hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1263
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2023 

 
 This bill exempts from worldwide or numerical limitations certain family-sponsored immigrant visas for the sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans who were naturalized under certain laws providing for naturalization for service during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SMART Prices Act

Bill: 118-s-1264
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Strengthening Medicare And Reducing Taxpayer Prices Act or the SMART Prices Act

 
This bill modifies requirements of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program and makes other changes with respect to the prices of prescription drugs under Medicare.
 
Current law requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate maximum prices for brand-name drugs that do not have other generic equivalents and that account for the greatest Medicare spending. The CMS must negotiate the prices of 10 drugs that are covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit in 2026, 15 drugs that are covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit in 2027, 15 drugs that are covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit or under Medicare medical services in 2028, and 20 drugs that are covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit or under Medicare medical services in 2029 and each year thereafter. 
 
The bill requires the CMS to negotiate the prices of 20 drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit in 2026 and 40 drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit or under Medicare medical services in 2027 and each year thereafter. It also (1) shortens the required period of market approval from 7 years and 11 years for drugs and biologics, respectively, to 3 years; and (2) modifies the ceiling for the maximum fair price for short-, extended-, and long-monopoly drugs.
 
The bill also repeals provisions that prohibit the CMS from interfering in negotiations between drug manufacturers, pharmacies, and PDP sponsors (i.e., noninterference clause). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Judge Shopping Act

Bill: 118-s-1265
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Stop Judge Shopping Act

 
This bill grants original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia over any civil action for declaratory or injunctive relief against the enforcement of a federal law if the relief extends beyond the parties involved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Love Lives On Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1266
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Marriage and family status
Retail and wholesale trades
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Love Lives On Act of 2023

 
This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans.
 
First, the bill removes the expiration on a surviving spouses' entitlement to educational assistance through the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship (Fry Scholarship). 
 
The bill also provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation to such spouse.
 
Next, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries.
 
Additionally, the bill provides commissary store and MWR retail facility (e.g., exchange store) access to surviving spouses regardless of the martial status of the spouse. Such spouses must be entitled to use such stores and facilities to the same extent and on the same basis as surviving spouses who did not remarry. 
 
The bill expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.
 
Finally, the bill modifies the definition of a surviving spouse for purposes of veterans benefits to include same sex marriages.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1267
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Fair Housing Improvement Act of 2023

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act

Bill: 118-s-1268
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act

This bill requires the Institute of Education Sciences, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the National Center for Education Research to collect data and carry out research on (1) successful state and local adult education and literacy activities that result in increased literacy, numeracy, and educational attainment for adult learners; (2) effective indicators for the progress of adult learners; and (3) access to, and opportunities for, adult education, including digital literacy skills development.

The bill also requires the institute to draw on the expertise of adult educators when developing policies and priorities relating to adult education.

Finally, the bill requires the National Center for Education Research to have at least one research center that focuses on adult education. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1343)
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
INSULIN Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1269
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now Act of 2023 or the INSULIN Act of 2023

 
This bill limits cost-sharing for insulin under private health insurance and revises the requirements for approval and cost-sharing of generic drugs and biosimilar products.
 
Specifically, the bill caps cost-sharing under private health insurance for a month's supply of selected insulin products at $35 or 25% of a plan's negotiated price (after any price concessions), whichever is less, beginning in 2025.
 
The bill also requires pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) to remit to the group health plan 100% of the fees, alternative discounts, and all other remuneration received from a drug manufacturer.
 
Additionally, the bill modifies the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) procedures for determining whether a petition to delay the approval of a generic drug was made with the primary purpose of delaying the application and provides for the referral of such petitions to the Federal Trade Commission. The bill also authorizes the FDA to expedite the development and review of applications for products designated as a competitive biosimilar therapy.
 
Finally, the bill permits prescription drug plan sponsors under Medicare Part D to make certain mid-year changes to the cost-sharing tier of a reference biological product if the sponsor also adds the respective biosimilar product to the same or a lower cost-sharing tier as the reference biological product immediately prior to the change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
AID Youth Employment Act

Bill: 118-s-1270
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1343-1347)
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Presidential Audit and Tax Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-1272
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 
 

Presidential Audit and Tax Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to conduct an examination to determine the correctness of a Presidential income tax return as rapidly as practicable after it is filed.
 
The IRS must disclose and make publicly available (on the internet) an initial report, periodic reports, and a final report on the examination of such tax returns. The final report must include the date on which the IRS examination of the return was completed, a list of audit materials, and a description of each proposed adjustment to a return and any controversy relating to its examination. This disclosure of tax return information is an exception to the general rule of confidentiality of taxpayer returns. 
 
The bill defines
 Presidential income tax return
 as any relevant income tax return of (1) a president while the president is in office, (2) the spouse of a president, (3) a corporation or partnership controlled by a president or a president's spouse, and (4) the estate of a president or a president's spouse.
 
The bill imposes additional disclosure requirements by presidents and presidential candidates under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons Act

Bill: 118-s-1273
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Historical and cultural resources
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Religion
Teaching, teachers, curricula
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity
World history

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons Act

 
This bill directs the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum to study and report on Holocaust education efforts in states, local educational agencies (LEAs), and public elementary and secondary schools. Among other elements, the study must (1) determine whether states and LEAs require Holocaust education as part of the curriculum taught in public elementary and secondary schools, (2) identify the standards and requirements relating to Holocaust education, and (3) identify the types of instructional material used to teach students about the Holocaust.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
REEF Act

Bill: 118-s-1274
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Railroads
Transportation employees
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act or the REEF Act

 
This bill permanently exempts payments made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account from sequestration. Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.
 
 Currently, this exemption ends 30 days after the termination of the COVID-19 national emergency period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Star Print ordered on report 118-168.
action_date: 2024-04-10
text: By Senator Whitehouse from Committee on the Budget filed written report. Report No. 118-168.
action_date: 2024-04-10
text: Senate committee report filed after reporting
action_date: 2024-03-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 339.
action_date: 2024-03-06
text: Committee on the Budget. Reported by Senator Whitehouse without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-03-06
text: Committee on the Budget. Reported by Senator Whitehouse without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-03-06
text: Committee on the Budget. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Access to Justice for Veterans Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1275
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Environmental health
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Legal fees and court costs
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Protect Access to Justice for Veterans Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill limits attorneys' fees for claims involving individuals who were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987.
 
Further, the bill requires an attorney representing an individual for such a claim to disburse the funds from any judgment or award to that individual before collecting any compensation for services rendered.
 
The bill establishes certain penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1347)
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Helping to Encourage Real Opportunities (HERO) for Youth Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1276
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

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

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S1347)
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1277
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Geography and mapping
Kentucky
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 202

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This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified acres of land for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-18
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7078)
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 278.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-134.
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-134.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-284.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S1348)
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Pretrial Release Reporting Act

Bill: 118-s-1279
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Pretrial Release Reporting Act

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1281
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Land use and conservation
Mining
Pipelines
Roads and highways
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Mining Regulatory Clarity Act of 2023

 
This bill sets forth a process to allow mine operations to use, occupy, and conduct operations (e.g., construction of roads and other mining infrastructure activity) on public land regardless of whether a mineral deposit has been discovered on the land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-316.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom to Move Act

Bill: 118-s-1282
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

Freedom to Move Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to award competitive five-year grants (i.e., Freedom to Move Grants) to states, local governments, transit agencies, and nonprofit organizations in both rural and urban areas to cover the lost fare revenue for fare-free public transportation and improve public transportation.
 
Grants must be used to support (1) implementing a fare-free transit program; and (2) efforts to improve public transportation, particularly in underserved communities, such as costs associated with efforts to provide more safe, frequent, and reliable bus service, including bus stop safety and accessibility improvements, and pedestrian and bike shelters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-s-1283
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 
 
National Taxpayer Advocate Enhancement Act of 2023 

 
This bill grants the National Taxpayer Advocate the authority to appoint counsel in the Office of the Taxpayer Advocate to report directly to the National Taxpayer Advocate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate
School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

Bill: 118-s-1285
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-04-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: 

School Shooting Safety and Preparedness Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety.
 
The report must collect specified information, including 
 
 
 the number of school shootings that have taken place nationwide and the number of those that were mass shootings;
 
the number of people killed or injured in each school shooting;
 
the age, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality of each victim; 
 
the motivation of the shooter;
 
 how the shooting was stopped; 
 
the number and type of firearms and ammunition used in each shooting; and
 
the response time of law enforcement.
 
 
ED must direct the National Center for Education Statistics to collect and publish specified data on school shootings.
 
 The center must collect information on the existence or absence of specified measures at the time of the shooting, including physical and other types of security measures, a communication plan with local law enforcement, a response plan that includes coordination with local agencies, an active shooter response plan, and a trauma response plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Introduced in Senate