hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
SAND Act

Bill: 118-hr-3410
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Employee hiring
Health personnel
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Sand Acquisition, Nourishment, and Development Act or the SAND Act
 
 
This bill allows the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to acquire fill material for beach erosion and nourishment purposes from non-domestic sources even if such materials are available from domestic sources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
PATH to College Act

Bill: 118-hr-3411
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Promoting Advancement Through Transit Help to College Act or the PATH to College Act

This bill authorizes Department of Transportation (DOT) grants for improving transit connections for students at institutions of higher education.

Specifically, grants must be used for projects such as (1) adding transit stops that serve campuses and connect to surrounding areas or other cities, (2) increasing the frequency of service or adjusting the transit time to allow students to get to and from their classes, or (3) providing for service operating costs. DOT may award the grants to partnerships of public transit providers and one or more community colleges, historically Black colleges and universities, tribal colleges and universities, or other minority-serving institutions. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3412
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Expanding Opportunities for Recovery Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to states to expand access to clinically appropriate services for opioid abuse or addiction. States must use these grants to provide up to 60 consecutive days of services to individuals who otherwise would not have access to substance abuse services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Borrowing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3414
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Responsible Borrowing Act of 

2023

 
This bill authorizes institutions of higher education (IHEs) to prorate or limit the amount of a Federal Direct Loan that an enrolled student may borrow for an academic year or in the aggregate.
 
The bill specifies the factors that an IHE may use to limit these loans. These factors include the average or median starting salary for typical occupations pursued by graduates of the program (or the median earnings of students who complete such program), the enrollment status of the student (i.e., full- or part-time enrollment), the credential level of the program (e.g., degree or certificate), and the year of the program for which the student is seeking the loan.
 
Upon request of a student whose loan has been prorated or limited, an IHE may increase the amount of the loan within otherwise applicable limits at the discretion of the IHE's financial aid administrator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3416
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to certain national youth-serving organizations for comprehensive workforce readiness programs that are provided to youth and take place before or after school, during summer vacation or a holiday, or on the weekend (i.e., out-of-school-time programs).
 
Such grants must be used to develop and implement nationwide youth workforce readiness programs, including for activities such as on-the-job training and leadership development opportunities, internships, and other supportive services.
 
The bill also requires local workforce development boards to establish youth councils as subgroups of the boards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act

Bill: 118-hr-3417
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Home and outpatient care
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Facilitating Accountability In Reimbursements Act or the FAIR Act

 
This bill requires health care providers to use separate, unique health identifiers when submitting a claim to a health insurance issuer for services provided at an off-campus outpatient department.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3418
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2023

 
This bill allows for the reporting of certain positive consumer-credit information to consumer reporting agencies. Specifically, a person or the Department of Housing and Urban Development may report information related to a consumer's performance in making payments either under a lease agreement for a dwelling or pursuant to a contract for a utility or telecommunications service. However, information about a consumer's usage of any utility or telecommunications service may be reported only to the extent that the information relates to payment by the consumer for such service or other terms of the provision of that service. Furthermore, an energy-utility firm may not report a consumer's outstanding balance as late if the firm and the consumer have entered into a payment plan and the consumer is meeting the obligations of that plan.
 
Specified provisions that establish civil liability with respect to furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies shall not apply to any violation of the bill.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the consumer impact of such reporting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3419
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Livestock
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

 Foreign Animal Disease Prevention, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Act of 2023

 
This bill provides additional funding for Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) animal disease prevention and management programs and reauthorizes the programs through FY2028.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes and provides additional funding for 
 
 
the National Animal Health Laboratory Network (a nationally coordinated network and partnership of federal, state, and university-associated animal health laboratories that provides animal health diagnostic testing to detect biological threats to the nation's food animals); 
 
the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program (which allows APHIS to partner with states, tribes, producer organizations, universities, and others to carry out projects that enhance local, regional, and national capabilities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to animal disease outbreaks); and
 
the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank (which allows the Department of Agriculture to stockpile animal vaccines and related products to use in the event of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease or other high-impact foreign animal diseases). 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
My Body, My Data Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3420
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Health information and medical records
Right of privacy
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Judiciary Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3422
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Judiciary Act of 2023

 
This bill increases from 9 to 13 the number of Justices on the Supreme Court. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Act

Bill: 118-hr-3423
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Safeguarding American Value-added Exports Act or the SAVE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to secure foreign markets for goods using common names.
 
In general, the bill defines 
common name
 as a name that USDA determines (1) is ordinarily or customarily used for an agricultural commodity or food product, (2) is typically placed on the packaging and product label of the agricultural commodity or food product, and (3) the use of which is consistent with standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. 
 
Specifically, USDA must coordinate efforts with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to secure the right of U.S. agricultural producers, processors, and exporters to use common names for agricultural commodities or food products in foreign markets. Through the negotiation of bilateral, plurilateral, or multilateral agreements, memoranda of understanding, or exchanges of letters, USDA and the USTR must assure the current and future use of each common name identified by USDA in connection with U.S. agricultural commodities or food products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3424
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ecology
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Forest Conservation Easement Program Act of 2023

 
This bill replaces the Healthy Forests Reserve Program (HFRP) with a new forest conservation easement program. Both the HFRP and the new program provide for the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase easements on private land for forest conservation purposes.
 
Under the new program, USDA must provide cost-share assistance to states, local governments, Indian tribes, or certain organizations for their purchase of forest conservation easements.
 
The bill also sets aside program funding to purchase easements from certain classes of landowner, including beginning forest landowners, socially disadvantaged forest landowners, and veteran forest landowners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Community College Agriculture Advancement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3425
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural education
Agricultural research
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Community College Agriculture Advancement Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make competitive grants to assist eligible entities in maintaining and expanding their capacity to conduct workforce training, education, research, and outreach activities related to agriculture and similar disciplines. An eligible entity includes a junior or community college, or a consortium or alliance of two-year public colleges, supporting agriculture advancement.
 
In awarding grants, USDA must give priority to entities coordinating with a local agriculture industry operator to provide experiential training and other opportunities for students.
 
Grant funds may be used to expand and maintain the capacity of the eligible entity, including through the purchase or other acquisition of equipment and other infrastructure, the professional growth and development of faculty, and the development of apprenticeships and other work-based learning opportunities.
 
An eligible entity may submit to USDA an application for designation and funding as a Center of Excellence for Agriculture Advancement. Funding received as a result of such a designation must be used to demonstrate agriculture best practices and to provide leadership in capacity building at a regional or national level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include expenses relating to membership in health care sharing ministries to qualify for the deduction for medical expenses, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-3426
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 
This bill includes expenses for membership in health care sharing ministries as tax-deductible medical expenses. (Health care sharing ministries are faith-based organizations with members who share a common set of ethical or religious beliefs and who contribute regular payments to cover the medical expenses of other members.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
Mono Lake Kutzadikaa Tribe Recognition Act

Bill: 118-hr-3427
Sponsor: Rep. Kiley, Kevin [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

Mono Lake Kutzadika&#7491 Tribe Recognition Act

 
This bill extends federal recognition to the Mono Lake Kutzadika&#7491 Tribe.
 
The bill makes the tribe and its members eligible for services and benefits provided to federally recognized tribes and their members, without regard to the existence of a reservation or the location of the residence of any member. The service area of the tribe is considered to be Mono and Inyo Counties, California.
 
In addition, the bill grants the tribe hunting and fishing rights on all federal lands within its aboriginal land area. 
 
Further, the tribe must submit a membership roll to the Department of the Interior as a condition of receiving recognition, services, and benefits. The tribe must maintain the membership roll.
 
Interior, upon the request of the tribe, must take into trust certain land in Mono County, California, for the benefit of the tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3428
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

United States Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act of 2023

 
This bill recognizes service as a member of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps between July 1, 1943, and December 31, 1948, as active duty service. The active duty designation entitles qualifying individuals to certain benefits afforded to veterans, such as burial benefits (not including interment or inurnment at Arlington National Cemetery) and honorary veteran status.
 
Under the bill, the Department of Defense (DOD) must issue individuals who served in the corps during the specified period a discharge from their service under honorable conditions if such a discharge is warranted based on the duration and nature of the service. 
 
Such individuals are not entitled to Department of Veterans Affairs benefits aside from those related to burials and memorials.
 
The bill also authorizes DOD to produce a service medal or other commendation, memorial plaque, or grave marker to honor the individuals. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
New Collar Jobs Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3429
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2023-05-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: 

New Collar Jobs Act of 202

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This bill provides incentives for cybersecurity education.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes an employee cybersecurity education tax credit for an employer who incurs costs for an employee who earns a certain cybersecurity certificate or degree. If a business claims such a credit, then federal agencies must award a score increase to each competitive proposal submitted by the business for a federal contract valued at more than $5 million.
 
In addition, the Department of Education must cancel eligible student loans for borrowers who have (1) made 36 consecutive monthly payments, and (2) held a cybersecurity job in an economically distressed area during at least 12 months of payments. 
 
Finally, the bill makes cybersecurity course instructors eligible for awards under the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-05-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Introduced in House