hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Continue VET TEC Authorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1877
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Continue VET TEC Authorization Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement through FY2028 a program similar to the Veteran Employment Through Technology Education Courses (VET TEC) pilot program (which this bill terminates at the end of FY2023) under which the VA provides up to 6,000 covered individuals per year the opportunity to enroll in high technology programs of education that provide non-degree training or skills related to computer programming, media application, data processing, or information sciences. A covered individual is a veteran who (1) is under the age of 62, served an aggregate of at least 36 months on active duty, and was discharged or released from service under conditions other than dishonorable; or (2) will satisfy such requirements in fewer than 180 days after the VA's determination.

In administering the program, the VA must provide assistance to covered individuals in amounts equal to those provided to Post-9/11 GI Bill recipients who are pursuing a degree on more than a half-time basis.

The VA must seek to enter into contracts with any number of qualified providers of high technology programs of education and pay such providers a specified percentage of the tuition and other fees for each enrolled individual.

The bill prescribes (1) requirements for a provider of a program to be considered as qualified (e.g., the provider employs instructors the VA determines are experts in their respective fields), and (2) criteria for the VA to approve providers for contracts.

If a covered individual has remaining entitlement to other VA educational assistance, entitlement under this program must be charged at the rate of one month of that remaining entitlement for each month of assistance under this program.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Judicial Efficiency Improvement Act

Bill: 118-s-1878
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Courts of Appeals Modernization Act

Bill: 118-s-1879
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Federal Courts of Appeals Modernization Act

This bill establishes the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals.

The commission must (1) study the current structure of the federal courts of appeals, with particular reference to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; and (2) recommend changes to promote the expeditious and effective disposition of cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Spouse Career Support Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1880
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-1881
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Canada
Caribbean area
Civil actions and liability
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Europe
Federal officials
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt
Foreign property
Free trade and trade barriers
Human rights
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Meat
Nicaragua
Political parties and affiliation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Russia
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
U.S. and foreign investments
Ukraine
United Nations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 371.
action_date: 2024-05-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-05-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Cardin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-04-16
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Debt Ceiling Reform Act

Bill: 118-s-1882
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Debt Ceiling Reform Act

This bill replaces the existing federal debt limit with procedures that allow the Department of the Treasury to continue issuing additional debt unless a joint resolution of disapproval regarding the additional debt is enacted into law. The bill also requires Congress to consider the joint resolution using specified expedited legislative procedures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S2031-2032)
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Aviation Workforce Development and Recruitment Act

Bill: 118-s-1883
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1884
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Mental Health Services for Students Act of 

2023

 
This bill provides specific statutory authority for the Project AWARE (Advancing Wellness and Resiliency in Education) State Educational Agency Grant Program that is administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The program supports school-based mental health services, including screening, treatment, and outreach programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act

Bill: 118-s-1885
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act

 
This bill exempts Special Immigrant Juveniles visas from certain annual numerical limitations on such visas. (Generally, Special Immigrant Juvenile status is available to qualifying non-U.S. nationals under 21 years of age who are in the United States and have been abused, abandoned, or neglected by a parent.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Pray Safe Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1886
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media
Natural disasters
Religion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Terrorism

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 193.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/27/2023 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-90.
action_date: 2023-08-22
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters under authority of the order of the Senate of 07/27/2023 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-90.
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
GRATEFUL Act

Bill: 118-s-1887
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Granting Recognition to Accomplished Talented Employees For Unwavering Loyalty Act or the GRATEFUL Act

 
This bill makes additional visas available under a program that provides special immigrant visas to eligible foreign nationals who were employed by the U.S. government abroad. The bill also modifies a provision that reduces the number of diversity immigrant visas available each fiscal year.
 
Generally, under this program, a foreign national (and their spouse and children) may receive a special immigrant visa if (1) the foreign national has been employed by the U.S. government abroad for at least 15 years, and (2) the Department of State has found that it is in the national interest to award the visa. There are a limited number of such visas available each fiscal year. 
 
Specifically, this bill makes additional special immigrant visas available if no visas are immediately available. Up to 3,500 additional visas shall be made available for FY2024, and up to 3,000 shall be made available in each subsequent fiscal year. 
 
