hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Transportation Megaprojects Accountability and Oversight Act

Bill: 118-hr-4608
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Transportation Megaprojects Accountability and Oversight Act

This bill sets forth additional requirements for certain recipients of National Highway System assistance for a megaproject. (A 
megaproject
 is a project that has an estimated total cost of $2.5 billion or more.)

Specifically, the bill requires a recipient of federal financial assistance for a megaproject to 

submit to the Department of Transportation (DOT) a comprehensive risk management plan that contains, among other things, a description of the process for identifying, quantifying, and monitoring the risks that might result in cost overruns, delays, reduced construction quality, or reduced megaproject benefits;

establish a peer review group that consists of at least five individuals to give expert advice on the scientific, technical, and project management aspects of the megaproject; and

publish specific information online, including the name, license number, and license type of each engineer supervising an aspect of the megaproject.

DOT must make arrangements with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the board must convene a transportation megaprojects committee.

These requirements apply to projects that are authorized for construction beginning at least one year after the bill's enactment. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Incentivizing Value Capture for Greener Transportation Act

Bill: 118-hr-4609
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Public transit
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Wages and earnings

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To conform Federal tax law with the Texas Constitution to allow for the continued benefit to the fullest extent possible from the financial leverage of the Permanent University Fund to the State of Texas.

Bill: 118-hr-4610
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 
This bill updates the effective date of the arbitrage rules for the Permanent University Fund of the state of Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Candidate Voice Fraud Prohibition Act

Bill: 118-hr-4611
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Candidate Voice Fraud Prohibition Act

This bill prohibits the distribution of certain paid-for political communications that contain materially deceptive audio that is generated by artificial intelligence which impersonates a candidate's voice. It also establishes criminal penalties for related violations. 

The bill generally prohibits individuals, political committees, and other entities from distributing such a communication if the communication (1) contains materially deceptive audio that is generated by artificial intelligence which impersonates a candidate’s voice, (2) is distributed with actual malice, (3) is intended to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting against the candidate, and (4) is distributed within 60 or 90 days of an election (depending on the type of election). This prohibition does not apply to certain entities, such as radio or television broadcasting stations that broadcast the deceptive audio as part of a bona fide newscast.

Additionally, the bill establishes a new criminal offense related to the distribution of materially deceptive audio that is generated by artificial intelligence which impersonates a candidate's voice. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, up to two years in prison, or both.

The bill requires the Federal Election Commission to (1) promulgate regulations related to this bill, and (2) report to Congress on matters relating to compliance with and enforcement of this bill and recommendations to ensure compliance with this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
FRIDGE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4612
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Fortifying Refrigeration Infrastructure and Developing Global Exports Act of 2023 or the FRIDGE Act of 2023 

This bill expands the Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program to include funding for technical assistance for infrastructure-related projects to ensure U.S. agricultural commodities are not damaged or lost due to infrastructure deficiencies in new and developing markets. This Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) program funds projects that address long-term opportunities to reduce foreign import constraints or expand export growth opportunities.

Specifically, the bill directs FAS to enter into contracts or other agreements with trade organizations to enhance the infrastructure capabilities (including cold chain capacity and port improvements) in new and developing foreign markets through needs assessments, training, and other technical assistance.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
American Food for American Schools Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4613
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E672)
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Small Business Growth Act

Bill: 118-hr-4614
Sponsor: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Economic development
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Accelerating Small Business Growth Act

 
This bill establishes a grant program within the Department of Transportation for states, local governments, tribes, and certain public transit authorities to assist small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals compete for federal contracts for infrastructure projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
National Emergency Expenditure Reporting Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-4615
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Informed Student Borrowing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4616
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Informed Student Borrowing Act of 2023

 
This bill revises and expands loan counseling for borrowers of federal student loans.
 
Specifically, the bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs to provide loan counseling to a student borrower of a federal student loan at the first disbursement of a loan in each award year. 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 loan counseling. For example, required elements of loan counseling must include (1) an explanation that the borrower must affirmatively determine and manually enter the federal loan amount that the borrower will borrow for each award year, and (2) sample monthly repayment amounts based on the standard repayment plan and the most commonly used income-driven repayment plan.
 
Each IHE must ensure that student borrowers and parent borrowers manually enter the exact dollar amount of the loan that they wish to borrow for the year.
 
If an IHE provides a student or prospective student with a financial aid award notification that includes funds under the Federal Work-Study Program, then the IHE must ensure that the notification includes an explanation that these funds are not directly awarded to the student or IHE and that such amounts must be earned through the student's completion of work over time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Pyrolysis Innovation Grants Act

Bill: 118-hr-4617
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Livestock
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Pyrolysis Innovation Grants Act

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to award grants for pilot projects that have the potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions and that convert and valorize tree nut harvest by-products into higher value biocarbon products. Eligible grantees include, among others, certain colleges or universities and agricultural business entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Commercial Fishing in Port Infrastructure Projects Act

Bill: 118-hr-4618
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation, waterways, harbors

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Supporting Commercial Fishing in Port Infrastructure Projects Act

This bill modifies the Maritime Administration's (MARAD's) Port Infrastructure Development Program to allow MARAD to award grants for port infrastructure development projects that support the loading and unloading of commercially harvested fish and fish products.

