hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Tribal Family Fairness Act

Bill: 118-hr-2762
Sponsor: Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Tribal Family Fairness Act

 
This bill revises two programs to provide tribes with additional resources for child and family services.
 
First, the bill revises the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families program by
 
 
establishing a minimum grant award for tribes, 
 
 increasing funds reserved for state court improvement grants, 
 
increasing the set-aside for tribes or tribal consortia, 
 
exempting certain plans from reporting requirements, 
 
allowing funds to be used for tribal customary adoptions, 
 
authorizing in-kind contributions to meet tribal matching requirements, and 
 
allowing tribal organizations to use the federal negotiated indirect cost rate in lieu of the administrative costs cap. 
 
 
In addition, the bill revises the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services program by
 
 
modifying reporting requirements, 
 
authorizing in-kind contributions to meet tribal matching requirements, and 
 
allowing tribal organizations to use the federal negotiated indirect cost rate in lieu of the administrative costs cap. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
PROTECT 911 Act

Bill: 118-hr-2763
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Providing Resources and Occupational Training for Emotional Crisis and Trauma in 911 Act or the PROTECT 911 Act

 
This bill establishes a grant program, and requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop resources, for addressing mental health conditions among public safety telecommunicators. These include 9-1-1 operators and other public safety personnel who are responsible for responding to requests for emergency assistance.
 
Specifically, HHS must award grants to state, local, and regional emergency communications centers or nonprofits for behavioral health and wellness programs to prevent and mitigate job-related mental health issues among public safety telecommunicators.
 
Additionally, HHS must develop and disseminate (1) best practices for identifying, preventing, and treating post-traumatic stress disorder among public safety telecommunicators; and (2) resources for educating mental health professionals about the workplace culture of, stressors and challenges experienced by, and therapies for treating mental health issues common to public safety telecommunicators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Bill: 118-hr-2765
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Lakes and rivers
Washington State
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Wild Olympics Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

 
This bill designates (1) certain federal land in the Olympic National Forest in the state of Washington as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System; and (2) certain other land, identified on the same map as such proposed areas, as potential wilderness. 
 
The bill designates as wild, scenic, or recreational rivers specified segments of the following rivers in the state of Washington
 
 
Elwha River,
 
Dungeness River,
 
Big Quilcene River,
 
Dosewallips River,
 
Duckabush River,
 
Hamma Hamma River,
 
South Fork Skokomish River,
 
Middle Fork Satsop River,
 
West Fork Satsop River,
 
Wynoochee River,
 
East Fork Humptulips River,
 
West Fork Humptulips River,
 
Quinault River,
 
Queets River,
 
Hoh River,
 
Bogachiel River,
 
South Fork Calawah River,
 
Sol Duc River, and
 
Lyre River.
 
 
 The Department of Agriculture may take necessary measures to control fire, insects, and diseases in the wilderness areas designated by this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Investment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2767
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 
 
Small Business Investment Act of 2023 

 
This bill increases the exclusion of gain from the disposition of qualified small business stock held for five years or more. The increase also applies to convertible debt instruments (debt instruments that can be converted into stock). 
 
The bill also eliminates the requirement that qualified small business stock be issued solely by a C corporation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program Act

Bill: 118-hr-2768
Sponsor: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Government lending and loan guarantees
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish the PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program to make grants to eligible entities for peer-to-peer mental health programs for veterans. 
 
Eligible entities include (1) a nonprofit organization that has historically served the mental health needs of veterans; (2) a congressionally chartered veteran service organization; or (3) a state, local, or tribal veteran service agency, director, or commissioner. 
 
The VA shall establish an advisory committee to create appropriate program standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1919)
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act

Bill: 118-hr-2769
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Stop Penalizing Working Seniors Act

 
This bill allows Medicare-eligible individuals who are age 65 or older to contribute to health savings accounts if their entitlement to Medicare benefits is limited to hospital insurance benefits under Medicare Part A.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Family Fire Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2770
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 
 
Prevent Family Fire Act of 2023 

 
This bill allows through 2030 a new tax credit equal to 10% of amounts received from the first retail sale of a safe firearm storage device, not to exceed $400 per device. 
 
The bill defines
 safe firearm storage device
 as a device that is designed and marketed to deny unauthorized access to, or render inoperable, a firearm or ammunition, and is secured by a combination lock, key lock, or lock based on biometric information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Portal for Appraisal Licensing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2771
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Portal for Appraisal Licensing Act of 2023 

 
This bill establishes a central portal for real estate appraisers and real estate appraisal management companies to apply for and to renew certain licenses, certifications, and registrations. The portal must provide connectivity with state agencies and include the ability to pay fees. The Department of Justice must provide access to criminal history information to state officials for required background checks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
GRAM Act

Bill: 118-hr-2772
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Firearms and explosives
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Gun Rights And Marijuana Act or the GRAM Act

 
This bill removes federal firearms-related restrictions on certain individuals who use or are addicted to marijuana.
 
Currently, federal firearms law prohibits the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition to persons who are unlawful users of or addicted to a controlled substance. This bill exempts from the prohibition an adult whose use of or addiction to marijuana is lawful in the state or on the tribal lands where the person resides.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the definition of an accredited investor to include individuals receiving advice from certain professionals, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-2773
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 
This bill amends the definition of an accredited investor in the context of selling and purchasing securities to include those individuals receiving investment advice from a person with professional certifications, as determined by the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act

Bill: 118-hr-2774
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce Act

 
This bill requires the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to make grants to states for demonstration projects that provide wage subsidies to enable low-income individuals to enter and retain employment.
 
States may use grant funds to subsidize an individual's wages for up to 12 months. The subsidy may be up to 50% of an individual's wages. Individuals are eligible for subsidized wages if they (1) are recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or similar state assistance or a noncustodial parent of a child receiving such assistance, and (2) are unemployed when the subsidy begins or have an income below 200% of the poverty line.
 
States must ensure that participants in subsidized job programs do not displace current workers.
 The ACF must reserve funding to carry out this bill from amounts in the Contingency Fund for State Welfare Programs.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2775
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Conversion Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the U.S. government to redirect resources away from nuclear weapons if other countries take steps to eliminate such weapons. 
 
Specifically, after the President certifies that all countries possessing nuclear weapons have begun the verifiable and irreversible elimination of such weapons under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the U.S. government must redirect resources being used for nuclear weapons programs to (1) addressing the climate crisis, (2) addressing human and infrastructure needs, and (3) encouraging other countries to pursue similar goals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2023-04-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E340)
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Go Woke, Go Broke Act

Bill: 118-hr-2776
Sponsor: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Go Woke, Go Broke Act

 
This bill abolishes the Advisory Committee on Racial Equity in the Department of the Treasury. The bill also prohibits Treasury from reestablishing this advisory committee or establishing any substantially similar advisory committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
School Meals during School Closures Act

Bill: 118-hr-2777
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

School Meals during School Closures Act

 
This bill allows states or eligible service providers (e.g., school districts) to request a waiver of certain requirements to continue providing no-cost and reduced-cost meals to students during certain school closures. The Department of Agriculture may provide a waiver, with exceptions, to provide meals and meal supplements during a school closure due to
 
 
a strike or other labor-management dispute; 
 
 inclement weather, a natural disaster, a public health emergency, unsafe facilities, construction, or repairs; or
 
other unanticipated events.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating the RFS and Its Destructive Outcomes Act

Bill: 118-hr-2778
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Eliminating the RFS and Its Destructive Outcomes Act

 
This bill repeals the Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard program, which requires transportation fuel to contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the corporate average fuel economy standards.

Bill: 118-hr-2779
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 
This bill repeals the corporate average fuel economy standards, which regulate how far automobiles must travel on a gallon of fuel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
DPA Reform Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2780
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

DPA Reform Act of 2023

This bill modifies the Defense Production Act of 1950 by requiring that there must be a declaration of war to exercise authority under the act.

The act generally gives the President certain authorities to influence domestic industry in the interest of national defense. The bill provides that there must be a declaration of war for the President to exercise authority under the act related to (1) priorities and allocations for materials and services; (2) the expansion of productive capacity and supply; and (3) general provisions, such as those related to appointment policies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-2781
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 
This bill directs the President to withdraw the United States from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (the entity tasked with supporting the global response to climate change). The bill also prohibits the use of funds to carry out U.S. obligations under the framework following this withdrawal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
Competitive Prices Act

Bill: 118-hr-2782
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

Competitive Prices Act

 
This bill makes consciously parallel pricing coordination (i.e., a tacit agreement among two or more persons to raise, lower, change, maintain, or manipulate pricing for the purchase or sale of reasonably interchangeable products or services) a prohibited form of price fixing.
 
In a civil action for a claimed violation, the plaintiff may shift the burden of proof to the defendant by demonstrating that two or more persons (1) engaged in substantially similar conduct within a substantially similar time period with respect to the pricing of reasonably interchangeable products, and (2) had a similar motivation to coordinate their efforts to change or manipulate the pricing of those products or services.
 
The defendant may rebut such a presumption of a violation by demonstrating the action was motivated by business judgment that is economically rational in the absence of a tacit agreement, such as by showing the action was in response to, or in anticipation of, changing market conditions for the product or service.
 
If the defendant rebuts the presumption, the plaintiff must demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant entered a tacit agreement to change or manipulate the pricing for the product or service, such as by showing the business judgment of the defendant was not rational in the absence of such a tacit agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
AANAPISI Opportunity Act

Bill: 118-hr-2783
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

AANAPISI Opportunity Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a scholarship grant program for covered Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institutions (AANAPISIs) to provide scholarships in agriculture-related fields.
 
Covered institutions include community colleges, colleges, or universities that (1) have a student body consisting of at least 10% Asian American or Native American Pacific Islander students; and (2) offer associate, bachelors, or other accredited degree programs in agriculture-related fields.
 
USDA may only award the grants to AANAPISIs that have established a competitive scholarship awards process for individuals who intend to pursue a career in agriculture, including in the agricultural disciplines of business, engineering, technology, food science, forestry, home economics, nutrition, soil conservation, non-medical biological sciences, and computer science.
 
 This bill also allows USDA to provide competitive grants for up to five years for integrated agricultural research, education, and extension projects at covered AANAPISIs to address U.S. agriculture priorities. The project grants include a 50% matching funds requirement that USDA may waive if certain requirements are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E340)
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
No Child Left Inside Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2784
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2023-04-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: 

No Child Left Inside Act of 2023

 
This bill provides support for environmental literacy and environmental education programs in elementary and secondary schools, including by directing the Department of Education to award grants to (1) states for implementing state environmental literacy plans, and (2) local educational agencies and their partners for establishing or expanding outdoor school education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-20
text: Introduced in House