hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
John Stringer Rainey SAFE Act

Bill: 117-s-2732
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

John Stringer Rainey Save America's Forgotten Equines Act or the John Stringer Rainey SAFE Act

 
This bill prohibits the knowing sale or transport of horses for purposes of human consumption.
 
Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful to knowingly possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or receive a horse for it to be slaughtered for human consumption.
 
It also makes it unlawful to knowingly possess, ship, transport, purchase, sell, deliver, or receive horse flesh, carcass, or part of a carcass for it to be used for human consumption.
 
Violators are subject to criminal penalties. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Enrichment Corporation Fund Termination and Transfer Act

Bill: 117-s-2733
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Government trust funds
Nuclear power

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

United States Enrichment Corporation Fund Termination and Transfer Act

 
This bill terminates the U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC) Fund and rescinds all amounts currently in the fund. The fund was established to assist the USEC, a government corporation, with providing uranium enrichment services for the federal government and utilities that operate nuclear power plants. USEC was privatized in 1998, thus eliminating the need for the fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-01
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Trust in Public Health Act

Bill: 117-s-2734
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Restoring Trust in Public Health Act

 
This bill requires the Senate to confirm the appointment of the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
September 11 Day of Remembrance Act

Bill: 117-s-2735
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

September 11 Day of Remembrance Act

 
This bill designates September 11 Day of Remembrance as a legal public holiday. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
RPM Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2736
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Motor vehicles
Sports and recreation facilities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2021 or the RPM Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the modification of a vehicle's air emission controls for vehicles that are not legal for operation on a street or highway and are used solely for competition.
 
In relation to the exemption of competition vehicles from anti-tampering provisions, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is prohibited from creating or authorizing a database of vehicle registration information that is required to be consulted at the point of manufacture, sale, installation, or use of parts or components. Additionally, the EPA may not require the registration of a vehicle, or part or component of a vehicle, by the manufacturer, seller, purchaser, installer, or user of the vehicle.
 
The regulation prescribed by the EPA regarding the exemption must include certain components, including a description of the reasonable conditions for the applicability of the exemption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-07
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Constitution education Is Valuable In Community Schools Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2737
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Constitution education Is Valuable In Community Schools Act of 2021 or the CIVICS Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires national activities supported by American History and Civics Education grants to include programs that educate students about the history and principles of the Constitution, including the Bill of Rights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-s-2738
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Aviation and airports
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Military history
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Vietnam

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Dustoff Crews of the Vietnam War Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to Dustoff crews (helicopter air ambulance crews) of the Vietnam War in recognition of their heroic military service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6501; text: CR S6501-6502)
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to add certain counties to the definition of "Appalachian region".

Bill: 117-s-2739
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 
This bill adds the Tennessee counties of Hickman, Humphreys, and Perry to the definition of 
Appalachian region
 for purposes of Appalachian regional development efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
PREPARE Act

Bill: 117-s-2740
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Promoting Readiness and Ensuring Proper Active pharmaceutical ingredient Reserves of Essential medicines Act of 2021 or the PREPARE Act

 
This bill establishes the Strategic Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient Reserve.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must annually publish a public list of essential generic medicines that are medically necessary to have available at all times. 
 
HHS must report and implement a plan to establish the reserve, which must be designed to minimize the impact of an interruption or reduction in imports of (1) key starting materials (including active pharmaceutical ingredients) for essential generic medicines, and (2) finished dosage forms of essential generic medicines for which key starting materials are not imported. The plan must also contain provisions to strengthen domestic capacity for active pharmaceutical ingredient production, storage, and conversion. 
 
Within one year of this bill's enactment, the plan must include at least 25 of the essential generic medicines on the required list. The plan must add at least 25 medicines each year until the full list is covered. 
 
HHS must prioritize domestically manufactured key starting materials for the reserve to the maximum extent possible. 
 
A manufacturer of an essential generic medicine that switches to an active pharmaceutical ingredient sourced through the reserve shall not have to update the approved application for that medicine. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing, including the time and costs needed to develop domestic manufacturing capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2741
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in coordination with the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants to nonprofits, institutions of higher education, or consortia of these entities to promote healthy eating and physical activity and address food insecurity among children in early care and education settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Recovering Fraudulent Claims Act

Bill: 117-s-2742
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Labor
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Recovering Fraudulent Claims Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to establish the COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance Fraud Task Force. The task force must investigate fraud related to COVID-19 unemployment insurance benefits, including fraud involving identity theft. 
 
