hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Strengthening the Office of Tribal Relations Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2709
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Strengthening the Office of Tribal Relations Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes the position of Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Tribal Relations within the Department of Agriculture (USDA). This position may be responsible for (1) overseeing USDA's Office of Tribal Relations; (2) planning, coordinating, and implementing USDA's policies and programs serving Indian tribes and tribal organizations; (3) coordinating tribal programs and activities in all of USDA's offices and agencies; and (4) participating in negotiated rulemakings associated with USDA's tribal programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Chesapeake Bay Conservation Acceleration Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2710
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware
Department of Agriculture
District of Columbia
Farmland
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
New York State
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Water quality
Water use and supply
Watersheds
West Virginia

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Act

Bill: 118-s-2711
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Protecting Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence Act

This bill allows an abused spouse or child whose immigrant status is derived from another alien (the principal alien) to obtain immigrant status independent of the principal alien. Current law provides a path to immigrant status to abused individuals who derive their status from a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, but not to those who derive their status from another alien.

Such an abused spouse or child must be accompanying or following to join the principal alien and have been subject to battery or extreme cruelty by the principal alien. An abused individual with immigrant status shall receive employment authorization, be eligible for renewal or extension of status, and become an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under certain conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide funding for the deployment of Next Generation 9-1-1, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-2712
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 
This bill funds grants and other activities to support next generation 9-1-1 systems (i.e., interoperable, secure, Internet Protocol-based systems for receiving 9-1-1 requests for emergency assistance).
 
Specifically, the bill provides funding that is available through FY2030 to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for grants to state, tribal, and territorial organizations (or entities established by one or more of those organizations) to implement next generation 9-1-1 systems. The Inspector General of the Department of Commerce must conduct oversight related to the grants.
 
The bill also provides funding that is available through FY2032 for establishing (1) a center to coordinate with state, local, and regional governments about cybersecurity threats to next generation 9-1-1 systems and strategies to detect and prevent such threats; and (2) an advisory board to provide the NTIA with recommendations about next generation 9-1-1 activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Farmers Feeding America Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2713
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alaska
Emergency planning and evacuation
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Guam
Hawaii
Northern Mariana Islands
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Farmers Feeding America Act of 2023

This bill reauthorizes The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), increases funding for the program, and provides additional delivery options for geographically isolated states (i.e., Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam).

TEFAP is a federal program that helps supplement the diets of people with low income by providing them with emergency food assistance at no cost. Through TEFAP, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) purchases a variety of commodities and makes those food products (e.g., canned, frozen, dried, and fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, meat, dairy, and whole-grain and enriched grain products) available to state distributing agencies.

The bill increases funding for purchasing commodities under the program.

Further, the bill directs USDA to coordinate with geographically isolated states to (1) establish alternative delivery options for allocated commodities, and (2) allow for the states to order commodities through the USDA Department of Defense Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. 

USDA may also provide geographically isolated states the ability to directly purchase domestically grown food in lieu of receiving a portion of the commodities. Under this option, USDA may distribute as cash to the state up to 20% of the cash value of the commodities that are allocated to the state under TEFAP. 

Further, USDA may consider additional factors beyond lowest price in determining winning bids for contracts for fresh produce packages (including product variety and transportation distance). 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
CREATE AI Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-2714
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Employment and training programs
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Industrial policy and productivity
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Research and development
Science and engineering education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 721.
action_date: 2024-12-17
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: 2024-12-17
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: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Countering Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations in Cyberspace Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2715
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: 

Countering Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations in Cyberspace Act of 2023

This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to conduct cyber operations in consultation with Mexico to detect and monitor Mexican transnational criminal organizations engaged in illegal activities such as drug smuggling, human trafficking, or weapons trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act

Bill: 118-s-2716
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Hong Kong
Iran
Middle East
North Korea
Research administration and funding
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: 

Accountability in Foreign Animal Research Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from conducting or supporting research on vertebrate animals in a facility or through an entity that is affiliated with China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or another foreign country of concern.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 231 North Franklin Street in Greensburg, Indiana, as the "Brigadier General John T. Wilder Post Office".

Bill: 118-s-2717
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Indiana
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 231 North Franklin Street in Greensburg, Indiana, as the "Brigadier General John T. Wilder Post Office."
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: 
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 231 North Franklin Street in Greensburg, Indiana, as the 
Brigadier General John T. Wilder Post Office
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-04-26
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-04-25
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2993; text: CR S2993-2994)
action_date: 2024-04-23
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2993; text: CR S2993-2994)
action_date: 2024-02-06
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 322.
action_date: 2024-02-06
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-02-06
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Disability Exam Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2718
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
DOCTORS Act

Bill: 118-s-2719
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Accountability and Clarity in Contracts to Engage Small Suppliers and Small Businesses Act

Bill: 118-s-2720
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Disaster Responsibility Act

Bill: 118-s-2721
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Investing in Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2722
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: 

Investing in Tomorrow's Workforce Act of 202

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This bill directs the Department of Labor to award grants to eligible partnerships to support demonstration and pilot projects relating to the training needs of workers who are, or are likely to become, dislocated workers as a result of automation. Specifically, the bill expands training programs for such workers, including activities that prepare the individuals for occupations in the technology sector, authorizes the award of national dislocated worker grants to provide employment and training assistance to workers affected by advances in automation technology, and expands the funding authorization for national dislocated worker grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act

Bill: 118-s-2723
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: 

Modernizing Agricultural and Manufacturing Bonds Act

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to qualified small issue bonds for manufacturing purposes by expanding the definition of 
manufacturing facility
 to include a facility that (1) is used in the creation or production of intangible property; or (2) is functionally related, subordinate to, and located on the same site as a facility used in the manufacturing or production of tangible or intangible personal property. The bill also increases from $10 million to $30 million the maximum bond size limitation. 
 
The bill modifies requirements for private activity bond financing for first-time farmers. The modified provisions (1) increase from $450,000 to $1 million (adjusted annually for inflation) the amount of bond proceeds that may be used by a first-time farmer to acquire land for farming purposes, (2) repeal the separate dollar limitation on the use of bond proceeds for used farm equipment, and (3) revise the definition of 
substantial farmland
 to determine farm size by reference to the average (instead of median) size of a farm in the county in which the farm is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

Bill: 118-s-2724
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: 

Nationwide Right To Unionize Act

 
This bill authorizes labor agreements to require membership in a labor organization (i.e., union) as a condition of employment regardless of state law (thus preempting any state laws that prohibit such agreements).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to authorize the establishment of the US-ASEAN Center to support United States economic and cultural engagement with Southeast Asia.

Bill: 118-s-2725
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to enter into a public-private partnership to establish a U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) center in the United States to support U.S. economic and cultural engagement with Southeast Asia. 

The functions of the center include (1) providing grants for research to support and elevate the importance of the U.S.-ASEAN partnership, (2) expanding economic and technological relationships between the United States and ASEAN countries, and (3) developing educational programs to increase awareness of the importance of relations between the United States and ASEAN countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
CAMPUS Act

Bill: 118-s-2726
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-09-05 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: 

Countering Adversarial and Malicious Partnerships at Universities and Schools Act of 2023 or CAMPUS Act

This bill limits certain interactions with Chinese entities. Specifically, the bill

requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to identify institutions of higher education in China providing support to the People's Liberation Army;

prohibits the Department of Defense from providing research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) funds to entities that maintain contracts with such identified Chinese institutions of higher education;

prohibits the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency from granting eligibility to host or store classified information to those entities with an active research partnership with such identified Chinese institutions of higher education;

authorizes the Department of State to deny entry visas to students and employees of such identified Chinese institutions of higher education;

prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from providing funds for K-12 education to an elementary or secondary school that maintains a contract with entities in China;

prohibits federal RDT&E funds from being provided to an entity that maintains a contract with such identified Chinese institutions of higher education or a Chinese entity on the Entity List maintained by the Bureau of Industry and Security in the Department of Commerce; and

lowers the minimum amount of foreign gifts or contracts benefiting an institution of higher education that must be reported to ED by the institution.

The bill also authorizes ED to provide grants to K-12 schools and institutions of higher education to support Mandarin language instruction and Chinese cultural programming provided by certain Taiwanese entities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-09-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Advice and Consent Act

Bill: 118-s-2727
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing Waste in National Parks Act

Bill: 118-s-2728
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
End Shutdowns Act

Bill: 118-s-2729
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4230)
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2730
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: 

Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2023

This bill prohibits a creditor from extending credit to a consumer under an open end consumer credit plan (i.e., credit card) for which the fee and interest rate exceeds 36%. The bill also sets forth criminal penalties for violations and empowers state Attorneys General to enforce the bill.

Credit card billing statements must include the fee and interest rate, displayed as 
FAIR
, instead of the total finance charge expressed as an annual percentage rate (APR). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Educators Expense Deduction Modernization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2731
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2023-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: 

Educators Expense Deduction Modernization Act of 

2023

 
This bill increases from $300 to $1,000 the tax deduction for the expenses of eligible educators. An eligible educator is, with respect to any taxable year, an individual who is a K-12 teacher, instructor, counselor, principal, or aide in a school for at least 900 hours during a school year. The bill also requires the amount of the deduction to be adjusted annually for inflation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
End Gun Violence Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2732
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2023-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
PEER Support Act

Bill: 118-s-2733
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2023-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate
PAWS Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2734
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-09-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-06
text: Introduced in Senate