hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Lady Liberty Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4156
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Lady Liberty Act of 2023

 
This bill sets a floor of 125,000 for the maximum number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States each fiscal year. Under current law, the President sets the annual cap on refugee admissions at the beginning of each fiscal year. (The cap for FY2023 was 125,000, but in some years it had been lower. For example, the cap for FY2021 was 15,000.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Not Just a Number Act

Bill: 118-hr-4157
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act

Bill: 118-hr-4158
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Gun Violence Prevention Through Financial Intelligence Act 

 
This bill directs the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to collect information from financial institutions and develop an advisory regarding the reporting of suspicious transactions related to gun violence. Specifically, FinCEN must gather information and develop an advisory related to (1) the procurement of firearms and firearm accessories for the purpose of carrying out lone-wolf acts of terror, and (2) how the U.S. firearms market facilitates gun violence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4159
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Background Check Point of Contact Act of 2023

This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to make grants to states that establish or maintain a point-of-contact system for a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer to verify that a firearm sale or transfer would be lawful.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act

Bill: 118-hr-4160
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Undetectable Firearms Modernization Act

This bill revises the federal statutory framework regulating the manufacture, possession, sale, import, shipment, delivery, receipt, or transfer of undetectable firearms.

Current law requires firearms to be detectable by walk-through metal detectors after the removal of grips, stocks, and magazines. Specifically, firearms must be as detectable as a 
security exemplar 
(i.e., a piece of stainless steel that is 3.7 ounces and in a shape resembling a handgun). There are exceptions, including for firearms manufactured for or sold to U.S. military or intelligence agencies.

This bill requires firearms to contain detectable material after the removal of all parts other than major components. It defines 
detectable material
 as material that produces a magnetic field equivalent to that produced by 3.7 ounces of stainless steel. The bill also revises and broadens the exceptions to include firearms (1) received by, in the possession of, or under the control of the United States; or (2) produced pursuant to a contract with the United States. 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Pre-Pilot Pathway Act

Bill: 118-hr-4161
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Employment and training programs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Pre-Pilot Pathway Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish an apprenticeship program with flight schools in order to establish a commercial pilot pipeline; DOT must issue any necessary regulations to implement the program within one year of the bill's enactment. 
 
Each flight school participating in the program may select up to eight applicants per academic year to serve as apprentices. 
 
DOT must take appropriate actions to develop methods to incentivize pilots, including retired pilots, to become flight school instructors. This includes developing pathway programs for pilots to gain initial qualification or concurrent qualification as certified flight instructors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4162
Sponsor: Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Aquaculture
Computers and information technology
Pest management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Land Grant Research Prioritization Act of 2023

This bill includes additional priorities as Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension areas.

Under the bill, USDA may award grants for developing and evaluating (1) technologies to mechanize agricultural processes (and may emphasize processes for harvesting specialty crops), and (2) agricultural uses of artificial intelligence (and may emphasize uses for improving specialty crop production). 

Further, USDA may award grants to support research projects at land-grant colleges and universities to develop and apply

methods to manage and eradicate invasive species of plants and animals, including through methods of biocontrol; and

aquaculture methods, including through the propagation and rearing of economically and ecologically valuable aquatic and marine species. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4163
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farmland
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Livestock
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Naturally Offsetting Emissions by Managing and Implementing Tillage Strategies Act of 2023 or the NO EMITS Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to carry out activities to improve soil health, including to address climate change.
 
Specifically, USDA must
 
 
establish a program that provides agricultural producers incentives (i.e., payments) for and technical assistance with adopting or maintaining practices or cropping systems to improve soil health,
 
award grants to states and Indian tribes for implementing soil health programs, and
 
use a portion of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide agricultural producers with technical assistance for mitigating and adapting to climate change.
 
 
The bill also (1) makes practices related to livestock production eligible for certain competitive grants under the On-Farm Conservation Innovation Trials program, and (2) increases funding for the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Protecting UACs Through Enhanced Sponsor Vetting Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4164
Sponsor: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Protecting UACs Through Enhanced Sponsor Vetting Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Office of Refugee Resettlement within the Department of Health and Human Services to take additional actions when placing an unaccompanied alien child in the custody of a sponsor. (Under federal law, an 
unaccompanied alien child
 is a minor with no lawful immigration status and no parent or legal guardian in the United States to provide care and physical custody.)
 
Before placing such a child with a sponsor and again when a placement decision has been made, the office must notify the governments of the state and the locality in which the prospective or selected sponsor resides. 
 
When making determinations concerning the placement of such a child with a sponsor, the office must (1) consult the Federal Bureau of Investigation and appropriate state and local law enforcement, (2) ensure that the child is protected from designated transnational criminal organizations, (3) conduct a thorough background check of each prospective sponsor using the Next Generation Identification System, and (4) share with the Terrorist Screening Center any information establishing the child's or sponsor's affiliation with a designated transnational criminal organization.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
United States-Russian Federation Seafood Reciprocity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4165
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

United States-Russian Federation Seafood Reciprocity Act of 

2023

 
This bill prohibits the importation of seafood and seafood products from Russia. This prohibition applies to seafood products of Russian origin, including any such product that is incorporated into another product or that is substantially transformed in a country other than Russia.
 
The prohibition shall terminate 90 days after the date on which the President determines and certifies to Congress that the Russian government has terminated its prohibition on the importation of seafood products from the United States. Upon making such a certification, the President shall notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection with respect to the termination date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Support UNFPA Funding Act

Bill: 118-hr-4166
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America’s Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act

Bill: 118-hr-4167
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Protecting America's Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from revising existing energy conservation standards for distribution transformers in electric power systems for the next five years. During that time, DOE may not propose, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any rule under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act that establishes requirements that are different than the requirements for distribution transformers under the 2013 final rule titled 
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformer
s.

action_date: 2024-03-26
text: 

Protecting America's Distribution Transformer Supply Chain Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from revising existing energy conservation standards for distribution transformers in electric power systems for the next five years. During that time, DOE may not propose, finalize, implement, administer, or enforce any rule under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act that establishes requirements that are different than the requirements for distribution transformers under the 2013 final rule titled 
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformer
s.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-03-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 356.
action_date: 2024-03-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-431.
action_date: 2024-03-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-431.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 22.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-10-24
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4168
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to limit issuer disclosure requirements made in a rulemaking. Specifically, the SEC must provide that an issuer of securities is only required to disclose information in response to a rulemaking if the issuer determines that this information is important to a voting or investment decision regarding the issuer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
United States Commitment to Peacekeeping Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4169
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Driving Veterans Success Act

Bill: 118-hr-4171
Sponsor: Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Driving Veterans Success Act

 
This bill requires that at least 10% of the funds under specified infrastructure programs are expended through veteran-owned small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4172
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Hate Crimes Commission Act of 2023

This bill establishes the United States Commission on Hate Crimes. The commission must investigate and report on

whether hate crimes have increased;

factors that contributed to an increase in hate crimes, if one is determined to exist;

policies or actions that law enforcement agencies might adopt to reduce the commission of hate crimes;

the impact of underreporting on hate crimes statistics and prevention;

ways to improve hate crimes reporting and ensure full and complete participation in the National Incident-Based Reporting System by local law enforcement agencies;

bias prevention efforts and responses to hate crimes that are successful and possible through coordination with nonprofit organizations, local education agencies, and government entities; and

the prevalence and rise of online hate crime incidents.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Automation Research and Development in Agriculture Act

Bill: 118-hr-4173
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural equipment and machinery
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural research
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Fruit and vegetables
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Advancing Automation Research and Development in Agriculture Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish within USDA a stand-alone competitive research and extension grant program to increase the competitiveness of specialty crops in the United States through the advancement and acceleration of mechanization and automation. 
Specialty crops
 are fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops (including floriculture).
 
The bill provides specified funds for FY2024 and each succeeding year to carry out the program.
 
The grant program includes projects that
 
 
 create or improve cost-effective technologies to reduce a specialty crop grower's manual labor requirements and increase the efficiency of crop production, resource management, harvesting, processing, post-harvest technologies, and packaging; 
 
 increase adoption of mechanization and automation technologies; and 
 
accelerate automation and mechanization through prototype development, in-field trial testing, ongoing industry engagement, and rapid commercialization. 
 
 
Entities eligible for the grant program are federal agencies, national laboratories, colleges and universities, research institutions and organizations, private organizations and corporations, state agricultural experiment stations, individuals, and organizations representing specialty crop growers.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Computer Science for All Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4174
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Computer Science for All Act of 

2023

 
This bill establishes a program through which the Department of Education must award grants to states, local educational agencies, and eligible tribal schools to serve as models for national replication of computer science education expansion efforts. Grant recipients must use these funds for certain activities, including training teachers to teach computer science and expanding access to high-quality learning materials and online options.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Growing Reputable Academic Departments Act

Bill: 118-hr-4176
Sponsor: Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: 

Growing Reputable Academic Departments Act or the GRAD Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for the Masters Degree Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and the Masters Degree Programs at Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs). These programs provide grants to select HBCUs and PBIs to improve graduate opportunities for Black Americans in certain subject areas (e.g., mathematics, physical or natural sciences, and information technology). 
 
First, the bill expands eligibility for the Masters Degrees at HBCUs program. Currently, only 18 institutions are eligible for the program. This bill expands eligibility to any HBCU that offers a qualified masters degree program.
 
Second, the bill expands eligibility for the Masters Degrees at PBIs program. Currently, only five institutions are eligible for this program. This bill expands eligibility to any PBI that offers a qualified masters degree program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-15
text: Introduced in House