The bill also modifies a provision related to the annual cap on diversity immigrant visas (i.e., visas awarded to nationals of countries with low rates of immigration to the United States). Current law reduces the number of such visas available each fiscal year based in part on the number of visas awarded under another program. Under this bill, the reduction in the number of diversity immigrant visas shall also take into consideration the number of special immigrant visas awarded under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Advanced Aviation Integration Act

Bill: 118-s-1888
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

Bill: 118-s-1889
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Historical and cultural resources
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Minority education
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

 
This bill allows five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements. 
 
Specifically, the bill allows the Alaska Native residents of each of the Alaska Native villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Alaska Native urban corporations and to receive certain settlement land.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified land to each urban corporation. Further, Interior must convey the subsurface estate for that land to the regional corporation for Southeast Alaska.
 
The land conveyed to each urban corporation must include any U.S. interest in all roads, trails, log transfer facilities, leases, and appurtenances on or related to the land conveyed to the urban corporation.
 
The bill also allows each urban corporation to establish a settlement trust to (1) promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries; and (2) preserve the Alaska Native heritage and culture of their communities. 
The bill also directs Interior to convey certain Bureau of Land Management land to the City of Tenakee Springs, Alaska (upon written request of the city and subject to specified terms and conditions).

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 500.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 118-221.
action_date: 2024-09-10
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment. With written report No. 118-221.
action_date: 2023-12-14
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-311.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop TSP ESG Act

Bill: 118-s-1891
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Stop TSP ESG Act

 
This bill prohibits a qualified professional asset manager from exercising voting rights associated with the ownership of securities by the Thrift Savings Fund. Under current law, the term 
qualified professional asset manager
 includes certain banks, savings and loan associations, insurance companies, and investment advisers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Utilization and Economic Benefits from Land Optimization (PUEBLO) Act

Bill: 118-s-1892
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Promoting Utilization and Economic Benefits from Land Optimization (PUEBLO) Act

This bill requires the Department of the Army to close Pueblo Chemical Depot in Pueblo County, Colorado, not later than one year after the completion of the chemical demilitarization mission in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty. The Department of the Army must carry out the closure and related property management and disposal of the depot in accordance with the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.

The bill authorizes the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation within the Department of Defense to make grants and supplement other federal funds to support closure and reuse activities of the depot.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1893
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Resources for Victims of Gun Violence Act of 2023

This bill establishes the Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.

Among other things, the advisory council must assess the needs of victims of gun violence and disseminate information about helpful resources. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act

Bill: 118-s-1894
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care costs and insurance
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Colorectal Cancer Payment Fairness Act

 
This bill eliminates Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure, beginning in 2023 (rather than 2030).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue a final rule removing the gray wolf from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

Bill: 118-s-1895
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 
 This bill directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to remove protections for the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). Specifically, the bill requires the FWS to reissue the final rule titled 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Gray Wolf (Canis lupus) From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
 and published on November 3, 2020.
 
The rule removed the gray wolf in the lower 48 United States, except for the Mexican wolf (
C. l. baileyi
) subspecies, from the endangered and threatened species list. However, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California vacated the rule on February 10, 2022. As a result, the gray wolf reattained the protection status it had prior to the rule's promulgation. 
 
The bill also prohibits the reissuance of the rule from being subject to judicial review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
SCORE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-1896
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Women in business
Women's employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-90.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act

Bill: 118-s-1897
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Currency
Customs enforcement
Employee hiring
Firearms and explosives
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Motor vehicles
Pedestrians and bicycling
Photography and imaging
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: 

Enhancing Southbound Inspections to Combat Cartels Act

 
This bill requires and authorizes actions related to the inspection of pedestrians and vehicles crossing the border from the United States to Mexico. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must, to the extent practicable, ensure that 20% of such outbound vehicles are inspected. DHS may use various means to meet this requirement, including nonintrusive imaging.
 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must hire at least 500 new officers to inspect pedestrians and vehicles crossing the border to Mexico. The CBP may also hire support staff and purchase equipment to assist with such inspections. 
 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) must hire at least 100 new Homeland Security Investigations special agents to investigate the smuggling of currency and firearms from the United States to Mexico. ICE may also hire support staff to support these special agents.
 
The bill also requires reports to Congress on various issues addressed in this bill, including quarterly reports on currency, firearms, and ammunition seized from outbound inspections along the southern border.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-09
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 672.
action_date: 2024-12-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-269.
action_date: 2024-12-09
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-269.
action_date: 2024-04-10
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate