hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1527
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Access to Contraception for Servicemembers and Dependents Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses Department of Defense (DOD) contraceptive care and family planning services.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits cost-sharing requirements with respect to TRICARE beneficiaries for specified prescription contraceptives.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits cost-sharing requirements for TRICARE Select and TRICARE Prime beneficiaries in relation to any in-network method of contraception or contraceptive care (including with respect to insertion, removal, and follow-up), any sterilization procedure, or any related patient education or counseling service.
 
The bill requires DOD to provide information on emergency contraceptives and care to sexual assault survivors at its medical treatment facilities. Upon request by a sexual assault survivor, DOD must provide such emergency contraceptives or a prescription for emergency contraceptives.
 
Finally, DOD must establish a uniform standard curriculum for education programs on family planning for all members of the Armed Forces. Such education programs must be provided to service members during their first year of service and at other appropriate times, as determined by each military department.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
FIGHT Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1529
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Fighting Inhumane Gambling and High-risk Trafficking Act of 2023 or the FIGHT Act of 2023

 
This bill expands protections of animals provided under the Animal Welfare Act, including by prohibiting any (1) broadcasts from international, interstate, or intrastate sources of animal fighting ventures in the United States or U.S. territories; and (2) transport of certain mature roosters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-1531
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Ecology
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Freedom of information
Government information and archives
Historical and cultural resources
Idaho
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Montana
Oregon
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Washington State
Water quality
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act

 
This bill designates specified public lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors.
 
The Department of the Interior and the Forest Service must jointly establish an interagency team, containing an equal number of participants from the public and private sectors, to monitor, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding the results of the bill. The team must also develop a geographic information system for monitoring the Northern Rockies Bioregion and assess the potential for facilitating wildlife movement across or under major highways and rail lines within the biological corridors established by the bill.
 
The bill provides for the temporary closure to the general public of specific portions of protected areas, at the request of an Indian tribe, to protect the privacy of a religious activity or cultural use by an Indian. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Alan T. Shao II Fentanyl Public Health Emergency and Overdose Prevention Act

Bill: 118-s-1532
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Alan T. Shao II Fentanyl Public Health Emergency and Overdose Prevention Act

 
This bill suspends the admission of certain individuals into the United States.
 
Specifically, this bill suspends the admission of any person who (1) is attempting to unlawfully enter the United States from Canada or Mexico, (2) does not possess the required travel documents, and (3) is being held at a point of entry or a Border Patrol station to facilitate immigration processing. 
 
(Under current law, individuals who arrive without the required travel documents have the opportunity to seek asylum, with some exceptions.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-11
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
GREATER Revitalization of Shopping Centers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1533
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Economic development
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Intergovernmental relations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Equitable Payments for Nursing Facilities Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1534
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska
Hawaii
Health facilities and institutions
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Equitable Payments for Nursing Facilities Act of 

2023

 
This bill allows the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to adjust the federal per diem payment rate for Medicare skilled nursing facilities in Alaska or Hawaii to reflect the unique circumstances of such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildfire Response Aviation Modernization and Safety Act

Bill: 118-s-1535
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Wildfire Response Aviation Modernization and Safety Act

This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to promulgate rules to specify that the FAA must allow for the transport of firefighters on board certain aircraft operated on a mission to suppress a wildfire. The FAA must also issue a rule to specify that certain FAA noise standards do not apply to such an operation.

Current regulations allow a type certificate for a restricted category aircraft to be used for the aerial dispensing of liquids (e.g., liquids for aerial fire suppression) and exclude from noise requirements certain aircraft that are dispensing fire fighting materials. Restricted category aircraft are prohibited from carrying passengers. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act

Bill: 118-s-1536
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Tribal Gaming Regulatory Compliance Act

 
This bill allows the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta tribes to conduct gaming activities on their land in Texas if certain conditions are met.
 
Currently, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act prohibits the tribes from conducting gaming activities on their land if those activities are prohibited by Texas law. The bill instead prohibits the act from precluding or limiting the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). Therefore, the bill effectively makes IGRA the controlling federal statute governing gaming activities on the tribes' land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Raising Tariffs on Imports from China Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1537
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Raising Tariffs on Imports from China Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the President to annually calculate and publish in the Federal Register (1) the total value of articles imported into the United States from China, and (2) the total value of articles exported from the United States to China.
 
If the total value of articles imported into the United States from China exceeds the total value of articles exported from the United States to China for the preceding year, then the President must impose a 25% ad valorem duty on each article imported from China. These additional duties must continue until the total value of articles imported from China is equal to or less than the total value of articles exported to China for the preceding calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Living Schoolyards Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1538
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Living Schoolyards Act of 

2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to eligible entities (e.g., local educational agencies) for planning, designing, and constructing outdoor learning spaces on school grounds. 
Outdoor learning space
 refers to an outdoor physical space on school grounds that is (1) dedicated to meet or conduct curriculum-tied activities, (2) a dedicated space for outdoor classrooms that has seating and tables installed for students and teachers to meet regularly, or (3) a place that is used when the need arises to take learning outdoors.
 
