hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3073
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Community Mental Wellness and Resilience Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award competitive grants for planning and implementing community mental wellness and resilience programs through networks of schools, businesses, health and human services providers, and other community groups. These programs take a public health approach to build the capacity of the community to detect, prevent, and heal mental health, behavioral health, and psychosocial conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Due Process Continuity of Care Act

Bill: 118-hr-3074
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Health care coverage and access
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Due Process Continuity of Care Act

 
This bill allows an otherwise eligible individual who is in custody pending disposition of charges (i.e., pretrial detainees) to receive Medicaid benefits at the option of the state. The bill also provides for state planning grants to support the provision of such benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Veterans’ Telecommunication Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-3075
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication
Television and film
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Veterans' Telecommunication Protection Act

 
This bill requires a cable or voice service provider to charge a veterans' organization at an individual or household service rate unless that rate is greater than the amount the provider would otherwise charge the organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Andrew Thomas McCaffrey Green Star Veterans Service Act

Bill: 118-hr-3076
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Andrew Thomas McCaffrey Green Star Veterans Service Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to design and designate the Green Star Service Flag to identify next of kin of veterans who died of suicide on or after September 11, 2001. An individual who is next of kin of such a veteran may display the flag.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Green Star Families Act

Bill: 118-hr-3077
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Digital media
Family relationships
Family services
Mental health
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Green Star Families Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to furnish counseling services to the next of kin and former volunteer caregivers of certain veterans. The VA must publish information related to the counseling program online and provide information to next of kin and former volunteer caregivers of such veterans. Generally, Green Star families are families of servicemembers and veterans who have died by suicide.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Sunlight in Workplace Harassment Act

Bill: 118-hr-3078
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Sunlight in Workplace Harassment Act 

 
This bill requires issuers of securities to annually disclose to the public information about certain alleged acts of sexual abuse, harassment, or discrimination in the workplace or between employees. Specifically, the issuer must disclose settlements, judgements, and active complaints regarding alleged acts of sexual abuse, harassment, or discrimination as defined by the bill. These disclosures must include the number of settlements, judgements, or active complaints; the number of these that involve acts committed by a corporate executive; the total dollar amount paid out; and the date on which the alleged act occurred.
 
The bill limits the required disclosure by the issuer if the victim of the alleged act objects to its reporting. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Back the Blue Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3079
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

Back the Blue Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes new criminal offenses for killing, assaulting, and fleeing to avoid prosecution for killing a judge, law enforcement officer, or public safety officer.
 
Additionally, the bill
 
 
expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer, judge, prosecutor, or firefighter or other first responder; 
 
broadens the authority of federal law enforcement officers to carry firearms; and
 
limits federal court review of challenges to state court convictions for killing a public safety officer or judge.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Health Center Service Expansion and Provider Shortage Reduction Act

Bill: 118-hr-3080
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
National and community service

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

Health Center Service Expansion and Provider Shortage Reduction Act

 
This bill provides funding through FY2028 for certain services under the Community Health Center Program, which supports outpatient health care facilities that provide comprehensive primary care to medically underserved populations. It also provides funding through FY2028 to expand the National Health Services Corps, which provides scholarships and student loan repayment awards to health care providers who agree to work in areas with health care provider shortages.
 
In particular, the bill requires that health centers provide behavioral health, mental health, and substance use disorder services and provides funding for those services. (Currently, centers may provide those as additional services.) Furthermore, the bill provides funding for (1) expanding the operating hours of community health centers; and (2) New Access Point Grants, which assist centers to establish new delivery sites for care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
NOPEC

Bill: 118-hr-3081
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government liability
Jurisdiction and venue
Oil and gas
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2023 or NOPEC 

 
This bill prohibits a foreign state from engaging in collective action impacting the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product in the U.S. Specifically, a foreign state is prohibited from
 
 
collective action that limits the production or distribution of such product, 
 
collective action to set or maintain the price of such product, or 
 
any other action that restrains trade of such product. 
 
 
Specified defenses such as sovereign immunity (i.e., a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts) and the act of state doctrine (i.e., the prohibition of a court invalidating an official act of a foreign sovereign performed within its own territory) shall not apply to a foreign state's violation of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
MOBILE Act

Bill: 118-hr-3082
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

Mobility aids On Board Improve Lives and Empower all Act or the MOBILE Act

This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue regulations related to the accommodations that air carriers and foreign air carriers make for passengers with wheelchairs (including power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs, and scooters); DOT must also develop a road map and study the issue.

Specifically, air carriers must publish the dimensions of aircraft cargo holds. An air carrier must offer a full refund to an individual with a disability who is traveling with a wheelchair and cannot fly on the existing aircraft because the cargo hold cannot physically accommodate the wheelchair.

DOT must also

evaluate data on the mishandling of wheelchairs on aircraft (e.g., damages, delays, or loss) and submit a publicly available report to Congress, which must include DOT's plans to address issues in the report;

submit a strategic road map to Congress describing how DOT and the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (the Access Board) will establish a research program on the feasibility of main cabin wheelchair restraint systems; and

study, if DOT first determines doing so would be technically feasible, the economic and financial feasibility of air carriers accommodating passengers with wheelchairs in the main cabin during flight. 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
National Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Clearinghouse Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3083
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Medical research
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

National Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Clearinghouse Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes a clearinghouse for information (e.g., best practices and research) about concussions and traumatic brain injuries for medical professionals, patients, and other stakeholders. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must maintain the clearinghouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act

Bill: 118-hr-3084
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

Veterans Jobs Opportunity Act

 
This bill allows a new business-related tax credit for the start-up expenses of a veteran-owned small business in an underserved community. 
 
The allowable amount of such credit is 15% of start-up expenditures that do not exceed $50,000. To be eligible for the credit, the small business must (1) be owned and controlled by one or more veterans or their spouses, and (2) have its principal place of business in an underserved community. 
 
An 
underserved community
 is any area located within (1) a HUBZone (as defined by the Small Business Act), (2) an empowerment zone or an enterprise community, (3) an area of low income or moderate income (as recognized by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council), or (4) a county with persistent poverty (as classified by the Economic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2588)
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act

Bill: 118-hr-3085
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act

 
This bill extends a tax benefit related to combat-related severance pay to veterans of the Coast Guard. Specifically, severance pay amounts that were withheld for tax purposes from veterans with combat-related injuries must be restored to veterans of the Coast Guard. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2588)
action_date: 2023-05-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Find It Early Act

Bill: 118-hr-3086
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
Training and Nutrition Stability

Bill: 118-hr-3087
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Income tax deductions
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text:  

Training and Nutrition Stability Act

 
This bill excludes specific employment and training program allowances, earnings, and payments from income when determining eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). (Under SNAP, a household must have an income below a certain level to qualify for program benefits.) Examples of programs excluded from income include Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programs, vocational rehabilitation programs, and refugee employment programs. 
 
This bill also removes the requirement that earnings from on-the-job training be considered earned income for purposes of determining SNAP eligibility.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
SEFIT Act

Bill: 118-hr-3088
Sponsor: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

Sanctions Enforcement and Financial Institutions Transparency Act or the SEFIT Act

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to notify Congress as to whether certain foreign financial institutions have engaged in sanctionable conduct.

The foreign financial institutions targeted by this bill are those that have a capitalization of over $10 million and are (1) organized under the laws of a state sponsor of terrorism, (2) owned or controlled by the government of a state sponsor of terrorism, (3) located in the territory of a state sponsor of terrorism, or (4) owned or controlled by a foreign financial institution that falls into one of the preceding categories.

Treasury must submit a determination to Congress as to whether any such foreign financial institution has engaged in, or attempted to engage in, conduct that would be sanctionable under certain laws, executive orders, or directives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and Oversight and Accountability, 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: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
PAST Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3090
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-05 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Department of Agriculture
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Mammals
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 
 
Prevent All Soring Tactics Act of 2023 or the PAST Act 
 

of 2023

 
This bill addresses the practice of soring horses. The soring of horses includes various actions taken on horses' limbs to produce higher gaits that may cause pain, distress, inflammation, or lameness.
 
Specifically, the bill expands soring regulation and enforcement at horse shows, exhibitions, sales, and auctions, including by establishing a new system for inspecting horses for soring. In addition, the bill increases penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Introduced in House