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
AUKUS Submarine Transfer Authorization Act

Bill: 118-hr-4619
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Australia
Collective security
Congressional oversight
Europe
Legislative rules and procedure
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Oceania
United Kingdom

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Armed Services, 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: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Armed Services, 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: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Armed Services, 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: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4620
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Local School Foods Expansion Act of 2023 

This bill expands and otherwise revises a program to support state procurement of domestically grown unprocessed fruits and vegetables under the National School Lunch Program.

Specifically, the bill (1) expands the number of participating states from a maximum of 8 to a maximum of 14; and (2) establishes additional requirements with respect to priorities, reporting, and evaluations, including with respect to socially disadvantaged populations and the program's economic impact.

The bill provides funds for the program through FY2028. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Interactive Federal Review Act

Bill: 118-hr-4621
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Interactive Federal Review Act

This bill revises the environmental review process for federal-aid highway projects.

Specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must

encourage recipients of federal highway funding to utilize interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms when carrying out environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA);

select at least 10 federal-aid highway projects to demonstrate the use of interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes under NEPA; and

publish technology-neutral best practice guidance to encourage sponsors of projects that receive federal funds from DOT to use an interactive, digital, cloud-based platform in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes required under NEPA.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Don't Weaponize the IRS Act

Bill: 118-hr-4622
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Don't Weaponize the IRS Act

 
This bill codifies regulations promulgated by the Trump Administration exempting certain tax-exempt organizations from specified reporting requirements. Specifically the bill 
 
 
increases from $5,000 to $50,000 the gross receipts threshold used to determine the eligibility of tax-exempt organizations for the exemption from certain disclosure and reporting requirements;
 
expands the definition of 
organization
 to include tax-exempt charitable organizations and organizations with no significant activities relating to lobbying, political activity, and the operation of a trade or business;
 
exempts from disclosure the names and addresses of contributors to an organization in its annual informational return; and 
 
extends exemptions from reporting requirements to political action committees (i.e., 527 organizations).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Cyber Shield Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4623
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business expenses
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Cyber Shield Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish the Cyber Shield Program, a voluntary certification program for certain internet-enabled products that meet cybersecurity and data security benchmarks. Products certified through the program must be consumer-facing physical objects that are capable of collecting, sending, or receiving data or control the actions of a physical object or system.
 
Commerce must also establish a Cyber Shield Advisory Committee to recommend (1) the format and content of Cyber Shield labels for the products; and (2) the process to identify, establish, report on, adopt, maintain, and promote compliance with industry-leading cybersecurity and data security benchmarks to enhance cybersecurity and protect data.
 
On its website, Commerce must make publicly available (1) program information, (2) a database of products certified under the program, and (3) contact information for each manufacturer of a product certified under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-4624
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Criminal justice information and records
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Genetics
Government studies and investigations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Marriage and family status
Racial and ethnic relations
Right of privacy
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations
Student records
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act

 
This bill establishes requirements for certain commercial online platforms (e.g., social media sites) that withhold or promote content through algorithms and related computational processes that use personal information.
 
The platforms must
 
 
make disclosures about their collection and use of personal information and their content moderation practices;
 
retain specified records that describe how the algorithms use personal information and assess whether the algorithms produce disparate outcomes based on race and other demographic factors in terms of access to housing, employment, financial services, and related matters;
 
employ algorithms safely and effectively; and
 
allow users to access and transfer their personal information.
 
 
If a platform uses algorithms to publish or sell advertising, it must maintain a library of the advertisements. The Federal Trade Commission must also adopt rules concerning deceptive advertising.
 
A platform's chief executive officer or other senior officer must certify compliance with disclosure requirements.
 
Additionally, platforms may not (1) employ algorithms or other design features that result in discrimination or similar harms based on demographic or biometric factors, or (2) process information such that it impairs voting rights. Further, users of a platform may not violate civil rights laws using the platform's algorithms.
 
The bill prohibits waivers or other methods that limit rights under the bill; provides whistleblower protections for individuals who report violations; and authorizes enforcement by specified federal agencies, states, and private individuals.
 
The bill also provides funding for an interagency task force to study the discriminatory use of personal information by platforms' algorithms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting U.S. Business Sovereignty Act

Bill: 118-hr-4625
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2023-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: 

Protecting U.S. Business Sovereignty Act 

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the effects of the European Union's directives on corporate sustainability, particularly on U.S. companies, consumers, and investors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-13
text: Introduced in House