Additionally, ED must maintain a clearinghouse that provides specified information, including links and information about state and local entities with expertise in outdoor learning spaces and environmental education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
American Prairie Conservation Act

Bill: 118-s-1539
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1606)
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to provide for circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation is not required under a land and resource management plan or land use plan under those Acts, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-1540
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 
This bill establishes circumstances under which reinitiation of consultation related to endangered or threatened species is not required under a land and resource management plan or a land use plan.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits a land and resource management plan for a unit of the National Forest System or a land use plan for public lands from
 
 
being considered to be a continuing federal agency action, or 
 
constituting a discretionary federal involvement or control for a distinct federal purpose.
 
 
This makes certain consultation requirements related to endangered or threatened species inapplicable to such plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 161.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-77.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-77.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Classification Reform Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1541
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
DRUG Act

Bill: 118-s-1542
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require regulations concerning the disclosure of direct and indirect compensation from entities providing pharmacy benefit management services or third-party administration services.

Bill: 118-s-1543
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1544
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Facilitating Innovative Nuclear Diagnostics Act of 

2023

 
This bill establishes separate payment requirements for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services. The bill's requirements apply to diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals that have an average daily cost of $500 or more in 2024 and as adjusted based on a specified fee schedule factor in each year thereafter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Health Care Freedom Act

Bill: 118-s-1545
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Veterans Health Care Freedom Act

 
This bill requires the Center for Innovation for Care and Payment within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a three-year pilot program to improve the ability of veterans who are enrolled in the VA health care system to access hospital care, medical services, and extended care services through the covered care system by providing such veterans with the ability to choose health care providers. Under the bill, the
 covered care system
 includes VA medical facilities, health care providers participating in the Veterans Community Care Program (VCCP), and eligible entities or providers that have entered into a Veterans Care Agreement.
 
A veteran participating in the program may elect to receive care at any provider in the covered care system.
 
The pilot program removes certain requirements (e.g., location of the veteran) to access care at VA and non-VA facilities. After four years, the bill permanently phases out the requirements for accessing care under the VCCP and Veterans Care Agreements and requires the VA to provide such care under the same conditions of the pilot program. Additionally, after four years, veterans may receive care at a VA medical facility regardless of whether the facility is in the same Veterans Integrated Service Network as the veteran.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Teaching Asian Pacific American History Act

Bill: 118-s-1546
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Teaching Asian Pacific American History Act

 
This bill requires entities (e.g., institutions of higher education, libraries, and museums), in order to be eligible for certain grants administered by the Department of Education (ED), to include Asian Pacific American history in their teaching of American history. It also requires Asian Pacific American history to be included in tests administered by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).
 
Specifically, the bill mandates the inclusion of Asian Pacific American history as a required component of American history for such entities to be eligible for American History and Civics Academies' competitive grants. These grants support the establishment of (1) Presidential Academies for Teachers of American History and Civics, which offer workshops to teachers of American history and civics to strengthen their knowledge and prepare them to teach in these subjects; and (2) Congressional Academies for Students of American History and Civics, which support high school students in developing an understanding of these subjects. (Currently, Asian Pacific American history is not a required component of American history for either academy.)
 
In addition, ED must give priority to grant applicants that align their activities with programs and resources of the Smithsonian Institution's Asian Pacific American Center.
 
The bill also requires the inclusion of Asian Pacific American history in tests administered by the NAEP, which measures student academic achievement in various subjects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1547
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: 

Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2023

This bill requires or authorizes certain actions for the purpose of ending preventable child and maternal deaths by 2030.

The bill requires the President to establish and implement a comprehensive five-year strategy focused on ending preventable child and maternal deaths by 2030. Requirements for the strategy include identifying priority countries in which the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will implement international maternal and child health and nutrition programs. The bill authorizes the President to provide assistance to implement this strategy.

The bill also requires the President to designate a USAID employee to serve as the child and maternal survival coordinator. The duties of the coordinator shall include primary responsibility for the oversight and coordination of such international maternal and child health and nutrition program resources and activities as USAID determines to be appropriate.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1606-1607)
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
BIDIRECTIONAL Act

Bill: 118-s-1548
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-05-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Congressional oversight
Educational facilities and institutions
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor carriers

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-05-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Lower Fees, Better Airports Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1550
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Lower Fees, Better Airports Act of 2023

 
This bill includes fees paid by an airline passenger to an air carrier for certain goods and services (e.g., services relating to ticketing of the purchase of frequent flier miles) offered during a flight as amounts paid for taxable transportation. Under current law, there is a 7.5 % excise tax imposed on amounts paid for taxable transportation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Improved Transportation Consumer Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1551
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Improved Transportation Consumer Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes an Office of Consumer Protection in the Department of Transportation (DOT). The office must (1) assist, educate, and protect consumers; (2) monitor compliance with, conduct investigations relating to, and enforce consumer protection, civil rights, and licensing requirements; and (3) promulgate, as appropriate, consumer protection and civil rights regulations. 
 
The office must also submit an annual report to Congress on consumer protection issues. This report must be publicly available on DOT's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in Senate