hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Endowment Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-2187
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Endowment Transparency Act

 
This bill requires certain actions regarding institutions of higher education (IHEs) and the management of their assets.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education to annually update the College Navigator website with information on the assets of IHEs, including information about investments with minority- or women-owned firms.
 
The bill also requires the Minority Business Development Agency to (1) report on recommended changes for substantially increasing the use of minority- or women-owned firms in the investment and bond transactions of IHEs, and (2) convene a conference every two years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2188
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
HIV/AIDS
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Life, casualty, property insurance
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Prescription drugs
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

PrEP Access and Coverage Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover prescription drugs that prevent HIV, including related screenings, diagnostic procedures, administrative fees, and clinical follow-ups, without any cost-sharing obligation for the plan holder. Further, insurance plans must not impose any preauthorization requirement for this coverage. These coverage requirements also apply to public health insurance programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits denying, limiting, or qualifying coverage or increasing premiums for disability insurance, long-term care insurance, or life insurance policies based on an individual taking medication for HIV prevention.
 
The bill further requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to states, or directly to eligible local organizations, to provide uninsured individuals and underinsured individuals access to prescription drugs and related services that prevent HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also must develop a public awareness campaign that focuses efforts in communities with a high need for HIV prevention treatment.
 
HHS, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Treasury must enforce and report on private insurers' compliance with the bill's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Executive Branch Emissions Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-2189
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Executive Branch Emissions Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to establish and maintain a publicly accessible and searchable database of fossil fuel-powered travel by the President, the Vice President, and political appointees where such travel is on official business or paid for by a third party if the individual is appearing in their official capacity.
 
The bill makes an exception where publishing on the database could be deemed a national security risk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2191
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Medical education
Medical research
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act of 2023

 
This bill requires certain entities that acquire human bodies and sell for profit a whole human body or human body part to register with the Department of Health and Human Services.
 
Registered entities must comply with record-keeping, labeling, packaging, and disposition requirements.
 
The registration and related requirements do not apply to
 
 
the Organ Transplantation Network (a public-private partnership that links the professionals involved in the U.S. donation and transplantation system) or its members;
 
the preparation, transportation, and final disposition of human bodies or body parts by funeral service professionals; and
 
schools of medicine, dentistry, and mortuary science and other research and training entities that do not sell whole human bodies or body parts for profit.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Georgia Citrus Development Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2192
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Georgia Citrus Development Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the membership of the Citrus Disease Subcommittee of the Department of Agriculture's Specialty Crop Committee and reauthorizes the subcommittee through FY2028. Specifically, the bill increases the subcommittee membership (domestic producers of citrus in a state) to 12 members and requires one of the members to represent Georgia.
 
Currently, the subcommittee must include 11 members, with 5 members representing Arizona or California, 5 representing Florida, and 1 member representing Texas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Fly PETS Act

Bill: 118-s-2193
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Equity in Pretrial Health Coverage Act

Bill: 118-s-2194
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Equity in Pretrial Health Coverage Act

 
This bill allows an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending disposition of charges (i.e., pretrial detainees) to receive health care benefits through Medicare, Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2195
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2023 

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 a diesel emissions reduction program under which the Environmental Protection Agency provides grants, rebates, or loans for replacing diesel engines or retrofitting the engines with pollution control technologies. 

action_date: 2023-07-26
text: 

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2023 

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 a diesel emissions reduction program under which the Environmental Protection Agency provides grants, rebates, or loans for replacing diesel engines or retrofitting the engines with pollution control technologies. 

action_date: 2024-05-08
text:  

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2023 

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 a diesel emissions reduction program under which the Environmental Protection Agency provides grants, rebates, or loans for replacing diesel engines or retrofitting the engines with pollution control technologies. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-10
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-05-10
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-05-09
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-05-08
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3626; text: CR S3626)
action_date: 2024-05-08
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3626; text: CR S3626)
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: By Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 118-100.
action_date: 2023-09-29
text: By Senator Carper from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 118-100.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 178.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Carper without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Work Without Worry Act

Bill: 118-s-2196
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child health
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Work Without Worry Act

 
This bill modifies eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits for individuals who have a disability that began before age 22.
 
Under current law, these individuals may obtain SSDI benefits based on the work record of a retired, disabled, or deceased parent. However, an individual with earnings after age 22 that exceed a specified monetary limit (i.e., constitute substantial gainful activity) permanently loses eligibility for such benefits.
 
This bill allows individuals to retain eligibility for such benefits regardless of the amount of earnings after age 22. Additionally, individuals who apply for SSDI benefits on a parent's record and also independently qualify for Social Security benefits on their own record will receive the larger of the two benefit amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2233; text: CR S2233-2234)
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Military Voters Act

Bill: 118-s-2197
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government studies and investigations
Military personnel and dependents
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Supporting Military Voters Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study and report on access to voting for uniformed services voters.
 
Specifically, the GAO must
 
 
analyze the effectiveness of the federal government in carrying out the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to promote access to voting for absent uniformed services voters, and
 
study ways to improve access to voter registration information and assistance for members of the Armed Forces and their family members.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Prescription Drug Supply Chain Pricing Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-2198
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Pollinator-Friendly Plant Labeling Act

Bill: 118-s-2199
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Pollinator-Friendly Plant Labeling Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a voluntary pollinator-friendly plant labeling and certification program.
 
Specifically, a producer (i.e., a nursery or farmer growing a plant or cultivating a seed for sale) may submit an application to USDA for approval to sell or label a plant as a 
USDA pollinator-friendly
 plant. To qualify, a plant must (1) be living; (2) have a Natural Resources Conservation Service determination that it is native to the United States and known to be beneficial to pollinators (including providing habitat and forage for pollinators); and (3) be produced without any pesticide or substance prohibited from being used in the production or handling of organic products under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. 
 
USDA must approve an application for certification if the producer meets the requirements and has been third-party certified. 
 
 Further, a plant labeled as 
 USDA pollinator-friendly 
must comply with additional labeling requirements (e.g., include the name of the plant producer and an instruction specifying that distributors and retailers are not permitted to apply any pesticide product to the plant).
 
The bill also provides for USDA investigation and enforcement authority. Any person who knowingly mislabels a plant as 
USDA pollinator-friendly
 is subject to a civil penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
PARTNERS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2200
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text:  

Promoting Apprenticeships through Regional Training Networks for Employers Required Skills Act of 2023 or the PARTNERS Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a grant program to promote registered apprenticeships and on-the-job training programs for small and medium-sized businesses within in-demand industry sectors, through the establishment and support of eligible partnerships.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
American Cybersecurity Literacy Act

Bill: 118-s-2201
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

American Cybersecurity Literacy Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to develop and conduct a cybersecurity literacy campaign to increase knowledge and awareness of best practices to reduce cybersecurity risks.

action_date: 2023-12-13
text: 

American Cybersecurity Literacy Act

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop and conduct a cybersecurity literacy campaign to increase knowledge and awareness of best practices to reduce cybersecurity risks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 291.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
RAIN Act

Bill: 118-s-2202
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Infrastructure development
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2234-2235)
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
ARROW Act

Bill: 118-s-2203
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Atmospheric Rivers Reconnaissance, Observation, and Warning Act or the ARROW Act

 
This bill requires the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron of the Air Force Reserve Command and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide aircraft, personnel, and equipment to meet the mission requirements for winter season atmospheric river reconnaissance on the U.S. west coast annually from November 1 through March 31. Among other activities, the squadron must improve the accuracy and timeliness of atmospheric river forecasts and warning services on the west coast.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2235-2236)
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Manufactured Housing Tenant’s Bill of Rights Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2204
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Manufactured Housing Tenant's Bill of Rights Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires manufactured housing communities and home parks to meet minimum consumer protections to be eligible for certain federally-backed loans for the construction, substantial rehabilitation, or purchase of these communities. Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is prohibited from insuring such a loan, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are prohibited from purchasing such a loan, unless a borrower provides specified tenant protections, including 
 
 
one-year renewable lease terms, unless there is good cause for nonrenewal; 
 
at least a 60-day advance notice of any increase in rent, or of a sale or closure of the community; 
 
a five-day grace period for rent payments; and
 
a right for a tenant to sell a manufactured home within a reasonable time period after eviction.
 
 
The bill sets forth penalties for violations of these protections.
 
The bill also establishes the Manufactured Home Company Lending Standards Commission to propose additional consumer protection standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
ISLET Act

Bill: 118-s-2205
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Increase Support for Life-saving Endocrine Transplantation Act or the ISLET Act

This bill removes pancreatic islets that are donated from human cadavers from regulation as a drug or biological product by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). (Islets are groups of cells, including those that make insulin, in the pancreas, and islet transplantation is an experimental treatment for certain conditions, such as type 1 diabetes.)

Current FDA guidance treats pancreatic islets as a biological product, which makes them subject to the biological license application process and related standards for manufacturing practices, safety, identity, purity, and potency.

The bill, instead, treats human cadaveric islets as organs, which makes them subject to the regulatory framework that governs the allocation, safety, and efficacy of organ donation and transplantation. That framework, developed by the Health Resources and Services Administration, is carried out by contract through the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. (The network is a public-private partnership that links the professionals involved in the U.S. donation and transplantation system.)

Specifically, the bill defines human cadaveric islets as organs and excludes them from definitions related to the regulation of drugs and biological products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding the Surety Bond Program Act

Bill: 118-s-2206
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Access to Family Planning Act

Bill: 118-s-2207
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Adoption and foster care
Family planning and birth control
Health facilities and institutions
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Expanding Access to Family Planning Act

 
This bill provides, subject to specified conditions, funding through FY2033 for federally funded family planning services and clinics.
 
In particular, the funds must be used for (1) grants and contracts that support the provision of family planning services, and (2) clinic infrastructure (e.g., construction and renovation of clinics).
 
Clinics that receive funding to provide family planning services must offer each patient with a positive pregnancy test the opportunity for nondirective counseling on (1) prenatal care and delivery; (2) infant care, foster care, and adoption; and (3) pregnancy termination. This counseling must include referrals if requested by a patient.
 
Additionally, if a funding recipient makes subawards for the provision of family planning services, the recipient may not prohibit an entity from participating in a subaward program for reasons other than the entity's inability to provide family planning services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate