hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
LIFT the BAR Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2038
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration Act of 2023 or the LIFT the BAR Act of 2023

This bill repeals certain limits on the eligibility of noncitizens who lawfully reside in the United States for federal means-tested programs, including Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), programs funded through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grants, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and certain nutrition and housing programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Cancer Drug Parity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2039
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Pentagon Management Oversight Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2040
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
End Government Shutdowns Act

Bill: 118-s-2041
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

End Government Shutdowns Act 

 
This bill provides continuing appropriations to prevent a government shutdown if any appropriations measure for a fiscal year has not been enacted before the fiscal year begins or a joint resolution making continuing appropriations is not in effect. 
 
For an initial 120-day period, the bill provides appropriations to continue programs, projects, and activities for which funds were provided in the preceding fiscal year. The bill reduces the continuing appropriations by 1% after the first 120-day period and by an additional 1% for each subsequent 90-day period until the applicable appropriations legislation is enacted. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of State Authorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2043
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Alliances
Asia
Australia
Building construction
Child care and development
China
Collective security
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of State
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Europe
European Union
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Human rights
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
International exchange and broadcasting
International organizations and cooperation
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Middle East
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military facilities and property
Minority employment
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Oceania
Performance measurement
Protection of officials
Public contracts and procurement
Rule of law and government transparency
Sanctions
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Trade restrictions
Transportation costs
Transportation safety and security
U.S. and foreign investments
United Kingdom
User charges and fees
Visas and passports
Worker safety and health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 189.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/27/2023 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/27/2023 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in Senate
End Price Gouging for Medications Act

Bill: 118-s-2044
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asia
Australia
Canada
Civil actions and liability
Europe
France
Germany
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Inflation and prices
Italy
Japan
Medicaid
Medical research
Medicare
Military medicine
Netherlands
North America
Oceania
Prescription drugs
Retail and wholesale trades
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: 

End Price Gouging for Medications Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set maximum prices for prescription drugs under specified federal health programs. Specifically, HHS must establish reference prices based on certain factors, including the lowest retail price for a drug among specified reference countries.
 
Retail prices of covered drugs under specified federal health programs (e.g., Medicare and Medicaid) may not exceed the established reference prices. Drugs must also be available at such prices to uninsured individuals and to individuals with private health insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2045
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Community life and organization
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Spacecraft and satellites
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Dental Care for Our Troops Act

Bill: 118-s-2046
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Housing Readiness Council Act

Bill: 118-s-2047
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: 

Military Housing Readiness Council Act

 
This bill establishes the Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council to review and make recommendations to the Department of Defense (DOD) regarding policies for privatized military housing. 
 
The council must also monitor compliance by DOD with statutory and regulatory improvements to policies for privatized military housing and make recommendations to improve collaboration, awareness, and promotion of accurate and timely information about privatized military housing, accommodations available through the Exceptional Family Member Program, and other support services among policymakers, service providers, and targeted beneficiaries.
 
The council must make all documents publicly available until the council ceases to exist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act

Bill: 118-s-2048
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text:  

Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act

 
This bill removes limitations on the civil liability of gun manufacturers and the disclosure of gun trace data in civil actions.
 
 Specifically, the bill repeals the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which prohibits civil actions against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, seller, importer, dealer, or trade association for damages resulting from the criminal or unlawful misuse of a firearm.
 
Additionally, the bill states that firearms trace data maintained by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is not immune from legal process. Such data is subject to discovery; is admissible as evidence; and may be used, relied on, or disclosed in a civil action or administrative proceeding.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Pentagon Price Gouging Act

Bill: 118-s-2049
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Defense spending
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Star Print ordered on the measure.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Defense Ethics and Anti-Corruption Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2050
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act

Bill: 118-s-2052
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: 

Protect Patient Access to Pharmacies Act

This bill establishes certain requirements with respect to payments to pharmacies by prescription drug plan (PDP) sponsors under the Medicare prescription drug benefit and Medicare Advantage.

Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must ensure that payments sufficiently cover a pharmacy's costs to acquire and dispense covered drugs so as to enable the pharmacy to participate as a network provider. The CMS must (1) use relevant data from pharmacies with respect to acquisition and dispensing costs for covered drugs, (2) establish payment parameters, and (3) establish an appeal process for pharmacies about payments. The CMS must also evaluate the performance measures used by PDP sponsors for pharmacy price concessions or other performance fees and develop standardized performance measures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2053
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: 

Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act of 

2023

 
This bill prohibits anyone from interfering with a person's ability to access out-of-state reproductive health care. (
Reproductive health care 
is defined as medical, surgical, counseling, or referral services and care related to pregnancy, including the prevention or termination of a pregnancy, and other reproductive care.)
 
 Specifically, the bill prohibits anyone from restricting, discriminating against, or otherwise disadvantaging anyone who receives, provides, or assists with out-of-state reproductive health care that is legal in the state in which it is provided. 
 
The bill allows the Department of Justice to bring a civil action and establishes a private right of action for violations. The bill specifically waives any applicable governmental immunity and preempts any contravening state laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2054
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing American ARMS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2055
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Retired Officers Conflict of Interest Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2056
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to deliver on foreign military sales to Taiwan.

Bill: 118-s-2057
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
1890s Advancing and Building Leadership and Excellence Opportunity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2058
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Forests, forestry, trees
Higher education
Land use and conservation
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: 

1890s Advancing and Building Leadership and Excellence Opportunity Act of 2023

This bill expands the allowable areas of focus for Centers of Excellence at 1890 Institutions (1890 COEs) and reauthorizes the 1890 COEs program through FY2028. (The 1890 Institutions are historically Black colleges and universities that belong to the U.S. land-grant university system and receive federal funds through programs administered by the Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.)

The current areas of focus for 1890 COEs may also include

climate change adaptation and mitigation;

fostering forestry resilience and conservation;

food safety, bioprocessing, and value-added agriculture; and

the integration of the social sciences into the food and agricultural sciences.

The bill also specifies that no more than 10 1890 COEs may be in the program. Currently, there is no maximum limit.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Sanctions on Fentanyl Traffickers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2059
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt
Foreign property
Government information and archives
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Mexico
North America
Organized crime
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public contracts and procurement
Sanctions
Smuggling and trafficking
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: 

Strengthening Sanctions on Fentanyl Traffickers Act of 2023

This bill provides statutory authority for certain sanctions and extends certain requirements with respect to foreign individuals or entities involved in trafficking fentanyl or fentanyl analogues into the United States.

For example, the bill extends until December 31, 2030, provisions that require the President to report on foreign opioid traffickers. It also requires the President to prioritize individuals who are citizens or nationals of China and entities that are based in China, including pharmaceutical companies, that are involved in trafficking fentanyl or fentanyl analogues in these reports.

In addition, the bill requires the President to continue to impose certain sanctions against specified transnational criminal cartels (i.e., Mexican cartels) and to notify Congress before ending such sanctions.

The bill also provides statutory authority for the executive order titled 
Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade
, which was issued on December 15, 2021. The order authorizes certain sanctions against foreign individuals or entities that are engaged in international drug trafficking, including blocking banking, property, and other financial transactions. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-11
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
FARMLAND Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2060
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: 

Foreign Agricultural Restrictions to Maintain Local Agriculture and National Defense Act of 2023 or the FARMLAND Act of 2023

This bill expands federal authority and oversight over foreign investments in the U.S. agricultural industry.

The bill expands the authority of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to include the review of land transactions (involving foreign entities) that exceed $5 million or 320 acres of land over the preceding three years. This applies to land that is primarily used for agriculture, the extraction of energy sources, or the extraction of critical precursor materials for biological technology industries, information technology components, or national defense technologies. Further, the bill adds the Secretary of Agriculture and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to CFIUS membership. (CFIUS is an interagency committee that oversees the national security risks of certain foreign direct investment in the U.S. economy, including by reviewing certain real estate transactions.)

Further, the bill expands enforcement of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA). The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must appoint a Chief of Operations of Investigative Actions to (1) monitor AFIDA compliance, and (2) conduct investigations on efforts to steal agricultural knowledge and technology and to disrupt the U.S. agricultural base. 

The bill prohibits foreign persons who own or operate land from participating in Farm Service Agency programs and establishes penalties for violators. 

The bill also requires USDA and the Department of Homeland Security to jointly develop a database of agricultural land owned by foreign persons. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Catalytic Converter Theft Task Force Act

Bill: 118-s-2061
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit United States contributions to international organizations that advocate for sexual activity by persons who are younger than the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent.

Bill: 118-s-2062
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 
This bill prohibits the United States from providing assistance to any international organization that supports, advocates for, or seeks to decriminalize sexual relations or sexual conduct by persons who are younger than the minimum age of consent, as defined by the national government of the country where such persons reside.

Assistance is also prohibited to any entity that supports or advocates for the belief that sexual activity involving persons below the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual in fact even when it is not consensual under law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
BOONDOGGLE Act

Bill: 118-s-2063
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: 

Banning Overspending On Non-Defense Objectives at Gratuitous Gatherings and Learning Events Act or the BOONDOGGLE Act

This bill limits the authorization of travel or transportation allowances for members of the uniformed services in connection with professional development training. Specifically, the bill provides that such allowances may only be provided if the training (1) relates to the military occupational specialty of the member; and (2) does not include activities or events related to the sexual orientation of the member or that promote the sex, race, or religion of the member as superior or inferior to another sex, race, or religion. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop WOKE at State Act

Bill: 118-s-2064
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate