hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1941
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Indian social and development programs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Native American Rural Homeownership Improvement Act of 

2023

 
This bill provides statutory authority for a Department of Agriculture pilot program that provides direct loans to Native community development financial institutions to increase homeownership opportunities for tribal communities in rural areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Pay Less at the Pump Act

Bill: 118-s-1942
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Pay Less at the Pump Act

This bill eliminates the excise tax on domestic crude oil and imported petroleum products (known as the petroleum Superfund tax rate) beginning on January 1, 2023. The bill also eliminates the authority for advances to the Hazardous Substance Superfund from the General Fund of the Treasury.

Under current law, the petroleum Superfund tax rate imposed is 16.4 cents per barrel (indexed annually for inflation). Amounts collected from this tax are deposited into the Hazardous Substance Superfund, which finances the remediation of certain environmentally contaminated sites. 

Further, under current law, the authority for advances to be appropriated to the Hazardous Substance Superfund extends through 2032.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1943
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes policy on the preferred architecture of federal public buildings. For example, the bill establishes that (1) traditional and classical architecture is the preferred style for federal public buildings, and (2) classical architecture is the default and preferred style for federal public buildings in the District of Columbia.
 
The bill also establishes a Council on Improving Federal Civic Architecture to evaluate and advise the General Services Administration (GSA) on the design of new and existing federal public buildings. If GSA approves a design that diverges from preferred architecture, it must notify Congress and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
CERTS Tax Exemption Act

Bill: 118-s-1944
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 
 
CERTS Tax Exemption Act 

 
This bill excludes from the gross income of an eligible provider of transportation services, for income tax purposes, grant amounts received under the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1945
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Act of 2023 

 
This bill establishes the John Lewis Civil Rights Fellowship Program within the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program (commonly referred to as the Fulbright Program).
 
The fellowship program shall honor the legacy of Representative John Lewis and advance U.S. foreign policy priorities by promoting studies, research, and international exchange in the subject of nonviolent civil rights movements around the world.
 
The Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board shall annually select qualified individuals to serve as fellows in the fellowship program. The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs may determine the number of fellows for each year, with at least 25 fellows each year whenever feasible. Each fellow shall (1) work in an internship or research position with an approved organization in a country with an operational Fulbright U.S. Student Program, and (2) receive an award sufficient to cover the fellow's reasonable costs during the fellowship period and certain travel and lodging expenses related to the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Dependable Classification of Airports Act

Bill: 118-s-1946
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text:  

Dependable Classification of Airports Act

 
 This bill allows the owner or operator of a small hub airport that is designated as a medium hub airport to be treated as a small hub airport for a limited period with respect to laws and regulations. (A small hub airport handles 0.05% to 0.25% of the annual U.S. commercial passenger boardings; a medium hub airport handles 0.25% to 1%. Funding opportunities and legal requirements may vary depending on an airport's hub designation.)
 
Specifically, beginning with the fiscal year in which a small hub airport is designated as a medium hub airport, the owner or operator may elect to continue to be treated as a small hub airport for any period of up to five consecutive fiscal years. The bill applies to any small hub airport designated as a medium hub airport in FY2021 or later.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Methane Emissions Research Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1947
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Methane Emissions Research Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a methane research pilot study to quantify methane emissions from infrastructure used for the production, gathering and boosting, processing, transmission, and storage of oil and natural gas in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1948
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Health technology, devices, supplies
Low- and moderate-income housing
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act

Bill: 118-s-1949
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 
 
Why Does the IRS Need Guns Act

 
This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from using appropriated funds to purchase, receive, or store any firearm or ammunition. It also requires the IRS to transfer to the General Services Administration (GSA) any firearms or ammunition owned or under the control of the IRS. Within 30 days of such transfer, the GSA must initiate the sale or auction of any firearms to licensed dealers and the auction of any ammunition to the general public. 
 
The bill grants the Department of Justice authority over the administration and enforcement of criminal investigations with respect to the sale or transfer of firearms and ammunition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
TEST Act

Bill: 118-s-1950
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Temporary Emergency Scheduling and Testing of Fentanyl Analogues Act of 2023 or the TEST Act 

This bill provides for the rescheduling or removal from scheduling of certain fentanyl-related substances under the Controlled Substances Act.

Specifically, the bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to schedule, reschedule, or remove from scheduling fentanyl-related substances it has identified but not yet permanently scheduled within one year of the bill's enactment. The DEA must schedule, reschedule, or remove from scheduling any new fentanyl-related substances that it identifies after the bill's enactment within three years of identification. The DEA may temporarily schedule newly identified fentanyl-related substances under schedule I for up to three years. The bill provides for the rescheduling of fentanyl-related substances to lower schedules, or for their removal from scheduling altogether, based on appropriate scientific and medical evaluations from the Department of Health and Human Services. 

The bill also provides for expedited registrations to research schedule I controlled substances, including by allowing for the continuation and consolidation of research under a single registration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Veterans Affairs Income Eligibility Standardization Act

Bill: 118-s-1951
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Reserve Component Healthcare Access and Expansion Act

Bill: 118-s-1952
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1953
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Disaster Mitigation and Tax Parity Act of 2023

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any qualified catastrophe mitigation payment made under a state-based catastrophe loss mitigation program. A 
qualified catastrophe mitigation payment
 means any amount received for making improvements to an individual's property for the sole purpose of reducing the damage that would be done to such property by a windstorm, earthquake, or wildfire.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Whole Health for Veterans with Chronic Conditions Act

Bill: 118-s-1954
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Home and outpatient care
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-217.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act

Bill: 118-s-1955
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Lakes and rivers
Utah
Water use and supply

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 357.
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 118-166.
action_date: 2024-04-09
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 118-166.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
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: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-1956
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Business investment and capital
Buy American requirements
Economic development
Manufacturing
Public-private cooperation
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Invent Here, Make Here Act of 2023

This bill (1) modifies the licensing requirements with respect to inventions developed with federal funds, and (2) requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to coordinate with other agencies to support the domestic development of commercial products based on research conducted by federal agencies.

Generally, subject to individual waivers, the licensing for inventions developed with federal funds requires that the manufacture of products embodying or using such inventions occurs substantially in the United States. The bill (1) prohibits waivers of this requirement with respect to countries of concern (North Korea, China, Russia, Iran, or a country determined to be engaged in conduct detrimental to U.S. security), and (2) requires any such waiver to comply with the procedures established by the Made in America Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-04
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-03
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6787-6788; text: CR S6787-6788)
action_date: 2024-12-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 475.
action_date: 2024-08-01
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: 2024-08-01
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: 2024-07-31
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1957
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2023

 
This bill revises requirements for milk provided by the National School Lunch Program of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).
 
Currently, schools participating in the program must provide milk that is consistent with the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans; USDA regulations require milk to be fat-free or low-fat and allow milk to be flavored or unflavored. The bill modifies these restrictions and instead permits schools to offer students whole, reduced-fat, low-fat, and fat-free flavored and unflavored milk.
 
In addition, schools currently participating in the program must provide meals that meet certain nutrition requirements; USDA regulations require that the average saturated fat content of the meals offered must be less than 10% of the total calories. Under the bill, fluid milk is excluded from the saturated fat content calculation; milk fat included in any fluid milk provided by the program must not be considered saturated fat for the purposes of measuring compliance with USDA regulations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1958
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of Transportation
Energy efficiency and conservation
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023

 
This bill defines the standards that apply to sustainable aviation fuel at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
 
The FAA must issue or revise regulations as necessary to provide that the bill's definition of 
sustainable aviation fuel
 applies to (1) all aircraft flown to, from, or within the United States; and (2) all programs established, administered, or overseen by the FAA.
 
Under the bill, 
sustainable aviation fuel 
means liquid fuel, the portion of which is not kerosene, which (1) meets specific international standards, (2) is not derived from coprocessing specific materials (e.g., triglycerides) with a non-biomass feedstock, (3) is not derived from palm fatty acid distillates or petroleum, and (4) is certified as having a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction percentage of at least 50% compared with petroleum-based jet fuel (based on specific standards and agreements).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Jury ACCESS Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1959
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: 

Jury Access for Capable Citizens and Equality in Service Selection Act of 2023 or the Jury ACCESS Act of 2023

This bill prohibits the exclusion of individuals from jury service on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Respect Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1960
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Risk Assessment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1961
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
AAERO Act

Bill: 118-s-1962
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-06-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-13
text: Introduced in Senate
College for All Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1963
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2023-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: 

College for All Act of 

2023

 
This bill establishes measures to expand access to higher education, including by eliminating tuition and required fees for eligible students, revising the Federal Pell Grant program, and reauthorizing certain programs to assist students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
 
Specifically, the bill provides funding to enable states and tribal colleges and universities, through a federal-state partnership, to eliminate tuition and required fees for (1) all students at community colleges and two-year tribal colleges and universities, and (2) working- and middle-class students at four-year public institutions of higher education and tribal colleges and universities.
 
The bill provides funding to enable private, nonprofit historically Black colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions to eliminate tuition and required fees for eligible students.
 
The bill permanently reauthorizes and otherwise revises the Federal Pell Grant program by
 
 
providing funding to increase the maximum award for each eligible student,
 
increasing the duration limit for the use of Pell Grants,
 
allowing students to use their awards to cover living and nontuition expenses, and
 
expanding eligibility to Dreamer students (i.e., students who have been granted Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status and who entered the United States before the age of 16) and students with other immigration statuses. 
 
 
Further, the bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to eligible states and tribal colleges and universities for improving student outcomes.
 
The bill reauthorizes through FY2033 the Federal TRIO Programs and reauthorizes through FY2027 the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to abolish the Office of Financial Research.

Bill: 118-s-1964
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-06-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: 
This bill eliminates the Office of Financial Research, which provides financial data and analysis to support the Financial Stability Oversight Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Introduced in Senate