hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Preventing Malign CCP Influence on Academic Institutions Act

Bill: 118-hr-944
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Preventing Malign CCP Influence on Academic Institutions Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to disclose information regarding gifts from and contracts with organizations affiliated with China's government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or the People's Liberation Army (PLA)

, including certain educational institutes or programs, think tanks, and business entities.
 
Under current law, an IHE must disclose to the Department of Education (ED) a gift or contract from a foreign source that is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that foreign source. This bill establishes a special disclosure rule relating to organizations affiliated with China's government, the CCP, or the PLA. Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to disclose a gift from or contract with such an organization that is valued at $5,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that organization.
 
Additionally, the bill requires an IHE that receives federal grants to annually file a report with ED that identifies any activities conducted pursuant to a contract or other agreement between the IHE and such an organization, including any joint research or academic exchanges. Such contracts or agreements must be publicly available on the IHE's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-945
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Strengthening Local Processing Act of 2023

 
This bill revises provisions related to meat and poultry processing establishments, including smaller establishments (i.e., at least 10 but fewer than 500 employees) and very small establishments (i.e., fewer than 10 employees or annual sales of less than $2.5 million).
 
For example, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must establish a searchable database of peer-reviewed validation studies for use in developing Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points plans for smaller and very small establishments.
 
The bill increases the maximum federal cost share from 50% to 65% that USDA may provide to assist states in creating meat and poultry inspection programs.
 
Additionally, USDA must conduct outreach with states that have meat and poultry inspection programs, but that do not have Cooperative Interstate Shipment programs. The Cooperative Interstate Shipment program allows state-inspected facilities to operate as federally-inspected facilities and ship their products in interstate commerce and internationally.
 
USDA must also award competitive grants for activities to increase resiliency and diversification of the meat processing system, including activities that support (1) the health and safety of meat and poultry plant employees, suppliers, and customers; (2) increased processing capacity; and (3) the resilience of the small meat and poultry processing sector.
 
Further, the bill establishes grant programs to (1) establish or expand meat and poultry processing career training programs at community colleges, vocational schools, nonprofit organizations, worker training centers, and universities; and (2) support smaller and very small establishments by offsetting the cost of training new meat and poultry processors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act

Bill: 118-hr-946
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Citizenship and naturalization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act

 
This bill requires a candidate for federal office (other than a nominee for Vice President) who is a citizen of any country other than the United States to disclose such citizenship in the candidate's statement of candidacy. A statement of candidacy collects basic information about the candidate and is where the candidate designates their principal campaign committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Bring Entrepreneurial Advancements To Consumers Here In North America Act

Bill: 118-hr-947
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Bring Entrepreneurial Advancements To Consumers Here In North America Act

 
This bill provides tax incentives for relocating manufacturing facilities in the United States. 
 
Specifically, it allows accelerated depreciation (20-year recovery period) for nonresidential real property acquired in connection with the relocation of manufacturing facilities in the United States. It also excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, gain on the sale or exchange of such relocated facilities. 
 
Finally, the bill allows permanent 100% expensing of manufacturing property relocated in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Dr. Li Wenliang Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-948
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Dr. Li Wenliang Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs Congress to make arrangements for the posthumous presentation of a gold medal in commemoration of Dr. Li Wenliang's efforts to save lives by drawing awareness to COVID-19 and his call for transparency in China.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act

Bill: 118-hr-949
Sponsor: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Insular Area Medicaid Parity Act

 
This bill eliminates Medicaid funding limitations for U.S. territories beginning in FY2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E111-112)
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
REEF Act

Bill: 118-hr-950
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Re-using Equipment for Environmental Fortification Act or the REEF Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Navy to notify Congress of the pending retirement of vessels that are viable candidates for artificial reefing (intentionally sinking a vessel to promote marine life). Specifically, the Navy must provide such notice not later than 90 days before the viable candidate's retirement from the Naval Vessel Register.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
PERIOD Act

Bill: 118-hr-951
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Privacy in Education Regarding Individuals' Own Data Act or the PERIOD Act

 
This bill prohibits an educational institution from receiving federal funds if the institution requires any student to provide information regarding the student's menstrual cycle. 
Educational institution
 refers to a local educational agency, state educational agency, elementary school, secondary school, or institution of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Kids’ Access to Primary Care Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-952
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Nursing
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Kids' Access to Primary Care Act of 

