hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Stop Anti-Semitism on College Campuses Act

Bill: 118-hr-3773
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2023-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: 

Stop Anti-Semitism on College Campuses Act

 
This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs from authorizing, facilitating, providing funding for, or otherwise supporting any event that promotes anti-Semitism on the IHE's campus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
Corey Adams Searchlight Act

Bill: 118-hr-3775
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2023-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: 

Corey Adams Searchlight Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish a national communications network&#8212;the Green Alert communications network&#8212;to support regional and local search efforts for missing veterans.
 
The Green Alert communications network must operate in coordination with the AMBER Alert communications network (i.e., the communications network that supports search efforts for abducted children) and any other state alert networks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3776
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: 

Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act of 2023

This bill establishes a voucher program through which public housing agencies (PHAs) shall offer support services to help families who have children and are unstably housed, live in an area of concentrated poverty, or are at risk of being displaced from an opportunity area for children move to areas with access to high-performing schools or high-quality childcare and early education. The Department of Housing and Urban Development must provide assistance to PHAs on a competitive basis to implement the program. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
Disaster Assistance Fairness Act

Bill: 118-hr-3777
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Cooperative and condominium housing
Disaster relief and insurance
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Solid waste and recycling

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: 

Disaster Assistance 

Fairness Act

 
This bill makes common interest communities, such as housing cooperatives (co-ops) and condominiums, eligible for the same assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as other homeowners.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
adds definitions of 
residential common interest community, condominium, and housing cooperative
 to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act;
 
requires FEMA to issue rules for the removal of debris or wreckage from real estate owned by a residential common interest community resulting from a major disaster and deems such removal to be in the public interest when a state or local government determines in writing that such debris or wreckage constitutes a threat to life, public health or safety, or the economic recovery of such community; and 
 
provides for the repair of essential common elements of a condominium or co-op damaged by a disaster under FEMA's Federal Assistance to Individuals and Households Program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
Formula 3.0 Act

Bill: 118-hr-3778
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: 

Formula 3.0 Act

 
This bill provides duty-free treatment to certain infant formula and infant formula base powder.
 
The bill defines 
infant 

formula base powder 
as a dry mixture of protein, fat, and carbohydrates that requires only the addition of vitamins and minerals in order to meet the definition of the term 
infant formula
 in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. It must be (1) imported by a party that has been determined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be authorized to lawfully market infant formula in the United States or has received a letter of enforcement discretion from the FDA relating to the marketing of its infant formula in the United States, and (2) intended to be used in manufacturing infant formula in the United States.
 
The bill also removes the limitation on the aggregate quantity of certain infant formula containing oligosaccharides (carbohydrates) that may enter the United States in any calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
GRAIN for America Act

Bill: 118-hr-3779
Sponsor: Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2023-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Farmland

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: 

Guaranteeing Robust Agricultural Independence and Nutrition for America Act or the
 
GRAIN for America Act 

 
This bill establishes a one-year moratorium on the enrollment of land in the Conservation Reserve Program, with a specified exception for land that is already subject to a contract under the program. It also prohibits the Department of Agriculture from enrolling prime farmland in the program.
 
Additionally, the bill allows a participant who has entered into a contract under the program to terminate the contract at any time during the one-year period preceding the date on which the contact would expire.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
ACPAC Modernization Act

Bill: 118-hr-3780
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-31 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Department of Transportation
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: 

ACPAC Modernization Act

 
 This bill extends through FY2028 the authority for the Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC), which advises the Department of Transportation in carrying out activities relating to airline customer service improvements. The bill also expands ACPAC membership to include a ticket agent representative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-31
text: Introduced in House
Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3781
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text:  

Federal Bird Safe Buildings Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to develop and implement strategies for reducing bird fatalities from collisions with public buildings. 
 
Specifically, the GSA must incorporate relevant features and strategies into public buildings that are newly constructed, acquired, or substantially altered so as to reduce bird fatalities. The GSA must also develop a related design guide and annually certify its active use. 
 
The bill's provisions do not apply to buildings and sites on the National Register of Historic Places, the White House and its grounds, the Supreme Court building and its grounds, or the U.S. Capitol and any buildings on its grounds.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Short Line Railroad Relief Act

Bill: 118-hr-3782
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Public-private cooperation
Railroads
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: 

Short Line Railroad Relief Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide emergency grants or enter into contracts and other agreements for capital projects for short line railroads. A project must protect, repair, reconstruct, or replace short line railroad equipment and facilities in danger of suffering catastrophic damage, or that have suffered catastrophic damage, as a result of an emergency. An emergency includes a natural disaster affecting a wide area or a catastrophic failure from any external cause that results in the declaration of an emergency or a major disaster.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Mink VIRUS Act

Bill: 118-hr-3783
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mammals
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: 

Mink: Vectors for Infection Risk in the United States Act or the Mink VIRUS Act

This bill prohibits the farming of mink for their fur beginning one year after the bill's enactment and establishes a compensation program.

Beginning 90 days after the bill's enactment, any termination of farmed mink must be done in a manner that (1) meets the definition of
 euthanasia
 specified in Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations (i.e., the humane destruction of an animal accomplished by a method that produces rapid unconsciousness and subsequent death without evidence of pain or distress, or that utilizes anesthesia that causes painless loss of consciousness and subsequent death); and (2) is classified as acceptable by the American Veterinary Medical Association Guidelines for the Euthanasia of Animals.

This prohibition and these requirements do not preempt or limit any state law or regulation that is more restrictive. Further, any person in violation of this prohibition or these requirements is subject to civil penalties.

The bill also directs USDA to establish a payment program to compensate fur farm owners whose operations involve the farming of mink. Under the program, USDA must provide payments for (1) the reasonable costs incurred to comply with this bill, and (2) the market value of the portion of the farm involving mink farming (exclusive of the land). Fur farm owners may not use payment funds for any materials, supplies, labor costs, or activities associated with fur farm operations. Further, the owner must provide USDA with a permanent property easement that prohibits the operation of any fur farm on the easement area. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Public Inspectors for Safe Infrastructure Act

Bill: 118-hr-3785
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: 

Public Inspectors for Safe Infrastructure Act

This bill requires state and local transportation agencies that contract for the construction of federal-aid highways to ensure that a public employee performs the construction inspection functions (such as construction engineering, on-site quality control inspections, and materials testing). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E518)
action_date: 2023-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Apprenticeships to College Act

Bill: 118-hr-3786
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: 
A
pprenticeships to College Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to enter into an interagency agreement with the Department of Education to promote and support integration and alignment of programs under the national apprenticeship system with secondary, two- and four-year postsecondary, and adult education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act

Bill: 118-hr-3787
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: 

Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to qualified small issue bonds for manufacturing purposes by expanding the definition of 
manufacturing facility
 to include a facility that (1) is used in the creation or production of intangible property; or (2) is functionally related, subordinate to, and located on the same site as a facility used in the manufacturing or production of tangible or intangible personal property. The bill also increases from $10 million to $30 million the maximum bond size limitation. 
 
The bill modifies requirements for private activity bond financing for first-time farmers. The modified provisions (1) increase from $450,000 to $1 million (adjusted annually for inflation) the amount of bond proceeds that may be used by a first-time farmer to acquire land for farming purposes, (2) repeal the separate dollar limitation on the use of bond proceeds for used farm equipment, and (3) revise the definition of 
substantial farmland
 to determine farm size by reference to the average (instead of median) size of a farm in the county in which the farm is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Hammers' Law

Bill: 118-hr-3788
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: 

Hammers' Law

 
This bill authorizes a party in a civil suit to recover nonpecuniary damages (i.e., damages for loss of care, comfort, and companionship) when an individual dies as a result of a cruise ship accident that occurred on the high seas beyond 12 nautical miles from the U.S. shore. The nonpecuniary damages may be in addition to other damages, but punitive damages are not recoverable. Current law already permits these damages to be recovered if a death was caused by a commercial aviation accident on the high seas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
CLEAR Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3789
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: 
 
Comprehensive Legislation Ensuring Accountability and Responsiveness Act of 2023 or the CLEAR Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to submit any proposed or temporary regulation, prior to its publication, to the National Taxpayer Advocate for comment on the impact of such regulation on taxpayer rights or taxpayer burden. Treasury must consider the comments of the National Taxpayer Advocate before prescribing any final regulation that supersedes a proposed or temporary regulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3790
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-7]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Neurological disorders
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: 

Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2023

 
This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death.
 
 For purposes of compensation for a surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from ALS, the spouse must have been married to the veteran for a continuous period of eight years or longer prior to the death of the veteran.
 
Additionally, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must report on service-connected disabilities the VA determines should be treated in the same manner as ALS for purposes of dependency and indemnity compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 556.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-660.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-660.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-11-29
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-11-29
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Improving DATA in Public Health Act

Bill: 118-hr-3791
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2023-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: 

Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements in Public Health Act or the Improving DATA in Public Health Act

This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to require entities such as health care providers and local health departments to report public health data to the CDC. The bill also establishes grants to support collecting and reporting public health data and establishes the Public Health Information Sharing and Availability Advisory Committee.

The Department of Health and Human Services must award grants and other assistance to state, tribal, and local governments; health care providers; and other eligible entities to develop and disseminate best practices for collecting electronic health information and using data and technology standards for public health data systems.

The bill also expands requirements related to those standards, including by requiring them to capture demographic characteristics and other information (e.g., veteran status and housing status).

Additionally, the CDC must collaborate with state, local, and tribal health authorities to ensure that collected data is accessible to such authorities in a timely manner. Further, if data or information is reportable under state or local law, the state or local jurisdiction must receive the data or information before or at the same time as the CDC.

Further, the CDC may modify reporting requirements during declared emergencies without going through typical rulemaking procedures.

The bill expressly restricts, subject to exceptions, certain disclosures of data and information reported to the CDC, including for purposes of litigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Introduced in House