hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Refuge System Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6583
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
Introduced: 2023-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Introduced in House
Encouraging Innovation and Protecting Consumers Act

Bill: 118-hr-6584
Sponsor: Rep. Timmons, William R. IV [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2023-12-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: 

Encouraging Innovation and Protecting Consumers Act

This bill (1) ends the Office of Competition and Innovation within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and (2) restores the Office of Innovation at the CFPB. The Office of Competition and Innovation replaced the Office of Innovation in 2022. The original Office of Innovation was established in 2018.

The restored Office of Innovation must reestablish the compliance assistance sandbox policy (providing a safe harbor from certain liability laws while an approved financial product or service is in a testing phase) and the no action letter policy (ensuring no supervisory or enforcement action against an approved financial product or service in certain circumstances).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-04
text: Introduced in House
To require a strategy to oppose financial or material support by foreign countries to the Taliban, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-6586
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Congressional oversight
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international banking
Foreign loans and debt

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 
This bill requires the Department of State to develop a strategy to discourage foreign countries from providing financial or material support to the Taliban, including using U.S.-provided foreign assistance to discourage countries from providing support to the Taliban. The State Department must report to Congress (1) on the strategy and on its implementation; (2) on U.S.-funded direct cash assistance programs in Afghanistan; and (3) on the Afghan Fund, including Taliban influence over Da Afghanistan Bank. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-07-08
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-06-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-06-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4129)
action_date: 2024-06-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4129)
action_date: 2024-06-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6586.
action_date: 2024-06-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4128-4130)
action_date: 2024-06-25
text: Mr. McCormick moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 46 - 0.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Opioid Crisis Workforce Act

Bill: 118-hr-6587
Sponsor: Rep. Chavez-DeRemer, Lori [R-OR-5]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
International Financial Institution Counter Terrorism Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-6588
Sponsor: Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 

International Financial Institution Counter Terrorism Accountability Act

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to submit to Congress a report on the efforts by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to combat and prevent terrorist financing and money laundering. Treasury must also develop recommendations for measures to be implemented by the World Bank and IMF.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Prevent the Financing of Terrorism Through the Drug Trade Act

Bill: 118-hr-6589
Sponsor: Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 

Prevent the Financing of Terrorism Through the Drug Trade Act

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to submit a report to Congress on terrorist financing in the Americas. The report must include (1) an analysis of the major moneymaking sources for Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist financing in the Americas, (2) an analysis of the extent to which Hamas and Hezbollah are linked to drug trafficking organizations in the Americas, and (3) a description of U.S. and multilateral efforts to disrupt such financing. 

In the next National Terrorist Financing Risk Assessment report, Treasury must identify Hamas as a primary threat and fully describe its terrorist financing activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
PACE Expanded Act

Bill: 118-hr-6590
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Medicare
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 

Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly Expanded Act or the PACE Expanded Act

 
This bill modifies requirements regarding Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). PACE is a program under Medicare and Medicaid that provides in-home and community services for certain individuals as an alternative to nursing home care. 
 
The bill allows Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in a PACE program at any time and provides states with the option to allow Medicaid beneficiaries to do the same. Entities may also apply to become PACE providers at any time, upon specified assurances relating to staffing and other requirements. 
 
The bill also (1) allows the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model for expanded PACE eligibility that targets high-need and high-cost populations, and (2) requires an evaluation of the effectiveness of PACE in rural and underserved areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Encouraging Success Act

Bill: 118-hr-6591
Sponsor: Rep. Ellzey, Jake [R-TX-6]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Economic performance and conditions
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 

Encouraging Success Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to periodically revise, based on economic changes, the maximum total assets and net worth an individual may have to qualify as an economically disadvantaged individual under the 8(a) Business Development program.

action_date: 2024-02-09
text: 

Encouraging Success Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to periodically revise, based on economic changes, the maximum total assets and net worth an individual may have to qualify as an economically disadvantaged individual under the 8(a) Business Development program.

action_date: 2024-02-28
text: 

Encouraging Success Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to periodically revise, based on economic changes, the maximum total assets and net worth an individual may have to qualify as an economically disadvantaged individual under the 8(a) Business Development program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-02-29
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-02-28
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-02-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H725)
action_date: 2024-02-28
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H725)
action_date: 2024-02-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6591.
action_date: 2024-02-28
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H725-726)
action_date: 2024-02-28
text: Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2024-02-09
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 310.
action_date: 2024-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-379.
action_date: 2024-02-09
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-379.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Fight Book Bans Act

Bill: 118-hr-6592
Sponsor: Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Codifying SAVE Plan Act

Bill: 118-hr-6593
Sponsor: Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 

Codifying SAVE Plan Act

This bill provides statutory authority for a Department of Education final rule published on July 10, 2023, that creates a new income-driven repayment plan called the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
GRADUATE Act

Bill: 118-hr-6594
Sponsor: Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 

Generating Relief for Academic Debt Using Assisted Tax Efficiency Act or the GRADUATE Act

This bill expands the tax deduction for student loan interest to include payments toward principal. It also increases the maximum allowable amount of the deduction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Smith River National Recreation Area Expansion Act

Bill: 118-hr-6595
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Gun Violence Prevention and Community Safety Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-6596
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Business records
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Crime victims
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Domestic violence and child abuse
Due process and equal protection
Elementary and secondary education
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Medical research
Mental health
Personnel records
Product safety and quality
Religion
Research administration and funding
Retail and wholesale trades
Sales and excise taxes
Smuggling and trafficking
State and local government operations
Trade restrictions
Violent crime

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization Act

Bill: 118-hr-6597
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 

Indo-Pacific Treaty Organization Act

This bill requires the President to establish a task force to (1) analyze the conduct of China and North Korea, as well as the security situation in the Indo-Pacific; and (2) determine whether a collective security agreement between the United States and Indo-Pacific allies and partners could serve as an effective deterrent to further aggression. The Department of State shall report to Congress on the analysis and recommendations of the task force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the "Sheriff Adrian 'Butch' Anderson Post Office Building".

Bill: 118-hr-6598
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the "Sheriff Adrian 'Butch' Anderson Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

Bill: 118-hr-6599
Sponsor: Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Government trust funds
Indian lands and resources rights
New Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 

Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

This bill authorizes deposits representing unpaid interest into the Navajo Nation Water Resources Development Trust Fund, the Taos Pueblo Water Development Fund, and the Aamodt Settlement Pueblos’ Fund. These funds were established in 2009 and 2010 under certain water rights settlement agreements that did not allow accrual of interest.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-07-23
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2024-07-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
Tyler’s Law

Bill: 118-hr-6600
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hospital care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
TRAIN Act

Bill: 118-hr-6601
Sponsor: Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-7]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 relating to the review of the interagency dispute resolution process.

Bill: 118-hr-6602
Sponsor: Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-6]
Introduced: 2023-12-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Licensing and registrations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: 
This bill revises the interagency dispute resolution process for export license applications. In particular, the bill requires the Operating Committee for Export Policy (an interagency body within the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security) to resolve disputes related to specified matters by majority vote, including matters relating to countries that are subject to comprehensive U.S. arms embargos.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-03-20
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-03-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-03-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1203)
action_date: 2024-03-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1203)
action_date: 2024-03-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6602.
action_date: 2024-03-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1203-1204)
action_date: 2024-03-19
text: Mr. McCormick moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
action_date: 2023-12-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-12-05
text: Introduced in House