hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Protecting Americans from Unsafe Drugs Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2500
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Protecting Americans from Unsafe Drugs Act of 

2023

 
This bill expands the authority of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to order the recall of controlled substances to cover all drugs.
 
Furthermore, the authority to issue such an order may be delegated to the Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research or the Director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (or an official senior to either director), whereas currently this authority may only be delegated to the Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research or an official senior to such director. (Both centers are located in the Food and Drug Administration within HHS.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Sunset for the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Act

Bill: 118-hr-2501
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Sunset for the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force Act

 
This bill repeals the Authorization for Use of Military Force signed into law September 18, 2001, with the repeal effective 240 days after the date of the enactment of the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Safe Students Act

Bill: 118-hr-2502
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Safe Students Act

 
This bill repeals provisions of federal criminal law that prohibit the possession or discharge of a firearm in a school zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
PROTECT Florida Act

Bill: 118-hr-2503
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Florida
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Infrastructure development
Lakes and rivers
Marine pollution
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Prioritizing Revised Operations To Eliminate Cyanobacteria Toxins in Florida Act or the PROTECT Florida Act

 
This bill modifies requirements regarding water infrastructure projects in central and southern Florida.
 
Specifically, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) must include in such projects specified public health considerations, including those related to cyanobacteria (i.e., blue-green algae) and other toxins.
 
The bill also prohibits the use of restoration funds for deep well injection (a liquid-waste disposal technology).
 
In addition, the USACE must (1) develop a master operational manual to ensure system management that protects public health and Everglades restoration; and (2) with the National Academies of Sciences, study the legacy of pollution and nutrient loading, as well as the impacts of soil amendments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Stop Poisoning Florida Act

Bill: 118-hr-2504
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Environmental health
Florida
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Lakes and rivers
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Stop Poisoning Florida Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to prohibit certain discharges of water from Lake Okeechobee, which is Florida's largest freshwater lake. Specifically, the USACE must prohibit discharges of water from the lake through the Port Mayaca Lock and Dam or the St. Lucie Lock and Dam when the water exceeds the maximum concentration of microcystins (a toxin that is produced by blue-green algae) recommended for recreational waters by the Environmental Protection Agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Toxic Health Threat Warning Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2505
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Floods and storm protection
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Toxic Health Threat Warning Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), before releasing water from a flood risk management structure, to determine whether the water is contaminated with cyanotoxins (toxins released by certain algae) based on tests conducted by the USACE, another federal agency, or the state in which the structure is located. If the USACE determines the water contains cyanotoxins at levels greater than 8 parts-per-billion, then USACE must notify the public and affected governments of the determination, the planned release, and the potential effects on human health before releasing the water.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Restoring the Secondary Trading Market Act

Bill: 118-hr-2506
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Restoring the Secondary Trading Market Act

 
This bill prohibits states from banning, limiting, or imposing conditions upon off-exchange secondary trading of securities. This prohibition applies if the issuer of those securities provides public information on the issuer's financial status in accordance with federal regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 and title 49, United States Code, with respect to disadvantaged business enterprises, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-2507
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 
This bill revises Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program requirements for the Airport Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The Airport DBE program seeks to offer small disadvantaged businesses (i.e., certified as owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals) a fair opportunity to compete for federally funded contracts related to airports. 
 
The Department of Transportation must develop a training program for FAA employees who provide guidance and training to entities that certify whether a small business qualifies for the Airport DBE program.
 
This bill also revises application requirements for certain airports to impose passenger facility charges, including by requiring such airports that participate in the Airport DBE program to include a detailed description of good faith efforts to contract with disadvantaged businesses and to ensure that all small businesses fairly compete for work funded with passenger facility charges.
 
Further, the bill requires large- and medium-hub airports that participate in the Airport DBE program to report annually to the FAA on the number of new disadvantaged businesses that were awarded a contract or concession during the previous fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Campus Free Speech Restoration Act

Bill: 118-hr-2508
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Campus Free Speech Restoration Act

 
This bill addresses expressive activities (e.g., peacefully assembling, distributing literature, or carrying signs) on college campuses.
 
First, the bill generally prohibits a public institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs from restricting noncommercial expressive activities on campus.
 
Further, the bill prohibits a public IHE from receiving federal funds if the Department of Education determines that the public IHE (1) maintains a policy that infringes upon the expressive rights of students; or (2) maintains or enforces time, place, or manner restrictions on expressive activities, except in limited circumstances. 
 
In addition, the bill prohibits retaliation against an individual because the individual reported or complained about restrictions on expressive activities or participated in an investigation or hearing. 
 
The bill also requires a private IHE that receives federal funds to provide students with its policies related to expressive rights.
 
The bill also establishes a framework for investigating complaints and for IHEs to regain eligibility for federal funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to submit a report on helicopter and rotorcraft noise in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-2509
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to recommend ways to reduce helicopter and rotorcraft noise in the District of Columbia, including recommendations on altitude, the number of flights, flight paths, and pilot training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E299)
action_date: 2023-04-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for the adoption of special needs children refundable.

Bill: 118-hr-2510
Sponsor: Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 
This bill makes the tax credit for the adoption of children with special needs refundable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Defund China’s Allies Act

Bill: 118-hr-2511
Sponsor: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Defund China's Allies Act

 
This bill prohibits providing U.S. foreign assistance, including humanitarian assistance and security assistance, to certain countries that do not have full diplomatic relations with Taiwan. 
 
The countries barred from foreign assistance by the bill are Honduras, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Cuba, Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela, Solomon Islands, and Kiribati.
 
The prohibition shall be lifted the earlier of (1) 30 days after the President certifies to Congress that the country has resumed or established full diplomatic relations with Taiwan, or (2) 10 years after the date of the bill's enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Foreign Entanglement Disclosure and Reduction Act

Bill: 118-hr-2512
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Congressional Foreign Entanglement Disclosure and Reduction Act

 
This bill expands financial disclosure reporting provisions to require each Member of Congress to report any business ties that the Member, or the Member's immediate family, has with a foreign entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
CURB Act

Bill: 118-hr-2513
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Cutting Unnecessary Red Tape and Bureaucracy Act or the CURB Act

 
This bill requires federal agencies to identify three rules that the agency is repealing for any proposed new rule, unless the proposed rule is required by statute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Public Service Integrity Act

Bill: 118-hr-2514
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Public Service Integrity Act

 
This bill expands the post-employment ban on lobbying by former Senators, former Members of the House of Representatives, and certain former congressional officers and employees.
 
Currently, former Senators are banned from lobbying for two years, while former Representatives are banned for one year. The bill increases the ban to five years.
 
Additionally, current law bans lobbying by former House and Senate officers and staff of Member offices, committees, and other legislative offices for one year. The bill increases the ban to two years.
 
The bill also makes more former congressional employees subject to the post-employment lobbying ban by lowering the income threshold at which the ban applies. Currently, the ban applies to any employee who, while employed by a Member of Congress, earned more than 75% of that Member's basic rate of pay. The bill lowers that threshold to 50% of the employing Member's rate of pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Tax Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2515
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Tax Transparency Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the President, the Vice President, Members of Congress, and candidates for such offices to publicly disclose their individual tax returns for the previous seven years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
End the Congressional Revolving Door Act

Bill: 118-hr-2516
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

End the Congressional Revolving Door Act

 
 This bill prohibits a former Member of Congress or former senior congressional employee who is a registered lobbyist, and entitled to compensation as such, from being eligible for any benefits beginning after enactment of this bill under
 
 
 the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), including the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP); 
 
the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), including the TSP; 
 
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, including federal enhanced dental and vision benefits; or
 
the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program.
 
 
 The bill does not prevent the payment of any CSRS or FERS lump-sum credit to which an individual is entitled or any nonforfeitable amount in an individual's TSP account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Forfeiture for Members of Congress Turned Foreign Lobbyists Act

Bill: 118-hr-2517
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Retirement Forfeiture for Members of Congress Turned Foreign Lobbyists Act

 
This bill prohibits a former Member of Congress or former senior congressional employee who is a registered lobbyist representing a foreign principal from being eligible for
 
 
the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System, including the Thrift Savings Plan; 
 
the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; or 
 
the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act

Bill: 118-hr-2518
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Reducing Exposure to Burn Pits Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to provide budget information regarding incinerators and waste-to-energy waste disposal alternatives to burn pits. DOD must include the information as a dedicated budget line item in the President's FY2024 budget. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
NEST Act

Bill: 118-hr-2519
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Native Educator Support and Training Act or the NEST Act 

 
This bill establishes scholarships, loan forgiveness plans, and training programs for students and educators who commit to teaching in Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools or other specified schools serving Indian students. 
 
The bill establishes three scholarship programs: (1) the Indian Student Educator Scholarship Program for students seeking degrees, (2) the Indian Educator Scholarship Program for Indian students seeking degrees, and (3) the Indian Educator Graduate Fellowship Program for Indian students seeking graduate degrees. Recipients of the scholarships must commit to working for a BIE school, a tribal early childhood education program, or other specified schools or agencies for the greater of three years or the number of school years that the scholarship funded. 
 
The bill also establishes loan forgiveness programs for educators and Indians who have taught for at least five consecutive years at BIE schools or local educational agencies with high percentages of Indian students.
 
The bill extends the federal Perkins Loan Cancellation Program to educators teaching in BIE schools or in Native American language immersion programs. 
 
The bill authorizes professional development grants for Native-serving elementary and secondary schools. It also establishes the Native American Language Teacher Training Program to provide grants for institutions of higher education to develop training programs for Native American immersion and language teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
Renewable Energy Jobs Act

Bill: 118-hr-2520
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25]
Introduced: 2023-04-06 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: 

Renewable Energy Jobs Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor to establish a pilot program to award competitive grants to certain eligible entities (i.e., renewable energy and energy efficiency employers and workforce development boards as primary entities and institutions of higher education, nonprofit organizations, and labor organizations as secondary entities) to train individuals for careers in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-06
text: Introduced in House