hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
GOLD CARD Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4968
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Getting Over Lengthy Delays in Care As Required by Doctors Act of 2023 or the GOLD CARD Act of 

2023

 
This bill exempts physicians from prior authorization requirements under Medicare Advantage plans with respect to specific items and services if at least 90% of the physician's requests for such items and services were approved during the previous plan year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Ending the Cycle of Dependency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4969
Sponsor: Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act

Bill: 118-hr-4970
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 
 
Protect Innocent Victims Of Taxation After Fire Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received after 2019 and before 2026 by an individual taxpayer as a qualified wildfire relief payment. The bill defines such payment as compensation for expenses or losses incurred as a result of a federally declared forest or range fire disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Paycheck Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-4971
Sponsor: Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-MO-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Paycheck Protection Act

This bill prohibits federal agencies, including the U.S Postal Service, from deducting labor union dues, fees, or political contributions from employee pay. Under current law, an agency must deduct union dues upon receiving a request from an employee.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
End Solitary Confinement Act

Bill: 118-hr-4972
Sponsor: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Community-Based Gang Intervention Act

Bill: 118-hr-4973
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Local 9–8–8 Response Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4974
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Mental health
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Debtor’s Prison for Kids Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4975
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Miranda Rights for Kids Act

Bill: 118-hr-4976
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Critical Mineral Access Act

Bill: 118-hr-4977
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Critical Mineral Access Act

This bill authorizes the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to provide support to high-income economy countries for developing or processing certain critical materials (such as aluminum, chromium, and rare earth elements). The support must further U.S. national security interests. For the purposes of this support, a 
high-income economy country
 is one classified as such by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Development Association (two World Bank Group institutions). 

Under current law, the DFC generally prioritizes facilitating private investment in less-developed countries and countries transitioning to market economies to advance U.S. foreign policy interests. 

 

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Small-Scale Farmers and Ranchers Act

Bill: 118-hr-4979
Sponsor: Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Fair Calculations in Civil Damages Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4980
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Fair Calculations in Civil Damages Act of 

2023

 
This bill prohibits courts from awarding damages to plaintiffs in civil actions using a calculation for projected future earning potential that takes into account a plaintiff's race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or actual or perceived sexual orientation.
 
The bill requires the Department of Labor to develop guidance for economists to develop future earnings tables that do not rely on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or actual or perceived sexual orientation. Additionally, Labor and the Department of Justice must develop guidance for states on how to calculate future earnings in state tort proceedings in a manner that is free of such biases. 
 
The Judicial Conference of the United States must report on damages awarded under federal law for personal injury, employment discrimination, tort damages, and cases involving protected classes of individuals sharing a common characteristic or identity who are legally protected against discrimination. The Administrative Office of the United States Courts must submit recommendations to ensure that future earnings calculations that take into account age and disability do not conflict with federal equal protection laws.
 
The bill requires the Federal Judicial Center to train federal judges on how to implement this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
No Tolls on Oregon Roads Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4981
Sponsor: Rep. Chavez-DeRemer, Lori [R-OR-5]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Oregon
Roads and highways
User charges and fees

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Tolling Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4982
Sponsor: Rep. Chavez-DeRemer, Lori [R-OR-5]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economic performance and conditions
Government studies and investigations
Roads and highways
User charges and fees

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Equal Employment for All Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4983
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Medical Education Act

Bill: 118-hr-4985
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Minority education
Minority employment
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Expanding Medical Education Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, to establish or expand medical schools.
 
In awarding these grants, HHS must prioritize minority-serving institutions or those that propose to establish or expand schools in medically underserved communities or areas with shortages of health professionals where no such schools exist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Interest Elimination Act

Bill: 118-hr-4986
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Student Loan Interest Elimination Act

This bill makes changes to federal student loans, including to interest rates. 

Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish and implement procedures to (1) modify the terms of Federal Direct Loans so that beginning on July 1, 2024, no interest shall accrue on such a loan; and (2) allow a borrower to opt out of this loan modification.

Additionally, ED must establish and implement procedures to (1) refinance eligible loans that are not Federal Direct Loans (e.g., privately held Federal Family Education Loans and Perkins Loans), and (2) allow a borrower to opt out of this loan refinancing. The bill outlines the terms and conditions of these refinanced loans, including by prohibiting ED from charging origination fees and specifying that no interest shall accrue on these loans.

Next, the bill creates a tiered interest rate (based on the borrower's total adjusted available income) for federal student loans made on or after July 1, 2024. The bill caps this interest rate at 4%.

The bill establishes the Education Affordability Trust Fund. ED must deposit all payments made on federal student loans into this trust fund. The Trust Fund Board, as established by this bill, must transfer the profits from investments of this trust fund to ED to pay for the administrative costs of carrying out federal student loan programs.

The bill allows ED to use excess amounts of funds in the trust fund to carry out a Supplemental Pell Grant Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Democracy Restoration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4987
Sponsor: Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Democracy Restoration Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses the voting rights of individuals convicted of a criminal offense and the restoration of their voting rights.
 
First, the bill declares that the right of a U.S. citizen to vote in any election for federal office shall not be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of a criminal offense unless, at the time of the election, such individual is serving a felony sentence. Further, the bill provides for enforcement of, and remedies for violations of, the bill.
 
In addition, it sets forth requirements for state and federal notification of individuals of the restoration of their voting rights. 
 
Finally, the bill prohibits federal funding of construction or improvement of a place of incarceration unless U.S. citizens incarcerated in that jurisdiction are notified, upon release, of their voting rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4988
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Prescription drugs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Babies Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4989
Sponsor: Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Healthy Babies Act of 2023

This bill requires that the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) include infant food combinations and dinners as part of the program. (The WIC food packages provide supplemental foods designed to address the specific nutritional needs of income-eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum individuals, infants, and children up to five years of age who are at nutritional risk.)

Specifically, the Department of Agriculture must update the regulations that prescribe the supplemental foods that must be made available in the program. Currently, infant food combinations (e.g., meat and vegetables) and dinners (e.g., spaghetti and meatballs) are not allowed. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Reclaiming the Solar Supply Chain Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4990
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government lending and loan guarantees
Industrial facilities
Labor-management relations
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Reclaiming the Solar Supply Chain Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program that awards grants, loan guarantees, and direct loans to support a solar component manufacturing supply chain. Under the program, DOE must award grants, loan guarantees, and loans to manufacturers and other eligible entities for (1) constructing new facilities that manufacture solar components; and (2) retooling, retrofitting, or expanding existing facilities that manufacture solar components.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to commence a rule making to establish a U.S. Customs and Border Protection international port of entry at the Port of Stockton and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-4991
Sponsor: Rep. Duarte, John S. [R-CA-13]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text:  

This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to initiate a rulemaking process establishing an international port of entry in the Port of Stockton in California.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Ghost Guns and Untraceable Firearms Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4992
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 46, United States Code, to include the replacement or purchase of additional cargo handling equipment as an eligible purpose for Capital Construction Funds, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-4993
Sponsor: Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor vehicles
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
PACT with Ukraine Act

Bill: 118-hr-4994
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Partnership and Cooperative Transparency with Ukraine Act or the PACT with Ukraine Act

This bill establishes the Special Envoy for Partnership with Ukraine and two entities to evaluate U.S. assistance to Ukraine.

The special advisor shall support the official U.S. diplomatic presence in Ukraine and be responsible for bolstering the U.S.-Ukraine relationship. The special envoy shall also serve as a primary advisor to the President on issues including (1) cultural preservation, (2) economic opportunity, (3) post-conflict reconstruction, and (4) promoting peace in Ukraine.

Next, the bill establishes the Commission on Cooperative Transparency with Ukraine. The commission is responsible for examining aspects of U.S. financial and material aid to Ukraine, including the effectiveness and any misuse or waste of such aid. The bill authorizes the commission to subpoena, take testimony, and collect evidence for carrying out its responsibilities. The commission must report to Congress on a quarterly basis.

Finally, the bill establishes the Ukraine Oversight Interagency Working Group within the U.S. Agency for International Development. The working group must report monthly to Congress about U.S. aid to Ukraine. Specifically, the report must detail how much aid was provided, the amount expended or destroyed, the amount used, the time elapsed between the receipt of aid and its expenditure, and instances of misuse.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Kangaroo Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4995
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in House