hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Physicians for Underserved Areas Act

Bill: 118-s-703
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee hiring
Health personnel
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Physicians for Underserved Areas Act

 
This bill modifies how a hospital's residency positions are redistributed after it closes for purposes of graduate medical education payments under Medicare.
 
Under current law, if a hospital with an approved medical residency program closes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must redistribute the hospital's residency positions to other hospitals in the following order: (1) hospitals in the same core-based statistical area as the closed hospital, (2) hospitals in the same state as the closed hospital, (3) hospitals in the same region of the country as the closed hospital, and (4) other remaining hospitals. In order to receive the additional positions, hospitals must demonstrate a likelihood of filling the positions within three years.
 
The bill removes the requirement that the CMS prioritize hospitals in the same region of the country as the closed hospital. It also requires hospitals to demonstrate a likelihood of (1) starting to use the positions within two years, and (2) filling the positions within five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
REDI Act

Bill: 118-s-704
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Resident Education Deferred Interest Act or the REDI Act

 
This bill allows borrowers in medical or dental internships or residency programs to defer student loan payments until the completion of their programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
SPARC Act

Bill: 118-s-705
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act or the SPARC Act

 
This bill establishes student loan repayment programs to support the provision of specialty medical care in rural areas.
 
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must carry out such a program for certain specialty medicine physicians who provide care in rural communities with shortages of such physicians. Physicians must agree to a period of obligated service and, for each year of such service, HRSA must pay one-sixth of the principal payment and interest on eligible loans up to a maximum cap of $250,000. Additionally, HRSA may carry out a similar loan repayment program for nonphysician specialty health care providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Ruby Mountains Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-706
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Land transfers
Mining
Nevada
Oil and gas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Ruby Mountains Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws 
 
 
approximately 309,272 acres of federal land and interests in identified land located in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Nevada from operation under the mineral leasing laws; and 
 
 approximately 39,926.10 acres of federal land and interests in identified land located in the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Nevada from operation under the mineral leasing laws, except the withdrawal shall not apply to noncommercial refuge management activities by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 
 

action_date: 2023-07-19
text: 

Ruby Mountains Protection Act

 
This bill withdraws certain National Forest System land and National Wildlife Refuge System land in Nevada from operation under the mineral leasing laws.
 
Specifically, the bill withdraws (1) approximately 309,272 acres of federal land and interests in identified land located in the Ruby Mountains subdistrict of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest; and (2) approximately 39,926.10 acres of federal land and interests in identified land located in the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, except the withdrawal is not applicable to noncommercial refuge management activities by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 139.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-65.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-65.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
AFTER Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-707
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2023 or the AFTER Act of 2023

 
This bill requires departments, agencies, or instrumentalities that operate federal research facilities or exhibit animals to promulgate regulations that facilitate and encourage the adoption of certain animals that are suitable for retirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S716)
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to improve outcomes for Medicaid beneficiaries with major depressive disorder or other mental health conditions.

Bill: 118-s-708
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Medicaid
Mental health
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance for state Medicaid programs on best practices to support individuals with major depressive disorder or other mental health conditions, including options that include pharmacogenetic testing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-710
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health care costs and insurance
Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits an employer from terminating an employee's health insurance coverage during certain labor disputes. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits an employer from terminating or altering the employer-provided health insurance coverage of an employee during the period that the employer is taking action to lock out, suspend, or otherwise withhold employment from the employee in order to influence the position of such employee or the representative of such employee in collective bargaining prior to a strike. It also prohibits an employer from terminating or altering such coverage during the period that an employee is engaged in a lawful strike. 
 
The bill establishes civil penalties for each violation of the prohibitions under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Working Dog Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 118-s-711
Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Service animals
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Working Dog Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue 50,000 $5 gold coins, 500,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins in commemoration of the service that working dogs provide to society.
 
The designs of the coins minted under this bill shall be emblematic of the contributions of working dogs to society, including in detection, military service, therapy, and assistance.
 
Treasury may issue coins only during the one-year period beginning on January 1, 2025.
 
All sales of coins shall include a surcharge, which shall be paid to America's VetDogs for general expenses associated with the fulfillment of its mission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Connected MOM Act

Bill: 118-s-712
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act or the Connected MOM Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report, and provide resources for states, on coverage of remote physiologic devices and related services (e.g., blood glucose monitors) under Medicaid, so as to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-05
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-05
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-05
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S6823-6824; text: CR S6823-6824)
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
No Early Release for Carjackers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-713
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

No Early Release for Carjackers Act of 2023

 
This bill makes an individual ineligible to receive good time credits to reduce a prison sentence that the individual is serving for a federal carjacking offense. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act

Bill: 118-s-714
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act

 
The bill establishes a framework to require legislation that increases or suspends the public debt limit to include spending reductions that are equal to or greater than the projected increase in debt that will occur under the legislation. The bill allows the spending reductions to be phased in over the period that includes the current and next 10 fiscal years. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of the Treasury to notify the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee when it determines that the federal government will reach the debt limit within 60 days without the implementation of extraordinary measures. The notification must also indicate when extraordinary measures may be necessary to prolong the funding of the federal government in the absence of a debt limit increase.
 
In addition, the bill requires any formal presidential request to increase the debt limit to include (1) the amount of the proposed increase, and (2) proposed legislation to reduce spending by an amount that is equal to or greater than the amount of the requested increase. 
 
Finally, the bill establishes budget points of order that may be raised in the House of Representative and the Senate against legislation that increases or suspends the debt limit and does not contain net spending reductions that are equal to or greater than the increase in the debt that will occur under the legislation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act

Bill: 118-s-715
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisers to provide an inflation estimate for each executive order that is projected to cause an annual gross budgetary or economic effect of at least $1 million. 
 
The estimate must determine whether the executive order will have 
 
 
no significant impact on inflation,
 
a quantifiable inflationary impact on the Consumer Price Index or the Producer Price Index, or
 
a significant impact on inflation that cannot be quantified at the time the estimate is prepared.
 
 
The estimate must also (1) incorporate the inflationary impact of the debt servicing costs associated with the executive order; and (2) take into account the spending patterns of military personnel and of residents of non-metropolitan areas, including rural areas and farm households.
 
The requirements do not apply to executive orders that (1) provide for emergency assistance or relief at the request of any state or local government or an official of the government, or (2) are necessary for national security or the ratification or implementation of international treaty obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Solving the Border Crisis Act

Bill: 118-s-716
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Solving the Border Crisis Act

 
This bill addresses immigration and border security issues, including by restarting construction of a border wall.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must resume all activities related to the construction of a border wall system along the U.S.-Mexico border that were planned or underway prior to January 20, 2021. 
 
Furthermore, this bill imposes limits on terminating the entry suspension policy known as Title 42. (Generally, Title 42 authorizes DHS to suspend the entry of certain non-U.S. nationals or imports on public health grounds. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, DHS used Title 42 to expel certain undocumented migrants without an opportunity to seek asylum.)
 
Under this bill, the COVID-19 Title 42 policy may not be terminated until at least 120 days after the Surgeon General notifies Congress that the COVID-19 emergency declaration has been terminated. 
 
The bill also nullifies an interim final rule that authorizes asylum officers to determine whether non-U.S. nationals encountered at the border have a credible fear of persecution for asylum purposes.
 
Furthermore, for an individual arriving by land from a neighboring country and not clearly admissible into the United States, DHS may send that individual to a safe third country.
 
DHS must ensure certain staffing levels for various agencies involved with immigration enforcement, including the U.S. Border Patrol.
 
The bill also (1) authorizes DHS to use certain mandatory fees for expenses related to detaining non-U.S. nationals, and (2) requires DHS to ensure that there is enough detention capacity to comply with mandatory detention requirements.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish the Federal Rainy Day Fund to control emergency spending.

Bill: 118-s-718
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 
This bill establishes a Federal Rainy Day Fund to fund emergency spending. Under the bill, an 
emergency 
 is any occasion or instance for which federal assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and capabilities to save lives and to protect property, public health, and safety or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States.
 
The bill authorizes annual appropriations to the fund that are equal to 2% of the previous year's nonemergency discretionary spending. 
 
In addition, the bill modifies or establishes various budget enforcement procedures to address spending from the fund. For example, the bill 
 
 
establishes a point of order to prohibit the fund from being used for nonemergency spending,
 
establishes a point of order against provisions that provide emergency spending from the general fund of the Treasury when unobligated funds are available in the rainy day fund, and 
 
repeals a provision that currently requires adjustments to discretionary spending limits to accommodate emergency spending. 
 
 
The bill also requires an affirmative vote of two-thirds (currently three-fifths) of the Senate to waive a budget point of order that is raised in the Senate against legislation because it would cause a committee's spending allocation to be exceeded. 
 
Finally, the bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the relationship between emergency, disaster, and wildfire spending, including any recommendations to modify the spending that qualifies as emergency spending. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Precision Agriculture Loan Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-719
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Precision Agriculture Loan Act of 202

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This bill establishes a loan program within the Farm Service Agency to assist agricultural producers in purchasing precision agriculture technology, such as geospatial mapping, data management and analytics software, and network connectivity products and solutions. 
 

Precision agriculture
 refers to managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time, at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
PRECISE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-720
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Producing Responsible Energy and Conservation Incentives and Solutions for the Environment Act of 2023 or the PRECISE Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill incorporates support for precision agriculture into various programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA). 
Precision agriculture
 refers to managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time, at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality. 
Precision agriculture technology 
includes any technology and equipment that directly contributes to a reduction in, or improved efficiency of, inputs used in crop or livestock production.
 
Specifically, the bill makes changes to eligibility criteria, administrative procedures, and other aspects of the Conservation Loan Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, and the Conservation Stewardship Program. These changes include allowing the programs to support the adoption of precision agriculture practices and acquisition of precision agriculture technologies.
 
In addition, the bill expands a program through which USDA makes and insures loans to for-profit and nonprofit organizations that invest in rural areas by allowing the loans to be used for precision agriculture practices.
 
 Also, USDA must emphasize the use of third-party providers when providing technical assistance on matters related to soil health for participants in certain USDA conservation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Homeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act

Bill: 118-s-721
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Homeowner Flood Insurance Transparency and Protection Act 

 
This bill allows National Flood Insurance Program policyholders to elect to pay premiums at the rate in effect prior to the implementation of Risk Rating 2.0. Risk Rating 2.0 bases premium rates on an individual property's specific flood risk instead of the flood risk of a general location and property type. 
 
Policyholders may elect to pay the previous rate until the Federal Emergency Management Agency performs several actions regarding Risk Rating 2.0, including 
 
 
publishing all data and methods used to calculate premium rates under Risk Rating 2.0, 
 
creating an online database where policyholders can see premium rates for their property using specified calculations, and
 
publishing an assessment of the economic and social impacts of Risk Rating 2.0.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Freedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act

Bill: 118-s-722
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Freedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act

 
This bill allows the use of funds in a qualified tuition program (commonly known as a 529 account) to pay for expenses associated with obtaining or maintaining recognized postsecondary credentials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate