hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Research for Healthy Soils Act

Bill: 118-hr-3871
Sponsor: Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural research
Farmland
Research administration and funding
Soil pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Research for Healthy Soils Act

 
This bill includes research on the agricultural impacts of microplastics in land-applied biosolids on farmland as a Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension area. 
Microplastic
 is a plastic or plastic-coated particle that is less than 5 millimeters in size.
 
The bill specifically allows grants for carrying out or enhancing research in this area (e.g., the development or analysis of wastewater treatment techniques to filter out or biodegrade microplastics from biosolids intended to be used for agricultural purposes).
 
Further, the bill reauthorizes USDA grants to support competitive specialized research and extension activities, including high-priority areas, through FY2028. The bill also specifically reauthorizes through FY2028 
 
 
the Pulse Crop Health Initiative; 
 
the Comprehensive Food Safety Training Network; 
 
pollinator protection research and extension grants; 
 
increased USDA capacity and infrastructure to address and conduct research on colony collapse disorder and other pollinator issues; and 
 
a USDA-conducted nationwide honey bee pest, pathogen, health, and population status surveillance program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
School Safety Drill Research Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3872
Sponsor: Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

School Safety Drill Research Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on the mental health effects that may result from a lockdown drill or active shooter drill in elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Education Assistance Improvement Act

Bill: 118-hr-3874
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Expanded Telehealth Access Act

Bill: 118-hr-3875
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Internet, web applications, social media
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Expanded Telehealth Access Act

This bill expands the types of health care practitioners who may provide telehealth services under Medicare.

Specifically, the bill permanently allows audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, and other providers designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide telehealth services under Medicare. It also specifically allows occupational therapy assistants and physical therapist assistants to provide such services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3876
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Genetics
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Access to Genetic Counselor Services Act of 

2023

 
This bill provides for coverage under Medicare of genetic counseling services that are furnished by genetic counselors. Covered services include those services, as well as incidental services and supplies, that would otherwise be covered under Medicare if provided by a physician. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3877
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Office of Small Farms Establishment Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Office of Small Farms within the farm production and conservation mission area.
 
The office must coordinate, review, and implement various programs and activities related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations. Under the bill, a 
small 
farm, ranch, or forest operation (1) is less than 180 acres or meets another USDA-determined, acreage-based definition of small; and (2) has an annual gross cash farm income of less than $350,000.
 
Activities of the office related to small farms, ranches, and forest operations must include
 
 
coordinating USDA efforts to improve support for these operators;
 
reviewing and recommending changes to USDA statutory, regulatory, and administrative provisions, guidance, and policies that disadvantage these operators;
 
providing or coordinating technical assistance for these operators for USDA grant, cost-share, and loan programs; and
 
providing grants of not more than $25,000 to these operators directly or through cooperative agreements with other entities for areas including equipment and infrastructure repairs and upgrades, uninsured losses, business planning, and conservation practice adoption. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
To require a report on Puerto Rico's progress toward rebuilding the electric grid and detailing the efforts the Federal Government is undertaking to expedite such rebuilding, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3878
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Government studies and investigations
Puerto Rico

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to report to Congress on Puerto Rico's progress toward rebuilding the electric grid and on the federal government's efforts to expedite such rebuilding.

Such report must contain

an analysis of the state of Puerto Rico's electric grid;

information on accountability measures the federal government is implementing or planning to implement to oversee the work that the government of Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, and private sector entities are carrying out in the rebuilding of the grid;

an analysis of the role of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico in the rebuilding of the grid;

recommendations for private sector entities and governments to reduce the number of outages and blackouts;

proposals for legislative actions and funding needed to improve the process of fund disbursement for critical projects related to electric grids; and

a plan for expediting such rebuilding by not later than three months after the report is submitted.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Families through Addiction Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3879
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Community life and organization
Disability and health-based discrimination
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family relationships
Family services
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Supporting Families through Addiction Act of 2023

This bill directs the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to certain nonprofits to develop or expand services for individuals with substance use disorders and their families. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
PAID Act

Bill: 118-hr-3880
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2023-06-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Legal fees and court costs
Life, casualty, property insurance
Motor vehicles
State and local courts
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: 

Prohibit Auto Insurance Discrimination Act or the PAID Act

 
This bill prohibits an automobile insurer from considering specified factors when determining a consumer's insurance rates or eligibility. These prohibited factors include 
 
 
gender, 
 
employment status, 
 
zip code, 
 
census tract, 
 
marital status, and 
 
credit score. 
 
 
 Automobile insurers must regularly submit to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) information that demonstrates that the insurer's marketing, underwriting, rating, claims handling, and fraud investigations do not disparately impact customers on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity, or gender expression. Further, automobile insurers must make underwriting rules and rate filings available to the public.
 
The FTC may enforce a violation of these requirements as an unfair or deceptive act or practice. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-06
text: Introduced in House
Credit Card Competition Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3881
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2023-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: 

Credit Card Competition Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses network access and competition in electronic credit transactions. 
 
 The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System must prohibit certain credit card issuers with assets of over $100 billion from restricting the number of networks on which electronic credit card transactions may be processed. These transactions must be able to be processed on at least two networks and must not be restricted to networks (1) owned by or affiliated with the issuer, (2) designated as a national security risk, or (3) that have the largest market share of credit cards issued. 
 
Additionally, credit card issuers are prohibited from imposing certain limitations on the routing of electronic credit transactions, such as through penalties for failure to meet a specified threshold of transactions on a particular payment card network. 
 
The board must also designate payment card networks that pose a security risk to the United States or are owned, operated, or sponsored by a foreign state entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

Bill: 118-hr-3882
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2023-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Canada
Civil actions and liability
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Currency
Customs enforcement
Foreign and international corporations
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Free trade and trade barriers
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Mexico
North America
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: 

Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 Act

 
This bill addresses unfair trade practices by making various changes to U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law. Antidumping provides relief to U.S industries and workers that are materially injured or threatened with injury due to imports of like products sold in the U.S. market at less than fair value, while countervailing duty provides such relief from imports of products subsidized by a foreign government or public entity.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a process for successive antidumping and countervailing duty investigations. Successive investigations may be concurrent (an ongoing investigation of the same product) or recently completed (not more than two years before the date of the initiation of the successive investigation). Further, the bill establishes a time line for the Department of Commerce to issue determinations in successive investigations.
 
Among other provisions, the bill authorizes Commerce to
 
 
apply countervailing duty law to subsidies provided by a foreign government or public entity to a company operating in a third country,
 
use another method for calculating the cost of production in specific circumstances, and
 
require importers to provide a certification that the imported merchandise is not subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty order. 
 
 
 Additionally, the bill statutorily establishes procedures for Commerce to conduct circumvention inquiries, including by specifying the deadlines for preliminary and final determinations.
 
The bill also provides statutory authority for Commerce to investigate currency undervaluation as a countervailable subsidy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To nullify Public Land Order No. 7921, withdrawing certain land in the Railroad Valley of Nye County, Nevada, from mineral entry.

Bill: 118-hr-3883
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Mining
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: 
This bill nullifies Public Land Order No. 7921, which withdrew public land for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) satellite calibration in the Railroad Valley of Nye County, Nevada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3884
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2023-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: 

Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program, which supports efforts to improve treatment and prevention of sickle cell disease and complications from that disease. (Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that can lead to pain, anemia, infections, and stroke.) 
 
action_date: 2023-08-25
text: 

Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention, and Treatment Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program, which supports efforts to improve treatment and prevention of sickle cell disease and complications from that disease. (Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that can lead to pain, anemia, infections, and stroke.) 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5578)
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5578)
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3884.
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5578-5580)
action_date: 2024-09-23
text: Mr. Bucshon moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2023-08-25
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 132.
action_date: 2023-08-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-166.
action_date: 2023-08-25
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-166.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 0.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 0.
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include copper as a critical mineral, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3885
Sponsor: Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy storage, supplies, demand
Metals
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: 
This bill expands the definition of 
critical mineral
 under the Energy Act of 2020 to include copper. Thus, this bill requires the Department of Energy and other agencies to conduct a variety of efforts to ensure a secure and reliable supply chain of copper. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
GUO Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3886
Sponsor: Rep. Santos, George [R-NY-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-07
text: Introduced in House