hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Prison Libraries Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2825
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Prison Libraries Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a grant program to provide library services for incarcerated individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Save Local Business Act

Bill: 118-hr-2826
Sponsor: Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Save Local Business
 

Act

 
This bill provides that a person may be considered a joint employer in relation to an employee under federal labor law only if such person directly, actually, and immediately (and not in a limited and routine manner) exercises significant control over the essential terms and conditions of employment. Such control may by demonstrated by hiring and discharging employees, determining individual employee rates of pay and benefits, day-to-day supervision of employees, assigning individual work schedules, positions, and tasks, and administering employee discipline.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Partner with Korea Act

Bill: 118-hr-2827
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Partner with Korea Act
 
 
This bill creates an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of South Korea each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services, subject to various requirements. The 15,000 limit shall only apply to principal recipients of such visas and not their accompanying spouses or children.
 
(A specialty occupation is one that requires the theoretical and practical application of highly specialized knowledge and a bachelor's degree or higher.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Family Building FEHB Fairness Act

Bill: 118-hr-2828
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Family Building FEHB Fairness Act

This bill requires health insurance plans offered to federal employees under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to include assisted reproductive treatment benefits. Covered treatments are those facilitating reproduction, such as insemination, in vitro fertilization, and preservation of embryos.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2829
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Chronic Care Management Improvement Act of 

2023

 
This bill eliminates cost-sharing for chronic care management services under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2830
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Motor carriers
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes approval of certain commercial driver education programs for purposes of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) educational assistance if the programs meet specified requirements. Under current law, the VA may not approve enrollment of a veteran in courses for programs that do not lead to a standard degree that are offered at a new branch (i.e., a branch that has been operating for less than 2 years) of an educational institution.
 
Under the bill, a commercial driver education program offered at a new branch of an educational institution may be approved if it is appropriately licensed and uses the same curriculum as a commercial driver education program offered by the educational institution at another location that is already approved for purposes of VA educational assistance.
 
The educational institution must submit a report demonstrating the curriculum at the new branch is the same as the curriculum at the primary location in order to be exempt from the current prohibition against course approval at new branches.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-11-02
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Robert Parris Moses Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-2831
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Elementary and secondary education
Minority education
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Robert Parris Moses Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Robert Parris Moses in recognition of his achievements and contributions to American education and civil rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
National Land Bank Network Act

Bill: 118-hr-2832
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
Public contracts and procurement
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

National Land Bank Network Act

This bill requires the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation to contract with a nonprofit that has relevant expertise to establish and operate (1) a membership-based national network to support the formation and operation of land banks, and (2) grant programs to support land banks and communities that are creating new land banks.

Land banks are entities designated by one or more state or local governments to acquire, steward, and dispose of vacant, abandoned, or other problem properties in accordance with locally determined priorities and goals.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Pretrial Release Reporting Act

Bill: 118-hr-2833
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Pretrial Release Reporting Act

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to submit a report to Congress on individuals who are granted bail or pretrial release from state courts and are charged with violent felony offenses (e.g., murder or rape). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-27
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 7.
action_date: 2024-06-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Community Finance Language Inclusion Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2834
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Community Finance Language Inclusion Act of 2023 

 
This bill allows the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to provide outreach and resources for non-English speaking individuals or individuals with limited English proficiency. The fund provides monetary awards and technical assistance to qualifying financial institutions to increase access to capital in underserved communities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Multilingual Financial Literacy Act

Bill: 118-hr-2835
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Multilingual Financial Literacy Act 

 
This bill requires the Financial Literacy and Education Commission to translate financial literacy information to different languages. The commission must also report on the impact of language barriers on financial health. 
 
The bill also requires additional information in the commission's annual report, including a summary of the commission's efforts to increase financial literacy across all member agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Cash to Classrooms Act

Bill: 118-hr-2836
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Mike [R-CA-27]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Cash to Classrooms Act

 
This bill prohibits a state from using a funding formula for its public schools that is based on calculating the average daily attendance of students over a state-determined period of time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2072-2073)
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Border Patrol Pay Parity Act

Bill: 118-hr-2837
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Border Patrol Pay Parity Act

This bill increases pay rates for U.S. Border Patrol agents.

The bill specifies that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must increase the minimum rate of pay for GS-12 Border Patrol agents by at least 14%. It also directs OPM to increase pay rates for other grades, levels, occupational groups, or similar classifications as specified by the Department of Homeland Security. 

The increases must be made on or before January 1, 2024. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) 75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 118-hr-2838
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) 75th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue $1 silver coins in recognition of the 75th anniversary of NASCAR. 
 
All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of such coins must be paid to the NASCAR Foundation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
AID Youth Employment Act

Bill: 118-hr-2840
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Assisting In Developing Youth Employment Act or the AID Youth Employment Act

This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants, on a competitive basis, to assist states, local governments, Indian tribes, or community-based organizations in providing subsidized summer and year-round employment opportunities to certain youth who are not younger than 14 or older than 24, including individuals who are unemployed, attending school, or not attending school. 

 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for Youth Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2841
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for Youth Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the work opportunity tax credit to (1) change the credit for summer youth employees to a credit for youth employees who will be employed for not more than 20 hours per week during any period between September 16 and April 30 in which the youth employee is attending any secondary school, (2) increase the amount of the credit for youth employees, and (3) expand the credit to include disconnected youth. 
 
The bill defines
 disconnected youth
 to include any individual who (1) is certified as having attained age 16 but not age 25 on the hiring date; and (2) has self-certified as not having regularly attended any secondary, technical, or post-secondary school during the 6-month period preceding the hiring date, has not been regularly employed during such period, and is not readily employable due to a lack of basic skills. The term also includes individuals who have been certified (1) as having attained age 16 but not age 21 on the hiring date, and (2) as eligible foster children in foster care during the 12-month period ending on the hiring date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Dignity in Housing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2842
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Dignity in Housing Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to inspect each public housing project with 100 or more units at least every two years to determine whether the project and units are maintained in compliance with federal standards. Inspections must be performed by HUD employees or designees and may not be performed by officers, employees, or agents of a public housing agency. HUD must make the results of these inspections publicly available online. These inspections are in addition to the annual inspections already required to be conducted by public housing agencies under current law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Crime Doesn’t Fly Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2843
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Crime Doesn't Fly Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement warrants for the arrest, removal, or deportation of a non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) as proof of identity at an airport security checkpoint unless the non-U.S. national is being removed from the United States pursuant to immigration laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Transparency of Migration Act

Bill: 118-hr-2844
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Transparency of Migration Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make publicly available online certain information about individuals unlawfully present in the United States who are (1) apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection and sent to a federal detention center or released into the United States, or (2) processed through an HHS facility.
 
This information must be updated weekly and must include daily numbers, the country of origin of such individuals, and other details. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing K–12 Cybersecurity Act

Bill: 118-hr-2845
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
School administration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Enhancing K-12 Cybersecurity Act

 
This bill establishes resources and a program to address cybersecurity of elementary and secondary schools.
 
First, the bill directs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to establish an information exchange to disseminate information, best practices, training, and resources to improve cybersecurity in elementary and secondary schools.
 
In addition, CISA must establish a registry to track cyber incidents affecting information technology systems that are owned or managed by schools and educational agencies. Schools and educational agencies may voluntarily submit information to the registry.
 
Finally, the bill requires CISA to establish a program to address cybersecurity threats to school information systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2846
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023

This bill prohibits discrimination against individuals based on their source of income, veteran status, or military status in the sale or rental of housing and other related real estate transactions and services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in House