hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Dairy Pricing Opportunity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1756
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Dairy Pricing Opportunity Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to hold national hearings to review Federal Milk Marketing Orders. (USDA uses these orders to establish a minimum price for various classes of milk.) The hearings must include the review of proposals from producers and the dairy industry on the price of Class I skim milk. 
 
The bill also requires manufacturers to report cost and yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to USDA's Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, every two years, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act

Bill: 118-hr-1757
Sponsor: Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act

 
This bill expands loan forgiveness for educators by revising the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program. The program provides loan forgiveness (up to $17,500) for teachers who are highly qualified, teach full-time in a low-income elementary or secondary school or educational service agency, and complete five years of consecutive service.
 
Specifically, the bill renames the program as the Educator Loan Forgiveness Programs.
 
Additionally, the bill expands the program by making additional loan types eligible for benefits under the program (e.g., parent PLUS loans).
 
Further, the bill expands program eligibility to early childhood educators and program directors serving in early childhood education programs and school leaders serving in public high-need schools.
 
The bill requires the Department of Education to
 
 
make monthly student loan payments on behalf of the educator during qualifying service (i.e., employment as a full-time qualifying educator in a high-need school or an early childhood education program), 
 
provide complete loan forgiveness after five years of qualifying service, and
 
take steps to notify borrowers about changes to the program. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
SIFT Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1758
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Stopping Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act of 2023 or the SIFT Act of 2023

 
This bill permanently adds five fentanyl analogues and the entire category of fentanyl-related substances to schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
 
Fentanyl-related substances are currently regulated under schedule I through a temporary order issued by the Drug Enforcement Administration. The temporary order expires on December 31, 2024.
 
The bill also creates a process to remove from schedule I certain fentanyl-related substances that do not have a high potential for abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Economic Impact of Tolling Act

Bill: 118-hr-1759
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Economic Impact of Tolling Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Transportation from implementing a congestion pricing program for any toll road, bridge, or tunnel until an economic impact analysis is completed and made available to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
To extend the admission to Guam or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for certain nonimmigrant H-2B workers.

Bill: 118-hr-1760
Sponsor: Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 
This bill extends a provision that removes numerical limits for visas for certain temporary nonagricultural workers working on Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands. 
 
Under this bill, the provision shall apply to qualifying H-2B visa holders who are admitted into Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands before December 31, 2029, whereas currently the provision applies to H-2B visa holders admitted before December 31, 2024.
 
(The provision exempts qualifying H-2B visa holders from the annual numerical limit on such visas. Generally, this exemption applies to H-2B workers performing labor (1) related to construction or facility services associated with the military alignment occurring on Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands; or (2) as a health care worker at a facility that jointly serves Armed Forces members, dependents, and civilians on Guam or the Northern Mariana Islands.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1761
Sponsor: Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill raises the mandatory retirement age for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations from 65 to 67 years of age, unless the operation takes place in (1) the territorial airspace of a foreign county where such operations are prohibited by the foreign country, or (2) international airspace where such operations are not in compliance with the Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. 
 
The Federal Aviation Administration must also submit a report to Congress on further increasing the age limitation for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Northwest Energy Security Act

Bill: 118-hr-1762
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Idaho
Lakes and rivers
Montana
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Northwest Energy Security Act

 
This bill requires Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) operations to be consistent with a specified decision. The system includes dams in the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest.
 
 Specifically, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must operate the FCRPS consistent with the Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision dated September 2020. The preferred alternative outlined in that decision would allow specified dams in the lower Snake River to remain in place.
 
The decision may be amended if each agency determines that (1) changes are necessary for public safety or electrical grid reliability, or (2) certain requirements in the decision are no longer necessary.
 
Further, the bill requires statutory authorization for any structural modification, action, study, or engineering plan that (1) restricts FCRPS hydroelectric dam generation; or (2) limits navigation on the Snake River in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Military Family Nutrition Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1763
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Military Family Nutrition Act of 2023

 
This bill excludes military housing allowances from income when determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Military Food Security Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1764
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Military Food Security Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies how gross household income is calculated for purposes of determining a servicemember's eligibility for a basic needs allowance (i.e., a supplemental monthly payment for basic needs) from the military department concerned. Under the bill, gross household income is calculated by subtracting the basic housing allowance paid to any servicemember from their household income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1765
Sponsor: Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

SNAP Benefits Fairness Act of 2023

 
This bill repeals the shelter deduction cap for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit, thereby allowing a household to deduct all allowable housing expenses (e.g., rent or mortgage, electricity, and water costs) that exceed 50% of a household's income after other deductions when calculating net income to determine SNAP benefits.
 
Under current law, the shelter deduction is capped (unless at least one household member is an elderly or disabled individual), and the cap is adjusted annually for inflation. In FY2023, the shelter deduction was capped at $624 for households in the contiguous 48 states and the District of Columbia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. McIver asked unanimous consent that she may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 1765, a bill originally introduced by Representative Payne, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-04-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
SITE Act

Bill: 118-hr-1766
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Streamlining Interstate Transmission of Electricity Act or the SITE Act

 
This bill establishes a process for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to authorize the construction, modification, and operation of interstate electric transmission facilities, including by exercising the right of eminent domain (the right of the government to take private property for public use).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
NIH Reform Act

Bill: 118-hr-1768
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allergies
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

NIH Reform Act

 
This bill separates the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) into three separate institutes: the National Institute of Allergic Diseases, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and the National Institute of Immunologic Diseases.
 
The bill also requires that the President appoint the directors of the new institutes (under current law, the Director of NIAID is appointed by the Director of the National Institutes of Health). It further requires that the Senate confirm the appointment of the directors of the new institutes and the National Cancer Institute.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Freedom Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1769
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Healthcare Freedom Act of 2023

 
This bill expands the availability of health savings accounts. It renames such accounts as 
health freedom accounts
 and allows all individuals to receive increased tax deductions for contributions to such accounts. The term 
qualified medical expenses
 is expanded to include costs associated with direct primary care, health care sharing ministries, and medical cost sharing organizations. 
 
The bill also excludes employer contributions to health freedom accounts from employee gross income for income tax purposes. This exclusion applies to employees hired on or after the fifth year after the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

Bill: 118-hr-1770
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act

 
This bill expands Medicare coverage to permanently include services provided by a pharmacist, including incidental services and supplies, related to testing, vaccines, and treatment for COVID-19, influenza, and certain other illnesses.
 
Specifically, the bill provides for continued coverage of pharmacist services relating to evaluation and management of patients for testing and treatment for COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat), as well as vaccines for pneumococcal disease, COVID-19, influenza, or hepatitis B. It also generally provides for coverage of pharmacist services during a public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-23
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: 2023-03-23
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: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

Bill: 118-hr-1771
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 
 

Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act 

 
This bill increases criminal penalties and authorizes additional civil remedies for intentionally damaging or destroying property that is a place of religious worship or a facility that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services. The bill also increases the mandatory minimum prison term for maliciously damaging or destroying, by means of fire or explosives, a building that is a place of religious worship or a facility that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
WHEELChairs on Airplanes Act

Bill: 118-hr-1772
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Working to Help Ensure Equity for Lithium-ion-powered Chairs on Airplanes Act or the WHEELChairs on Airplanes Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct an annual survey of all air carriers and foreign air carriers to compile each of their policies regarding lithium-ion battery-powered wheelchairs and mobility aids and determine whether any of the policies are more restrictive than FAA safety standards.
 
The bill requires air carriers with more restrictive policies than the FAA and those that do not have a policy in effect to update their policies. The FAA must assess a civil penalty for any policy of the air carrier that remains noncompliant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act

Bill: 118-hr-1773
Sponsor: Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2023-03-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: 

Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act 

 
This bill restricts the inclusion of medical debt on a consumer credit report. 
 
A consumer reporting agency is prohibited from including on a consumer credit report, and a person is prohibited from reporting to such agency (1) medical debt arising from a medically necessary procedure, or (2) other medical debt less than a year old. 
 
A person reporting medical debt to a consumer reporting agency must first provide notice to that consumer regarding the restrictions on including medical debt on credit reports. 
 
Furthermore, a debt collector is prohibited from collecting a medical debt less than two years old.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1333)
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-23
text: Introduced in House
VA Emergency Transportation Act

Bill: 118-hr-1774
Sponsor: Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Motor vehicles
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: 

VA Emergency Transportation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse a veteran for the reasonable value of emergency transportation by a non-VA provider (1) to a facility for emergency treatment, or (2) from a non-VA facility where the veteran was treated to a VA or other federal facility for additional care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Introduced in House