hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Stop Scam PACs Act

Bill: 118-hr-6894
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: 

Stop Scam PACs Act

This bill expands prohibitions with respect to fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority.

Current law sets forth two prohibitions with respect to fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority. The first prohibits a candidate for federal office or the candidate's employees or agents from fraudulently misrepresenting themselves as speaking or otherwise acting for or on behalf of another candidate or political party on a matter that is damaging to such other candidate or political party. The bill instead applies this prohibition to any person, to any misrepresentation, and for any purpose.

The second prohibits any person from fraudulently misrepresenting themselves as speaking or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any candidate or political party to solicit contributions or donations. The bill instead applies this prohibition to any misrepresentation and for purposes of soliciting money or any other thing of value.

The two prohibitions under current law refer to misrepresentations on behalf of candidates or political parties. This bill also extends applicability to political committees and organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Defense Production and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Act

Bill: 118-hr-6895
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
To require a briefing on the national security threats associated with Chinese autonomous ground vehicles operating in the United States.

Bill: 118-hr-6896
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to brief the House and Senate Committees on Armed Services by March 30, 2024, regarding national security threats associated with Chinese autonomous ground vehicles operating in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Synthetic Biology and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Act

Bill: 118-hr-6897
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: 

Synthetic Biology and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a pilot program to support domestic manufacturing of critical pharmaceutical ingredients and their components through certain novel technology.

Specifically, DOD must establish a three-year program that uses technology involving synthetic biology to support domestic manufacturing of pharmaceutical ingredients and related incorporated materials that (1) are not available in a sufficient quantity or quality domestically, and (2) are strategically important to the United States.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct an operational assessment of the installation defense capabilities of the Department of Defense to defeat unmanned aircraft system.

Bill: 118-hr-6898
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to conduct an operational assessment of its installation defense capabilities to defeat unmanned aircraft system threats. DOD must report on the results of the assessment and provide recommendations for any changes or modifications to operationally employ directed energy systems for installation defense against unmanned aircraft system threats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
To require the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology submit to Congress a report on light tactical wheeled vehicles of the Army, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-6899
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: 
This bill requires the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology of the Department of the Army to submit a report to the congressional defense committees on light tactical wheeled vehicles, including a detailed description of any plans of the Army for the development or acquisition of such vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Continuing to Serve Act

Bill: 118-hr-6900
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit to Congress a report on Department of Defense restrictions on the employment of former Department employees by certain countries.

Bill: 118-hr-6901
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to report by March 30, 2024, on its policy regarding restrictions on the employment of former DOD employees by countries that exhibit adversarial behavior against the interests of the United States. The report must identify the positions to which such restrictions apply and identify any incident in contravention of such restrictions. The report must be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Department of Defense to report to Congress on the efforts of the Department to coordinate with the defense industrial base for purposes of countering certain capabilities of the People's Liberation of Army.

Bill: 118-hr-6902
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to report, not later than March 30, 2024, on its efforts to coordinate with the defense industrial base to counter the command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (commonly referred to as C5ISR) capabilities of the People's Liberation Army of China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Stockpiling Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Act

Bill: 118-hr-6903
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: 

Stockpiling Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to develop a plan for the military health system for stockpiling essential medications to ensure availability of a 180-day supply during armed conflict or other supply chain disruptions. The plan must mitigate vulnerabilities to active pharmaceutical ingredient supply chains and reduce dependence on active pharmaceutical ingredients from foreign sources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Support Our Afghan Partners Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6904
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Building Collapse Prevention Act

Bill: 118-hr-6905
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
LAKES Act

Bill: 118-hr-6906
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2023-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public-private cooperation
User charges and fees
Water resources funding
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: 

Lake Access Keeping Economies Strong Act or the LAKES Act

 
This bill modifies requirements relating to the collection and retention of user fees at certain recreation facilities.
 
Specifically, the bill modifies requirements for a cost-sharing program for the management of recreation facilities established by the Water Resources Development Act of 1992. Currently, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may enter into cooperative agreements with nonfederal public and private entities to provide for operation and management of recreation facilities and natural resources at civil works projects. The bill requires private entities entering such agreements to be nonprofit.
 
The bill requires the Corps, before entering into a cooperative agreement, to ensure that such entities have the authority and capability to (1) carry out the terms of the agreement, and (2) pay any damages in the event of a failure to perform.
 
It also authorizes the Corps to allow private nonprofit entities to collect user fees. Currently, only nonfederal public entities may collect such fees.
 
The bill also authorizes the Corps and other federal agencies to transfer to nonfederal public entities or private nonprofit entities user fees received by the Corps or another federal agency under a visitor reservation service for recreation facilities and natural resources managed by the nonfederal public entities or private nonprofit entities.
 
In addition, the bill modifies requirements under the Flood Control Act of 1968 to direct the Corps to spend at least 80% of the fees collected at a recreational site for the operation and maintenance of that site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Parental Workforce Training Act

Bill: 118-hr-6907
Sponsor: Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2023-12-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-12-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-29
text: Introduced in House
Jury Duty Exemption for Breastfeeding Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6908
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-12-29 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-12-29
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-12-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1263)
action_date: 2023-12-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-29
text: Introduced in House
COBALT Supply Chain Act

Bill: 118-hr-6909
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2023-12-29 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-12-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-12-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-12-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-12-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-29
text: Introduced in House
BACKING the 2013 Brussels Agreement Act

Bill: 118-hr-6910
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2024-01-02 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-02
text: 

Backing the Agreed-upon Compromises by Kosovo Imposed by the Negotiated Guarantees of the 2013 Brussels Agreement or the BACKING the 2013 Brussels Agreement Act

This bill limits U.S. assistance to Kosovo until certain conditions are met. Those conditions are

Kosovo implements the conditions required in the 2013 Brussels Agreement, including the creation of an association or Serb-majority municipalities;

special police are removed from northern Kosovo;

new mayoral elections are held in northern Kosovo;

the seizure of the private property of Serbs in Kosovo is halted; and

freedom of political expression is respected and upheld for all ethnicities in Kosovo.

The State Department shall report annually on the status of Kosovo Serbs and the progress made by Kosovo in meeting the conditions mentioned above. 

(The 2013 Brussels Agreement provided the first formal basis for normalized relations between Serbia and Kosovo.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-01-02
text: Introduced in House
ROBERT MALLEY Act

Bill: 118-hr-6911
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2024-01-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2024-01-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-01-02
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States, which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Bill: 118-hr-6912
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2024-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Congressional agencies
District of Columbia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Library of Congress
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-03
text:  

This bill requires the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels depicting the seals of states that overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2024-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2024-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2024-01-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1268)
action_date: 2024-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-01-03
text: Introduced in House
OPEN Act

Bill: 118-hr-6913
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2024-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-05
text:  

Openness in Political Expenditures Now Act or the OPEN Act

 
This bill requires each corporation that submits regular and periodic reports to shareholders to (1) include information about certain political activities during the time period covered by the report, and (2) provide copies of reports disclosing political activities to the Federal Election Commission. 
 
The bill also prohibits an organization from obtaining tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code if its expenditures on covered political activities exceed certain thresholds in a taxable year. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Public Lands Telecommunications Act

Bill: 118-hr-6915
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2024-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: 

Public Lands Telecommunications Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to establish separate special accounts for the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Forest Service for the deposit of rental fees received by such agencies under communications use authorizations, which allow for the occupancy and use of federal lands for communications purposes.
 
The rental fees received by each agency must
 
 
be deposited in the agency's special account, and
 
remain available for expenditure for agency activities related to communications sites (those areas of federal lands designated for telecommunications uses).
 
 
The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture may enter into cooperative agreements to carry out activities related to communications sites.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
action_date: 2024-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To require the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a report regarding outreach provided to veterans about the availability of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.

Bill: 118-hr-6916
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2024-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a study to examine how states provide outreach to food insecure veterans in the state as part of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Specifically, the GAO must examine how states with reported high and low rates of food insecurity (1) target veterans in the state annual outreach plans to carry out SNAP, and (2) coordinate efforts with Veterans Health Administration facilities to help connect veterans to the program.

The study must also identify (1) any challenges states face in addressing food insecurity among veterans, (2) how states have coordinated efforts with Veterans Service Organizations (VSOs) and other nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that help connect veterans with nutrition assistance programs, and (3) any best practices for increasing program enrollment for eligible non-participating households that include veterans.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Improvement Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-6917
Sponsor: Rep. Nickel, Wiley [D-NC-13]
Introduced: 2024-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2024-01-05
text: Introduced in House