hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Citizenship Verification in Emergency Healthcare Act

Bill: 118-s-5248
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
NO GOTION Act

Bill: 118-s-5249
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5250
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Critical Materials Future Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5251
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Industrial policy and productivity
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Hold Corporate Criminals Accountable Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5252
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
ARTIST Act

Bill: 118-s-5253
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Care for American Families Act

Bill: 118-s-5254
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: 

Child Care for American Families Act 

This bill increases and revises the employer-provided child care tax credit. It increases the rate of such credit from 25% to 40% (50% for certain small businesses and 60% for child care facilities located in an eligible census track).

The bill increases the limitation on the dollar amount of the credit to $1.2 million in any taxable year and imposes a $2 million limit on the aggregate amount of child care expenditures that may be taken into account for purposes of calculating the credit. 

The bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to issue guidance regarding multi-employer facilities and to establish a public awareness program to inform taxpayers about the availability of the child care credit and filing procedures for such credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
CLAWS Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5255
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Security Act

Bill: 118-s-5256
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: 

Family Security Act

This bill increases the child tax credit and provides a new tax credit for pregnant mothers. The bill also makes changes to the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, earned income tax credit (EITC), heads of household filing status, tax exemption for dependents, and deduction for dependent care expenses.

This bill increases the child tax credit for 2026 to $3,000 or $4,200 for each child, depending on the child’s age, makes the tax credit fully refundable (currently a portion is refundable), and allows taxpayers to receive the tax credit in advance monthly payments. Under the bill, the child tax credit is limited to six children and phases out once a taxpayer’s income exceeds a certain threshold.

The bill provides a new refundable tax credit for pregnant mothers of $2,800, which phases out once a taxpayer’s income exceeds a certain threshold. Taxpayers may receive the tax credit in advance monthly payments.

The bill permanently extends the SALT deduction for individuals (currently, the SALT deduction for individuals expires in 2026) and increases the limit to $30,000 from $10,000 (or to $15,000 from $5,000 for married taxpayers filing separately). 

The bill permanently eliminates the tax exemption for dependents. Under current law, a tax exemption for dependents is available starting in 2026.

This bill also eliminates the

• head of household filing status, 
• tax credit for dependent care expenses for children under 13 years old, and 
• different percentages that apply based on the number of qualifying children in the EITC calculation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Justice for Camp Lejeune Victims Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5257
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act

Bill: 118-s-5258
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Birds
Historical and cultural resources

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: 

Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Amendment Act

This bill states that nothing in the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA) prohibits possessing, selling, bartering, purchasing, shipping, or transporting any authentic Alaska Native handicraft, clothing, or art on the basis that it contains a nonedible migratory bird part, so long as the bird was not taken in a wasteful or illegal manner. (The MBTA implements four international treaties that the United States entered into with Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Russia. The MBTA prohibits the taking of protected migratory bird species without prior authorization.)

The bill directs the Department of State to work with the Department of the Interior to enter into appropriate bilateral procedures with countries that are parties to the treaties under the MBTA to clarify the treatment of Alaska Native handicraft containing nonedible migratory bird parts from the species of migratory birds listed in those treaties. Further, Interior must modify any regulations implementing the MBTA to implement this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Solar Consumer Choice Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5259
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5260
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fight Book Bans Act

Bill: 118-s-5261
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
BABIES Act

Bill: 118-s-5262
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Studying NEPA’s Impact on Projects Act

Bill: 118-s-5263
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Neither Permanent Nor Normal Trade Relations Act

Bill: 118-s-5264
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Agricultural trade
Asia
Budget deficits and national debt
China
Congressional oversight
Customs enforcement
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Inflation and prices
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs
Trade restrictions
U.S. International Trade Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: 

Neither Permanent Nor Normal Trade Relations Act

This bill establishes various trade measures related to China, including by revoking China's permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status and increasing the rates of duty (i.e., tariffs) on Chinese imported goods. The bill prohibits imported goods originating from North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran from receiving de minimis treatment. (Current law allows for U.S. imports under a de minimis
 
threshold of $800 per shipment to enter free of tariffs, fees, and taxes.)

Specifically, the bill revokes China's PNTR status. Currently, China's PNTR status allows for Chinese goods to have duty rates set forth in column 1 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS). With the removal of China's PNTR status, the bill generally sets the applicable duty rates on imported Chinese goods at the higher rates listed in column 2 of the HTS, with exceptions.

The bill establishes a minimum duty rate of 35% for all Chinese goods, which requires column 2 rates to be at least 35%. However, the bill establishes a minimum duty rate of 100% for a list of specified goods (e.g., various minerals, certain vaccines and drugs, and certain defense-related articles). Duty rates are phased in over five years and adjusted annually for inflation.

The bill also

authorizes the President to take additional actions related to trade with China, 

requires merchandise imported from China to be appraised based on U.S. value, and 

establishes a trust fund to compensate U.S. producers for lost revenue resulting from retaliatory actions by China.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Tonto Apache Land Transfer Act

Bill: 118-s-5265
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Slate Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5266
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
FEMA Operational Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-5267
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
High Court Gift Ban Act

Bill: 118-s-5268
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
VetPAC Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5269
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
HIDTA Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-s-5270
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
BUPE for Recovery Act

Bill: 118-s-5271
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Your Points Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5272
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text: CR S6445-6446)
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act

Bill: 118-s-5273
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: 

Quinault Indian Nation Land Transfer Act

This bill administratively transfers approximately 72 acres of specified lands in Washington from the U.S. Forest Service to the Department of the Interior. Interior must take this land into trust for the benefit of the Quinault Indian Nation. Land taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.

The bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.

The bill requires Interior, for purposes of taking the land into trust, to meet the disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants, without otherwise being required to remediate or abate those hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5274
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [I-AZ]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5275
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SPEAR Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5276
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing American Agriculture Act

Bill: 118-s-5277
Sponsor: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: 

Securing American Agriculture Act

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to assess, on an annual basis, U.S. dependency on critical agricultural products or inputs that could be exploited in the event that China weaponizes such a dependency. USDA must submit a report to Congress on the assessment, which must include recommendations to reduce U.S. dependency on China to supply critical agricultural products or inputs. 

Under the bill, critical inputs include all farm management, agronomic, and field-applied production inputs (e.g., agricultural equipment, fertilizers, veterinary drugs, and seed).

The bill specifies that, in conducting the assessment, USDA may not require a private entity to provide information to USDA. Further, the bill requires USDA to comply with certain confidentiality requirements and restricts disclosures of the information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SIGHT Act

Bill: 118-s-5278
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Chai Suthammanont Healthy Federal Workplaces Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5279
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving IRS Customer Service Act

Bill: 118-s-5280
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
REPLACE Act

Bill: 118-s-5281
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Car Privacy Rights Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5282
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Robert M. Gates Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-s-5283
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act

Bill: 118-s-5284
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Smuggling and trafficking
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: 

Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act

This bill increases federal criminal penalties for providing or attempting to provide a cell phone to an individual who is incarcerated at a prison.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-27
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-09-27
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-09-26
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6415; text: CR S6415)
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Smuggling Illicit Synthetic Drugs on U.S. Transportation Networks Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5285
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit certain exports of natural gas produced or refined in the United States, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-5286
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Project Lands Restoration Act

Bill: 118-s-5287
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Geography and mapping
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
GEOTHERMAL Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5288
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
White Oak Resilience Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5289
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S6446-6447)
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect LNG Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5290
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Judicial review and appeals
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Visa Integrity Preservation Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5291
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-09-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Introduced in Senate