2023

 
This bill modifies payments for Medicaid primary care services. Specifically, the bill applies a Medicare payment rate floor to Medicaid primary care services that are provided after the date of enactment of the bill and extends the payment rate to additional types of practitioners (e.g., obstetricians).
 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must conduct a study on the number of children enrolled in Medicaid, the number of providers receiving payment for primary care services, and associated payment rates before and after the bill's implementation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Child Care for Every Community Act

Bill: 118-hr-953
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adoption and foster care
Adult education and literacy
Advisory bodies
Building construction
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Comprehensive health care
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Food assistance and relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Labor-management relations
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Preschool education
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
School administration
Science and engineering education
Special education
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula
User charges and fees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Child Care for Every Community Act

 
This bill provides funds to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for an affordable child care and early learning program. Children who are not yet required to attend school may participate in the program regardless of family income, disability status, citizenship status, or employment of a family member.
 
Under the program, HHS must support sponsors (e.g., states, local governments, tribal organizations, and nonprofit community organizations) that provide child care and early learning services for families.
 
Families must pay a subsidized fee, based on their income, for the services. The fees are waived for children from families with incomes below 200% of the poverty line. The fees are capped at 7% of a family's income regardless of the family's income level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-954
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Nebraska
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to recognize the individuals and communities that provided financial and other support for the North Platte Canteen in North Platte, Nebraska, during World War II. The North Platte Canteen, a volunteer-run effort, provided entertainment to U.S. troops traveling across the country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

Bill: 118-hr-955
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

SOS: Sustaining Outpatient Services Act

 
This bill allows for payment under the Medicare prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services of certain items and services that are furnished at off-campus outpatient departments. Specifically, the bill allows for payment of items and services for which payments to physician specialists (under the Medicare physician fee schedule) did not exceed $2 million during the previous year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-02-09
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: 2023-02-09
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: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
No Drilling in the North Atlantic Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-956
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

No Drilling in the North Atlantic Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from leasing any area in the North Atlantic Planning Area of the Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas exploration, development, or production.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-957
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Public Safety Retirees Healthcare Protection Act
 

of 2023

 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $3,000 to $6,000 the amount excludible from the gross income of public safety officers for distributions from governmental retirement plans for health and long-term care insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To require certain reports and briefings relating to North Korea.

Bill: 118-hr-958
Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-45]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 
This bill requires the President to provide periodic reports and briefings to Congress on matters related to certain U.S. laws concerning North Korea. 
 
Annually, the President must submit a report to Congress relating to (1) arms trafficking involving North Korea, (2) operators of foreign airports and sea ports that fail to inspect cargo to or from North Korea, and (3) cooperation between North Korea and Iran. Twice a year, the President must submit a report regarding persons responsible for activities undermining cybersecurity. 
 
The bill also requires the President to provide a briefing to Congress twice a year regarding measures to deny specialized financial messaging services to designated North Korean financial institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To repeal the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 other than the provisions requiring States to conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters in the State and the provisions imposing criminal penalties for fraudulent voter registration or voting activities.

Bill: 118-hr-959
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 
This bill repeals provisions of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), with specified exceptions. (NVRA established certain voter registration requirements for federal elections, such as the requirement for states to allow individuals to register to vote when they apply for a driver's license and the requirement for states to offer voter registration opportunities by mail-in application.)
 
The bill retains certain provisions of NVRA, including (1) the requirement that each state must conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters, and (2) criminal penalties for fraudulent voter registration or voting activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Eliminate the IPO List Act

Bill: 118-hr-960
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Eliminate the IPO List Act

 
This bill prohibits the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services from refusing to designate a service as a covered hospital outpatient service under Medicare based solely on its determination that the service can only be safely furnished in an inpatient setting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-09
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: 2023-02-09
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: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Pell to Grad Act

Bill: 118-hr-961
Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Pell to Grad Act

 
This bill raises from 12 to 16 the total number of semesters during which a student may receive a Pell Grant. It also allows income-eligible graduate students who received Pell Grants during their undergraduate education to utilize their remaining Pell Grant eligibility toward their first graduate degree, subject to this 16-semester duration limit. Currently, Pell Grants are available only to undergraduate students, subject to the 12-semester duration limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-962
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more firearms up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
FARM Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-963
Sponsor: Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Future Agriculture Retention and Management Act of 2023 or FARM Act of 2023

 
This bill makes solar and wind electricity ineligible for certain renewable energy tax credits if the electricity was generated by facilities that a public utility placed on agricultural land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House