hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act

Bill: 118-s-3084
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Asia
Athletes
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Service industries
Taiwan
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 
 
United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act 

 
This bill establishes special rules for the taxation of residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States. This includes the reduction of the rate of withholding of taxes, the application of permanent establishment rules, treatment of income from employment, and the determination of the residency of citizens of Taiwan.

action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 

United States-Taiwan Expedited Double-Tax Relief Act 

 
This bill establishes special rules for the taxation of residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States. This includes the reduction of the rate of withholding of taxes, the application of permanent establishment rules, treatment of income from employment, and the determination of the residency of citizens of Taiwan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-07
text: Star Print ordered on report 118-107.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 230.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Wyden. With written report No. 118-107.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Committee on Finance. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Wyden. With written report No. 118-107.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
PACE Act

Bill: 118-s-3085
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
America’s College Promise Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3086
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 

America's College Promise Act of 2023

This bill provides funding and establishes grant programs to expand access to higher education, including by providing free community college to students.

Specifically, the bill establishes a program to waive resident tuition and fees for community college students. The Department of Education (ED) must award grants to states and tribal colleges and universities to pay the federal share of the program.

As a condition of receiving such a grant, a state must (1) submit a plan to align the requirements for receiving a regular high school diploma with the requirements for entering credit-bearing coursework at community colleges; and (2) submit a plan to improve transfer pathways between institutions of higher education (IHEs), including by ensuring that associate degrees awarded by community colleges are fully transferable to four-year IHEs.

Next, the bill directs ED to award grants to states and tribal colleges and universities for implementing evidence-based institutional reforms and innovative practices to improve student outcomes.

In addition, ED must award grants to participating historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, and minority-serving institutions to waive or significantly reduce the first 60 credits of tuition and fees for low-income students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
PROOF Act

Bill: 118-s-3087
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 

Proving Reserves Of Others’ Funds Act or the PROOF Act

This bill requires digital exchanges to protect customer funds and provide proof of reserves. Specifically, digital exchanges must minimize (1) customer risk of asset loss, and (2) delays experienced by a customer when accessing assets. With some exceptions, a customer’s assets must be separated from any other assets and may not be used to margin, secure, or guarantee a trade or account of a person other than the customer.

Further, digital exchanges and digital custodians must report on their proof of reserves through an attestation from an independent auditing firm or a disinterested third party. The Office of Domestic Finance in the Department of the Treasury must make these attestations publicly available.

The bill also provides for the creation of an industry standard for the attestations.

Violations are subject to civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
CONFUCIUS Act

Bill: 118-s-3088
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 

Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States Act or the CONFUCIUS Act

 
This bill addresses China's influence on postsecondary educational institutions through Confucius Institutes, which are cultural institutes directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes requirements for postsecondary educational institutions that receive federal funding and that have contracts or agreements with Confucius Institutes. The contracts or agreements must include clear provisions that (1) protect the academic freedom of the institutions; (2) prohibit the application of foreign law on the institutions' campuses; and (3) grant full managerial authority of the institutes to the institutions, including full control over teaching plans, activities, research grants, and employment decisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Victims of SNAP Skimming Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3089
Sponsor: Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Crime victims
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
MOMMIES Act

Bill: 118-s-3090
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and health-based discrimination
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family planning and birth control
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicaid
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 

Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services Act or the MOMMIES Act

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) relating to maternal health. 
 
For example, the bill expands eligibility for coverage under Medicaid and CHIP from 60 days to one year after the last day of pregnancy and requires such coverage to include oral health services.
 
The bill also establishes a demonstration program in which states receive grants to implement or expand models for maternity care homes that provide services to Medicaid or CHIP beneficiaries.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on (1) gaps in coverage under Medicaid and CHIP for pregnant and postpartum women, and (2) the use of telehealth by state Medicaid programs to increase access to maternity care. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Inclusion Act

Bill: 118-s-3091
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3092
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Roads and highways
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 

Collision Avoidance Systems Act of 2023

This bill allows for the use of a pulsating light system for vehicle braking.

Specifically, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Number 108 (Standard 108) must be deemed to allow for the use of a pulsating light system on covered vehicles (i.e., passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles, trucks, buses, trailers, and motorcycles). The Department of Transportation must issue regulations to update Standard 108 to (1) include performance-based standards for pulsating light systems, and (2) allow for the use of the systems on motor vehicles.

As background, Standard 108 regulates all automotive lighting, signaling, and reflective devices. Under the bill, a 
pulsating light system
 includes a system for a high-mounted stop lamp in which the lamp pulses rapidly no more than four times and for no more than 1.2 seconds when the brake of the vehicle is applied and then converts to a continuous light (as a normal stop lamp) until the brake is released.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3093
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 

Healthy Meals Help Kids Learn Act of 2023

 
This bill permanently increases the federal reimbursement rates for the school lunch and breakfast programs. Specifically, beginning July 1, 2024, the bill provides an additional 45 cents per lunch served in the National School Lunch Program and an additional 28 cents per breakfast served in the School Breakfast Program. These amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation beginning July 1, 2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3094
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Reserve Loss Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-3095
Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text:  

Federal Reserve Loss Transparency Act 

 
This bill prohibits transfers to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System if Federal Reserve banks incur specified quarterly operating losses. The bureau is directly funded through transfers from the board.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Supreme Court Biennial Appointments and Term Limits Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3096
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
O DAIRY Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3097
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing Advances and a Variety of Evidence-Based IMD Options Act

Bill: 118-s-3098
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S5112)
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
SHINE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3099
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire Sale Loophole Closing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3100
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide that members of the Armed Forces performing services in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad shall be entitled to tax benefits in the same manner as if such services were performed in a combat zone.

Bill: 118-s-3101
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, compensation of members of the Armed Forces performing services in Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Chad on the same basis as if such services had been performed in a combat zone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement Savings for Americans Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3102
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3103
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: 

Medical Debt Relief Act of 2023

This bill prohibits consumer reporting agencies from including medical debt on a consumer report (i.e., credit report). In addition, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must amend regulations to prohibit creditors from obtaining or using medical debt information when considering whether to extend credit to a consumer. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3104
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-10-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Schools Improvement Act

Bill: 118-s-3105
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-10-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text:  

Safe Schools Improvement Act

 
This bill requires states to direct their local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish policies that prevent and prohibit bullying and harassment of elementary and secondary school students. In particular, these policies must prohibit bullying and harassment based on race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics), disability, or religion.
 
Further, LEAs must provide (1) students, parents, and educational professionals with annual notice of the conduct prohibited in their disciplinary policies; (2) students and parents with grievance procedures that target such conduct; and (3) the public with annual data on the incidence and frequency of that conduct at the school and LEA level.
 
The Department of Education must conduct and report on an independent biennial evaluation of programs and policies to combat bullying and harassment in elementary and secondary schools. The National Center for Education Statistics must collect state data to determine the incidence and frequency of the conduct prohibited by LEA disciplinary policies.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Introduced in Senate
SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3106
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-10-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: 

SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 programs and activities relating to mental health and substance use disorder services.

Reauthorized programs and activities include 

grants for trauma support and mental health services for children in schools,

programs that enable access to drugs or devices that temporarily reverse opioid overdoses,

residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum individuals, and

training and workforce development for providers of mental health and substance use disorder services.

The bill also modifies certain requirements relating to the regulation of controlled substances and the provision of mental health and substance use disorder services, including by requiring (1) the issuance of federal guidance to support at-home safe disposal systems for drugs, (2) studies to evaluate the efficacy of opioid treatment through buprenorphine and methadone, and (3) evaluations of the use of certain block grants by states to treat individuals with serious mental illnesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Court Legal Access and Student Support Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3107
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-10-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: 

Court Legal Access and Student Support Act of 

2023 or the CLASS Act of 

2023

 
This bill prohibits institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs from restricting students' ability to pursue claims against IHEs in court. In addition, the bill makes mandatory arbitration agreements inapplicable to enrollment agreements between students and IHEs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S5146)
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Introduced in Senate
PROTECT Act

Bill: 118-s-3108
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-10-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: 

Preventing Opportunities for Teen E-Cigarette and Tobacco Addiction Act or the PROTECT Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to develop a strategy and carry out a specific initiative to prevent and reduce the use of electronic cigarettes and emerging tobacco products among youth and young adults.
 
As part of the initiative, the CDC must
 
 
conduct research and surveillance on types of products, patterns of use, health impacts, and other aspects of the use of such products by youth and young adults;
 
evaluate prevention and intervention strategies and develop guidance for intervening and treating youth and young adults who use such products;
 
identify effective messaging and communication efforts and implement a national public education campaign concerning the use of such products; and
 
continue to fund grants for tobacco control programs in health departments, including efforts to prevent and reduce the use of such products by youth and young adults.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Introduced in Senate
ABC Act

Bill: 118-s-3109
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-10-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Introduced in Senate