 The Government Accountability Office must study COVID-19 unemployment insurance fraud, including whether available funds are being utilized or underutilized by states to prevent fraud and recover fraudulent payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S6502-6503)
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Music Under Severe Income Crisis Act

Bill: 117-s-2743
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lease and rental services
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Music
Performing arts
Small business
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Music Under Severe Income Crisis Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which provides emergency assistance for eligible venues affected by COVID-19, to include service and support companies. Such companies are those whose principal business (1) provides stages, lighting, sound, casts, or other support for live performing arts events; or (2) showcases performers or prepackaged productions to potential buyers.
 
In addition, the bill rescinds specified funds that were made available for COVID-19 relief and appropriates an equal amount to make grants to service and support companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Restraining Emergency War Spending Act

Bill: 117-s-2744
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Restraining Emergency War Spending Act

 
This bill establishes (1) a statutory definition for
 emergency war funding
, and (2) a budget point of order that may be raised in the Senate against legislation that provides new funding for a contingency operation that does not meet the requirements for emergency war funding. 
 
Funding for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) is exempt from discretionary spending limits. If this point of order is successfully raised against a provision that provides OCO funding that does not meet the requirements for emergency war spending, the bill requires the provision to be stricken from the legislation and prohibits it from being offered as a floor amendment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing the Recognition of Terrorist States Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2745
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Appropriations
Asia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Economic development
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign loans and debt
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Iran
Labor standards
Licensing and registrations
Metals
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Nuclear power
Organized crime
Pakistan
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Reconstruction and stabilization
Religion
Russia
Sanctions
Saudi Arabia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Strategic materials and reserves
Tajikistan
Terrorism
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
War and emergency powers
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Preventing the Recognition of Terrorist States Act of 2021

 
This bill imposes sanctions related to the Taliban and addresses other related issues.
 
The President must impose sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that knowingly provide significant support to the Taliban or senior Taliban members. 
 
The bill also repeals an exception to existing sanctions against certain entities related to energy, shipping, and shipbuilding in Iran. Specifically, the bill repeals a provision authorizing the President to exempt certain entities involved in the reconstruction of Afghanistan from such sanctions.
 
No federal department or agency may take any action that states or implies recognition of the Taliban's claim of sovereignty over Afghanistan. 
 
The bill also bars the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Department of Defense from using federal funds to prepare or implement any policy that extends diplomatic recognition to the Taliban-controlled government in Afghanistan. 
 
The State Department must designate (1) the government of Afghanistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, and (2) the Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization. 
 
Furthermore, USAID must take appropriate steps to ensure that certain foreign assistance provided in or for certain countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan, is not going to or through any individual or entity involved in terrorist activity. 
 
The bill also prohibits using certain federal funds to provide direct assistance to any country where the duly elected head of government has been deposed in a coup or decree in which the military played a decisive role.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep Children and Families Safe from Lead Hazards Act

Bill: 117-s-2746
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Metals
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Keep Children and Families Safe from Lead Hazards Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs to conduct a risk assessment of properties that receive low-income housing assistance to identify properties with the greatest risk of exposing children under six years old to lead hazards.
 
 The office must develop an action plan for remediation and control of lead hazards in identified properties and submit a report on low-income housing properties with lead hazards, including the number of children under six living at those properties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

Bill: 117-s-2748
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

 
This bill authorizes the Internal Revenue Service to postpone federal tax filing deadlines upon the written request of a governor of a state in which an emergency or disaster has been declared. The bill also extends current mandatory extensions from 60 to 120 days. 
 
For purposes of this bill, a
 state
 includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-2749
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2021-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Defense spending
Military education and training
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to close or relocate Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, in California, or to conduct any planning or other activity related to such closure or relocation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6526-6527)
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Precision Agriculture Loan Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2750
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2021-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: 

Precision Agriculture Loan Program Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a loan program within the Farm Service Agency to assist agricultural producers in purchasing precision agriculture equipment, such as geospatial mapping, data management and analytics software, and network connectivity products and solutions. 
 

Precision agriculture
 refers to managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time, at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Farmworker Smoke and Excessive Heat Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-2751
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2021-09-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: 

Farmworker Smoke and Excessive Heat Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill provides protections for farmworkers from occupational exposures to wildfire smoke and excessive heat.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes an initial occupational safety and health standard that requires agricultural operation employers to provide farmworkers with appropriate equipment to protect them from wildfire smoke (e.g., N95 masks or N100 masks) and excessive heat exposure (e.g., water and cooling facilities). Employers must also provide farmworkers with materials about how to use the equipment and the risks associated with exposure to wildfire smoke and excessive heat. Under the standard, workers are required to use the appropriate protective equipment when air quality or heat reaches a dangerous level.
 
In addition, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) must promulgate an occupational safety and health standard that provides at least the same level of protection as the initial standard. OSHA must also provide technical assistance to employers on how to comply with the standards and develop sample training and education materials that may be used by employers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Introduced in Senate