hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Jimmy Deal Trafficking Survivors Assistance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2349
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Crime victims
Human trafficking
Smuggling and trafficking
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Jimmy Deal Trafficking Survivors Assistance Act of 2023

This bill requires the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to provide air travel assistance for survivors of human trafficking who do not have the identification documents necessary for air travel.

Specifically, the TSA must establish the position of Trafficking Survivor Point of Contact (TSPoC) at every TSA screening airport. The TSPoC must liaise and establish relationships with service providers and provide air travel assistance for survivors of human trafficking.

The TSPoC must provide information to an eligible service provider and assist the provider or the individual (who does not have the identification documents necessary for air travel) throughout the vetting process, travel, and arrival at the destination airport. The bill directs a TSPoC to follow specific procedures.

Under the bill, a service provider is a nonprofit organization that provides services to individuals who are victims of human trafficking, including (1) emergency services, such as shelter, food, clothing, and transportation; (2) case management or wraparound services; (3) mental health care or other medical services; and (4) legal services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
National Strategy for Social Connection Act

Bill: 118-s-2350
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
State and Local General Sales Tax Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-2351
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

State and Local General Sales Tax Protection Act

 
This bill specifies that certain requirements for aviation fuel tax revenue are limited to excise taxes on aviation fuel.
 
Current law requires that an Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant recipient provide assurances that the proceeds from state and local taxes on aviation fuel will be used for the capital or operating costs of the airport or local airport system. Under current Federal Aviation Administration policy, this requirement applies to any tax on aviation fuel, regardless of whether the tax is imposed only on aviation fuel or is imposed on other products as well as aviation fuel.
 
This bill specifies that the AIP grant requirements apply only to state and local excise taxes on aviation fuel. The requirements do not apply to (1) state or local general sales taxes, or (2) state or local generally applicable sales taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2990)
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude micro-grants for food security from gross income.

Bill: 118-s-2352
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any micro-grant for food security received by an eligible entity under the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (i.e., an individual, Indian tribe, nonprofit organization engaged in increasing food security, or a federally-funded educational facility). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsible Wildland Fire Recovery Act

Bill: 118-s-2353
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Responsible Wildland Fire Recovery Act

This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to waive certain requirements for matching federal funds in fire recovery projects. Specifically, USDA may waive cost-sharing requirements for projects responding to fires resulting from management activities (e.g., controlled burns) conducted by USDA on National Forest System land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Agriculture, Research, Cultivation, Timber, and Indigenous Commodities (ARCTIC) Act

Bill: 118-s-2354
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Crypto-Asset National Security Enhancement and Enforcement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2355
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Currency
Digital media
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Crypto-Asset National Security Enhancement and Enforcement Act of 2023

This bill applies sanctions compliance requirements and anti-money laundering requirements to decentralized finance services. Decentralized finance services are applications that facilitate peer-to-peer digital asset financial transactions using distributed ledger (i.e., blockchain) technology.

Specifically, the bill requires certain U.S. persons to comply with sanctions obligations if a violation of sanctions is committed through the use of a digital asset protocol. U.S. persons subject to these requirements are digital transaction facilitators and, in certain circumstances, digital asset protocol backers.

Further, digital asset transaction facilitators and digital asset protocol backers are subject to reporting requirements designed to prevent money laundering, including suspicious transaction reporting. 

Finally, virtual currency kiosks (i.e., digital asset kiosks) must verify and record the identities of the counterparties to a transfer. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2990-2991)
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Gene Synthesis Safety and Security Act

Bill: 118-s-2356
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Gene Synthesis Safety and Security Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to update guidance to address the potential misuse of gene synthesis products (i.e., manufactured genetic products) to obtain biological agents or toxins of concern.

The guidance must include recommendations relating to screening protocols, recordkeeping, technological safeguards, and other specified information. HHS must evaluate the current landscape of gene synthesis manufacturers and related technology to inform the guidance. HHS must also solicit public input to develop a list of genetic sequences of concern.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Children’s Innocence Act

Bill: 118-s-2357
Sponsor: Sen. Vance, J. D. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Surgery and anesthesia
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Visas and passports

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-30
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act

Bill: 118-s-2358
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Sanctioning Supporters of Slave Labor Act

 
This bill expands existing sanctions on foreign individuals and entities responsible for human rights abuses (e.g., torture or forced labor) against members of Muslim minority groups or other persons in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China. 
 
Specifically, this bill requires sanctions on foreign individuals and entities that knowingly (1) provide material support to the parties subject to the existing sanctions for human rights abuses in Xinjiang; or (2) engage in a significant transaction relating to such human rights abuses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Servicemember Mental Health Support Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2359
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Servicemember Mental Health Support Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense to report on (1) the policies of the Armed Forces for mental health referrals; and (2) the impact of removing requirements for a primary care referral for outpatient mental health care on the readiness of the military, the utilization of outpatient mental health care services by members of the Armed Forces, and suicide prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
TEAM Act

Bill: 118-s-2360
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Tools for Ensuring Access to Meals Act or the TEAM Act

 
This bill requires the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center for the Aging Network to carry out and evaluate a pilot program to address food insecurity and hunger among older adults and adults with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2361
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a task force to identify ways to increase access to healthy foods and otherwise address hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition among older adults and adults with disabilities. Members of the task force include representatives from relevant federal agencies, advocacy organizations, and affected populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2362
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Drug Shortage Prevention Act of 2023

 
This bill requires drug manufacturers to notify the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if there is an increased demand, export restriction, or other circumstance that may result in a shortage of certain critical drugs. 
 
Currently, drug manufacturers are required to notify the FDA in the event of a discontinuation or interruption in the supply of prescription drugs that are life-supporting, life-sustaining, or used for a debilitating disease or condition, including those used in medical emergencies, surgeries, or public health emergencies.
 
The bill requires drug manufacturers to also notify the FDA if there is an increased demand, export restriction, or other circumstance that may result in a meaningful shortfall or delay in meeting the demand for such drugs. Manufacturers must notify the FDA as soon as possible but no later than 10 days after the onset of the relevant circumstance. The notice must include the reasons for the increased demand, the expected duration, and any other information the FDA requires. The bill's requirements apply to both prescription and nonprescription drugs. 
 
Drug manufacturers must also report twice a year (rather than annually) information on the quantities of drugs produced; manufacturers must also provide the names of the suppliers of corresponding active ingredients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Youth Apprenticeship Advancement Act

Bill: 118-s-2363
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
MAPS Act

Bill: 118-s-2364
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

Mapping America's Pharmaceutical Supply Act or the MAPS Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support efforts to map the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain and identify associated vulnerabilities.

As part of these efforts, HHS must support the development of a database of certain essential medicines and the identification of information about their supply chain, including the location of manufacturing facilities. Qualifying essential medicines are those that are likely to be needed in the event of a public health emergency or chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear threat or for which a shortage would pose a significant threat to the U.S. health care system or at-risk populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
SNAP Next Step Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2365
Sponsor: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: 

SNAP Next Step Act of 2023

This bill allows a state agency to use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) administrative funding for certain Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs.

Specifically, a state agency may recruit eligible SNAP participants for, and carry out employment and training activities under, WIOA programs. Participants must (1) be in a household that is receiving SNAP assistance, (2) meet SNAP participation requirements (e.g., work requirements) or be exempt from those requirements, (3) be unemployed or underemployed, (4) be in a family that is not receiving assistance under a Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, and (5) not be enrolled in a state program that is identified as an Employment First program by a state workforce agency. 

Further, a state agency may develop a publicly available employment calculator for the state agency's website to assist SNAP recipients in calculating whether the amount of benefits received would be greater or lesser than income from future employment. Developing the calculator must be considered an administrative cost, which is shared by a state agency and the Department of Agriculture. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Competency-Based Education Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2366
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: 

Competency-Based Education Act of 2023

This bill provides statutory authority for regulations related to competency-based education programs that were in effect on July 1, 2021. The Department of Education must comply with these regulations when administering competency-based education programs or determining the eligibility of these programs to receive federal assistance. 

The bill also provides definitions for 
competency-based education
 and 
skill
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
CHECKPOINT Act

Bill: 118-s-2367
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: 

Continuing High-quality Evaluations of Concerning and Known Persons Of Interest through National Training updates Act or the CHECKPOINT Act

This bill requires the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to update certain offices and policies with respect to drug seizures and checkpoints.

For example, CBP must periodically assess the drug categories in its systems and update them to reflect the drug smuggling scenarios encountered by CBP agents, as necessary. CBP must also update immigration checkpoints with appropriate technology, such as license plate readers, and support intelligence centers on the southern border to combat transnational criminal organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 675.
action_date: 2024-12-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-272.
action_date: 2024-12-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-272.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2368
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: 

Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to conduct an interagency review of the global competitiveness of the United States in attracting foreign direct investment from responsible private-sector entities based in trusted countries and addressing foreign trade barriers that firms in advanced technology sectors face in the global digital economy.
 
Among other elements, the review shall include an assessment of (1) the economic impact of foreign direct investment in the United States, (2) trends in global cross-border investment and data flows, (3) federal government policies that facilitate foreign direct investment, and (4) the adequacy of federal government efforts to encourage and facilitate foreign direct investment in the United States.
 
Commerce must report the findings of such review to Congress and the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and include recommendations for increasing the global competitiveness of the United States in attracting foreign direct investment. The GAO must submit a review and assessment of the report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate
PREP Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2369
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-07-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: 

Preparing and Retaining Education Professionals Act of 2023 or the PREP Act of 

2023

 
This bill reauthorizes and revises certain grant programs to address shortages of teachers and school leaders (e.g., principals) in elementary and secondary schools, including shortages in rural areas and related to specific positions (e.g., special education and English language instruction).
 
First, the bill makes permanent and otherwise revises the Teacher Quality Partnership program (which provides grants to improve the quality of teachers and enhance professional development activities). In particular, the bill revises the program to (1) expand the purpose of grants to include the recruitment of well-prepared individuals, including individuals from underrepresented populations, into the teacher and school leadership force; (2) include training and professional development opportunities for school leaders; and (3) authorize a grant program to address workforce shortages or increase workforce diversity.
 
Next, the bill makes permanent and otherwise revises the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence program (which provides grants to establish teacher preparation programs at minority-serving institutions). Further, the bill allows grants to be used for school leader preparation programs.
 
Additionally, the bill aligns activities within teacher preparation programs at predominantly Black institutions, Native American-serving nontribal institutions, and other minority-serving institutions with certain changes made to the Teacher Quality Partnership program.
 
The bill permanently reauthorizes the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement program (which provides grants to improve science and engineering education at predominantly minority institutions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Introduced in Senate