hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Conservation Reserve Program Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4017
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Farmland
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Conservation Reserve Program Improvement Act of 202

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This bill revises the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) of the Farm Service Agency. CRP is a land conservation program that provides an annual rental payment to farmers in exchange for farmers removing environmentally sensitive land from agricultural production and planting species that will improve environmental health and quality.
 
Specifically, the bill permanently establishes a continuous enrollment procedure for land that will be enrolled under the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement Initiative.
 
Additionally, the bill provides federal cost sharing payments for the establishment of grazing infrastructure on all CRP contracts and practices, if grazing is included in the conservation plan and addresses a resource concern. It also provides federal cost sharing payments under CRP for management activities to implement the conservation plan that are not related to haying or grazing.
 
Further, the bill increases the CRP annual rental payment limitation from $50,000 to $125,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Headwaters Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4018
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Public-private cooperation
Water quality
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
SEC Stabilization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4019
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

SEC Stabilization Act of 2023

 
This bill expands the composition of the Securities and Exchange Commission from five commissioners to six, extends the term of the commissioners from five years to six, and creates an executive director position. If appointing two commissioners whose terms end on the same date, the President is prohibited from appointing individuals from the same political party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

Bill: 118-hr-4020
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Children Don't Belong on Tobacco Farms Act

This bill prohibits an individual under the age of 18 from performing work that has direct contact with tobacco plants or dried tobacco leaves by specifying that the work is oppressive child labor. (Oppressive child labor is generally prohibited under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, with some exceptions.)
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Fair and Open Skies Act

Bill: 118-hr-4021
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Europe
European Union
Labor standards
Licensing and registrations
Trade agreements and negotiations
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Fair and Open Skies Act

This bill amends the policy considerations the Department of Transportation (DOT) must take into account when issuing a foreign air carrier permit. (This allows foreign air carriers to operate in U.S. air space.) DOT must consider preventing the undermining of labor standards when determining whether the foreign air transportation will be in the public interest.

Further, the bill amends the requirements for the Department of State and DOT in formulating U.S. international air transportation policy. Under current law, the State Department and DOT must develop a negotiating policy emphasizing the greatest degree of competition compatible with a well-functioning international air transportation system and include specific considerations; this is amended to also include preventing the undermining of labor standards.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Harvesting Knowledge Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4022
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Harvesting Knowledge Act of 

2023

 
This bill allows local educational agencies to use Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants to provide students with hands-on learning experience related to hydroponic or aquaponic agricultural systems (i.e., indoor agricultural technology).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
UPDATED USPS Act

Bill: 118-hr-4023
Sponsor: Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Uniform Postal Data Acquisition for Transparency and Early Detection within the United States Postal Service Act or the UPDATED USPS Act

 
This bill modifies requirements relating to advance electronic information for cargo.
 
Specifically, the bill eliminates
 
 
a restriction on the use of advance electronic information for commercial enforcement, and
 
waivers of the requirement to transmit advance electronic information for countries.
 
 
 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must refuse entry for any international mail shipments for which advance electronic information is not transmitted for shipments received after December 31, 2023.
 
By December 31, 2023, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) must arrange for the transmission to CBP of information for all international mail shipments. The USPS, at least every 30 days, must publish the number of such shipments for which the information was not transmitted to CBP during the preceding 30-day period.
 
The bill requires monthly reports of specified information, including the volume of international mail shipments and other cargo received by the USPS and private sector importers for which advance electronic information is submitted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Clean Shipping Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4024
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor fuels
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Performance measurement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Emi-Coke Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4025
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain credits and deductions to be taken as a refundable tax credit by Puerto Rico businesses or residents, and to extend such credits and deductions to possessions of the United States.

Bill: 118-hr-4026
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 
This bill extends the tax credit for expenditures to provide access to disabled individuals to U.S. possessions and makes such credit refundable for bona fide residents of Puerto Rico.
 
The bill permits Puerto Rican residents a refundable tax credit for 21% of amounts otherwise allowable as a tax deduction for expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly. It also requires payment to U.S. possessions for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2022, of an amount equal to the their losses due to the application of the credits and deductions by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Fairness in Medicare Part B Enrollment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4027
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Fairness in Medicare Part B Enrollment Act of 

2023

 
This bill exempts an individual from late-enrollment penalties for Medicare medical services if the individual resided in Puerto Rico as of the date of eligibility and the individual enrolls within five years of such date. Currently, the late enrollment penalty is 10% of monthly premiums for each 12-month period during which the individual was not enrolled, and the penalty continues to apply for as long as the individual is enrolled in Medicare medical services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4028
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Caribbean area
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Territories Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance Equality Act of 

2023

 
This bill makes certain income-based subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug benefit available to individuals who reside in Puerto Rico or another U.S. territory and are otherwise eligible. 
 
Current law makes such individuals ineligible for premium and cost-sharing subsidies, but establishes a process for U.S. territories to apply for financial assistance with respect to the provision of Medicare prescription drugs. The bill retains a process for U.S. territories to apply for such assistance, but alters the formula by which the amount of assistance is calculated. Specifically, the bill phases in modifications to the formula that more closely align how assistance is calculated for U.S. territories with how it is calculated for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Supply Chain Security Act

Bill: 118-hr-4029
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 
 
Supply Chain Security Act

 
This bill allows a taxpayer to make an election, without regard to specified Treasury regulations, for purposes of determining whether any Western Hemisphere tax is an income, war profits, or excess profits tax. A 
Western Hemisphere tax
 is any tax paid to any U.S. possession or any foreign country (other than Cuba or Venezuela) that is located in North, Central, or South America (including the West Indies).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
North Pacific Ocean Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4030
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

North Pacific Ocean Protection Act
 

of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in the following areas of the Outer Continental Shelf: the Washington/Oregon planning area, the Northern California planning area, or the Central California planning area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4031
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing or renewing a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Arctic Ocean, including the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Hydrogen Aviation Strategy Act

Bill: 118-hr-4032
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Motor fuels
Noise pollution
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Hydrogen Aviation Strategy Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to exercise leadership in the creation of federal and international policies relating to the safe and efficient use of hydrogen to increase aviation decarbonization and reduce air and noise pollution.
 
For example, the FAA and DOE must 
 
 
establish positions and goals for the use of hydrogen to increase aviation decarbonization; 
 
study (through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements) how the use of hydrogen would contribute to aviation decarbonization and air and noise pollution; 
 
study ways of accelerating the introduction of hydrogen-powered aircraft; and
 
establish an advisory committee composed of representatives of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the aerospace industry, aviation suppliers, hydrogen producers, airlines, airport sponsors, fixed base operators, and other stakeholders to advise the Department of Transportation, the FAA, and DOE on related activities.
 
 
The FAA must also exercise leadership in the creation of federal regulations, standards, and guidance relating to the safe and efficient use of hydrogen to increase aviation decarbonization and reduce air and noise pollution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Nutrition Administration Assistance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4033
Sponsor: Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social security and elderly assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Nutrition Administration Assistance Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes additional funding through FY2028 to pay administration costs incurred by states for certain Department of Agriculture programs. The bill specifically authorizes funding for administration costs incurred by 
 
 
state agencies to carry out the Commodity Supplemental Food Program,
 
states to carry out state plans under the Emergency Food Assistance Program, and
 
states to carry out the Seniors Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for wigs as durable medical equipment under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-4034
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 
This bill includes medically necessary cranial prostheses (e.g., wigs) as covered durable medical equipment under the Medicare program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4035
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Protecting Small Business Information Act of 2023

 
 This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to ensure all rules issued under the Corporate Transparency Act have the same effective date. Any final rules already issued must not take effect until all final rules under the act have been issued. The act requires companies to report beneficial ownership information (i.e., the identity of individuals behind a corporate entity) to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
Accountability through Confirmation Act

Bill: 118-hr-4036
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2023-06-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: 

Accountability through Confirmation Act 

 
This bill requires the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, rather than appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury as under current law. The bill also provides for the director's compensation rate under the Executive Schedule. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-06-12
text: Introduced in House