hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3617
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: 

Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2024

This bill waives a statutory core township selection requirement for the Cape Fox Corporation and allows Cape Fox to receive other lands to fulfill its remaining land entitlement. Cape Fox is an Alaska Native village corporation for the Alaska Native village of Saxman, Alaska.

Specifically, the bill states that Cape Fox shall not be required to receive its previously selected land of approximately 185 acres located within the township in which the Alaska Native village of Saxman, Alaska, is located. Instead, the bill allows Cape Fox to receive land outside of Cape Fox's current exterior selection boundary upon written notice of the new selection to the Department of the Interior. 

In particular, if Cape Fox submits written notice of its selection of approximately 180 acres of surface land within the Tongass National Forest in Alaska to Interior within 90 days of the bill's enactment, then Interior must convey the federal land to Cape Fox. Upon conveyance of the surface estate of the federal land to Cape Fox, Interior must convey the subsurface estate of the federal land to Sealaska Corporation (the Alaska Native regional corporation representing southeastern Alaska).

The bill reserves a public access easement on the federal land conveyed to Cape Fox and Sealaska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7218; text: CR S7219--7220)
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Mauritania TPS Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3618
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
GUARD Act

Bill: 118-s-3619
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3620
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: 

Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act of 2024

 
This bill increases the current 21% income tax rate of corporations whose ratio of compensation of their principal executive officers or other highest compensated employees to median worker compensation is more than 50 to 1, in which case the increase is 0.5%. The pay ratio disparity extends from 100 to 1 to 500 to 1, in which case the increase is 5%. The bill exempts from such increase certain corporations based upon their average annual gross receipts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3621
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Disability and health-based discrimination
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: 

Medical Device Nonvisual Accessibility Act of 

2024

This bill requires certain medical devices with a digital interface to meet nonvisual accessibility standards established by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Specifically, the FDA must establish regulations to require a Class II or Class III medical device with a digital interface to provide a blind or low-vision user access to the same services and information, and generally the same ease of use, as provided to a user who is not low-vision or blind. (The FDA classifies medical devices in three classes. Class I devices are low-risk, Class II devices are moderate-risk, and Class III devices are high-risk.)

A Class II or Class III medical device that does not meet the nonvisual accessibility standards established under this bill may not be sold. However, the FDA may waive the bill's requirements for a device upon a showing that applying the standards would fundamentally alter the nature of the device or create an undue hardship for the manufacturer. The bill also does not apply to devices that are intended solely for use by a health care provider or in a setting outside the home.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Unborn Child Support Act

Bill: 118-s-3622
Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Separation, divorce, custody, support
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: 

Unborn Child Support Act

 
 This bill requires states to apply child support obligations to the time period during pregnancy. This requirement is applicable retroactively based on a court order at the request of the pregnant parent and a determination by a physician of the month during which the child was conceived. Existing state requirements are applicable to these obligations, such as proof of parenthood.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Research for Healthy Soils Act

Bill: 118-s-3623
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: 

Research for Healthy Soils Act

 
This bill includes research on the agricultural impacts of microplastics in land-applied biosolids on farmland as a Department of Agriculture (USDA) high-priority research and extension area. 
Microplastic
 is a plastic or plastic-coated particle that is less than 5 millimeters in size.
 
The bill specifically allows grants for carrying out or enhancing research in this area (e.g., through the development or analysis of wastewater treatment techniques to filter out or biodegrade microplastics from biosolids intended to be used for agricultural purposes).
 
Further, the bill reauthorizes USDA grants to support competitive specialized research and extension activities, including high-priority areas, through FY2028. The bill also specifically reauthorizes through FY2028 
 
 
the Pulse Crop Health Initiative; 
 
the Comprehensive Food Safety Training Network; 
 
pollinator protection research and extension grants; 
 
increased USDA capacity and infrastructure to address and conduct research on colony collapse disorder and other pollinator issues; and 
 
a USDA-conducted nationwide honey bee pest, pathogen, health, and population status surveillance program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

Bill: 118-s-3624
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: 

Protecting Life in Foreign Assistance Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for purposes outside the United States related to abortion.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits funding to certain foreign or domestic organizations that perform or promote abortions, furnish or develop items intended to procure abortions, or provide financial support for an entity that conducts such activities.
 
Current U.S. policy prohibits the provision of federal funds to a foreign nongovernmental organization unless it agrees to not perform or actively promote abortions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Small Business and Prevent Illicit Financial Activity Act

Bill: 118-s-3625
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: 

Protect Small Business and Prevent Illicit Financial Activity Act

 
This bill revises the requirements for small U.S. companies to report certain beneficial ownership information that take effect on January 1, 2024. Beneficial ownership information includes the identity of an individual behind a corporate entity.
 
The bill extends the deadline for companies to report ownership information to the Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Specifically, existing companies must file their initial ownership report within two years (current regulations require the report within one year). New companies must file their initial ownership report within 90 days (current regulations require the report within 30 days). Companies must report updates or changes in ownership within 90 days (current regulations require companies to report such changes within 30 days). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Conforming Procedures for Federal Task and Delivery Order Contracts Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3626
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Public contracts and procurement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 556.
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-242.
action_date: 2024-11-13
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-242.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Distribution Transformer Efficiency and Supply Chain Reliability Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3627
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Mobility Crisis Improvement Act

Bill: 118-s-3628
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Parity for Child Exploitation Offenders Act

Bill: 118-s-3629
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Medicare Transaction Fraud Prevention Act

Bill: 118-s-3630
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Critical Minerals Security Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3631
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-01-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Metals
Mining
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 607.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-01-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending DHS Funding for Liberal Propaganda Act

Bill: 118-s-3632
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2024-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: 

Ending DHS Funding for Liberal Propaganda Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from issuing grant funding to any entity that will use the funds to develop any programming

that engages in partisan political advocacy or promotes discrimination on the basis of political affiliation, or

relating to countering narratives or views on political topics.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Prevention Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3633
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2024-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3901 MacArthur Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office Building".

Bill: 118-s-3634
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Louisiana
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3901 MacArthur Boulevard in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Dr. Rudy Lombard Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Competition Act

Bill: 118-s-3635
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2024-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Games and hobbies

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 547.
action_date: 2024-11-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-234.
action_date: 2024-11-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-234.
action_date: 2024-01-31
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Hire Veterans Act

Bill: 118-s-3636
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2024-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Biological and life sciences
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Earth sciences
Ecology
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Geography and mapping
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Hydrology and hydrography
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Outdoor recreation
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-23
text:  

Hire Veterans Act

 
This bill establishes a pilot program, administered by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to recruit veterans with relevant strengths and abilities and refer them to positions in federal land management agencies. 
 
OPM shall conduct tests of certain strengths and abilities for veterans participating in the program. After testing, federal land management agencies may offer non-competitive career-conditional appointments to such veterans demonstrating necessary strengths and abilities. Such agencies may also refer veterans not demonstrating sufficient strengths and abilities in the tests to training programs, and then re-administer such tests until the veteran qualifies for a non-competitive career-conditional appointment.
 
 

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Farm to Fly Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-3637
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2024-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Manufacturing
Motor fuels

Summary:
action_date: 2024-01-23
text: 

Farm to Fly Act of 2024

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to integrate the advancement of sustainable aviation fuels into its programs.

Specifically, this bill includes sustainable aviation fuel as an advanced biofuel for the purposes of several USDA bioenergy programs that primarily provide support and incentives for renewable energy projects.

For purposes of these programs, the bill defines 
sustainable aviation fuel
 as liquid fuel, the portion of which is not kerosene, which (1) meets specific international standards, (2) is not derived from coprocessing specific materials (e.g., triglycerides) with a non-biomass feedstock, (3) is not derived from palm fatty acid distillates or petroleum, and (4) is certified as having a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction percentage of at least 50% compared with petroleum-based jet fuel (based on specific standards and agreements).

In addition, the bill specifically includes fostering and advancing sustainable aviation fuels as part of the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program.

Further, USDA must carry out a comprehensive and integrated pursuit of all USDA mission areas for the advancement of sustainable aviation fuels, including through

the identification of opportunities to maximize the development and commercialization of the fuels,

supporting rural economic development through improved sustainability for aviation, and

advancing public-private partnerships.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2024-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Dependent Controlled Substance Transparency Act

Bill: 118-s-3638
Sponsor: Sen. Vance, J. D. [R-OH]
Introduced: 2024-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate