the United States unlawfully. (The Judgment Fund is an account for paying judgments and settlements against the United States.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Everyday Philanthropist Act

Bill: 117-s-3191
Sponsor: Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Everyday Philanthropist Act
 
 
This bill allows employers to offer certain employees a tax-advantaged flexible giving account as a fringe benefit. Flexible giving accounts allow employees to set aside up to $2,700 of their annual pretax earnings to make tax-deductible charitable contributions without having to itemize tax deductions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Taiwan Deterrence Act

Bill: 117-s-3192
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Taiwan Deterrence Act

 
This bill authorizes defense-related assistance for Taiwan and addresses related issues.
 
For FY2023-FY2032, the Department of State may provide foreign military financing grant assistance to Taiwan if (1) Taiwan commits to match such spending on a dollar-for-dollar basis, and (2) the United States and Taiwan agree to conduct joint long-range planning for capability development and on the expenditure of the funds. 
 
Furthermore, for the purposes of certain arms export control laws, Taiwan shall receive treatment identical to NATO member countries, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Israel, and New Zealand. (Currently, such countries receive benefits in regards to defense article transfers, such as the waiver of certain requirements and eligibility for assistance and fee waivers.) 
 
The State Department must report to Congress on U.S. priorities for building more capable Taiwan security forces and organizations. The State Department and the Department of Defense must jointly report to Congress on an annual basis on Taiwan's enhancement of its self-defense capabilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanded Telehealth Access Act

Bill: 117-s-3193
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Expanded Telehealth Access Act

 
This bill permanently allows audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other providers designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide telehealth services under Medicare. 
Currently, the CMS is authorized to waive requirements for Medicare telehealth services during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19, and it has done so to allow all providers that are otherwise eligible to furnish in-person services under Medicare to also furnish telehealth services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Vet Center Support Act

Bill: 117-s-3194
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Mental health
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Vet Center Support Act

 
 This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report on its provision of mental health care to veterans in covered states. A 
covered state 
is each state (including Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and any territory or possession of the United States) that has a ratio of one or fewer Vet Centers per 100,000 or more veterans residing in the state or territory. Vet Centers are community-based counseling centers that provide social and psychological services to eligible veterans, active duty service members, and their families. 
 
The VA must also report on the marketing and outreach funding of Vet Centers in covered states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act

Bill: 117-s-3195
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Digital media
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Landlord and tenant
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
Marriage and family status
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act

 
This bill places requirements on entities that process or transfer a consumer's data.
 
Specifically, the bill requires such entities to
 
 
make their privacy policy publicly available and provide an individual with access to their personal data; 
 
delete or correct, upon request, information in an individual's data; 
 
export, upon request, an individual's data in a human-readable and machine-readable format; 
 
establish data security practices to protect the confidentiality and accessibility of consumer data; and 
 
designate a privacy officer and a data security officer to implement and conduct privacy and data security programs and risk assessments. 
 
 
Further, the bill prohibits such entities from
 
 
engaging in deceptive or harmful data practices; 
 
transferring an individual's data to a third party if the individual objects; 
 
processing or transferring an individual's sensitive data without affirmative express consent; 
 
processing or transferring data beyond what is reasonably necessary or for which they have obtained affirmative express consent; 
 
 processing or transferring data on the basis of specified protected characteristics (e.g., race, religion, or gender); 
 
conditioning the provision of a service or product on an individual's agreement to waive their privacy rights; and 
 
retaliating against an employee who provides information about a potential violation of the bill's provisions, or who testifies or assists in an investigation or judicial proceeding concerning such a violation. 
 
 
The Federal Trade Commission must establish a new bureau to assist with enforcement of these provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3197
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

 
This bill generally prohibits operators of covered platforms from acquiring the stock or other share capital or the assets of another person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce.
 

Covered platforms
 are online platforms that (1) have at least 50 million U.S.-based monthly active users or at least 100,000 U.S.-based monthly active business users, (2) are owned or controlled by a person with net annual sales or a market capitalization greater than $600 billion, and (3) are critical trading partners for the sale or provision of any product or service offered on or directly related to the platform.
 
The Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice must designate whether an entity is a covered platform, and both must carry out enforcement activities.
 
The bill provides for any person (other than a foreign state and any instrumentality thereof) who is injured by an activity forbidden under the bill to recover triple damages. (A foreign state may only recover actual damages.) 
 
Further, the bill specifies the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as the judicial venue for a covered platform's appeals related to (1) the designation as a covered platform, (2) other administrative and enforcement proceedings, or (3) a final order issued in any district court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
Registration for Index-Linked Annuities Act

Bill: 117-s-3198
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Insurance industry and regulation
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Registration for Index-Linked Annuities Act

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create a new form for the registration of index-linked annuities to ensure that a purchaser can make a knowledgeable decision.
 
The bill defines a 
registered index-linked annuity
 as an annuity that is deemed a security, that must be registered with the SEC, and that is issued by an insurance company subject to state supervision. Furthermore, the returns of these annuities (1) are based on the performance of a specified benchmark index or rate, and (2) may be subject to a market value adjustment if amounts are withdrawn early.

action_date: 2022-12-06
text: 

Registration for Index-Linked Annuities Act

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to create a new form for the registration of index-linked annuities to ensure that a purchaser can make a knowledgeable decision.
 
The bill defines a 
registered index-linked annuity
 as an annuity that is deemed a security, that is registered with the SEC, and that is issued by an insurance company subject to state supervision. Furthermore, the returns of these annuities (1) are based on the performance of a specified benchmark index or rate, and (2) may be subject to a market value adjustment if amounts are withdrawn early.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7004)
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7003-7004)
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act

Bill: 117-s-3200
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

North Dakota Trust Lands Completion Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to exchange, at the election of North Dakota, certain federal land for certain state land of substantially equal value.
 
Specifically, if North Dakota elects to relinquish a parcel of state land located wholly or partially within the boundaries of any Indian reservation or the Little Missouri National Grassland in North Dakota, the bill authorizes North Dakota to select one or more parcels of federal land of substantially equivalent value within that state.
 
No later than 60 days after Interior approves North Dakota's selection of federal land, Interior shall initiate the actions necessary to convey the federal land to the state.
 
As consideration for the conveyance of the federal land, North Dakota shall concurrently relinquish and convey the state land to Interior or, for a parcel that is located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the grassland, to the Department of Agriculture. Land conveyed to Interior that is within the boundaries of a reservation becomes part of the reservation on request of the tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate
United States-Taiwan Public Health Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-3201
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

United States-Taiwan Public Health Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to establish an Infectious Disease Monitoring Center within the American Institute in Taipei, Taiwan. (The U.S.-Taiwan relationship is unofficial, and the American Institute in Taiwan office in Taipei performs many of the same functions as an embassy.)
 
The center must seek to partner with the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control to monitor infectious diseases in the region, including by regularly monitoring, analyzing, and disseminating open-source material, such as viral strains and other pathogens, from countries in the region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in Senate