hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
DEFIANCE Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3696
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2024-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Digital media
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Photography and imaging
Pornography
Right of privacy
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: 

Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 or the DEFIANCE Act of 2024

This bill establishes a civil cause of action for individuals who are the subject of nonconsensual digital forgeries (commonly known as deepfakes) depicting intimate activity or nudity.

Under the bill, 
digital forgery
 is any intimate visual depiction of an identifiable individual created through the use of software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or any other computer-generated or technological means that is indistinguishable from an authentic visual depiction of the individual.

Specifically, an identifiable individual who is the subject of a digital forgery may bring a civil action against any person who knowingly produces, distributes, solicits, or possesses with the intent to distribute a digital forgery without the individual's consent.

Current law provides civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief, for the nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images. This bill makes all relief available for the new cause of action for nonconsensual digital forgeries and expands the relief available for both causes of action. For example, an identifiable individual may recover profits of the defendant that are attributable to the conduct at issue in the claim as part of actual damages.

The bill also establishes a 10-year statute of limitations, but tolls the running of the statute of limitations until the individual learns about the violation or the individual turns 18, whichever occurs later. This applies to both current law related to nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images and the new cause of action for nonconsensual digital forgeries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-07-24
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-07-24
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-07-24
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S5317-5318)
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5318-5319)
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate
Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3697
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: 

Space National Guard Establishment Act
 
of 2024

 
This bill establishes a Space National Guard as the reserve component of the U.S. Space Force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act

Bill: 118-s-3698
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
District of Columbia
Federal district courts
Specialized courts

Summary:
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: 

Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act

This bill amends sections of the Code of the District of Columbia to replace the term 
mentally retarded
 with the term 
moderate intellectual disabilities
.

Specifically, the bill replaces the term in sections of the code for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, and the Family Court of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


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: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6466; text: CR S6466)
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 498.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-219.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-219.
action_date: 2024-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
COACHES Act

Bill: 118-s-3699
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: 

Creating Opportunity for Athletic Coaches to Help Educate Students Act or the COACHES Act

This bill modifies the tax deduction for the expenses of an eligible educator (an individual who is a K-12 teacher, instructor, counselor, principal, or aide in a school for at least 900 hours during a school year) to include as an eligible educator an interscholastic sports administrator or coach. It also eliminates the exclusion of nonathletic supplies for courses of instruction in health or physical education as a deductible expense.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3700
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
FACTS Act

Bill: 118-s-3701
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Credit for Caring Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3702
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: 

Credit for Caring Act of 

2024

 
This bill allows an eligible caregiver a tax credit of up to $5,000 for 30% of the cost of long-term care expenses that exceed $2,000 in a taxable year. The bill defines 
eligible caregiver
 as an individual who has earned income for the taxable year in excess of $7,500 and pays or incurs expenses for providing care to a spouse or other dependent relative with long-term care needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
RESPITE for Businesses Act

Bill: 118-s-3703
Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: 

Rejecting Extremist Shareholder Proposals that Inhibit and Thwart Enterprise for Businesses Act or the RESPITE for Businesses Act

This bill allows an issuer of securities to exclude a shareholder proposal from proxy statements despite whether the proposal relates to a significant social policy issue. Currently, an issuer may exclude a proposal if it deals with a matter relating to its ordinary business operations unless the proposal raises a significant social policy issue. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Unlocking Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3704
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Human Rights Defenders Protection Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3705
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Peace and Tolerance in Palestinian Education Act

Bill: 118-s-3707
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reprogram Federal funds appropriated for UNRWA to construct the southwest border wall and to prohibit future funding for UNRWA.

Bill: 118-s-3708
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Investment Opportunity Expansion Act

Bill: 118-s-3709
Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: 

Investment Opportunity Expansion Act 

This bill expands who may be considered an accredited investor for purposes of participating in private offerings of securities. (Certain unregistered securities may only be offered to accredited investors.) Specifically, the bill allows an individual to qualify if their aggregate investment in such a securities offering is not more than 10% of the individual's net assets or 10% of the individual's annual income, whichever is greater.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3710
Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: 

Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2024

This bill increases the dollar limit of certain securities offerings exempt from registration requirements from $50 million annually to $150 million annually, adjusted in future years for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act

Bill: 118-s-3711
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: 

Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act 

This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received by an individual taxpayer as a qualified wildfire relief payment. Such payments are compensation for losses, expenses, or damages (including compensation for additional living expenses, certain lost wages, personal injury, death, or emotional distress) incurred as a result of a qualified wildfire disaster. The exclusion only apples to payments received after 2019, and before January 1, 2026. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S311)
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to treat United States Citizenship and Immigration Services field offices as voter registration agencies, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-3712
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S311)
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3713
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
GRACE Act

Bill: 118-s-3714
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Investor Choice Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3715
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: 

Investor Choice Act of 2024

This bill prohibits broker-dealers and investment advisers from including mandatory arbitration, forum selection restrictions, or bans on class action suits in customer or client agreements. Issuers of securities are also prohibited from mandating arbitration in shareholder agreements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
401Kids Savings Account Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3716
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Terrorism at the U.N. Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3717
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
PROTECT Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3718
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-01-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Introduced in Senate
Sound Science for Farmers Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3719
Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Pathways to Homeownership Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3720
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: 

Preserving Pathways to Homeownership Act of 2024

This bill establishes requirements regarding land installment contracts (i.e., land contracts or contracts for deed). In a land installment contract, a seller agrees to sell real property to a purchaser through installment payments. The seller retains the title to the property until the payments are completed. In many cases, these agreements are not publicly recorded.

Under the bill, states must enact requirements for land installment contracts. Specifically, a seller must record the contract with the deed recorder or similar office no later than five days after the execution of the contract. States must deter noncompliance with this requirement by

prohibiting a seller from enforcing any part of such a contract if the contract is not recorded,

giving the purchaser the right to rescind the contract and to receive a refund,

establishing civil liability for violations, and

establishing appropriate enforcement authority.

The bill also prohibits the use of the remedy of forfeiture, which allows the seller to evict the purchaser and retain all payments if the purchaser defaults. However, under the bill, the seller may liquidate the purchaser’s interest in the property pursuant to the state’s foreclosure laws in the event of default.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthen Wood Products Supply Chain Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3721
Sponsor: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Maternal Health for Military and Dependent Moms Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3722
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Defund United Nations Relief and Works Agency Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3723
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
No IRIS Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3724
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
PFAS Accountability Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3725
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Words Matter Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3726
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: 

Words Matter Act of 

2024

 
This bill removes outdated terminology in specified statutes by replacing references to
 mentally retarded
 and 
mental retardation
 with 
intellectual disability
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Proprietary Education Oversight Task Force Act

Bill: 118-s-3727
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S344-347)
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Housing Stability Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3728
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Protection of Women in Olympic and Amateur Sports Act

Bill: 118-s-3729
Sponsor: Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
School athletics
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Investing in Main Street Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3730
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Cruising for Alaska's Workforce Act

Bill: 118-s-3731
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Artificial Intelligence Environmental Impacts Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3732
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2024-02-01 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-02-01
text: Introduced in Senate
Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act

Bill: 118-s-3733
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2024-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-02-05
text: 

Shandra Eisenga Human Cell and Tissue Product Safety Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to educate the public and health care providers about the benefits and risks of transplants that use human cell or tissue products, including the risk of infections.

HHS must develop the educational campaign after taking into consideration information about products that carry the highest risk of transmitting infections to transplant recipients. HHS may award grants to other entities to conduct public awareness initiatives and media campaigns about the risk of infections. 

The bill also establishes specific civil penalties for violations of laws regarding the spread of communicable diseases and regulations regarding procedures for human cell or tissue products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
SUBMIT IT Act

Bill: 118-s-3734
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2024-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2024-02-05
text: 

Send Us Budget Materials and International Tactics In Time Act or the SUBMIT IT Act

This bill prohibits the leadership of Congress from inviting the President to deliver a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress until the President has transmitted, and Congress has received, the National Security Strategy and the President’s budget for the subsequent fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2024-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate