hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

Bill: 118-hr-1051
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for planning, constructing, or operating a repository of nuclear waste unless DOE has obtained consent from the state in which the repository is located, affected local governments, and Indian tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1052
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 
 
Uplifting First-Time Homebuyers Act of 2023 

 
This bill increases from $10,000 to $30,000 the maximum distribution amount from a tax-exempt pension plan allowed for a first-time home purchase without incurring a penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Housing Supply Expansion Act

Bill: 118-hr-1053
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Department of Labor
Executive agency funding and structure
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Housing Supply Expansion Act

 
This bill modifies the federal prevailing wage rates that apply to the construction of federally assisted housing and requires the Department of Labor to convene a working group to review its process for determining prevailing wage rates. 
 
 Specifically, the bill allows Labor to base the prevailing wage rates on rates in other geographic groupings (e.g., metropolitan statistical areas) besides civil subdivisions (e.g., counties) where the work is to be performed. The bill applies this modified methodology to public housing projects under various statutes. Additionally, the bill requires Labor to make no more than one wage rate determination for each project. The wage rate must be based on rates for residential construction (rather than rates for building construction or other categories).

 
In addition, Labor must establish a working group of federal agencies and industry stakeholders to review and recommend revisions to prevailing wage rates for residential construction and affordable housing projects. The working group must recommend, for example, whether units with more than four floors should be classified as residential for purposes of prevailing wage rates. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-1054
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Lawyers and legal services

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

EEOC Transparency and Accountability Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) vote on whether to commence, intervene, or otherwise participate in certain types of litigation, including cases involving issues in which the commission has taken a position that is contrary to the corresponding judicial precedent. (The EEOC adopted a similar resolution in January 2021.)
 
The commission must post information relating to such cases and associated votes on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Territorial Economic Recovery Act

Bill: 118-hr-1055
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: 

Territorial Economic Recovery Act

 
This bill restores the favorable tax treatment of investment in U.S. territories and possessions. It treats such investment as domestic rather than foreign investment and requires investors to have an active trade or business in a U.S. territory or possession with a certain percentage of income derived from such territory or possession. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To require the Comptroller General to conduct a study to assess certain environmental review processes with regard to offshore wind projects, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1056
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to assess the sufficiency of the environmental review processes of relevant federal agencies for offshore wind projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act

Bill: 118-hr-1057
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act

 
This bill prohibits the importation of any seafood from a foreign country unless the country complies with U.S. standards for seafood manufacturing, processing, and holding. Among other requirements, the bill requires an annual inspection of each foreign facility that exports seafood to the United States to ensure compliance with U.S. standards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1061
Sponsor: Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Missouri River
North Dakota
Public contracts and procurement
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 
This bill makes certain irrigation districts in North Dakota eligible to receive pumping power (i.e., hydropower) from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, subject to the terms and rates established by the Bureau of Reclamation. Under this bill, an irrigation district must enter into a contract with Reclamation to receive such pumping power.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
EQUAL Act

Bill: 118-hr-1062
Sponsor: Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law Act or the EQUAL Act

 
This bill eliminates the federal sentencing disparity between drug offenses involving crack cocaine and powder cocaine. 
 
Currently, different threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine (e.g., 28 grams of crack cocaine and 500 grams of powder cocaine) trigger the same statutory criminal penalties.
 
This bill eliminates the lower quantity thresholds for crack cocaine offenses. Under the bill, the same threshold quantities of crack cocaine and powder cocaine trigger the same statutory criminal penalties. 
 
The change applies to future cases and cases pending on the date of enactment. With respect to past cases, the bill authorizes resentencing of a defendant who was convicted or sentenced for a crack cocaine offense before the date of enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Nulhegan River and Paul Stream Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1063
Sponsor: Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Lakes and rivers
Vermont
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Nulhegan River and Paul Stream Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2023

 
This bill designates for study specified segments of the Nulhegan River and Paul Stream in Vermont for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Military Readiness Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1064
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Ensuring Military Readiness Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to prescribe regulations regarding military service by transgender individuals. 
 
The regulations must disqualify transgender individuals with a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria from military service, with some exceptions. (DOD has defined gender dysphoria as a marked incongruence between one's own experienced gender and assigned gender.)
 
The regulations must provide exceptions for such individuals if they have been
 
 
stable for 36 consecutive months in their biological sex prior to accession; or
 
diagnosed with gender dysphoria after entering into service and do not require a change of gender and remain deployable.
 
 
Under the regulations, members of the Armed Forces who have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria may continue to serve in their current gender and receive medically necessary treatment for gender dysphoria. However, such treatment may not include gender reassignment surgery or the commencement of hormone therapy.
 
Transgender individuals who require or have undergone gender transition are disqualified from military service.
 
Additionally, transgender individuals who do not have a history or diagnosis of gender dysphoria and are otherwise qualified for service may serve in the Armed Forces in their biological sex.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Outdoors for All Act

Bill: 118-hr-1065
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Outdoors for All Act
 
 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish an outdoor recreation legacy partnership grant program under which Interior may award grants to states, certain political subdivisions of a state, special purpose districts, Indian tribes, or Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian communities or organizations. 
 
Funds must be used for projects to (1) acquire land and water for parks and other outdoor recreation purposes in qualifying areas, and (2) develop new or renovate existing outdoor recreation facilities that provide outdoor recreation opportunities to the public in qualifying areas.
 

Qualifying area
 means
 
 
an urbanized area or urban cluster that has a population of 25,000 or more in the most recent census,
 
two or more adjacent urban clusters with a combined population of 25,000 or more in the most recent census, or 
 
an area that is administered by an Indian tribe or an Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian community organization.
 
 
Interior shall give priority to projects that 
 
 
create or significantly enhance access to park and recreational opportunities in an urban neighborhood or community,
 
engage and empower underserved communities and youth,
 
provide opportunities for employment or job training for youth or underserved communities,
 
establish or expand public-private partnerships, and
 
take advantage of coordination among various levels of government.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
CARING for Social Determinants Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1066
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Collecting and Analyzing Resources Integral and Necessary for Guidance for Social Determinants Act of 2023 or the CARING for Social Determinants Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to periodically update specified guidance to help states address social determinants of health (e.g., socioeconomic factors) under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
American Energy Act

Bill: 118-hr-1067
Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

American Energy Act

 
This bill sets forth requirements to extend terms for energy drilling permits and to limit the effect of civil actions concerning such permits. Specifically, the bill extends the terms for permits to drill issued under Section 17 of the Mineral Leasing Act from two years to four years.
 
The bill also requires the Department of the Interior to process an application for an oil or gas drilling permit or other authorizations under a valid existing lease regardless of any pending civil actions affecting the application or related lease.
 
It also addresses litigation concerning the environmental review of certain oil and gas lease sales held under the Mineral Leasing Act or the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act. A court may not vacate a lease sale nor otherwise limit, delay, or enjoin related lease activities unless the court concludes that (1) the lease will pose a risk of an imminent and substantial environmental harm, and (2) there is no other equitable remedy available.
 
In addition, no court may enjoin or issue any order preventing the award of leases to a bidder in a lease sale if Interior has previously opened bids for such leases or disclosed the high bidder for any tract that was included in such lease sale.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Securing America’s Critical Minerals Supply Act

Bill: 118-hr-1068
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Mining
Research and development
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States. 
 
As part of its duties, DOE must 
 
 
conduct ongoing assessments of the supply of critical energy resources,
 
strengthen the supply chains for those resources, 
 
develop substitutes and alternatives to those resources, 
 
improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources, and
 
evaluate how energy security is affected by the reliance of the United States on importing critical energy resources.
 

action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Securing America's Critical Minerals Supply Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to secure the supply of critical energy resources that are essential to the energy security of the United States.
 
As part of its duties, DOE must 
 
 
conduct ongoing assessments of the supply of critical energy resources,
 
strengthen the supply chains for those resources, 
 
develop substitutes and alternatives to those resources, 
 
improve technology that reuses and recycles critical energy resources, and
 
assess how energy security is affected by the reliance of the United States on the importation of critical energy resources.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 14.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-22.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-22.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 22.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8 .
action_date: 2023-02-28
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1069
Sponsor: Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to submit semiannual reports on the status of certain clean energy demonstration projects.

action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to submit and publish online semiannual reports on the status of certain clean energy demonstration projects. 

action_date: 2024-04-29
text: 

Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Energy to submit and publish online semiannual reports on the status of certain clean energy demonstration projects.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-30
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2651)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2651)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1069.
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2651-2652)
action_date: 2024-04-29
text: Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 172.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-212.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. H. Rept. 118-212.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House