hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act

Bill: 118-hr-1533
Sponsor: Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act 

 
This bill requires federal banking agencies to study and report on the challenges faced by entities attempting to become chartered depository institutions and to develop a strategic plan to assist in the application process. The strategic plan must (1) promote the chartering of minority depository institutions and entities that could be certified as community development financial institutions, and (2) describe actions to increase the number of depository institutions located in underserved areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act

Bill: 118-hr-1534
Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act

 
This bill establishes the Dolores River National Conservation Area and the Dolores River Special Management Area in Colorado. 
 
A management plan must be developed for each area. The bill allows for the continued use of the areas by members of Indian tribes for traditional ceremonies and as a source of traditional plants and other materials.
 
The Department of the Interior shall establish the Dolores River National Conservation Area Advisory Council. 
 
Interior must manage the areas identified as Ponderosa Gorge in a manner that maintains its wilderness character, including certain restrictions on (1) road construction; (2) the use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment, or mechanical transport; and (3) projects undertaken for the purpose of harvesting commercial timber.
 
The bill releases segments of the Dolores River inside the areas from further study for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1535
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Eliminating Backlogs Act of 2023

 
This bill increases the number of employment-based immigration visas available.
 
The total number of additional visas made available under this bill shall be based on a formula relating to certain types of visas issued from FY1992-FY2021. These visas shall be available in FY2024 and in subsequent fiscal years until they are used. 
 
Furthermore, the yearly cap on the number of employment-based immigration visas that are made available to a single country shall not apply to the visas made available under this bill. (Generally, individuals from a single country may only receive up to 7% of such visas made available in a fiscal year.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
LEAP Act

Bill: 118-hr-1536
Sponsor: Rep. Budzinski, Nikki [D-IL-13]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 
 
Leveraging and Energizing America's Apprenticeship Programs Act or the LEAP Act 

 
This bill allows employers a tax credit for each of their employees who participate in qualified apprenticeship programs. The credit is equal to $1,500 for each of the apprenticeship employees of the employer that exceeds a specified apprenticeship level determined by this bill.
 
As an offset, the bill requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to coordinate with federal departments and independent agencies to devise a strategy to reduce government printing costs over the 10-year period beginning with FY2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1263-1264)
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
PARENT Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1537
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Protecting an Alien child's Reasonable Expectation of No Trafficking Act of 2023 or the PARENT Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes that no later than 72 hours after determining that a child in federal custody is an unaccompanied alien minor, custody of that child may only be transferred to the child's verified parent or legal guardian or to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 
 
Currently, HHS may release such children to sponsors, who are not required to be a parent or legal guardian but must pass a background check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1538
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Emerging Business Encouragement Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish criteria and procedures for small businesses to be designated as emerging business enterprises. The bill provides for various benefits to such enterprises, such as waiving various loan fees and requiring federal agencies to award at least 3% of contracts in each fiscal year to such enterprises.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E209)
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to require schools to provide fluid milk substitutes upon request of a student or the parent or guardian of such student, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1539
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 
This bill requires schools to substitute a nondairy beverage for fluid milk in the National School Lunch Program upon the request of a student or their parent or guardian. Under current law, schools participating in the program may provide a substitute at the request of a medical authority or the student's parent or guardian. 
 
The bill also removes current requirements that (1) the substitute request be based on an identified medical or other special dietary need that restricts the student's diet, and (2) the school food authority pay for any additional expenses resulting from providing the substitute that exceed the covered reimbursement amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
National Flood Insurance Program Affordability Act

Bill: 118-hr-1540
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

National Flood Insurance Program Affordability Act 

 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide discounts on National Flood Insurance Program coverage to low-income households, small businesses, and not-for-profit entities. Specifically, the chargeable premium rate for an eligible primary residential dwelling and related personal property must not exceed 1% of the median income of the area in which the property is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1541
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Employment and training programs
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 202

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This bill adds work-based learning and apprenticeship program assistance to the list of services that must be provided by small business development centers administered by the Small Business Administration.

action_date: 2023-06-05
text: 

Small Business Workforce Pipeline Act of 202

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This bill adds work-based learning and apprenticeship program assistance to the list of services that must be provided by small business development centers administered by the Small Business Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 74.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-97.
action_date: 2023-06-05
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-97.
action_date: 2023-05-23
text: Ordered to be Reported Without Recommendation by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 1.
action_date: 2023-05-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Mayorkas Must Fly Coach Until We Secure the Border Act

Bill: 118-hr-1542
Sponsor: Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Mayorkas Must Fly Coach Until We Secure the Border Act

 
This bill prohibits any officer or official of the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the Secretary of DHS, from using any federal executive aircraft until certain conditions relating to the border have been met.
 
Specifically, the prohibition shall apply until 
 
 
the number of encounters and apprehensions of non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who have unlawfully crossed the border have been reduced to FY2020 numbers; 
 
DHS reports to Congress a plan to place 90% of deployed U.S. Border Patrol agents in duties in the field; and 
 
DHS reports to Congress a plan to offer resources, including financial support, to local communities and governments. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Labor to ensure that the database relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is language accessible, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1543
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to ensure its database with information relating to investigations under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 is publicly accessible in at least eight of the most commonly spoken languages in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act

Bill: 118-hr-1544
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Big Bend National Park Boundary Adjustment Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire, by donation, purchase from willing sellers, or exchange, approximately 6,100 acres of lands or interests in land generally identified as Tracts to Include in Boundary on the map titled 
Big Bend National Park, Proposed Boundary Adjustment
 and dated November 2022.
 
