hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act

Bill: 118-hr-2949
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Payment Completion Fairness Act or the PSLF Payment Completion Fairness Act

 
This bill removes the requirement that a borrower must be employed in a public service job at the time of loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
 
Under the current PSLF program, the Department of Education must cancel the balance of interest and principal due on a borrower's Federal Direct Loans after the borrower makes 120 monthly loan payments while employed in a public service job and, at the time of loan forgiveness, the borrower is employed in a public service job. This bill removes the requirement that the borrower must be working in a public service job at the time of loan forgiveness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
No American Tax Dollars To CCP Act

Bill: 118-hr-2951
Sponsor: Rep. James, John [R-MI-10]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 
 
No American Tax Dollars To CCP Act

 
This bill expands prohibitions under the clean vehicle tax credit on battery components manufactured or assembled by a foreign entity of concern to
 
 
a domestic corporation that is controlled by, operated by, or under the substantial influence of a foreign entity of concern (e.g., a state-backed Chinese company); 
 
a domestic corporation that relies on technology provided through a licensing agreement with a foreign entity of concern; 
 
a foreign corporation organized outside of China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran but that is owned more than 20% by 1 or more foreign entities of concern; or
 
any member or partner of a joint venture or partnership in which at least one other partner or member is a foreign entity of concern.
 
 
The bill also renders ineligible for the qualifying advanced energy project tax credit any project that incorporates or utilizes technology provided through a licensing agreement with the foreign entities of concern described by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
RAP Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2952
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2023 or the RAP Act of 2023

 
This bill limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against the defendant in a federal criminal or civil case. The term 
creative or artistic expression
 means the expression or application of creativity or imagination in the production or arrangement of forms, sounds, words, movements, or symbols, including music, dance, performance art, visual art, poetry, literature, film, and other such objects or media.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2953
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act of 2023 or the FAIR Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable if it requires arbitration of an employment, consumer, antitrust, or civil rights dispute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2042)
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1935)
Women in Criminal Justice Reform Act

Bill: 118-hr-2954
Sponsor: Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Advisory bodies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Dental care
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employee hiring
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Family planning and birth control
Family relationships
Family services
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Racial and ethnic relations
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
U.S. Sentencing Commission
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Women in Criminal Justice Reform Act

 
This bill establishes programs and requirements to address the health and wellness of women in the criminal justice system. For example, the bill requires the Bureau of Prisons to (1) ensure that all incarcerated women have access to basic standards of health care specific to their needs, and (2) develop and implement gender-responsive training for its officers and employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act

Bill: 118-hr-2955
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act

 
This bill establishes an interagency Federal Work Group on Youth Residential Programs to support and implement best practices regarding the health and safety, care, treatment, and appropriate placement of youth in youth residential programs.
 
The work group must develop recommendations about a national database to aggregate information about processes and outcomes for youth in such programs. The work group also must support the education and training of professional and paraprofessional personnel in fields that service such youth.
 
Further, the Department of Health and Human Services must contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and make recommendations about various aspects of federal and state oversight of youth residential programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Combating Child Labor Act

Bill: 118-hr-2956
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
College Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-2957
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

College Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students.
 
Specifically, the data system must
 
 
 evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid;
 
provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education; 
 
reduce the requirements for reporting by institutions of higher education; and 
 
periodically match with other federal systems of data. 
 
 
The bill also establishes a postsecondary student data system advisory committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Closing IRGC Sanctions Loopholes Act

Bill: 118-hr-2958
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Closing IRGC Sanctions Loopholes Act

 
This bill expands sanctions on those associated with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
 
 Current law requires the President to identify foreign persons (individuals and entities) that are officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC and impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on them. The bill expands this requirement to include identifying and sanctioning foreign persons that are owned or controlled by the IRGC. The President must also identify foreign persons attempting to conduct 
sensitive transactions or activities
 on behalf of such IRGC-associated persons. 
 
 The bill expands the definition of 
sensitive transactions or activities
, which are used to identify persons potentially subject to sanctions, to include transactions providing support for an act of international terrorism or providing material support to (1) a foreign terrorist organization, (2) a foreign person sanctioned under Executive Order 13224 (related to sanctioning those who commit or support terrorism), or (3) the Syrian government or its agencies or instrumentalities. Additionally, the bill lowers the threshold for financial transactions involving non-Iranian financial institutions to qualify as a sensitive transaction from $1,000,000 to $500,000 per year and adds similar transactions involving Iranian financial institutions. 
 
 The bill requires the President to investigate certain categories of foreign persons to determine if they are subject to these sanctions (versus prioritizing such investigations as under current law). The bill also adds foreign persons listed in specified attachments to U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231 (concerning Iran's nuclear program) as a new category the President must investigate to determine if there are any sanctionable relationships to the IRGC. 
 

 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Borrowing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2960
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Fairness in Borrowing Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) from implementing their January 2023-announced changes to the single-family pricing framework for fees on purchase, rate-term refinance, and cash-out refinance loans. The changes revise the fee charts that provide percentage adjustments based on a borrower's credit score and other factors. 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2961
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Audit the Pentagon Act of 2023

 
This bill requires defense spending reductions during any fiscal year after FY2022 where the Comptroller of the Department of Defense (DOD) fails to certify that a department, agency, or other element of DOD has achieved an unqualified opinion on its full financial statements. The amount of any reductions must be deposited in the Treasury and must be available for deficit reduction.
 
The bill excludes from any reductions accounts related to military personnel, reserve personnel, National Guard personnel, and the Defense Health Program.
 
The President may waive a reduction if the President certifies that a reduction would negatively affect (1) national security or members of the Armed Forces who are deployed in combat zones, or (2) the Defense Health Program account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Hydrogen Permitting Simplification Act

Bill: 118-hr-2962
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Hydrogen Permitting Simplification Act

 
This bill exempts certain major federal actions, including actions that produce hydrogen from nuclear, solar, wind, or geothermal energy sources, from requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
FinCEN Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2963
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

FinCEN Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to disclose to Congress and to the public (with some exclusions) all controlling documents delegating authority to or providing direction to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Such disclosure includes any controlling documents in force upon enactment, any controlling documents issued thereafter, and any changes to controlling documents. The bill also limits the authority of Treasury to make certain exceptions regarding proposed or final rules related to FinCEN to the person performing the duties of the Secretary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2965
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Family services
Hereditary and development disorders
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a pilot program to provide training for caregivers on improving the well-being of children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities or delays.
 
To carry out the program, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must award grants to, among other eligible entities, health systems and nonprofits to provide the training. HRSA must also establish a national center to provide technical assistance to grant recipients and to evaluate the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
PREPARE Act

Bill: 118-hr-2966
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Providing Resources for Emergency Preparedness And Resilient Enterprises Act or the PREPARE Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 a pre-disaster mitigation program, administered by the Small Business Administration, for disbursing economic injury disaster loans to small businesses for protection of real estate, equipment, inventory, supplies, and materials. The bill also increases the amount for loans to take mitigating actions to protect damaged or destroyed property from possible future disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act

Bill: 118-hr-2967
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to provide emergency financial-aid grants to students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
COST Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2968
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: 

Cost Openness and Spending Transparency Act of 2023 or the COST Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill requires recipients of federal funds to disclose financing information relating to programs, projects, or activities carried out using such funds.
 
Specifically, such a recipient (including a state or local government or a recipient of a federal research grant) must clearly state in any press release, request for proposals, bid solicitation, or other document describing the activity the amount and percentage of federal funding and the amount and percentage of nongovernmental funding.
 
An individual or entity carrying out a program, project, or activity that is carried out using federal funds must, as part of the performance progress reporting, include a certification indicating whether the individual or entity complied with the disclosure requirements.
 
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must annually
 
 
review a random sampling of public communications issued by agencies and recipients of federal funds for compliance with the disclosure requirements, and
 
make publicly available the findings of the review.
 
 
The OMB must make available to the public a mechanism to anonymously report communications that do not comply. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Introduced in House