hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Preventing Overdoses with Test Strips Act

Bill: 118-s-2976
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Increase America’s Research Capacity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2977
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: 

Increase America&rsquo;s Research Capacity Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report on the institutional challenges and barriers that hinder historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from achieving, and the feasibility of HBCUs achieving, classification as an R1 institution. 
R1 institution
 means an institution classified as an R1 doctoral university according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education framework.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
NEWBORN Act

Bill: 118-s-2978
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: 

Nationally Enhancing the Well-being of Babies through Outreach and Research Now Act or the NEWBORN Act

 
This bill establishes a pilot program through which the Health Resources and Services Administration must award grants to territorial, tribal, state, and local health departments in areas with the highest rates of infant mortality to address birth defects, premature births, and other leading causes of infant death. Funds may be used for needs assessments, outreach, and systems to improve social, educational, and clinical services, including prenatal counseling and postpartum care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
India Shrimp Tariff Act

Bill: 118-s-2979
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: 

India Shrimp Tariff Act

This bill addresses shrimp imports from India, including by phasing in an increased rate of duty for shrimp and prawns originating from India.

Specifically, the bill requires the general rate of duty for shrimp and prawns originating from India to be (1) 10% for 2024, (2) 20% for 2025, and (2) 40% for 2026 and after. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative must take the necessary steps to modify the Schedule of Concessions to accommodate the increase in the rate of duty applicable under this bill. (Each World Trade Organization member country has its own Schedule of Concessions on goods. These schedules are legal instruments that describe the treatment a member country must provide to the trade of other members.)

Additionally, the bill eliminates the exemption of cooked shrimp and crawfish (both cooked whole and in sections) from country-of-origin labeling (COOL) requirements. (COOL is a labeling law that requires retailers, such as full-line grocery stores, supermarkets, and club warehouse stores, to notify their customers of information regarding the source of certain foods.) Further, the Department of Agriculture must modify its regulations to ensure that these cooked products are not considered processed food items.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
PIPE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2980
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
IRS Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-2981
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Targeting Online Sales of Fentanyl Act

Bill: 118-s-2982
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Schools Not Shelters Act

Bill: 118-s-2983
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: 

Schools Not Shelters Act

This bill denies federal funds to schools providing emergency shelter or housing to certain non-U.S. nationals (
aliens 
under federal law), subject to exceptions.

Under the bill, primary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education are ineligible for federal funds if they provide emergency shelter or housing exclusively to non-U.S. nationals under the order of state, local, or federal government. The bill excepts short-term (72 hours or less) emergency shelter made necessary by qualifying disasters. 

Federal funds denied by the bill include grants, loans, loan guarantees, and property, but not certain reimbursements for services rendered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2984
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Youth Voting Rights Act

Bill: 118-s-2985
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: 

Youth Voting Rights Act

 
This bill expands voting access for youth.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a private right of action to enforce the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, which prohibits denying or abridging the right to vote based on age. Further, the bill authorizes the Department of Justice to enforce the Twenty-Sixth Amendment against age-based restrictions for voting by mail.
 
Additionally, the bill directs each state to
 
 
designate as voter registration agencies all offices within public institutions of higher education (IHEs) that provide assistance to students, 
 
implement a preregistration process to allow minors who are 16 years or older to register to vote in federal elections that take place when or after the preregistered individual turns age 18, and 
 
ensure the availability of polling places on campuses of IHEs (with the availability of waivers). 

 
The bill prohibits durational residency requirements for voting in all federal elections. Currently, this prohibition applies only to voting for the offices of President and Vice President. 
 
States and local jurisdictions with voter identification requirements must treat IHE-issued student identification cards as voter identification.
 
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must make grants to states to increase the involvement of individuals under age 18 in public election activities. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on trends related to voter registration, absentee voting, and provisional voting. The EAC must also collect and make publicly available certain data from states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
WHALE Act

Bill: 118-s-2986
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Biorefinery Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2987
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Alternative and renewable resources
Chemistry
Energy efficiency and conservation
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Motor fuels
Research and development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2988
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: 

Green New Deal for Public Schools Act of 

2023

 
This bill provides funding for environmental and educational resources for public elementary and secondary schools and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to provide climate capital facilities grants to eligible entities (e.g., public schools and BIE schools). Grant recipients must use these funds to construct new, or convert existing facilities into, healthy zero-carbon schools. 
Healthy zero-carbon school
 refers to a school with highly energy-efficient facilities that produce or procure sufficient carbon-free and pollution-free renewable energy to meet the school's needs.
 
The bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award resource block grants to qualified local educational agencies (LEAs) to hire and retain educators and staff in high-need schools.
 
ED must award grants to eligible consortia of LEAs for educational equity planning and implementation. 
 
ED must establish the Climate Change Resiliency Program to increase the resiliency of public and BIE schools during climate change-related events, natural disasters, and public health crises. Further, ED must establish a related grant program for state educational agencies. Grant recipients must use these funds for certain activities (e.g., green infrastructure projects).
 
The bill establishes the Office of Sustainable Schools within ED to (1) administer the resource block grant and educational equity grant programs, and (2) coordinate with specified agencies and the White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy on climate capital facilities grants and the Climate Change Resiliency Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Nordic Trader and Investor Parity Act

Bill: 118-s-2989
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness Establishment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2990
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
America’s Revegetation and Carbon Sequestration Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-2991
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Animal and plant health
Building construction
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Environmental technology
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Hawaii
Horticulture and plants
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Mining
Pest management
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations
Technology transfer and commercialization
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 594.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Ag Disputes Act

Bill: 118-s-2992
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: 

Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act or the Ag Disputes Act

This bill establishes a joint task force to identify and address trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports.

Specifically, the bill directs the President to establish the Agricultural Trade Enforcement Task Force. Members of this task force include employees of the Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

The bill requires the task force to (1) identify trade barriers to U.S. agricultural exports that are vulnerable to dispute settlement under the World Trade Organization (WTO) or other trade agreements to which the United States is a party, (2) develop and implement a strategy for enforcing violations of trade agreements related to those trade barriers, (3) identify like-minded trading partners that could act as complainants on disputes relating to specific trade barriers that are systemically or economically important to the United States, and (4) submit periodic reports to Congress.

In its first report, the task force must include a plan for filing a request for consultations under the WTO with respect to agricultural price supports implemented by the Indian government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Excellence in Mental Health Act

Bill: 118-s-2993
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2994
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: 

Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2023

This bill establishes a new investment tax credit in the amount of 30% of the basis of any hydropower improvement property.

The bill defines 
hydropower improvement property
 as property that

adds or improves fish passage at a qualified dam;

maintains or improves the quality of the water retained or released by a qualified dam;

promotes downstream sediment transport and habitat maintenance;

upgrades, repairs, or reconstructs a qualified dam to meet safety and security standards;

improves public uses of, and access to, public waterways impacted by a qualified dam;

removes an obsolete river obstruction; or

places into service an approved remote dam.

Further, written approval for hydropower improvement property must be obtained from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or state or local officials prior to January 1, 2032.

The bill also allows an election to claim the investment tax credit for qualified progress expenses for some types of hydropower improvement property in advance of such property being placed into service. Any investment tax credit amount claimed for qualified progress expenses reduces the amount of the investment tax credit that may be claimed once the hydropower improvement property is placed into service. 

The bill authorizes certain entities, including tax-exempt and governmental entities, to treat the investment tax credit for hydropower improvement property as a payment of tax and receive a refund of any overpayment (also known as elective pay). 

Finally, the investment tax credit for hydropower improvement property may be transferred (i.e., sold).

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Taiwan International Solidarity Act

Bill: 118-s-2995
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-09-28 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: 

Taiwan International Solidarity Act

This bill requires the Department of State to annually report to Congress on efforts by China to undermine Taiwan's participation in international organizations or Taiwan's relationships with other countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-09-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2996
Sponsor: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Government lending and loan guarantees
Rural conditions and development
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: 

Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and revises the Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program (RMAP). This Department of Agriculture program provides loans to eligible microenterprise development organizations to capitalize revolving loan funds that provide loans to qualified rural microenterprises. 

The bill increases the amount a rural microenterprise may borrow to up to $75,000 (from up to $50,000).

The bill also increases the maximum allowable federal cost share to 100% (from 75%). The bill further specifies that a RMAP project loan may not be used to cover more than 50% of any demolition, construction, or related costs of real estate improvements.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 40, United States Code, to increase the mileage of the Appalachian Development Highway System to provide for improvements to and expansion of Corridor K in North Carolina, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-2997
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Infrastructure development
North Carolina
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: 
This bill increases the mileage of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) from 3,090 miles to 3,105 miles to provide for improvements to and expansion of Corridor K in North Carolina. (The ADHS is a system of designated corridors and roadways within the 13 states that make up the Appalachian Region which is eligible for federal highway funds and intended to contribute to the region's economic development. Corridor K is one of the designated corridors in the ADHS.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Land-Grant Research Equity and Accountability Act

Bill: 118-s-2998
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural research
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Higher education
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Keep Our Border Agents Paid Act

Bill: 118-s-2999
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate