hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act

Bill: 118-hr-1205
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act

 
This bill revises requirements for oil and gas or geothermal drilling permits under the Mineral Leasing Act as well as the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring an operator to obtain a federal drilling permit for oil, gas, or geothermal exploration and production activities conducted on a nonfederal surface estate if (1) the federal ownership interest is less than 50% of the subsurface mineral estate to be accessed by the proposed action; and (2) the operator submits to Interior a state permit to conduct such activities on the nonfederal surface estate. 
 
Such activities are not considered to be a major federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and thus are not subject to environmental review requirements under NEPA. Further, such activities are not subject to requirements for federal actions under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the Endangered Species Act of 1973.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1206
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act of 2023

 
This bill provides for the establishment of the Federal Agency Sunset Commission to submit to Congress a schedule for review and abolishment of each agency, including each advisory committee. The schedule for review shall be in the form of a joint resolution. Each agency shall be abolished unless reauthorized by Congress. For each agency, the commission must schedule a date of abolishment to occur at least once every 12 years.
 
The commission must (1) review and evaluate the efficiency and public need for each agency using specified criteria; (2) analyze the authority claimed by the executive branch but not specifically authorized by statute; (3) recommend whether each agency should be abolished, reorganized, or continued; and (4) report to Congress on introduced legislation that would establish a new agency or a new program.
 
The Government Accountability Office and the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Congressional Research Service, shall prepare an inventory of federal programs to assist Congress and the commission in carrying out this bill.
 
The bill provides for expedited consideration of the schedule for review and abolishment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Diversity Advancements in Accelerated Programs Act

Bill: 118-hr-1207
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Diversity Advancements in Accelerated Programs Act

 
This bill authorizes states and local educational agencies to use grant funds provided through the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program to (1) establish equity offices to improve diversity in accelerated learning programs (e.g., Advanced Placement), and (2) carry out universal screening to determine eligibility for such programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1208
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to take land into trust for all federally recognized Indian tribes.
 
Specifically, the bill applies the Indian Reorganization Act to all federally recognized Indian tribes, regardless of when a tribe became recognized. The amendments made by this bill are retroactively effective as if included in the Indian Reorganization Act. This effectively overrules the Supreme Court's decision in 
Carcieri v. Salazar, 
which held that Interior could not take land into trust for a specified tribe because that tribe had not been under federal jurisdiction when the Indian Reorganization Act was enacted in 1934.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
FOCA Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1209
Sponsor: Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Building construction
Labor-management relations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Fair and Open Competition Act 

or the FOCA Act

 
This bill prohibits federal construction contracts or controlling documents for federally supported construction projects from requiring or prohibiting project labor agreements. Such documents also may not discriminate against or give preference to a bidder or contractor who signs or refuses to sign a project labor agreement.
 
An agency may exempt a project from this prohibition to avert an imminent threat to public health or safety or to serve the national security.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 734.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-899.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-899.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 20.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act

Bill: 118-hr-1210
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Stop Fentanyl Border Crossings Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to restrict migration and imports from foreign countries to prevent the introduction of illicit drugs into the United States.
 
Current law authorizes HHS to restrict migration and imports from foreign countries to prevent the introduction of communicable diseases. Under this bill, HHS may also restrict migration and imports from a country if HHS determines that the existence of substantial illicit drug smuggling from that country poses a risk to public health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-1211
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Student Loan Accountability Act

 
This bill generally prohibits the Departments of Education, Justice, or the Treasury from taking any action to cancel or forgive the outstanding balances, or portion of balances, of covered loans. 
Covered loans
 refer to Federal Family Education Loans, Federal Direct Loans, Federal Perkins Loans, and loans under the Health Education Assistance Loan Program.
 
The prohibition does not apply to targeted federal student loan forgiveness, cancellation, or repayment programs that are in effect by final regulation on March 12, 2020, and carried out under the Higher Education Act of 1965.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Death Penalty for Dealing Fentanyl Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1212
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Death Penalty for Dealing Fentanyl Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes the death penalty for certain fentanyl-related offenses that result in death. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
RESCUE Whales Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1213
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Endangered and threatened species
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Restoring Effective Science-based Conservation Under Environmental laws protecting Whales Act of 2023 or the RESCUE Whales Act of 2023

 
This bill repeals provisions under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 that (1) postpone a 2022 rule proposed by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that revises the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, and (2) direct the NMFS to issue new regulations for fisheries. The existing plan includes requirements to reduce serious injuries to and deaths of endangered North Atlantic right whales, fin whales, and humpback whales caused by commercial fishing gear. The plan applies to commercial fisheries from Maine through Florida.
 
In 2021, the NMFS revised the plan and its requirements for fishing gear used by northeastern commercial lobster fisheries or Jonah crab trap/pot fisheries. In 2022, the NMFS provided notice that it intended to begin the rulemaking process to (1) further modify the plan to satisfy the requirements of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), and (2) implement more stringent requirements to reduce deaths and injuries caused by whales becoming entangled in fishing gear from commercial trap/pot and gillnet (a type of fishing net) fisheries along the east coast.
 
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 deems the 2021 revisions to the plan as sufficient to meet the requirements of the MMPA and the Endangered Species Act of 1973. It also directs the NMFS to issue new regulations for such fisheries that take effect by December 31, 2028, and utilize existing and innovative gear technologies.
 
The bill, by repealing those provisions, allows the NMFS to proceed with the 2022 proposed rule and eliminates the requirement for the NMFS to issue regulations by 2028.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Net Price Calculator Improvement Act

Bill: 118-hr-1214
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Net Price Calculator Improvement Act

 
This bill establishes requirements concerning the information that must be provided to prospective students about the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education (IHE). Specifically, the bill establishes the minimum requirements for the net price calculator that an IHE must include on its website. An IHE's net price is the average yearly price actually charged to first-time, full-time undergraduate students receiving student aid at the IHE after deducting such aid.
 
The bill also authorizes the Department of Education to develop a universal net price calculator that enables users to answer one set of questions and receive net prices for several IHEs and compare those prices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Worker Retention Act

Bill: 118-hr-1215
Sponsor: Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 
 
Healthcare Worker Retention Act 

 
This bill establishes through 2024 a new refundable health care worker tax credit, equal to $1,000 for individual taxpayers (1) who work in a healthcare setting as an employee or contractor for at least an average of 20 hours per week, and 3 months during each half of a taxable year; and (2) whose gross income does not exceed $100,000 ($200,000 for joint returns or for a surviving spouse). The bill defines 
healthcare setting
 as an organization that provides healthcare services in specified settings, including a hospital, a nursing home, a community-based healthcare center, a school or college campus, a primary care facility, an assisted living facility, a hospice or home care, emergency medical services, or any other licensed facility that extends healthcare services to patients, including the elderly and disabled.
 
The bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to establish a program to make semiannual advance payments of healthcare worker tax credit amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1216
Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 

2023

 
This bill expands lender disclosure requirements and revises loan counseling requirements.
 
First, the bill requires a lender to provide a quarterly statement to a Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan borrower during a period when loan payments are not required. The statement must include specified information on the loan and interest amounts and explain the option to pay accrued interest while in deferment or forbearance. 
 
In addition, the bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs to provide pre-loan counseling to a student borrower of a federal student loan upon or prior to the first disbursement of each new loan. Currently, an IHE must provide one-time entrance counseling to a student who is a first-time federal student loan borrower. 
 
The bill also revises and expands required elements of pre-loan counseling to include an estimate of the borrower's monthly payment amount compared to the borrower's estimated monthly income after taxes and other expenses, a statement to borrow the minimum necessary amount, a warning that a high debt-to-income ratio makes repayment more difficult, options to reduce borrowing, and an explanation of the importance of on-time graduation. 
 
Prior to certifying a Federal Direct Loan disbursement to a student, an IHE must ensure that the student manually enters the exact dollar amount of the loan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H976)
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
DRILL Now Act

Bill: 118-hr-1217
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Denying Regulatory Interference with Landowners and Legislatures Now Act or the DRILL Now Act

 
This bill bars certain interstate river basin commissions from finalizing, implementing, or enforcing any regulation relating to hydraulic fracturing unless it is issued by the state in which the regulation is to be implemented or enforced. These commissions are
 
 
 the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland), 
 
the Delaware River Basin Commission (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York), and
 
 the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Expediting Israeli Aerial Refueling Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1218
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Expediting Israeli Aerial Refueling Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD), particularly the Department of the Air Force, to provide certain training and support to the air force of Israel.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the U.S. Air Force to train members of the air force of Israel on (1) the operation of the KC-46 aircraft, and (2) maintenance and sustainment requirements of the KC-46 aircraft.
 
Before completing the training required by this bill, DOD must authorize members of the air force of Israel who are associated with the operation of KC-46 aircraft to participate in the U.S. Air Force Military Personnel Exchange Program. DOD must make the program available to such members of the air force of Israel and ensure that they may participate immediately after completing training.
 
DOD must rotationally deploy one or more KC-46 aircraft to Israel until the earlier of five years after the enactment of this bill or the date on which a KC-46 aircraft procured by the military forces of Israel is commissioned into such military forces and achieves full combat capability.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act

Bill: 118-hr-1219
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: 

Food and Agriculture Industry Cybersecurity Support Act

 
This bill requires the establishment of a clearinghouse for food and agriculture cybersecurity resources and the development of related best practices recommendations.
 
Specifically, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) must establish a publicly available clearinghouse that contains current food and agriculture industry focused cybersecurity resources.
 
Further, the NTIA must develop voluntary cybersecurity recommendations relating to the development, maintenance, and operation of the food and agriculture industry. The recommendations must be based on a consolidation of public and private sector best practices and be included in the NTIA clearinghouse. The recommendations must also include, to the greatest extent practicable, materials that address (1) risk-based, cybersecurity-informed engineering; (2) planning for retention or recovery of positive control of systems in the event of a cybersecurity incident; (3) protection against unauthorized access to critical functions of the industry; and (4) plans for how industry businesses should respond to ransomware attacks.
 
The Government Accountability Office must coordinate a study on actions the federal government has taken or may take to improve cybersecurity in the food and agriculture industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Introduced in House