hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
COVID–19 Medical Debt Collection Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-355
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-02-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Debt collection
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-22
text: 

COVID-19 Medical Debt Collection Relief Act of 2021

 
This bill temporarily limits certain activities to collect medical debts by health care providers that apply for, or accept, COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus 2019) financial relief.
 
Specifically, such health care providers must suspend extraordinary collection actions, such as selling a debt to a third-party collector or placing a lien on an individual's property, until the later of the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency or 18 months after the enactment of this bill.
 
 Further, such health care providers must notify individuals who have entered into medical debt repayment plans that they may request the suspension of payments during such period. Providers must provide reasonable repayment options for individuals once repayments resume, such as extending repayment periods.
 
The bill also applies specified consumer protections to medical debt incurred for COVID-19-related testing and treatment between February 1, 2020, and 60 days after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-02-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act

Bill: 117-s-356
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-02-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Transportation
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Minority employment
Public transit
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
Research and development
Roads and highways
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation employees
Transportation programs funding
Vocational and technical education
Women's education
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-22
text: 

Transportation Opportunities for Professional Service Act or the
 
TOPS Act

 
This bill establishes federal training and educational programs to develop the transportation workforce.
 
It directs the Department of Transportation to 
 
 
create a task force on developing a 21st century surface transportation workforce;
 
 provide grants to partnerships including states, institutions of higher education, and others, to support transportation-sector education and workforce development projects;
 
conduct a national and international scanning tour of surface transportation agencies to identify critical future investment in workforce development;
 
designate certain geographically diverse consortia of two-year institutions of higher education as Community and Technical College Centers of Excellence in Transportation Workforce Training; 
 
establish and administer a transportation workforce outreach program to carry out a series of public service announcement campaigns, including to increase diversity and the awareness of career opportunities in the transportation sector; and
 
address emerging technologies in the transportation workforce, including cybersecurity related to such technologies.
 
 
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study issues relating to workforce development in intelligent and zero-emissions transportation technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-02-22
text: Introduced in Senate
DART Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-357
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Data Analytics Robocall Technology Act of 2021 or the DART Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consider establishing a process for maintaining a list of numbers that are ineligible to be blocked by a voice service provider. 
 
These may include numbers used (1) for outgoing calls by a facility that is designated to originate or route emergency calls, (2) to originate calls from a government entity, or (3) by a school to provide school-related notifications.
 
The FCC must submit a report containing an analysis of the effectiveness of various categories of call-blocking tools and any legislative recommendations relating to this report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Transportation Equity and Transparency Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-358
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Indian lands and resources rights
Natural disasters
Public transit
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Tribal Transportation Equity and Transparency Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill revises certain programs related to tribal transportation.
 
First, the bill revises the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) by directing the Department of the Interior to (1) request proposals from Indian tribes to include additional transportation facilities in the National Tribal Transportation Facility Inventory, and (2) ensure that all nonconfidential information from the inventory is made available on its website.
 
Next, the bill specifies that funding allocations (i.e., tribal shares) under the TTP must be determined using the facility inventory for the most recent fiscal year for which data is available instead of using FY2012 data. It also requires each Indian tribe that intends to include a proposed road in the inventory to complete and submit certain documentation for the road.
 
It also requires independent audits by the inspectors general of Interior and the Department of Transportation, as well as the Government Accountability Office, to review the administration of the TTP.
 
Additionally, the bill permits Indian tribes to use funds for carrying out highway safety programs in cooperation with states, counties, and other local subdivisions.
 
It also increases the federal share for Indian tribes under the Nationally Significant Federal Lands and Tribal Projects Program and allows Indian tribes to use planning and design funds for grant applications under the program.
 
Finally, the bill establishes the Tribal Transportation Advisory Committee, which must provide advice to Interior and study issues related to tribal transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters with Cover Crops Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-359
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural insurance
Atmospheric science and weather
Disaster relief and insurance
Floods and storm protection
Livestock
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Feed Emergency Enhancement During Disasters with Cover Crops Act of 2021 or the FEEDD Act of 2021

 
This bill expands relief under the federal crop insurance program for agricultural producers that harvest second crops as a result of a prevented planting.
 
Specifically, a producer may collect 100% of the prevented planting guarantee for the acreage of the first crop if (1) the acres planted are in an area with low hay or forage supplies due to widespread excessive moisture, flood, or drought; (2) the second crop will be planted with an intended use of animal feed that is hayed, gazed, or chopped; and (3) the second crop will be donated or used by the producer.
 
Additionally, the Department of Agriculture may not reduce the amount of a payment collected by a producer that hays, grazes, or chops over crops on prevented planting acres after the harvest date that it establishes for each region of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
21st Century Space Grant Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-360
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Research administration and funding
Science and engineering education
Space flight and exploration
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

21st Century Space Grant Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill revises provisions relating to the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. 
 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall carry out the program with the objective of providing hands-on research, training, and education programs with measurable outcomes in each state.
 
NASA shall carry out the program through a space grant consortium in each state.
 
The bill revises the purposes of the program to support space research programs that promote equally the state and regional STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) interests of each space grant consortium.
 
NASA shall award grants to the lead institution of each state's space grant consortium to carry out at least three of six specified research, training, and education programs.
 
The bill repeals certain provisions relating to the program, including provisions establishing the space grant review panel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish a 90-day limit to file a petition for judicial review of a permit, license, or approval for a highway or public transportation project, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-361
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 
This bill modifies the time limit from 150 days to 90 days to file a petition for judicial review of a permit, license, or approval for a highway or public transportation capital project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Permitting Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-362
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Federal Permitting Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill revises environmental review requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) for certain infrastructure projects. 
 
Specifically, this bill establishes deadlines for federal agencies to complete the environmental review of such projects.
 
A court may not issue a temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction against an agency or a project sponsor in connection with the review or authorization of an infrastructure project unless the court determines that (1) the environmental review has failed substantially and materially to comply with the requirements of NEPA, and (2) the failure cannot be cured by supplementing the environmental document or other mitigation and monitoring measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Make It in America Act

Bill: 117-s-363
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Buy American requirements
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Infrastructure development
Manufacturing
Metals
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit
Railroads
Roads and highways
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Make It in America Act

 
This bill addresses domestic content requirements and narrows instances in which waivers may be granted.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), acting through the Office for Federal Procurement Policy, to promulgate regulations to standardize and simplify how federal agencies comply with, report on, and enforce the Buy American Act, including guidelines to ensure that a project is not disaggregated for purposes of avoiding the applicability of such requirements. 
 
The bill increases American-made content requirements from 50% to 75%. 
 
Before granting a waiver in the public interest with respect to a product sourced from a foreign country, a federal agency shall assess whether a significant portion of the cost advantage of the product is the result of the use of dumped steel, iron, or manufactured goods or the use of injuriously subsidized steel, iron, or manufactured goods.
 
The OMB shall establish within it a Made in America Office to maximize and enforce compliance with domestic preference statutes, develop and implement procedures to review waiver requests, ensure that contracting personnel at each federal agency annually complete training on obligations under such statutes, and ensure the development of a domestic supply base to meet federal procurement requirements.
 
The bill directs the Department of Transportation to enter into a technical assistance partnership with the Department of Commerce to ensure the development of a domestic supply base to support intermodal transportation in the United States and to ensure compliance with domestic preference statutes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

Bill: 117-s-364
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Appropriations
Climate change and greenhouse gases
International law and treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

No Taxpayer Funding for Paris Climate Agreement Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of any funds to take action providing for the United States to become a party to the Paris Agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
END Child Exploitation Act

Bill: 117-s-365
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against children
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act
 
This bill modifies the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) that report information to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. 
Specifically, the bill increases the amount of time&#8212;from 90 days to 180 days&#8212;that a provider must preserve the contents of a report. Additionally, the bill permits a provider to voluntarily retain the contents for longer than 180 days to reduce the proliferation of or to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: 

Eliminate Network Distribution of Child Exploitation Act or the END Child Exploitation Act
 
 
This bill modifies the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) that report information to the CyberTipline of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children on crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. 
Specifically, the bill increases the amount of time&#8212;from 90 days to 180 days&#8212;that a provider must preserve the contents of a report. Additionally, the bill permits a provider to voluntarily retain the contents for longer than 180 days to reduce the proliferation of or to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7304)
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7304)
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Confederate Monument Removal Act

Bill: 117-s-366
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Architect of the Capitol
Art, artists, authorship
Conflicts and wars
Congressional agencies
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military history
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. Capitol
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Confederate Monument Removal Act

 
This bill prohibits a state from providing for display in National Statuary Hall a statue of a person who voluntarily served with the Confederate States of America, and it provides for the removal, return, and replacement of any statue currently on display that depicts such a person.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas, formerly of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and most recently of Colleyville, Texas, before his death on April 2, 2020, for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

Bill: 117-s-367
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Belgium
Conflicts and wars
Europe
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to award the Medal of Honor to James Megellas for acts of valor on January 28, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Telehealth Modernization Act

Bill: 117-s-368
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 

Telehealth Modernization Act

 
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. 
 
Specifically, the bill extends certain flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Among other things, the bill allows (1) rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner); (2) the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for all services (rather than for only certain services); and (3) all types of practitioners to furnish telehealth services, as determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize and appropriate funding for grants to Amtrak for the restoration of long-distance routes and the rehiring of employees furloughed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill: 117-s-369
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2021-02-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Infectious and parasitic diseases
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads
Transportation employees
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: 
This bill authorizes the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to use grant funds to restore the frequency of rail service on long-distance routes and rehire employees furloughed on or after October 1, 2020, as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Introduced in Senate