hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Finish the Wall Act

Bill: 118-hr-336
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Finish the Wall Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume activities related to the construction of a barrier system along the U.S.-Mexico border and addresses other border-related issues.
 
DHS must resume all such construction activities that were planned or underway prior to January 20, 2021. DHS must also expend all funds appropriated or explicitly obligated since October 1, 2016, for construction of this barrier system. DHS may not cancel contracts for activities related to such construction entered into on or before January 20, 2021. 
 
Furthermore, within 14 days of this bill's enactment, DHS must certify to Congress that U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities that process adults taken into custody at the border are fully compliant with certain laws related to the collection of DNA. (Among other things, these laws allow for the collection of DNA samples from non-U.S. persons detained under U.S. authority.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
GAS Act

Bill: 118-hr-337
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Oil and gas
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Guarding America&rsquo;s Stoves Act or the GAS Act

 
This bill prohibits federal agencies from banning the use or sale of gas-burning stoves.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-338
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2023

 
This bill repeals the federal estate tax, effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
SALT Marriage Penalty Elimination Act

Bill: 118-hr-339
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 
 
SALT Marriage Penalty Elimination Act

 
This bill increases from $10,000 to $20,000 the amount that a married couple filing a joint tax return may deduct as state and local taxes (thus eliminating the tax effect known as the marriage penalty with respect to the deduction).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H507)
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Military Families’ 2nd Amendment Rights Act

Bill: 118-hr-341
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Protect Our Military Families' 2nd Amendment Rights Act

 
This bill broadens the scope of allowable firearms transactions involving active duty service members and their spouses. 
 
Specifically, the bill allows a licensed gun dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States. Current law already allows a licensed dealer, importer, or manufacturer to sell or ship a firearm or ammunition to a member of the Armed Forces on active duty outside the United States.
 
The bill also specifies that, for purposes of federal firearms laws, a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, is a resident of the state in which (1) the member or spouse maintains legal residence, (2) the permanent duty station of the member is located, and (3) the member maintains a home from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-342
Sponsor: Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy research
Research administration and funding
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to report on the use of its authority to reduce or eliminate the cost-sharing requirements for its research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program or activities under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.

action_date: 2023-01-30
text: 

Cost-Share Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to report on the use of its authority to reduce or eliminate the cost-sharing requirements for its research, development, demonstration, and commercial application program or activities under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-31
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H496)
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H496)
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 342.
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H496-498)
action_date: 2023-01-30
text: Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act

Bill: 118-hr-343
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Foreign aid and international relief
International organizations and cooperation
United Nations
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act

 
This bill prohibits the United States from providing any assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Securing America’s Land from Foreign Interference Act

Bill: 118-hr-344
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Securing America's Land from Foreign Interference Act

 
This bill requires the President to take actions as necessary to prohibit members of the Chinese Communist Party (and entities owned, controlled, or influenced by the party) from purchasing real estate located in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
TRUST in Congress Act

Bill: 118-hr-345
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Commodities markets
Family relationships
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Members of Congress
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Transparent Representation Upholding Service and Trust in Congress Act or the TRUST in Congress Act

 
This bill requires a Member of Congress, as well as any spouse or dependent child of a Member, to place specified investments into a qualified blind trust (i.e., an arrangement in which certain financial holdings are placed in someone else's control to avoid a possible conflict of interest) until 180 days after the end of their tenure as a Member of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in COVID–19 Expenditures Act

Bill: 118-hr-348
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Transparency in COVID-19 Expenditures Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to audit certain funding that was provided to address COVID-19.
 
Specifically, the GAO must audit and report on the use of funding provided by
 
 
the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020;
 
the Families First Coronavirus Response Act;
 
 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act); 
 
the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act; 
 
Divisions M and N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021; and 
 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Murder Victims Act

Bill: 118-hr-349
Sponsor: Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Justice for Murder Victims Act

 
This bill allows a prosecution to be instituted for any federal homicide offense without regard to the time that elapsed between the act or omission that caused the death of the victim and the death of the victim. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
SANTOS Act

Bill: 118-hr-350
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Student records

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Stopping Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker Act or the SANTOS Act

 
This bill requires congressional candidates to file additional personal information with their principal campaign committees and the Federal Election Commission. The bill also imposes criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully violating this requirement, such as by providing false information.
 
Specifically, the bill requires any individual who is a candidate for the House of Representatives or the Senate to provide information about their educational background, military service (if any), and employment history.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Ban Congressmen Lobbyists Act

Bill: 118-hr-351
Sponsor: Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Members of Congress
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Ban Congressmen Lobbyists Act

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress from lobbying Congress or federal agencies at any point after leaving office. 
 
Currently, Senators are prohibited from lobbying Congress for two years after leaving office. Members of the House of Representatives are prohibited from lobbying Congress for one year after leaving office. 
 
The bill applies to any person who is a Member of Congress during the 118th Congress or any succeeding Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
McCARTHY Act

Bill: 118-hr-352
Sponsor: Rep. Vasquez, Gabe [D-NM-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Mandating Congress Can't Accept Remuneration for Time not Helping You Act or the McCARTHY Act

 
This bill eliminates one day of pay for each Member of the House of Representatives for any day of a Congress during which no Speaker has been elected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Protect Local Farms Act

Bill: 118-hr-353
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Brandon [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2023-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: 

Protect Local Farms Act

 
This bill preempts state laws that provide for a maximum workweek of less than 60 hours for agricultural employees. Under federal law, agricultural employees are generally exempt from maximum hours (i.e., overtime) requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Back the Blue Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-355
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Firearms and explosives
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Legal fees and court costs
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: 

Back the Blue Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes new criminal offenses for killing, assaulting, and fleeing to avoid prosecution for killing a judge, law enforcement officer, or public safety officer.
 
Additionally, the bill
 
 
expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer, judge, prosecutor, or firefighter or other first responder; 
 
broadens the authority of federal law enforcement officers to carry firearms; and
 
limits federal court review of challenges to state court convictions for killing a public safety officer or judge.
 
 
Finally, it directs the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies and nongovernmental organizations to promote trust and improve relations between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Unleashing American Energy Act

Bill: 118-hr-356
Sponsor: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2023-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Gulf of Mexico
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: 

Unleashing American Energy Act

 
This bill requires a minimum amount of oil and gas lease sales a year on certain submerged lands of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and limits delays on federal oil and gas leases on such lands.
 
Specifically, this bill requires the Department of the Interior to annually conduct a minimum of two region-wide oil and gas lease sales in each of the following regions of the OCS: (1) the Gulf of Mexico region in the Central Gulf of Mexico Planning Area and the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, and (2) the Alaska region. 
 
In addition, the bill requires the President to obtain congressional approval before delaying federal oil and gas leases on the OCS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
RETURN Act

Bill: 118-hr-360
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of the Treasury
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: 

Require Employees To Uniformly Return Now Act or the RETURN Act

 
This bill prohibits Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees from teleworking during the period beginning five business days after the enactment of this bill and ending on the date on which the IRS certifies that the processing backlog for 2020 income tax returns has been eliminated.
 
The Department of the Treasury may not obligate additional funds for the IRS until the date on which the IRS certifies the backlog has been eliminated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Stop Inflationary Spending Act

Bill: 118-hr-361
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: 

Stop Inflationary Spending Act

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide inflation projections for bills that Congress considers using the budget reconciliation process. 
 
Specifically, the CBO must estimate the impact on inflation that will occur from implementing each reconciliation bill, including the impact on inflation that will occur during each of the first five years after the enactment of the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
BASIC Act

Bill: 118-hr-362
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2023-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: 

Budgetary Accuracy in Scoring Interest Costs Act of 2023 or the BASIC Act

 
This bill requires cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office or the Joint Committee on Taxation to include the costs of servicing the public debt. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-01-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-363
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: 

Second Amendment Protection Act 

 
This bill exempts certain individuals who use medical marijuana from federal firearms-related restrictions.
 
Currently, federal firearms laws prohibit an individual who is an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance from shipping, transporting, receiving, or possessing a firearm or ammunition. This bill exempts from the prohibition an individual who uses marijuana for a medical purpose in accordance with state law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
Daylight Act

Bill: 118-hr-364
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2023-01-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: State and local government operations
Time and calendar

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: 

Daylight Act

 
This bill allows states to observe daylight savings time year-round. (States may already choose to observe standard time year-round.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-01-13
text: Introduced in House