hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Diversify Act

Bill: 118-hr-3233
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Diversifying by Investing in Educators and Students to Improve Outcomes For Youth Act or the Diversify Act

 
This bill revises the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program. The TEACH program awards grants to undergraduate and graduate students who commit to teaching in a high-need field and in an elementary or secondary school that serves low-income students. 
 
First, the bill raises the maximum amount for TEACH grants.
 
Second, the bill allows TEACH grants to cover the full cost of attendance. Currently, these grants may be used only for tuition, fees, and on-campus housing. 
 
The bill allows teaching in a high-need early childhood education program to count toward service requirements for the program.
 
Next, the bill eliminates the process for converting a TEACH grant to a loan if a recipient does not complete the requirements of the program. Further, the bill prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from instituting or creating a monetary penalty for failure or refusal to complete the service requirement.
 
In addition, the bill requires ED to send an electronic certificate to grant recipients who have completed their service requirement.
 
The bill also exempts the TEACH program from sequestration, which is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the immediate expulsion of inadmissible aliens attempting to enter the United States by fraud or without a necessary entry document, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3234
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Mexico
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Terrorism
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 
This bill requires the immediate expulsion of certain inadmissible non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who arrive at or along the U.S.-Mexico border subject to certain limits.
 
Specifically, during the two years starting from this bill's enactment, such a non-U.S. national must be immediately expelled without further hearing or review if the individual lacks proper documentation or committed fraud to gain admission. (Currently, such individuals are typically subject to expedited removal, which includes a chance to request asylum.)
 
Such an individual must be expelled to Mexico unless Mexico's government is unwilling to accept the individual or expulsion to Mexico is contrary to U.S. national interest. In such a case, the individual shall be expelled to the country (1) where the individual is a citizen, subject, or national; (2) where the individual was born or has a residence; or (3) that will accept the individual. 
 
An individual may not be expelled to a country where (1) the individual's life or freedom would be threatened due to certain characteristics, such as race or religion; or (2) there are substantial grounds for believing the individual would be subject to torture. However, this protection shall not apply to an individual convicted of a particularly serious crime or involved with terrorist activities.
 
An individual who claims that they be subject to such dangers in a country must meet the burden of proof similar to the burden faced by an asylum seeker in a credible fear determination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To grant a Federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans, Incorporated.

Bill: 118-hr-3235
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 
This bill grants a federal charter to the National American Indian Veterans Inc., which is a nonprofit corporation organized in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Police Department Parity Act

Bill: 118-hr-3236
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Tribal Police Department Parity Act

 
This bill treats tribal law enforcement agencies in the same manner as federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies for purposes of accessing firearms.
 
The National Firearms Act (NFA) generally imposes a tax on the transfer of an NFA firearm; however, specified governmental entities (e.g., federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies) are exempt from this transfer tax. This bill extends this exemption to Indian tribes (and consequently, to tribal law enforcement agencies).
 
The Gun Control Act (GCA) generally prohibits the interstate shipment of firearms to unlicensed persons, but exempts specified governmental entities from this prohibition. This bill makes Indian tribes (and consequently, tribal law enforcement agencies) eligible to receive firearms interstate.
 
The GCA also prohibits the transfer or possession of machine guns manufactured after 1986, but exempts specified governmental entities from this prohibition. This bill makes Indian tribes (and consequently, tribal law enforcement agencies) eligible to transfer or possess these machine guns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require each off-campus outpatient department of a provider to include a unique identifier on claims for items and services, and to require providers with a department of a provider to submit to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services an attestation with respect to each such department.

Bill: 118-hr-3237
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 
This bill requires off-campus outpatient departments of health care providers to bill for services under Medicare using a unique identification number that is separate from that of the provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-11
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: 2023-05-11
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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3238
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Business investment and capital
Census and government statistics
Crime victims
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Energy efficiency and conservation
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Human trafficking
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Inflation and prices
Landlord and tenant
Lighting, heating, cooling
Low- and moderate-income housing
Marriage and family status
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Sex offenses
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2023

 
This bill revises provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and renames it as the 
affordable housing tax credit
. 
 
The bill increases the per capita dollar amount of the credit and its minimum ceiling amount beginning in 2023 and extends the inflation adjustment for such amounts.
 
The bill modifies tenant income eligibility requirements and the average income formula for determining such income. It also revises rules for student occupancy of rental units and tenant voucher payments, and prohibits any refusal to rent to victims of domestic abuse. 
 
The bill further modifies the credit to 
 
 
increase state allocations of the credit; 
 
repeal the qualified census tract population cap;
 
prohibit consideration of local approval and local government contribution requirements for housing projects;
 
increase the credit for certain projects designated to serve extremely low-income households; 
 
increase the credit for certain bond-financed projects designated by state agencies;
 
eliminate the basis reduction for properties that receive certain energy-related tax benefits; and 
 
increase the population cap for difficult development areas (i.e., areas with high construction, land, and utility costs relative to area median gross income). 
 
 
The bill also includes Indian and rural areas as difficult development areas and modifies other requirements relating to casualty losses, tax-exempt bond financing, and foreclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3239
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes an Advancing Equity Through the Arts and Humanities Program to increase engagement with public and nonprofit entities (including faith-based and community-based organizations that serve and are led by people of color) in supporting arts and humanities projects that directly combat systemic racism through the arts and humanities. The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities shall carry out this program.
 
The bill also provides for a competitive grant program for the creation and expansion of programs to support public and nonprofit arts and humanities organizations that directly combat systemic racism through the arts and humanities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals.

Bill: 118-hr-3240
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Business records
Congressional oversight
Federally chartered organizations
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Real estate business
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 
This bill grants a federal charter to the Veterans Association of Real Estate Professionals, which is a nonprofit organization that provides housing counseling to veterans and active members of the Armed Forces. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Amateur Radio Communications Improvement Act

Bill: 118-hr-3241
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Radio spectrum allocation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Amateur Radio Communications Improvement Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change limits on digital data emissions that apply to radio frequencies used by amateur radio operators. Specifically, the FCC must replace the current symbol rate limit (which was adopted in 1980) with a maximum bandwidth limit of 2.8 kilohertz to support the use of modern radio and communications technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to establish a permanent Bank Term Funding Program to provide member banks and other depository institutions with short-term liquidity against long-term assets.

Bill: 118-hr-3242
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 
This bill establishes the Bank Term Funding Program, which allows a Federal Reserve bank to make advances to depository institutions that pledge certain collateral fully guaranteed by the United States. An advance must be made available with a term of up to one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Stability Act

Bill: 118-hr-3243
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Small Business Stability Act 

 
This bill allows the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to guarantee an insured depository institution's uninsured deposits in noninterest-bearing transaction accounts for a single period not to exceed 60 days without complying with requirements to minimize cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund. This authority requires (1) written recommendations from the FDIC board and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and (2) a determination from the Department of the Treasury that this step would avoid or mitigate adverse effects on the stability of the banking system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Nonprofit Stakeholders Engaging and Advancing Together Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3245
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Nonprofit Stakeholders Engaging and Advancing Together Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses interactions between the federal government and nonprofit organizations.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes
 
 
 in the Executive Office of the President an Office on Nonprofit Sector Partnership,
 
in the executive branch an Interagency Council on Nonprofit Sector Partnership, and
 
an Advisory Board on the Nonprofit Sector.
 
 
The Department of the Treasury must engage in activities including analyzing and publicly releasing the impact of relevant actions on charitable giving and the nonprofit sector.
 
The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall (1) issue a biennial report on trends in the non-stipended volunteer force, and (2) include nonprofit organizations as a distinct category of employer in certain quarterly reports.
 
The Corporation for National and Community Service must engage in specified activities, including making recommendations to Congress on updating Service Year Fellowships to broaden access to national service to underserved and marginalized communities.
 
The Bureau of Economic Analysis must create a Satellite Account on Nonprofit and Related Institutions and Volunteer Work within its national accounts program.
 
The Office of Management and Budget shall engage in specified activities, including soliciting information from relevant federal agencies that collect existing data on the nonprofit sector.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on standards for nonpartisan civic engagement applicable to tax-exempt entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Sanction Russian Nuclear Safety Violators Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3246
Sponsor: Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign property
Nuclear power
Russia
Sanctions
Ukraine
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Sanction Russian Nuclear Safety Violators Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons who endanger the integrity, safety, or undermine Ukrainian operational control of the Zaporzhzhia nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine. The sanctions include (1) asset blocking; (2) visas, admission, or parole into the United States; and (3) revocation of current visas. The bill limits such sanctions as they apply to international obligations, to humanitarian assistance, or to those seeking to reestablish Ukrainian operational control of the Zaporzhzhia nuclear power plant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-05-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act

Bill: 118-hr-3247
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2023-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: 

Aaron Salter, Jr., Responsible Body Armor Possession Act

 
This bill establishes a federal statutory framework to restrict the purchase, ownership, or possession of enhanced body armor by civilians. The term 
enhanced body armor 
means body armor, including a helmet or shield, with a ballistic resistance that meets or exceeds the ballistic performance standard of Type III armor, as determined using the National Institute of Justice standard in effect at the time the person purchases, owns, or possesses the armor. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Introduced in House