hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
RETIREES FIRST Act

Bill: 118-s-5603
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
SEMI Investment Act

Bill: 118-s-5604
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Rescuing Every Contributor from Unwanted Recurrences (RECUR) Act

Bill: 118-s-5605
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Campaign Finance Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-5606
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Historic Tax Credit Improvement Act

Bill: 118-s-5607
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5608
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Electoral Exchange Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5609
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Invest in Our Democracy Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5610
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
SHIPS for America Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5611
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Prior Authorization Relief Act

Bill: 118-s-5612
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Diagnosis in Medicine Act of 2022

Bill: 118-s-5613
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
DRAIN THE SWAMP Act

Bill: 118-s-5614
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commuting
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Election Security Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5615
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving American Dominance in Artificial Intelligence Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5616
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Global Climate Resilience Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5617
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
FoRGED Act

Bill: 118-s-5618
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5619
Sponsor: Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Indian claims

Summary:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: 

Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2024

This bill creates a trust account, funds the account, and establishes a distribution process to settle certain claims between the federal government and the Quapaw Nation (a tribe in Oklahoma). 

Specifically, the bill establishes the Quapaw Bear Settlement Trust Account and directs the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Trust Funds Administration to administer all funds appropriated to the trust account. 

Interior must make payments to the tribe and individual members of the tribe in accordance with the January 2020 recommendation of the review panel of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

The bill outlines the distribution process for the settlement funds in the trust account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on the use of commercial-off-the-shelf products and artificial intelligence technologies by the Internal Revenue Service.

Bill: 118-s-5620
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Childcare Supply Improvement Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5621
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
ICEE HOT Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5622
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy for America’s Economic Future Act

Bill: 118-s-5623
Sponsor: Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Veteran Access to Care Act

Bill: 118-s-5624
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: 

Improving Veteran Access to Care Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish an integrated project team to improve the process for scheduling VA health care appointments. Among other objectives, the team must (1) develop or continue the development of a scheduling system and platform that enables personnel and patients of the VA to view available appointments for VA care, (2) create a process through which patients can telephonically speak with a scheduler who can assist in determining availability and scheduling, and (3) carry out other functions with respect to health care appointments furnished by the VA.

In carrying out its objectives, the team must consult and coordinate with the deployment schedule and capabilities of the VA’s Electronic Health Record Modernization Program.

If the VA determines a required objective or any feature or service in connection with an objective cannot be implemented or incorporated, the VA must report to Congress providing an explanation and setting forth a plan without that objective. 

The VA must also report to Congress on the progress in fulfilling the team’s objectives under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Commute for Kids Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5625
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7242)
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Investments in Rural Transit Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5626
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Postal Banking Act

Bill: 118-s-5627
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
State Department Disability Policy and Accommodations Act

Bill: 118-s-5628
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
ReSCUE Oceans Act

Bill: 118-s-5629
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
MERP Clarifications Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5630
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Ownership Clarity Act

Bill: 118-s-5631
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
FOOD for Health Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5632
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Flex Fund Accounts and Flexible Benefits Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5633
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Opportunity Grants Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5634
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Energy Fairness Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5635
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Honoring Promises to Native Nations Act

Bill: 118-s-5636
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
National Biomedical Research Act

Bill: 118-s-5637
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Defense and Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-s-5638
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2024-12-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Introduced in Senate
Counter-UAS Authority Extension Act

Bill: 118-s-5639
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Homeland security
Protection of officials

Summary:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: 

Counter-UAS Authority Extension Act

This bill reauthorizes counter-drone authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) through FY2025.

Under current law, DHS and DOJ have limited authority to protect certain covered facilities and assets from threats posed by drones. Covered facilities and assets include those related to U.S. Customs and Border Protection functions, U.S. Secret Service protection operations, Federal Bureau of Investigation activities, and operations of the U.S. Marshals Service.

This authority allows DHS and DOJ to

detect, identify, monitor, and track drones;

warn drone operators;

disrupt or take control of drones;

seize, exercise control of, or otherwise confiscate a drone; and

use reasonable force to disable, damage, or destroy drones deemed to pose a threat.


action_date: 2024-12-20
text: 

Counter-UAS Authority Extension Act

This bill reauthorizes counter-drone authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) through FY2025.

Under current law, DHS and DOJ have limited authority to protect certain covered facilities and assets from threats posed by drones. Covered facilities and assets include those related to U.S. Customs and Border Protection functions, U.S. Secret Service protection operations, Federal Bureau of Investigation activities, and operations of the U.S. Marshals Service.

This authority allows DHS and DOJ to

detect, identify, monitor, and track drones;

warn drone operators;

disrupt or take control of drones;

seize, exercise control of, or otherwise confiscate a drone; and

use reasonable force to disable, damage, or destroy drones deemed to pose a threat.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-24
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-24
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7252-7253; text: CR S7252)
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

Bill: 118-s-5640
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Complete America’s Great Trails Act

Bill: 118-s-5641
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
CLEAR Path Act

Bill: 118-s-5642
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Countering Turkish Aggression Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5643
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Heartland Visa Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5644
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Historic Preservation Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-s-5645
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Pay Our Military Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5646
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: 

Pay Our Military Act of 2024

This bill provides continuing appropriations for military pay for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for FY2025 are not in effect (i.e., a government shutdown).

Specifically, the bill provides FY2025 continuing appropriations for the pay and allowances of (1) members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components, who perform active service during the period; and (2) civilian personnel and contractors of the Department of Defense (and the Department of Homeland Security in the case of the Coast Guard) who are providing support to such members of the Armed Forces.

If a government shutdown occurs, the bill provides the continuing appropriations until the earlier of (1) the enactment into law of specified appropriations legislation, or (2) January 1, 2026. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
ROOMIE Act

Bill: 118-s-5647
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Lease and rental services

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
COINS Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-5648
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate