hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Expanded Transit Service Act

Bill: 117-s-2534
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Expanded Transit Service Act

 
This bill allows an urbanized area with 200,000 or more residents to use a portion of its Urbanized Area Formula Grants for operating expenses to increase the frequency and availability of public transportation. Under current law, the grants support various transit planning and related activities in urbanized areas; however, only areas with fewer than 200,000 residents may use funds for transit operating expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
JUDGES Act

Bill: 117-s-2535
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alabama
Arizona
California
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Delaware
Federal district courts
Florida
Georgia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Judges
Kansas
Missouri
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York State
North Carolina
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Judicial Understaffing Delays Getting Emergencies Solved Act or the JUDGES Act

 
This bill requires the appointment of additional U.S. district court judges, converts certain temporary district court judgeships into permanent judgeships, and requires the Government Accountability Office to report on vacant or underused federal courthouses.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the appointment of 39 district court judges on or after January 21, 2025, in specified judicial districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, and Texas.
 
Further, 38 district court judges must be appointed on or after January 21, 2029, in specified judicial districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, New Jersey, New York, and Texas.
 
Additionally, the bill converts certain temporary district court judgeships to permanent judgeships in specified judicial districts in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Restore Public Health Institution Trust Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2536
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Restore Public Health Institution Trust Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on public health messaging and other recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report must specifically address (1) the data used to make recommendations, (2) the effect of inconsistent messaging on the public's trust in the CDC and willingness to follow its vaccine and other COVID-19 guidance, and (3) the degree to which outside entities influenced CDC recommendations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable EVs for Working Families Act

Bill: 117-s-2537
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Income tax credits
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Affordable EVs for Working Families Act

 
This bill allows an income-based tax credit for the purchase of a previously-owned qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle. The credit is limited to 30% of the sales price of such a vehicle. The bill defines 
previously-owned qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle
 to mean a motor vehicle the model year of which is at least two years earlier than the calendar year in which the vehicle is acquired and that meets certain requirements under the Clean Air Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5180)
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
ALTO Reauthorization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2538
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Alternatives to Opioids in the Emergency Department Reauthorization Act of 2021 or the ALTO Reauthorization Act of 2021

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 a grant program for developing and implementing alternatives to opioids for pain management in hospitals and emergency departments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
School Bus Safety Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2539
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

School Bus Safety Act of 20

21

 
This bill addresses safety features for school buses.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement rules requiring school buses to include
 
 
a three-point safety belt at each designated seating position,
 
a fire suppression system which addresses engine fires,
 
a firewall that prohibits hazardous quantities of gas or flame to pass through the firewall from the engine compartment to the passenger compartment,
 
an automatic emergency braking system,
 
an event data recorder, and
 
an electronic stability control system.
 
 
DOT must also establish a grant program to assist local educational agencies to purchase school buses equipped with three-point safety belts or any of the other safety features under this bill and assist them in modifying existing school buses to be equipped with such features.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
CISA Technical Corrections and Improvements Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2540
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Department of Homeland Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

CISA Technical Corrections and Improvements Act of 2021

 
This bill makes technical corrections to certain statutes relating to cybersecurity.

action_date: 2022-12-13
text: 

CISA Technical Corrections and Improvements Act of 2021

 
This bill makes technical corrections to certain statutes relating to cybersecurity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 632.
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-248.
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-248.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Shadow Wolves Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-s-2541
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Employee hiring
Federal-Indian relations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Human trafficking
Indian lands and resources rights
Latin America
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Shadow Wolves Enhancement Act

 
This bill authorizes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reclassify officers assigned to the tactical patrol unit on Tohono O'odham Nation land, commonly known as 
Shadow Wolves
, as ICE special agents upon completing certain required training. Officers assigned to a comparable unit, regardless of location, may also be reclassified as ICE special agents upon completing the training.
 
The Department of Homeland Security and the Government Accountability Office shall separately study and report on the best processes for expanding the Shadow Wolves program.

action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Shadow Wolves Enhancement Act

 
This bill authorizes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reclassify officers assigned to the tactical patrol unit on Tohono O'odham Nation land, commonly known as 
Shadow Wolves
, as ICE special agents upon completing certain required training. Officers assigned to a comparable unit, regardless of location, may also be reclassified as ICE special agents upon completing the training and receiving the approval and consent of the appropriate Indian tribe.
 
The Department of Homeland Security and the Government Accountability Office shall separately study and report on the best processes for expanding the Shadow Wolves program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 599.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-235.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-235.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
American Grown Act

Bill: 117-s-2542
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Department of Defense
Department of State
Executive Office of the President
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Horticulture and plants
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

American Grown Act

 
This bill prohibits certain agencies from procuring cut flowers or cut greens grown outside the United States. The bill also sets forth requirements for such agencies accepting gifts of cut flowers or cut greens grown outside the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require a study on the national security implications of the People's Republic of China's efforts to create an official digital currency.

Bill: 117-s-2543
Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Currency
Digital media
Government studies and investigations
International monetary system and foreign exchange

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 
This bill requires the President to report to Congress on the national security risks associated with any plans by China's government to create an official digital currency.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2544
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Ryan Frascone Memorial Student Loan Relief Act of 2021

 
This bill retroactively applies certain borrower protections related to cosigners of private student loans. Specifically, all private student loan agreements must (1) prohibit creditors from declaring a default or accelerating the debt of a private student loan on the sole basis of the death or bankruptcy of a cosigner to such a loan, and (2) require loan holders to release a cosigner from any obligation upon the death of the student borrower. Under current law, these protections apply only to private student loan agreements entered into on or after November 20, 2018.
 
Additionally, the Department of the Treasury must establish a program to purchase and retire such private student loans from loan holders suffering financial injury as a result of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
YALI Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2545
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Young African Leaders Initiative Act of 2021 or the YALI Act of 2021

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), which must seek to build the capacity of young African leaders in sub-Saharan Africa in the areas of business, civic engagement, or public administration. 
 
The YALI program must award Mandela Washington Fellowships to young leaders and offer training through regional leadership centers in sub-Saharan Africa to individuals who have demonstrated strong capabilities in entrepreneurship, innovation, public service, and leadership.
 
 The Department of State must oversee all U.S.-based activities carried out under the program, and the United States should continue to support overseas initiatives of the program (e.g., access to continued professional training and leadership development opportunities for fellowship alumni upon returning to their home countries). The State Department must also submit an implementation plan for the program and annual reports on the program's progress.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Reef Safe Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2546
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Reef Safe Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) to develop labeling criteria and standards for 

Reef Safe
 and 
Ocean Safe 
designations on nonprescription sunscreen. The FDA must also review (and revise if necessary) the criteria and standards for such designations at least once every 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Digital Authenticity for Court Orders Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2547
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Digital Authenticity for Court Orders Act of 2021

 
This bill generally requires certain court orders, particularly those relating to wiretaps, electronic surveillance, and search and seizures, to have authentic digital signatures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act

Bill: 117-s-2548
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Intergenerational Financial Obligations Reform Act

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Government Accountability Office to provide various reports that include a fiscal gap analysis and a generational accounting analysis. 
 
Under the bill, the 
fiscal gap
 generally refers to the sum of (1) the total amount of Treasury liabilities outstanding on the last day of the budget year, and (2) the discounted present value of the projected difference between federal spending and revenues during the period of the budget year and at least the next 75 fiscal years (excluding spending for net interest and principal payments on Treasury liabilities).
 
A 
generational accounting analysis
 addresses the fiscal impact that projected federal spending and tax burdens will have on various generations of individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Mapping Housing Discrimination Act

Bill: 117-s-2549
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Mapping Housing Discrimination Act

 
This bill provides grants to institutions of higher education to analyze, digitize, and map historic housing discrimination records. The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Policy Development and Research must use data submitted by institutions under the bill to create a publicly available national database of historic housing discrimination records.
 
Historic housing discrimination records are (1) deeds or historic property records that demonstrate housing discrimination, or (2) state or local ordinances that permitted housing discrimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
RISE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2550
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower Act of 2021 or the RISE Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes requirements for institutions of higher education (IHEs) concerning students with disabilities.
 
Specifically, the bill requires IHEs to allow students to use certain documents, such as individualized education programs, to establish their disabilities.
 
In addition, IHEs must make the process for determining the eligibility for accommodations transparent.
 
Finally, IHEs must submit key data related to their undergraduate students with disabilities for inclusion in federal postsecondary institution data collection efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
LIFT Act

Bill: 117-s-2552
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Economic development
Environmental health
Higher education
Infrastructure development
Labor-management relations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Poverty and welfare assistance
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Local Infrastructure Funding & Technical Assistance Act or the LIFT Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to provide grants under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 for predevelopment projects&#8212;measures required to be completed before construction of resilient climate infrastructure occurs&#8212;and related technical assistance. Grants may be provided to economic development districts, states, Indian tribes, local governments, institutions of higher education, individuals, and other organizations as specified by the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Judiciary Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2553
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Judiciary Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill applies certain civil rights and employee protection laws to judicial branch employees. 
 
Specifically, the bill applies to judicial branch employees laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation or gender identity), national origin, age, or disability.
 
 Further, the bill prohibits retaliation against whistleblowers within the judicial branch. 
 
Additionally, the bill establishes (1) the Commission on Judicial Integrity to oversee a program to prevent workplace misconduct; (2) the Office of Judicial Integrity to oversee confidential reporting systems regarding workplace misconduct, training programs on workplace behavior and bystander intervention, and other reporting initiatives regarding employee metrics and demographics; (3) the Special Counsel for Equal Employment Opportunity to investigate alleged workplace misconduct and complaints; and (4) the Office of Employee Advocacy to provide legal assistance, representation, and consultation to judicial employees. 
 
Finally, the bill establishes workplace discrimination, harassment, and retaliation as judicial misconduct.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5180)
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Renters Tax Credit Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2554
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: 

Renters Tax Credit Act of 2021

 
This bill allows owners of rental buildings who provide reductions in rent to their low-income tenants a refundable tax credit for a specified percentage of the difference between market rent and 30% of the monthly family income of such tenants. The bill allocates credit amounts to states for distribution to participating taxpayers.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate