hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1302
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 

2023

 
This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, including hospitals in rural areas and health professional shortage areas.
 
Current law provides for an increase of up to 200 positions per fiscal year beginning in FY2023, with a total increase of 1,000 positions; each hospital may receive up to 25 additional positions. Current law also provides for an additional increase of up to 200 positions for FY2026, with at least 100 of these positions for psychiatry or related specialties; each hospital may receive up to 10 additional positions.
 
The bill provides for an additional increase of 2,000 positions per fiscal year from FY2025-FY2031; during this period, each hospital may receive up to 75 additional positions in total under the bill and current law. 
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on strategies to increase the diversity of the health professional workforce, including with respect to representation from rural, low-income, and minority communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
TICKET Act

Bill: 118-s-1303
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Inflation and prices
Marketing and advertising
Service industries
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Transparency In Charges for Key Events Ticketing Act or the TICKET Act

 
This bill requires ticket sellers (including sellers on the secondary market) for concerts, performances, sporting events, and similar activities to clearly and prominently disclose at the beginning of the transaction, and prior to the selection of a ticket, the total ticket price for the event and an itemized list of the base ticket price and each fee (e.g., service fee, processing fee, delivery fee, facility charge fee, tax, or other charge). The total ticket price must also be disclosed in any advertisement, marketing, or price list. Currently, ticket sellers generally disclose fees at the checkout stage.
 
Additionally, ticket sellers that are offering to sell a ticket that the seller does not have in their actual or constructive possession must clearly and prominently disclose that the ticket is not in their possession before an individual selects a ticket to purchase.
 
The Federal Trade Commission must enforce these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 207.
action_date: 2023-09-12
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: 2023-09-12
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: 2023-07-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
DIRTY CAR EV Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1304
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Directing Independent Research To Yield Carbon Assessment Regarding Electric Vehicles Act of 2023 or the DIRTY CAR EV Act of 2023

 
The bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study the total carbon footprint and environmental impact of an electric vehicle ecosystem, including all aspects of the production, use, and disposal of electric vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
School Guardian Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1305
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

School Guardian Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to make grants for states to assign armed law enforcement officers to provide security at elementary and secondary schools.
 
The bill also requires specified unobligated Internal Revenue Service funds to be transferred to DOJ to implement this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1306
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community life and organization
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

COPS Reauthorization Act of 2023 

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Right to Read Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1307
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Right to Read Act of 2023

 
This bill expands access to school libraries and literacy skills support for elementary and secondary school students. It also outlines certain constitutional rights and liability protections related to school libraries.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2028 (1) the Comprehensive Literacy State Development Program, which provides grants to ensure high-quality instruction and effective strategies in reading and writing for children through 12th grade; and (2) the Innovative Approaches to Literacy Program, which provides grants to support the development of literacy skills in low-income communities.
 
Additionally, the bill allows Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants to be used to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools in recruiting, hiring, and retaining state-certified school librarians.
 
Further, the bill authorizes states and LEAs to use Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for programs and activities that promote the development of digital literacy and information literacy skills.
 
The Department of Education (ED) must direct the National Center for Education Statistics to biennially collect data on school libraries.
 
ED must require an assurance from each state and LEA receiving certain funds confirming that it will (1) protect the First Amendment rights of students in school libraries, and (2) provide equal protection in the conduct of school libraries in compliance with the requirements of the Fourteenth Amendment and nondiscrimination laws.
 
The bill also provides liability protection to teachers, school librarians, school leaders, paraprofessionals, and other staff for actions that conform with state or local policies regarding the right to read.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1385)
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1309
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses the maintenance of the GI Bill Comparison Tool and administration of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance.
 
The VA must maintain the tool and ensure its historical data remains easily and prominently accessible on the VA's benefits website for at least seven years from the initial publication.
 
The VA must retain, maintain, and publish feedback from students and state approving agencies regarding the quality of instruction, recruiting practices, and post-graduation employment placement of approved institutions of higher learning for the duration that the institution is approved for VA benefit purposes.
 
The bill provides institutions of higher learning with up to 90 days to review and respond to any feedback and address issues before the feedback is published.
 
The bill requires that the GI Bill Comparison Tool include updated information, including descriptions of each federal student aid program.
 
The VA must train personnel that provide education benefits counseling, vocational or transition assistance, or similar functions to properly use the comparison tool and provide appropriate education counseling services.
 
The VA must restore entitlement to educational assistance in situations where there is a civil enforcement action or VA action against an educational institution, and an individual was unable to complete the course or program of education due to such action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Bill: 118-s-1310
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Utah
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

 
This bill designates specified lands in Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
Specifically, such lands are (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs-Greater Dinosaur.
 
Additionally, the bill sets forth administrative requirements for (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with adjacent wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S1385-1390)
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Udall Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1311
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Udall Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, its Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund, and the foundation's support for training of health care and public policy professionals through the Native Nations Institute. The foundation, an independent executive branch agency, works to strengthen (1) the stewardship of the environment, public lands, and natural resources; and (2) Native Nations to facilitate their self-determination, governance, and human capital goals.

action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Udall Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation, its Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund, and the foundation's support for training of health care and public policy professionals through the Native Nations Institute. The foundation, an independent executive branch agency, works to strengthen (1) the stewardship of the environment, public lands, and natural resources; and (2) Native Nations to facilitate their self-determination, governance, and human capital goals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1362-1363; text: CR S1362)
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1362-1363; text: CR S1362)
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing our Border Act

Bill: 118-s-1312
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Securing our Border Act

 
This bill addresses issues concerning border security and immigration, including by transferring funds from the Internal Revenue Service to certain border-related projects.
 
Specifically, the bill transfers certain funds previously appropriated for tax enforcement activities (e.g., collecting owed taxes and conducting criminal investigations) to fund (1) nonintrusive inspection systems along the northern border and southwest border of the United States, and (2) the construction of a border wall system along the southwest border. 
 
The bill also authorizes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to pay recruitment, retention, and relocation bonuses, subject to various requirements and limitations. For example, a relocation bonus may not exceed 15% of the agent's annual basic bay and must be conditioned on the agent agreeing to serve for at least three years at the new duty station. 
 
The bill also modifies the treatment of non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) arriving by land from a country next to the United States. Specifically, if such an individual is not clearly entitled to admission into the United States, the Department of Justice must (1) return the individual to that neighboring country or a safe third country while removal proceedings are pending, or (2) detain the individual while the individual's asylum application is under consideration. (Current law authorizes DOJ to return the individual to the neighboring country but does not require such action or detention.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1313
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Family relationships
Family services
Government information and archives
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Recruiting Families Using Data Act of 2023

 
This bill requires state plans for child welfare services to provide for the development and implementation of a family partnership plan to improve foster care placement stability, increase rates of kinship placements, and align the composition of foster and adoptive families with the needs of children in or entering foster care.
 
The Children's Bureau of the Office of the Administration for Children & Families also must include in its annual report information from states about the number, demographics, and characteristics of foster and adoptive families as well as a summary of the challenges related to recruiting and being foster or adoptive parents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the definition of spouse and surviving spouse to include all individuals lawfully married, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-1314
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

This bill revises the definitions of 
 spouse
 and
 surviving spouse 
that the Department of Veterans Affairs uses for purposes related to veterans' benefits, health care, and other matters. Specifically, the bill includes persons who are or were in same-sex marriages as spouses and surviving spouses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans' Health Empowerment, Access, Leadership, and Transparency for our Heroes (HEALTH) Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1315
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Performance measurement
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Veterans' Health Empowerment, Access, Leadership, and Transparency for our Heroes (HEALTH) Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP), including by requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop and implement plans to improve the administration of the VCCP.
 
Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for the VCCP eligibility standards for when a veteran is eligible to elect to receive non-VA care through the VCCP. The VA must notify a covered veteran of eligibility for care or services under the VCCP within two business days after the VA is aware the veteran is seeking care. If a request by a veteran for care or services under the VCCP is denied, the VA must notify the veteran within two business days of the reason for the denial and instructions on how to appeal the denial using the clinical appeals process of the Veterans Health Administration.
 
Among other elements, the bill also requires
 
 
the Government Accountability Office to report on the VA's efforts to ensure veterans are informed about eligibility for care and services under the VCCP and the performance of the Office of Integrated Veteran Care in improving access to care for veterans in VA facilities;
 
VCCP providers to submit a claim for payment to the VA not later than one year after the care or service was furnished (current law requires submission within 180 days);
 
the Office of Inspector General of the VA to assess the performance of each VA medical center in implementing the VCCP.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Servicemembers’ Credit Monitoring Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-s-1316
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Servicemembers' Credit Monitoring Enhancement Act 

 
This bill makes available to uniformed service members free electronic credit monitoring that is currently available to active duty service members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-15
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-11-15
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-11-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6567)
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6567)
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1317
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-04-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Age discrimination
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Health and Human Services
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Housing discrimination
Indian social and development programs
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Medical education
Medical research
Mental health
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: 

Anti-Racism in Public Health Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a National Center on Antiracism and Health and a law enforcement violence prevention program.
 
In particular, the new center must carry out various activities to address racism and its impact on health and well-being. This includes declaring racism a public health crisis, collecting and analyzing data, and administering research and grant programs.
 
Additionally, the bill specifically directs the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, in coordination with the Department of Justice and other relevant stakeholders, to implement the law enforcement violence prevention program by conducting research and supporting other activities pertaining to law enforcement violence and public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Introduced in Senate