hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Mining Schools Act of 2024

Bill: 118-hr-2685
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Metals
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Technology Grants to Strengthen Domestic Mining Education Act of 2023 or the Mining Schools Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a grant program to support domestic mining education. Under the program, DOE must award up to 10 grants each year to mining schools for recruiting and educating mining engineers and other qualified professionals to meet future energy and mineral needs. In addition, the bill repeals the Mining and Mineral Resources Research Institute Act of 1984.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 705.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-864.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-864.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Ending Wall Street Tax Giveaway Act

Bill: 118-hr-2686
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Ending Wall Street Tax Giveaway Act

 
This bill modifies the tax treatment of carried interest, which is compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity or hedge fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits. (Under current law, carried interest is taxed as investment income rather than at ordinary income tax rates.)
 
This bill includes provisions that 
 
 
set forth a special rule for the inclusion in gross income of partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services,
 
 treat as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to an investment services partnership interest except to the extent such gain is attributable to a partner's qualified capital interest, 
 
 exempt income from investment services partnership interests from treatment as qualifying income of a publicly traded partnership, 
 
 exempt certain family partnerships from the application of this bill, 
 
 increase the penalty for underpayments of tax resulting from failure to treat income from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income, and
 
 include income and loss from an investment services partnership interest for purposes of determining net earnings from self-employment and applicable self-employment taxes.
 
 
The bill defines 
investment services partnership interest
 as any interest in a partnership held by a person who provides services to a partnership by (1) advising the partnership about investing in, purchasing, or selling specified assets; (2) managing, acquiring, or disposing of specified assets; or (3) arranging financing with respect to acquiring specified assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act

Bill: 118-hr-2687
Sponsor: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Disability assistance
Food assistance and relief
Indian claims
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 
This bill excludes certain settlement trust payments to an Alaska Native or descendant of an Alaska Native who is aged, blind, or disabled for purposes of determining the individual's eligibility for need-based federal programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 708.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-867.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-867.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2024-11-20
text: Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining IRS Operations Act

Bill: 118-hr-2688
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Streamlining IRS Operations Act

 
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to require that any tax return that is prepared electronically, but is printed and filed on paper, bear a code that can convert such return to an electronic format when scanned.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2690
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma Act of 2023 or the Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to local educational agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of reducing suspension and expulsion of students (i.e., exclusionary disciplinary practices).
 
The bill requires ED to collect data on exclusionary discipline in schools.
 
It also establishes a joint task force to end school pushout.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Transparent PRICE Act

Bill: 118-hr-2691
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Transparent Prices Required to Inform Consumer and Employers Act or the Transparent PRICE Act

 
This bill revises the hospital price transparency requirements and the health plan price transparency requirements.
 
Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that hospitals publish specified pricing information for each item or service the hospital provides. It also requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement a standard method and format for hospitals to disclose such pricing information. The method and format may be similar to any template already established by the CMS. The bill requires the CMS to regularly monitor the accuracy of such pricing information and establishes civil penalties for violations of the requirements.
 
The CMS also must establish and maintain on its website a list of each hospital that is not in compliance with the requirements (including whether it has been issued a warning or civil penalty) and a list of each hospital that is in compliance.
 
Additionally, the bill requires health insurance plans to report every three months certain rate and payment information for in-network services, out-of-network services, and prescription drugs available under the plan.
 
 The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the compliance with, and enforcement of, the requirements of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Addressing SILO Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2692
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Appropriations
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Mental health
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults Act of 2023 or the Addressing SILO Act of 2023

 
This bill provides funding through FY2027 for grants to prevent and address social isolation or loneliness among older adults and individuals with disabilities through education, outreach, and interventions. The Department of Health and Human Services must award these grants to area agencies on aging and community-based organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2693
Sponsor: Rep. Scholten, Hillary J. [D-MI-3]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Cemeteries and funerals
Coast guard
Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act of 2023

This bill provides continuing appropriations to the Coast Guard for pay and benefits when there is a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse.

Under the bill, a 
Coast Guard-specific funding lapse
 occurs when (1) a bill providing appropriations for the Coast Guard for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the beginning of that fiscal year, and no joint resolution providing continuing appropriations for the Coast Guard is in effect; and (2) a bill providing appropriations for the Department of Defense (DOD) for the fiscal year has been enacted before the beginning of the fiscal year, or a joint resolution providing continuing appropriation for DOD is in effect. 

If a Coast Guard-specific funding lapse occurs, the bill provides appropriations to the Coast Guard for

pay and allowances for military members of the Coast Guard who perform active service or inactive-duty training;

pay and benefits for certain civilian employees and contract employees;

the payment of a death gratuity;

payments for travel related to funerals, the dignified transfer of remains, and unit memorial services; and

the temporary continuation of the basic allowance for housing for dependents of members of the Coast Guard dying on active duty.

The bill generally provides the appropriations to the Coast Guard until the earlier of

the enactment of specified Coast Guard appropriations legislation,

the termination of the availability of appropriations for DOD, or

two weeks after the beginning of the Coast Guard-specific funding lapse. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-2694
Sponsor: Rep. Simpson, Michael K. [R-ID-2]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Water resources funding
Water storage

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 
This bill expands eligibility for grants for rehabilitation and reconstruction projects for certain dams developed pursuant to the Carey Act provided that projects previously eligible for grants have received the necessary funding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
WOLF Act

Bill: 118-hr-2695
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

WOlf and Livestock Fairness Act or the WOLF Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide emergency relief to producers of livestock with herds adversely affected by Mexican gray wolves.
 
Additionally, the bill modifies USDA's Livestock Indemnity Program to increase the payment rate from 75% to 100% of the market value of the affected livestock. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2696
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Motorsports Fairness and Permanency Act 

of 2023

 
This bill makes permanent the accelerated depreciation (seven-year recovery period) of motorsports entertainment complexes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Fairness to Freedom Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2697
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Fairness to Freedom Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a right to legal representation in certain immigration proceedings (e.g., removal and immigration bond hearings) at the government's expense for individuals who cannot afford representation. The bill also establishes various entities to facilitate such legal representation.
 
Currently, individuals in these immigration proceedings may be represented by counsel but not at government expense.
 
The bill addresses various issues related to such legal representation, including (1) the scope of the representation, (2) criteria for determining whether the individual is financially unable to afford representation, and (3) requirements relating to allowing the individual to meet with their lawyer and receiving relevant documents. Immigration proceedings may not commence until counsel has been appointed.
 
The bill also establishes the Office of Immigration Representation to ensure that qualified individuals who cannot afford legal representation receive the representation as required by this bill. The office's duties shall include establishing (1) administrative regions throughout the United States, and (2) a local immigration representation board for each region. 
 
The local boards must, subject to the office's approval, develop and implement plans for providing legal representation under this bill. To provide such legal representation, the local boards may (1) establish one or more immigrant public defender organizations, (2) contract with existing community defender organizations, and (3) establish a panel attorney system. 
 
The bill establishes minimum funding requirements for the office.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Justice Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2698
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Employee hiring
Law enforcement administration and funding
Personnel records
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: 

Workforce Justice Act of 2023 

 
This bill creates a new condition of eligibility for funds under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program.
 
Specifically, to be eligible for grant funds under the JAG program, a state must prohibit private employers from 
 
 
requiring a job applicant to disclose a criminal record,
 
asking about the criminal record of a job applicant prior to making a conditional offer, and
 
conducting a criminal background check prior to making a conditional offer. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Felipe Diosdado.

Bill: 118-hr-2699
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2023-04-18 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Provides for the relief of Felipe Diosdado.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Introduced in House
Employee Rights Act

Bill: 118-hr-2700
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2023-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: 

Employee Rights Act

 
This bill generally addresses employer obligations related to unionized workplaces. 
 
This bill provides that an employer may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such employer directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.
 
The bill also requires a workplace election to approve or reject a union to be conducted by secret ballot. Further, the bill requires an employer to provide limited employee information to union representatives to facilitate a workplace election. An employer that mishandles or fails to provide such information according to the bill's requirements may be liable for an unfair labor practice (i.e., labor law violation).
 
Additionally, the bill requires an employee to authorize in writing any use of the employee's labor organization dues or other contribution for a purpose other than collective bargaining or contract administration. Such authorization must be made upon 35 days' notice and expires after one year.
 
Finally, the bill exempts Indian Tribes, including Indian Tribe enterprises and institutions, from the collective bargaining rights and related provisions of federal labor law.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2104)
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Tax Refund Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-2702
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2023-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: 
 
Tax Refund Protection Act 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to certify or decertify (for incompetence or willful misrepresentation) the practice of tax return preparers and impose fees on such preparers. It also authorizes Treasury to require tax return preparers to provide disclosures to person receiving tax return preparation services and regarding refund anticipation payment arrangements. 
 
Treasury may impose a penalty on tax return preparers who fail to make required disclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Green Energy for Federal Buildings Act

Bill: 118-hr-2703
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: 

Green Energy for Federal Buildings Act

 
This bill requires the federal government to increase the amount of renewable energy it consumes to 35% of its total electricity share by 2030, 75% by 2040, and 100% by 2050. In carrying out the requirement, the Department of Energy must seek to ensure that the federal government consumes renewable energy produced on-site at federal facilities, on federal lands, or on Native American lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Green Federal Fleet Act

Bill: 118-hr-2704
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: 

Green Federal Fleet Act

 
This bill requires passenger vehicles that are purchased or leased from a nonfederal entity by a federal agency to be zero-emission vehicles. This requirement does not apply to tactical vehicles or in circumstances where a zero-emission vehicle is not technically feasible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House
Women in Aviation Advisory Board Act

Bill: 118-hr-2705
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-04-19 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: 

Women in Aviation Advisory Board Act

 
This bill establishes a Federal Advisory Committee on Women in Aviation. The committee must advise the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration on matters related to the education, training, mentorship, outreach, recruitment, and retention of women in the aviation industry. 
 
Membership in the committee must include representatives from aviation-related manufacturers, commercial air carriers, general aviation operators, unmanned aircraft systems operators, airports, aviation training and maintenance providers, labor organizations, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations within the aviation industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Introduced in House