hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
IRS Funding Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-888
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 
 
IRS Funding Accountability Act 

 
This bill delays for a 60-day period funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) enforcement activities enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (except for eliminating return processing backlogs and reducing call wait times) until an annual spending plan for such activities is submitted to the congressional tax and appropriation committees. Congress may enact a joint resolution of disapproval of the spending plan before the end of the 60-day period requiring the IRS to submit a new spending plan. 
 
The IRS and the Department of the Treasury must make quarterly reports to the committees on expenditures for enforcement activities. The bill requires reductions in IRS appropriations for any failure to submit required reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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 Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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
Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act

Bill: 118-hr-889
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 
 
Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, certain broadband grants made for broadband deployment.


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
Energy Resilient Communities Act

Bill: 118-hr-891
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Energy Resilient Communities Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a program that awards grants to make critical energy infrastructure more resilient to climate change hazards, such as grants for developing clean energy microgrids that support critical community infrastructure or customers of electric utilities with special energy needs due to medical conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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 Science, Space, and Technology, 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
Make Russia Pay Act

Bill: 118-hr-892
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Make Russia Pay Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to liquidate all Russian assets seized by the United States and deposit the resulting funds into a Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid Fund established by the bill. Treasury may use the funds to provide assistance to Ukraine, including by providing funding to Ukraine's government for humanitarian and security assistance. 


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
Heating and Cooling Relief Act

Bill: 118-hr-893
Sponsor: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Heating and Cooling Relief Act

 
This bill provides additional energy assistance to households, including heating and cooling assistance.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2032 and revises the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Under the existing program, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants to states for assisting low-income households that pay a high proportion of their income for home energy. To be eligible under the existing program, households must have incomes which do not exceed the greater of an amount equal to 150% of the poverty level for their state or an amount equal to 60% of the state median income. The bill expands eligibility to households with incomes which do not exceed the greater of an amount equal to 250% of the poverty line as defined in the Community Services Block Grant Act or an amount equal to 80% of the state median income. In addition, the bill expands eligibility to households with a monthly energy burden of 3% or more per year.
 
It also requires states to establish procedures to protect households receiving assistance under the program from energy shutoffs and certain late fees.
 
In addition, the bill requires HHS and the Department of Energy to jointly carry out a program that awards grants to states and local governments for developing and implementing interagency plans to reduce energy burdens for eligible households with high home energy use. The plans must promote the reduction of energy from fossil fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 Education and the Workforce, 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
Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act

Bill: 118-hr-894
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Equal Access to Contraception for Veterans Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from requiring payment from a veteran for any contraceptive item that is required to be covered by health insurance plans without a cost-sharing requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-895
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Organized crime
Performance measurement
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023

 
This bill expands federal enforcement of criminal offenses related to organized retail crime. Organized retail crime typically refers to large-scale retail theft and fraud by organized groups of professional shoplifters, or boosters, who make money by stealing merchandise and reselling it for a fraction of the retail cost.
 
First, with respect to criminal offenses involving the transportation of stolen property across state lines and the sale or receipt of stolen goods, the bill broadens the scope of conduct that qualifies as offenses. Additionally, the bill makes the offenses predicate offenses (i.e., underlying offenses) for prosecutions under the federal money laundering statute and authorizes the criminal forfeiture of any property representing or traceable to the gross proceeds obtained as a result of an offense or a conspiracy to commit an offense. 
 
Second, with respect to criminal offenses involving theft from an interstate or foreign shipment, the bill makes an offense an underlying offense for prosecution under the federal money laundering statute and authorizes the criminal forfeiture of any property representing or traceable to the gross proceeds obtained as a result of an offense or a conspiracy to commit an offense. 
 
Finally, the bill establishes a center&#8212;the Organized Retail Crime Coordination Center&#8212;within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate the federal law enforcement activities related to organized retail crime.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Joyce (OH) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 895, a bill originally introduced by Representative Buck, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
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
Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-896
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Truth in Healthcare Marketing Act of 202

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This bill prohibits a person from misrepresenting (1) whether the person holds a state health care license; or (2) the person's education, training, degree, license, or clinical expertise. 
 
A person's advertisement for the person's health care services must disclose the license under which the person is authorized to provide those services. 
 
The bill also provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission by requiring a violation of this bill to be treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice. 
 


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
Recruit and Retain Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-898
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community life and organization
Employee hiring
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Recruit and Retain Act of 2023 

 
This bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to be used to recruit and retain law enforcement officers for community-oriented policing.


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
To terminate the Department of Education.

Bill: 118-hr-899
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Department of Education
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 
This bill terminates the Department of Education on December 31, 2023.


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
To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to allow for the consideration of private flood insurance for the purposes of applying continuous coverage requirements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-900
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 
 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency to allow a period of private flood insurance coverage to count towards continuous coverage requirements as part of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Property owners must maintain continuous flood insurance coverage to qualify for certain NFIP subsidies.

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
Disposable ENDS Product Enforcement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-901
Sponsor: Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Disposable ENDS Product Enforcement Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to update its enforcement guidance regarding Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) products to include certain disposable ENDS products.
 
In April 2020, the FDA published revised guidance on how it intends to prioritize enforcement resources with respect to ENDS products that do not have premarket authorization (i.e., that have not received FDA approval). The guidance specifies that the FDA intends to prioritize enforcement against (1) flavored, cartridge-based ENDS products (except for tobacco or menthol flavored products); (2) other ENDS products for which the manufacturer has not taken adequate measures to prevent access to minors; (3) any ENDS products that are targeted or promoted towards minors; and (4) any ENDS products for which the manufacturer has not submitted an application for market approval or did not receive approval.
 
For purposes of this guidance, 
cartridge-based ENDS products 
 do not include disposable products that are completely self-contained
.
 The bill requires the FDA to incorporate these products, including nicotine products that are not derived from tobacco, into its enforcement priorities. The bill additionally specifies that the FDA may prioritize enforcement against these products in advance of updating the guidance. The FDA must also annually report on its enforcement actions with respect to these products.


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
Ellie’s Law

Bill: 118-hr-902
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Ellie Helton, Lisa Colagrossi, Kristen Shafer Englert, Teresa Anne Lawrence, and Jennifer Sedney Focused Research Act or Ellie's Law

 
This bill authorizes appropriations for the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to conduct or support research on unruptured brain aneurysms in a patient population diversified by age, sex, and race.


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
Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-903
Sponsor: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Veterans Entrepreneurship Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to carry out a pilot program assessing the feasibility and advisability of making grants to eligible veterans to start or acquire a small business concern, a franchise business enterprise, or any other appropriate category of business enterprise. Eligible veterans are those veterans or members of the Armed Forces who (1) are currently retiring or separating from the Armed Forces or have been honorably discharged from active duty, (2) have completed a specified minimum period of active duty, and (3) are entitled to certain educational assistance programs.
 
Grant recipients must complete an entrepreneurship readiness program and prepare a business plan, and they may use grant funds for purposes such as purchasing goods or services, funding a project that is directed toward economic development objectives, and acquiring a business enterprise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Introduced in House
IoT Readiness Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-904
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

IoT Readiness Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to ascertain the amount of spectrum necessary to meet rising demand by studying the growing usage of Internet of Things devices (i.e., devices that use a network to communicate and share data with other devices) and devices that utilize 5G networks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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
Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-905
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Strengthening Protections for Domestic Violence and Stalking Survivors Act of 2023

 
This bill extends federal firearms-related restrictions to individuals who are convicted of a misdemeanor crime of stalking. 
 
The term
 misdemeanor crime of stalking
 means an offense that is a misdemeanor under federal, state, tribal, or local law and has a course of harassment, intimidation, or surveillance that (1) causes emotional distress, or (2) places a person in reasonable fear of harm to themselves, an immediate family member, an individual who shares or has shared a residence, an intimate partner, or a pet. The term
 intimate partner
 includes an individual who is or was in a dating relationship with the person or any other individual similarly situated to a spouse. 
 
Additionally, the bill extends federal firearms-related restrictions to individuals who are subject to a court order restraining them from harassing, stalking, or threatening an individual who is in a current or former dating relationship with them or who is similarly situated to a spouse. Currently, federal firearms-related restrictions generally only apply to individuals who are subject to a court order restraining them from harassing, stalking, or threatening a co-parent of a child, a current or former spouse, or a current or former cohabitant.


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
REPAIR Act

Bill: 118-hr-906
Sponsor: Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Industrial policy and productivity
Product safety and quality
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair Act or the REPAIR Act

 
This bill requires a motor vehicle manufacturer to provide to a vehicle's owner certain direct, real-time, in-vehicle data generated by the operation of the vehicle that is related to diagnostics, repair, service, wear, and calibration or recalibration of parts and systems of the vehicle.
 
Specifically, a vehicle manufacturer may not impair an owner's access to such vehicle-generated data or impair an aftermarket parts manufacturer from producing or offering compatible aftermarket parts. A manufacturer also must make available to the vehicle's owner, and designees, vehicle-generated data through a standardized access platform. Outside of recall and warranty repairs, a manufacturer may not mandate the use of a particular brand or manufacturer of parts, tools, or equipment.
 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration must issue standards for access to vehicle data through the standardized access platform.
 
The Federal Trade Commission must establish an advisory committee to (1) provide recommendations on the implementation of this bill, and (2) assess and report on existing and emerging barriers to vehicle repair and vehicle owners' control over their vehicle-generated data.
 
This bill provides authority for the commission to enforce these requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-02
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-11-02
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
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
Protecting Community Television Act

Bill: 118-hr-907
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2023-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: 

Protecting Community Television Act

 
This bill limits the scope of the franchise fee paid by cable operators to encompass only a tax, fee, or other monetary assessment. (This fee is charged by a state or local authority for a franchise that a cable operator must obtain in order to provide its services in a particular area.)
 
Historically, the franchise fee, which is capped at 5% of the franchise holder's gross revenues from providing cable services, did not include certain in-kind contributions and other costs, including some costs that support public, educational, and governmental (PEG) access channels. However, under a rule adopted on August 1, 2019, the Federal Communications Commission included most cable-related in-kind contributions and costs for PEG channels (except for certain capital costs) paid by new entrants and incumbent cable operators as part of the franchise fee, and therefore subject to the cap. This bill excludes those contributions and costs from the cap.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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