hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-527
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Domestic violence and child abuse
Firearms and explosives
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Protecting Domestic Violence and Stalking Victims Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes new federal firearms restrictions for individuals who are convicted of misdemeanor stalking offenses.
 
The bill expands the categories of persons who are prohibited from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. Specifically, it adds a new category of prohibited persons: persons convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking.
 
The term
 misdemeanor crime of stalking
 means a misdemeanor stalking offense under federal, state, tribal, or municipal law and a course of harassment, intimidation, or surveillance of another person that (1) places such person in reasonable fear of harm to themselves, an immediate family member, a household member, or a spouse or intimate partner (including a current or former dating partner); or (2) causes emotional distress to such person.
 
The bill also specifically prohibits dating partners who are convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence or who are subject to certain restraining orders from receiving, possessing, shipping, or transporting a firearm or ammunition. Currently, such restrictions generally only apply to spouses, co-parents, and cohabitants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

Bill: 117-s-528
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

La Paz County Solar Energy and Job Creation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior, after receiving a request from La Paz County, Arizona, to convey approximately 4,800 acres of identified land managed by the Bureau of Land Management to the county.
 
Interior shall exclude from the conveyance any federal land that contains significant cultural, environmental, wildlife, or recreational resources.
 
As a condition of the conveyance, La Paz County and any subsequent owner shall 
 
 
make good faith efforts to avoid disturbing tribal artifacts; 
 
 minimize impacts on tribal artifacts if they are disturbed; 
 
 coordinate with the Colorado River Indian Tribes Tribal Historic Preservation Office to identify artifacts of cultural and historic significance; and 
 
 allow tribal representatives to rebury unearthed artifacts at, or near, where they were discovered.
 
 
The federal land is withdrawn from the operation of U.S. mining and mineral leasing laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Background Check Expansion Act

Bill: 117-s-529
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Background Check Expansion Act

 
This bill establishes new background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties (i.e., unlicensed individuals).
 
Specifically, it prohibits a firearm transfer between private parties unless a licensed gun dealer, manufacturer, or importer first takes possession of the firearm to conduct a background check.
 
The prohibition does not apply to certain firearm transfers, such as a gift between spouses in good faith.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Shareholder Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-530
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political advertising
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Shareholder Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill requires shareholder authorization of certain political expenditures by a publicly traded company. A violation of this requirement is considered a breach of fiduciary duty, and the officers and directors who authorized the expenditure are subject to joint and several liability. A publicly traded company must require a board vote with respect to political expenditures in excess of $50,000 and, within 48 hours, make publicly available the individual votes of each board member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Open Back Better Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-531
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Building construction
Buy American requirements
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Disaster relief and insurance
Educational facilities and institutions
Electric power generation and transmission
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor standards
Libraries and archives
Manufacturing
Metals
Natural disasters
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Open Back Better Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide grants to federal and state agencies and tribal organizations to implement building projects that increase resiliency, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and grid integration. It also provides grants for projects that may have combined heat and power and energy storage as project components.
 
States must use at least 40% of grant funds to implement projects in environmental justice communities or low-income communities that have been adversely impacted by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Wind Energy Modernization and Extension Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-532
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business investment and capital
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Rural Wind Energy Modernization and Extension Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the energy tax credit to include qualified distributed wind energy property. The bill defines 
qualified distributed wind energy property
 to include property that uses one or more wind turbines used to produce electricity in a single project with a total nameplate capacity not exceeding 10 megawatts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Guidance Clarity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-533
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Guidance Clarity Act of 2021

 
 This bill requires federal agencies to state on the first page of guidance documents that such guidance (1) does not have the force and effect of law, and (2) is intended only to provide clarity to the public about existing legal requirements or agency policies. Excluded from this requirement is guidance directed to the issuing agency or other agency that is not intended to have a substantial effect on the behavior of regulated parties, as well as internal executive branch legal advice or opinions addressed to executive branch officials.

action_date: 2022-04-27
text: 

Guidance Clarity Act of 2021

 
 This bill requires federal agencies to state on the first page of guidance documents that such guidance (1) does not have the force and effect of law, and (2) is intended only to provide clarity to the public about existing legal requirements or agency policies.

action_date: 2022-09-14
text: 

Guidance Clarity Act of 2021

 
 This bill requires federal agencies to state on the first page of guidance documents that such guidance (1) does not have the force and effect of law, and (2) is intended only to provide clarity to the public about existing legal requirements or agency policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Mr. Carter (LA) asked unanimous consent that the ordering of the yeas and nays on the motion that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill S. 533 be vacated, to the end that the motion be considered as withdrawn. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4624)
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-04-27
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.
action_date: 2022-04-27
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. 117-95.
action_date: 2022-04-27
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. 117-95.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act

Bill: 117-s-534
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Debt collection
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act

 
This bill permits tribal child support enforcement agencies to access the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program to collect past-due child support payments from the federal tax refunds of noncustodial parents.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration to disclose certain tax return information to tribal child support enforcement agencies. Such information may be disclosed to establish and collect child support obligations from, and to locate, those individuals owing such obligations.
 
It also permits the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse tribal agencies for certain reporting costs related to the Federal Parent Locator Service.

action_date: 2021-07-13
text: 

Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act

 
This bill permits tribal child support enforcement agencies to access the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program to collect past-due child support payments from the federal tax refunds of noncustodial parents.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration to disclose certain tax return information to tribal child support enforcement agencies. Such information may be disclosed to establish and collect child support obligations from, and to locate, those individuals owing such obligations.
 
It also permits the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse tribal agencies for certain reporting costs related to the Federal Parent Locator Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2021-07-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S4860)
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S4860)
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4860)
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4860)
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act

Bill: 117-s-535
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Monuments and memorials
Terrorism
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act

 
This bill authorizes the establishment of a National Global War on Terrorism Memorial in the area of the National Mall. 
 

action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Global War on Terrorism Memorial Location Act

 
This bill authorizes the establishment of a National Global War on Terrorism Memorial in the area of the National Mall. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 201.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 117-51.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 117-51.
action_date: 2021-11-18
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Blue Collar Bonus Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-536
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Blue Collar Bonus Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a refundable income tax credit to supplement wages received by an individual taxpayer that are less than the median wage. The bill defines 
median wage
 as $16.50 per hour, increased by annual inflation adjustments beginning after 2021. The bill also provides for advance payments of the credit. 
 
The bill requires taxpayers to provide their Social Security account numbers on their tax returns to be eligible for the credit. The credit expires after 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Workplaces Act

Bill: 117-s-537
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of the Treasury
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Social security and elderly assistance
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Healthy Workplaces Act

 
This bill allows tax credits for employer expenses for protecting employees from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 
 
Specifically, the bill allows a credit against certain employment taxes equal to 50% of the sum of qualified employee protection expenses, workplace reconfiguration expenses, and education and training expenses paid by the employer during a calendar quarter. 
 
The bill also allows a 50% income tax credit for qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses incurred by an employer in 2020. The bill defines 
qualified workplace reconfiguration expenses
 to include amounts paid by an employer to evaluate, design, and reconfigure retail space and employee work areas for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19. The evaluation, design, and reconfiguration must be completed before January 1, 2022. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to repeal portions of a regulation issued by the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia that require child care workers to have a degree, a certificate, or a minimum number of credit hours from an institution of higher education.

Bill: 117-s-538
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Higher education
School administration
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 
This bill invalidates certain provisions of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations as added by the final rulemaking of the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia issued on December 7, 2016, that require a staff member of a child development facility to have a degree, a certificate, or a minimum number of credit hours from an institution of higher education. The requirements of this rulemaking apply to personnel including
 
 
child development center directors, teachers, and assistant teachers;
 
expanded child development home caregivers; and 
 
out-of-school time program directors and group leaders.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of video cameras for patient safety and law enforcement at medical centers of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 117-s-539
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report on its policies and procedures relating to the usage and maintenance of video cameras for patient safety and law enforcement at VA medical centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-231.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-540
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Employee performance
Government information and archives
Government liability
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Legal fees and court costs
Photography and imaging
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Cost of Police Misconduct Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a framework to collect and publish data on allegations of misconduct by law enforcement officers at the federal, state, and local levels. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires federal law enforcement agencies to report data to the Department of Justice (DOJ) about allegations of misconduct by federal law enforcement officers and amounts paid as judgments or settlements with respect to the allegations. State and local law enforcement agencies must report substantially similar data to DOJ to receive a full allocation of funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program. 
 
The bill directs DOJ to release annual summaries of the data and create and maintain an online database with the reported data. The bill also directs the Government Accountability Office to report on costs and other issues related to law enforcement misconduct. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S994-995)
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

Bill: 117-s-541
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for certain expenditures involving repositories for disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Specifically, DOE may not use the fund to pay for disposal in a repository or planning, construction, or operation of a repository unless DOE has entered into an agreement with the state in which the repository is located and with affected local governments and Indian tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in Senate