Upon the acquisition of any lands or interests in land, Interior shall revise the boundary of the park to include the acquisition and shall administer such lands or interests in land as part of the park.
 
Interior, in carrying out this bill, may not use eminent domain or condemnation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Competitive Property Insurance Availability Act

Bill: 118-hr-1545
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 
 
Restoring Competitive Property Insurance Availability Act 

 
This bill excludes from the gross income of specified insurance companies (other than life insurance companies) certain income from providing qualified real property insurance after a federally declared disaster. The bill defines 
qualified real property insurance income
 to mean the excess of premiums received by such insurance companies for real property insurance for property located in the disaster area, over deductions properly allocable to such premiums.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Protecting American Sovereignty Act

Bill: 118-hr-1546
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Protecting American Sovereignty Act

 
This bill prohibits the federal government from implementing any obligations upon the United States that may be contained in a draft report by a World Health Organization (WHO) working group on strengthening the WHO's preparedness and response to health emergencies. This prohibition shall also apply to any related or successor reports and recommendations regarding pandemics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1549
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Criminalizing Abused Substance Templates Act of 2023

 
This bill makes it a crime to knowingly possess a pill press mold with the intent to manufacture a counterfeit substance in schedule I or II of the Controlled Substances Act. 
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a prison term of not more than 20 years and a fine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Jobs and Opportunities for SNAP Act

Bill: 118-hr-1550
Sponsor: Rep. LaTurner, Jake [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Jobs and Opportunities for SNAP Act

This bill expands applicability of the work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients who are able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). (SNAP recipients who are ABAWDs have work-related requirements in addition to the general SNAP work registration and employment and training requirements.)

Specifically, this bill applies the work requirements for ABAWDs to adults who are not over 65 years old, whereas these requirements currently apply to adults who are not over 50 years old.

Further, the ABAWD exemption for a parent or household member with responsibility for a dependent child is restricted to a dependent child under the age of seven. Currently, the child must be under the age of 18.

The bill repeals COVID-19 public health emergency waivers issued for ABAWD work requirements.

The bill also repeals an ABAWD waiver program that allows state exemptions based on an area (1) having an unemployment rate of over 10%, or (2) not having a sufficient number of jobs.

Under current law, a state agency may exempt up to 12% of SNAP recipients from the ABAWD work requirements for each fiscal year; unused exemptions may be carried over and used in a subsequent fiscal year. The bill reduces the percentage of exemptions a state agency may provide to up to 3% of SNAP recipients and unused exemptions may not be carried over.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act

Bill: 118-hr-1551
Sponsor: Rep. LaTurner, Jake [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act

 
This bill establishes work requirements under Medicaid for able-bodied adults. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires individuals who are between the ages of 18 and 65 and who are not otherwise unable to work due to a medical condition, family situation, or other listed reason to work or volunteer at least 20 hours per week, based on a monthly average, in order to qualify for Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Kansas Indian Country Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1552
Sponsor: Rep. LaTurner, Jake [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Kansas Indian Country Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2023

 
This bill revises Kansas's criminal jurisdiction over offenses committed on the reservation of a covered Indian tribe. 
Covered Indian tribe
 means the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.
 
Specifically, the bill requires affirmative consent from the governing body of a covered tribe for Kansas to have criminal jurisdiction over offenses committed on the tribe's reservation.
 
The bill authorizes federal agencies and state and local governments in Kansas to enter into cooperative agreements or compacts with the governing bodies of covered Indian tribes for specified purposes, such as reducing crime in Indian country and nearby communities. 
 
Each cooperative agreement or compact entered into under the bill must (1) authorize law enforcement officers to be deputized, (2) include requirements for reporting crimes, and (3) describe the geographic limits within the reservation and categories of criminal offenses over which Kansas may exercise its jurisdiction.
 
The Department of Justice must, upon request from the governing body of a covered Indian tribe, provide technical assistance in developing cooperative agreements or compacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
INVEST Act

Bill: 118-hr-1554
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Incentives for our Nation's Veterans in Energy Sustainability Technologies or the INVEST Act

 
This bill allows the work opportunity tax credit to be used for the hiring of a specified veteran who works in a field of renewable energy. A 
specified veteran
 means any veteran who is certified as (1) having received a credential or certification from the Department of Defense of a military occupational specialty or skill in a field of renewable energy or with respect to advanced manufacturing, machinist or welding, or engineering; (2) having completed a vocational degree in a field of renewable energy; or (3) having completed a LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certification with the United States Green Building Council.
 
The Department of the Treasury shall compensate specified U.S. possessions for their losses resulting from this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
Define WOTUS Act

Bill: 118-hr-1556
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2023-03-10 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: 

Define WOTUS Act

 
This bill describes which bodies of water fall under federal jurisdiction for purposes of the Clean Water Act. Specifically, the bill redefines navigable waters and establishes a process for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to determine, upon request, whether certain waters are navigable waters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-10
text: Introduced in House