hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Stabilize Medicaid and CHIP Coverage Act

Bill: 118-s-3138
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act

Bill: 118-s-3139
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 695.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-289.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-289.
action_date: 2024-03-06
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Unemployment Insurance Modernization and Recession Readiness Act

Bill: 118-s-3140
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3141
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: First Amendment rights
Higher education
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: 

Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA's) working definition of antisemitism when reviewing or investigating complaints of discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. According to the IHRA's working definition, 
antisemitism
 is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Labor Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3142
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Further Strengthening America’s Supply Chain and National Security Act

Bill: 118-s-3143
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Prescription drugs
Public contracts and procurement
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Survivors from Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3144
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: 

Protecting Survivors from Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to collect and analyze data about brain injuries resulting from domestic or sexual violence and publish its findings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Addiction Medicine Providers Act

Bill: 118-s-3145
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Reduce Food Loss and Waste Act

Bill: 118-s-3146
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S5214-5215)
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Protection and Infrastructure Resilience Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3147
Sponsor: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: 

Flood Protection and Infrastructure Resilience Act of 2023

This bill modifies Department of Agriculture (USDA) watershed programs.

The bill modifies the Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) Program to allow USDA to undertake certain measures that go beyond addressing the immediate impairment of the watershed. Specifically, USDA may undertake measures that increase the level of protection of the watershed if USDA determines that the restoration is in the best interest of the long-term health and the protection of the watershed from repetitive impairments. (The EWP Program assists sponsors, landowners, and operators in implementing emergency recovery measures for runoff retardation and erosion prevention to relieve imminent hazards to life and property created by natural disasters.) 

In addition, for Watershed Rehabilitation Program (REHAB) projects that serve a limited resource area, the bill increases the federal cost-share to up to 90% of the total rehabilitation costs. Currently, the federal cost-share for all projects is 65% of the total rehabilitation costs. (REHAB assists project sponsors in rehabilitating aging watershed dams that are reaching the end of their design life or no longer meet certain federal or state standards.)

Further, the purpose of the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) is amended to include the prevention and mitigation of the effects of flooding and drought and the improvement or expansion of flood resiliency. (Under the RCPP, USDA enters into agreements with eligible partners to deliver conservation projects in specific geographical areas. Within an RCPP project, producers enter into contracts and agreements with USDA to carry out eligible conservation activities.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Historic Roadways Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-3148
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Roads and highways
Utah

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
HBCU Africa Partnerships Act

Bill: 118-s-3149
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
IMF Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3150
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: 

IMF Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill imposes requirements on U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with regard to certain issues involving China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, or Afghanistan while under Taliban control. 
 
The President or any U.S. representative to the IMF may not vote to allocate Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to any of these countries unless Congress authorizes such a vote. (The SDR is an international reserve asset maintained by the IMF based on contributions from IMF member countries. SDRs may be exchanged between member countries and may also be exchanged for currencies.)
 
The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to direct U.S. representatives to the IMF to oppose any proposal that (1) increases the IMF quota of any of these countries, or (2) modifies certain policies if the modification would allow the IMF to provide funding to any of these countries. (A country's quota determines, among other things, that country's voting power in IMF decisions and access to IMF financing.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
MAUI STRONG Act

Bill: 118-s-3151
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
All Students Count Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3152
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: 

All Students Count Act of 2023

This bill requires the results of student academic assessments to be disaggregated within each state, local educational agency, and school by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander subgroups.

In particular, the Asian American category must include Chinese, Asian Indian, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Pakistani, Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Thai, Taiwanese, Burmese, Bangladeshi, and Nepalese subgroups, and, to the greatest extent practicable, additional subgroups such as the lu Mien and Montagnards. The Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander category must include Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Chamorro, Tongan, iTaukei, and Marshallese, and, to the greatest extent practicable, additional subgroups such as the Chuukese and Palauan.

The Department of Education must develop guidance related to whether and when these reporting requirements will yield statistically reliable information. Such guidance shall help to inform the minimum number of students that will maximize data reporting for each major racial and ethnic group.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Advance Payments Modernization Act

Bill: 118-s-3153
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: 

Emergency Advance Payments Modernization Act

This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a pilot program to enhance the delivery of advance payments made through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). FEMA provides advance payment of NFIP insurance claims to certain policyholders who provide documentation before an adjustor inspection. Under the bill, FEMA must use real-time, rapid-monitoring data, including remote sensing data, to increase the speed and amount of such payments. The bill also allows FEMA to use amounts in the National Flood Insurance Fund to forgive any amounts overpaid to a policyholder under the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act

Bill: 118-s-3154
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Debt collection
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: 

Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act

This bill permits tribal child support enforcement agencies to access the Federal Tax Refund Offset Program to collect past-due child support payments from the federal tax refunds of noncustodial parents.

Additionally, the bill authorizes the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration to disclose certain tax return information to tribal child support enforcement agencies. Such information may be disclosed to establish and collect child support obligations from, and to locate, those individuals owing such obligations.

It also permits the Department of Health and Human Services to reimburse tribal agencies for certain reporting costs related to the Federal Parent Locator Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5215-5216)
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

Bill: 118-s-3155
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: 

Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act

 
This bill extends the $1 million limit on the deductibility of executive compensation to all employees of publicly traded corporations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5216)
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Job Creation through Energy Efficient Manufacturing Act

Bill: 118-s-3156
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Buy American requirements
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental technology
Industrial facilities
Labor standards
Manufacturing
Metals
Oil and gas
Public-private cooperation
Small business

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
More Behavioral Health Providers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3157
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: 

More Behavioral Health Providers Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill provides for additional Medicare payments to health care practitioners who provide services in mental health professional shortage areas for individuals with mental health or substance use disorders. The bill applies to physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, clinical social workers, clinical psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act

Bill: 118-s-3158
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
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: 2023-10-26
text: 

Expand the Behavioral Health Workforce Now Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance for states on ways to increase education, training, recruitment, and retention of mental health and substance use disorder providers under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), particularly in rural and underserved areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
PANA Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3159
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
YALI Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3160
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-10-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employment and training programs
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Higher education
Performance measurement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Introduced in Senate
PRICE Act

Bill: 118-s-3161
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
TEST AI Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3162
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Government studies and investigations
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 722.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-07-31
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
CHILD Labor Act

Bill: 118-s-3163
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Combatting the Persecution of Religious Groups in China Act

Bill: 118-s-3164
Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Homelessness and Behavioral Health Care Coordination Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3165
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5231)
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Hamas Sanctions Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3166
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate
MEWA Act

Bill: 118-s-3167
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-10-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Labor-management relations
Self-employed

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: 

Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Act or the MEWA Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the treatment of association health plans (AHPs) as single, large employer health plans for purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Under AHPs, groups of individuals or small employers join together to purchase health insurance coverage. AHPs were historically subject to the market requirements for individual and small group health plans. In 2018, the Department of Labor issued regulations that allowed an AHP to be considered a single, large employer under ERISA if certain conditions are met. The regulations have been subject to litigation, which is still ongoing.

The bill provides that a group of employers is treated as a single, large employer for the purpose of establishing an AHP if the group, among other listed criteria (1) has been in existence for at least two years and was formed for a purpose other than offering health insurance, (2) meets any criteria set by Labor in a prior advisory opinion, or (3) meets any other criteria set by Labor through regulations.

Additionally, the bill establishes rules for AHPs to set premium rates and prohibits AHPs from discriminating in coverage based on health status-related factors or denying coverage based on preexisting conditions.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-30
text: Introduced in Senate