hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Flu Vaccine Act

Bill: 117-s-3258
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2021-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: 

Flu Vaccine Act

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, to conduct or support research regarding the development of a universal influenza vaccine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Adoption Parity Act

Bill: 117-s-3259
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Disability and paralysis
Income tax credits
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: 

 Tribal Adoption Parity Act
 
 
This bill allows Indian tribal governments to determine whether a child has special needs for the purposes of the adoption tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Security Administration 20th Anniversary Review Act

Bill: 117-s-3260
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2021-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: 

Transportation Security Administration 20th Anniversary Review Act

 
This bill requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to contract with a federally funded research and development center to review and provide recommendations that address, among other topics, TSA's effectiveness in carrying out its statutory mission and specified programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain emblems on headstones and markers furnished for veterans by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-3261
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2021-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Monuments and memorials
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: 
This bill provides statutory authority for the inclusion of certain emblems on headstones or markers furnished for veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Such headstones or markers may include an emblem from a list established by the Department of Defense and the VA (e.g., skill or combat badges), an emblem of belief, or no emblem.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Upholding the Law at Our Border Act

Bill: 117-s-3263
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: 

Upholding the Law at Our Border Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to periodically investigate and report on certain issues until there have been fewer than 35,000 apprehensions at the southwest border for three consecutive months.
 
When required, the reports must address certain issues, including (1) the vetting procedures applicable to aliens seeking entry into the United States who were apprehended along the southwest border, (2) the total number of individuals not lawfully present who have been processed and released into the United States, (3) the number of such individuals who have received parole, and (4) an audit of the parole applications.
 
The office must submit such reports (and provide briefings on the reports) to the President, Congress, DHS, and the Department of Justice. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act

Bill: 117-s-3264
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pedestrians and bicycling

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: 

Biking on Long-Distance Trails Act

 
This bill establishes requirements related to long-distance bike trails.
 
The Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture shall 
 
 
identify not fewer than 10 long-distance bike trails;
 
identify not fewer than 10 areas in which there is an opportunity to develop or complete long-distance bike trails; and 
 
coordinate with stakeholders on the feasibility of, and identifying any resources necessary for, completing the development of such trails. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-02
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
POWER Act

Bill: 117-s-3265
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: 

Providing Opportunities for Wider Economic Revitalization Act or the POWER Act

 
This bill requires the National Nuclear Security Administration to release all of its reversionary rights to the building located at 4170 Allium Court, Springfield, Ohio (also known as the Advanced Technical Intelligence Center for Human Capital Development), to the Community Improvement Corporation of Clark County and the Chamber of Commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Consolidation Prevention and Competition Promotion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3267
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-11-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: 

Consolidation Prevention and Competition Promotion Act of 2021 

 
This bill revises antitrust laws applicable to mergers and anticompetitive conduct. 
 
Specifically, the bill applies a stricter standard for permissible mergers by prohibiting mergers that (1) create an appreciable risk of materially lessening competition, or (2) unfairly lower the prices of goods or wages because of a lack of competition among buyers or employers (i.e., a monopsony). Under current law, mergers that substantially lessen competition are prohibited. 
 
Additionally, for some large mergers or mergers that concentrate markets beyond a certain threshold, the bill shifts the burden of proof to the merging parties to prove that the merger does not violate the law. 
 
The bill also establishes within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) the Office of the Competition Advocate. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on (1) the success of merger remedies required by the Department of Justice or the FTC in recent consent decrees; and (2) the impact of mergers and acquisitions on wages, employment, innovation, and new business formation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Memphis' Supply Chain Act

Bill: 117-s-3268
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-19
text: 

Improving Memphis' Supply Chain Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to undertake a process, in coordination with the Federal Maritime Commission, to create a voluntary chassis pool operated by a private sector contractor at the rail ramps near Memphis, TN. (Chassis are special trailers used to transport shipping containers.)
 
DOT must solicit proposals from contractors to develop a model for operating such a pool. The proposals must address, among other matters, a sustainable fee structure, estimates of the number of chassis needed in the pool, and real property necessary to operate the pool.
 
If any contractors submit satisfactory proposals, DOT must (1) contract with one of them to operate the pool, and (2) evaluate the effectiveness of the pool within one year of its implementation. In the event there are no satisfactory proposals submitted, DOT must provide Congress with alternative options to improve the availability of chassis at the rail ramps.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

Bill: 117-s-3269
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-11-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Historical and cultural resources
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Minority education
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-19
text: 

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

 
This bill allows five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements. 
 
Specifically, the bill allows the Alaska Native residents of each of the Alaska Native villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Alaska Native urban corporations and to receive certain settlement land.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified land to each urban corporation. Further, Interior must convey the subsurface estate for that land to the regional corporation for Southeast Alaska.
 
Interior must also convey to each urban corporation any U.S. interest in all roads, trails, log transfer facilities, leases, and appurtenances on or related to the land conveyed to the urban corporation.
 
The bill also allows each urban corporation to establish a settlement trust to (1) promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries; and (2) preserve the Alaska Native heritage and culture of their communities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-11-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-11-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Maritime Administration Reauthorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3270
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2021-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: 

Maritime Administration Reauthorization Act of 2022

 
This bill revises provisions related to the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
reauthorizes MARAD programs, including programs associated with maintaining the U.S. Merchant Marine; 
 
sets aside funding to support the maritime environmental and technical assistance program of MARAD, including for activities related to technologies that support port and vessel air emissions reductions and to support zero emissions technologies; 
 
directs the Department of Transportation to develop and and deliver to Congress a strategy to assist state maritime academies and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy to improve the representation of women and underrepresented communities in the next generation of the mariner workforce; 
 
authorizes MARAD to award maritime career training grants to eligible institutions (e.g., postsecondary educational institutions or postsecondary vocational institutions) for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for workers in the United States related to the maritime workforce; and 
 
addresses sexual harassment and sexual assault at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and provides for greater diversity and inclusion at the academy and within the maritime transportation system workforce. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Criminal Judicial Administration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3271
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2021-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: 

Criminal Judicial Administration Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the authority of federal judges to reimburse defendants for expenses related to attending court proceedings. The bill also broadens the authority of magistrate court judges.
 
Currently, when a defendant is released pending further court appearances, federal judges may order the U.S. Marshals Service to provide transportation and subsistence (food and lodging) expenses for a defendant to travel to court appearances, but not expenses during or to return home from such court appearances.
 
This bill allows federal judges to order the Marshals Service to provide a defendant's transportation and subsistence expenses to return home from court proceedings, as well as subsistence expenses during such proceedings. 
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes magistrate court judges to rule on post-judgment motions pertaining to misdemeanor cases they tried and disposed of. Current law permits magistrate judges to try and dispose of misdemeanors in the district courts if the defendant consents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S8782)
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Arctic Focus Act

Bill: 117-s-3272
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2021-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Arctic and polar regions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: 

Arctic Focus Act

 
This bill directs the Coast Guard to undertake various efforts to maintain a persistent presence in the Arctic to advance the national security interests of the United States. 
 
The Coast Guard must 
 
 
 prioritize icebreaker deployments to the Arctic;
 
 provide sufficient icebreaking activity to keep the Northwest Passage sea lanes open for commerce, national defense, rescue and recovery operations, and scientific exploration by 2030;
 
 permanently station at least one ice-breaking vessel within the Arctic by the earlier of one year after the delivery of the first Polar Security Cutter, or 2030; and
 
continuously patrol the Arctic with at least one major Coast Guard cutter that is able to execute search and rescue operations, fisheries enforcement, pollution response, and support for national defense operations.
 
 
The department in which the Coast Guard is operating must submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that describes the ability and time line to conduct a transit of the Northern Sea Route and periodic transits of the Northwest Passage, and that includes a plan to implement the activities set forth in this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act

Bill: 117-s-3273
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: California
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: 

Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act

 
This bill takes approximately 2,560 acres of specified lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Lands taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.
 
Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

action_date: 2022-06-23
text: 

Agua Caliente Land Exchange Fee to Trust Confirmation Act

 
This bill takes approximately 2,560 acres of specified lands in California into trust for the benefit of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. Lands taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.
 
Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-23
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 430.
action_date: 2022-06-23
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 117-125.
action_date: 2022-06-23
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz without amendment. With written report No. 117-125.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-518.
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S8782)
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to rename the Geospatial Learning Center in the Next NGA West facility in St. Louis, Missouri, as the Senator Roy Blunt Geospatial Learning Center.

Bill: 117-s-3274
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: 
This bill redesignates the Geospatial Learning Center in the Next NGA West facility in St. Louis, Missouri, as the Senator Roy Blunt Geospatial Learning Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Sudan Democracy Act

Bill: 117-s-3275
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2021-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Conflicts and wars
Currency
Foreign property
Human rights
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Political movements and philosophies
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Reconstruction and stabilization
Rule of law and government transparency
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Sudan
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: 

Sudan Democracy Act

 
This bill requires the President to impose sanctions for human rights abuses and actions to undermine democracy in Sudan.
 
Specifically, the President must impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on any individual or entity that is responsible for, complicit in, or engaged (or attempted to engage) in various actions, including actions that (1) undermine the transition to democracy in Sudan; (2) threaten Sudan's peace, security, or stability; (3) constitute gross violations of human rights in Sudan; (4) result in the misappropriation of Sudan's state assets; or (5) disrupt access to communications or the internet in Sudan. The sanctions shall also apply to entities affiliated with such sanctioned individuals and entities, including entities formed for the purpose of evading the sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-3276
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-11-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: 

Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2021

 
This bill makes it unlawful to use automated tools (i.e., bots) to intentionally bypass a website's security measures in order to purchase and resell its products or services in interstate commerce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Section 401 Certification Act

Bill: 117-s-3277
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2021-11-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: 

Section 401 Certification Act

 
The bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on July 13, 2020, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entitled
 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule
. Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, an applicant for a federal license or permit to conduct an activity that may result in any discharge into navigable waters must also obtain a certification&#8212;or waiver of such certification&#8212;from a relevant state, intrastate agency, or Indian tribe that the proposed activity will not violate certain water quality requirements of the state or Indian tribe. The rule revised existing regulations, including by limiting the scope of the certification review process as well as the time frame for a state, interstate agency, or Indian tribe to issue a certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Reese’s Law

Bill: 117-s-3278
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-11-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Consumer affairs
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: 

Reese's Law

 
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish product safety standards with respect to batteries that pose an ingestion hazard (e.g., button cell or coin batteries).
 
Specifically, consumer products with these batteries must include (1) a warning label instructing consumers to keep the batteries out of the reach of children, and (2) a battery compartment that prevents access to the batteries by children who are six years of age or younger.
 
Additionally, such batteries, if sold separately or included separately with a product, must comply with federal child-resistant packaging regulations.

action_date: 2022-12-14
text: 

Reese's Law

 
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish product safety standards with respect to batteries that pose an ingestion hazard (e.g., button cell or coin batteries).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 643.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: Introduced in Senate