hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Fair and Transparent Gas Prices Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-67
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Competition and antitrust
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Employee hiring
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Fair and Transparent Gas Prices Act of 202

3

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to investigate anticompetitive, collusive, or other conduct related to oil and gas companies and markets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
FARM Act

Bill: 118-s-68
Sponsor: Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government studies and investigations
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Foreign Adversary Risk Management Act or the FARM Act

 
This bill places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. It also requires the committee to review any investment that could result in foreign control of any U.S. agricultural business.
 
Further, the bill includes agricultural systems and supply chains in the definitions of critical infrastructure and critical technologies for the purposes of reviewing such investments.
 
The Department of Agriculture and the Government Accountability Office must each analyze and report on foreign influence in the U.S. agricultural industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
SOAR Permanent Authorization Act

Bill: 118-s-69
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
District of Columbia
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

SOAR Permanent Authorization Act

 
This bill modifies and permanently reauthorizes the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results program. This program provides education funding for the District of Columbia, including for private school vouchers, public schools, and public charter schools.
 
In particular, the bill revises (1) the list of accrediting bodies that may accredit participating schools, (2) the manner in which tutoring services provided under the program are funded, and (3) the program's reporting and evaluation requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-71
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Customs enforcement
Geography and mapping
International law and treaties
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Extending Limits of United States Customs Waters Act of 

2023

 
This bill extends the customs waters territory of the United States.
 
Under current law, 
customs waters
 means waters within four leagues of the coast of the United States. This bill revises the definition to include (1) the territorial sea of the United States to the limits permitted by international law in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 5928, dated December 27, 1988, that extended such limits to 12 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States; and (2) the contiguous zone of the United States to the limits permitted by international law in accordance with Presidential Proclamation 7219, dated September 2, 1999, that extended such limits to 24 nautical miles from the baselines of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Debt Cancellation Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-72
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Debt Cancellation Accountability Act of 

2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Education from providing class-based loan forgiveness unless funds have been specifically requested and appropriated for this purpose. 
Class-based loan forgiveness
 refers to the cancellation, waiver, assumption, discharge, reduction, or other forgiveness of any obligation due on Federal Family Education Loans, Federal Direct Loans, or Federal Perkins Loans (1) on a class-wide basis and for a class of two or more loan borrowers, and (2) that totals more than $1 million.
 
The prohibition does not apply to targeted loan forgiveness programs explicitly established under the Higher Education Act of 1965 and in effect before January 1, 2022, if the loan forgiveness is granted for a single borrower on a case-by-case basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Helping HANDS for Families Act

Bill: 118-s-73
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Family services

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Helping Households And Neighbors Distribute Services for Families Act or the Helping HANDS for Families Act

 
This bill allows states and tribes to use funds to provide an online portal to facilitate the provision of community support for families and children under the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Providing for Life Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-74
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Abortion
Adoption and foster care
Aging
Child care and development
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Community life and organization
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency communications systems
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Family planning and birth control
Family relationships
Family services
First Amendment rights
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Religion
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex and reproductive health
Social security and elderly assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax treatment of families
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Providing for Life Act of 2023

 
 This bill revises various programs and supports for families and children related to taxes, health, and other benefits.
 
 First, the bill increases the child tax credit to a maximum of $3,500 per child ($4,500 per child under the age of six) and makes permanent the increased income threshold over which the credit phases out.
 
The bill further eliminates the federal deduction for certain state and local taxes (SALT deduction) and makes the adoption tax credit refundable.
 
 The bill allows parents to use a portion of their Social Security benefits for up to three months of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child.
 
 Additionally, the bill requires Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients to cooperate with states in establishing child support orders. It also provides additional workforce training for noncustodial parents with child support obligations.
 
 States must establish requirements for the biological father of a child to pay, at the mother's request, at least 50% of reasonable out-of-pocket medical expenses associated with the mother's pregnancy and delivery.
 
 The bill requires institutions of higher education to provide students with certain information about the resources and services (excluding abortion services) available to pregnant students.
 
Additionally, the bill
 
 
provides grants for community-based maternal mentoring programs and for pregnancy resource centers that do not provide abortions;
 
requires the Department of Health and Human Services to publish a website with specified pregnancy-related information; and
 
extends from one to two years the postpartum benefit eligibility period under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Lifting Local Communities Act

Bill: 118-s-75
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
First Amendment rights
Religion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Lifting Local Communities Act

 
This bill specifies that government entities may not discriminate against religious organizations when awarding federal funds for social services programs (i.e., government programs that provide services for low-income individuals and communities, such as child care, transportation, employment, housing, and meal services).
 
Specifically, religious organizations are eligible to apply for and receive federal funds to provide services for social services programs on the same basis as private, nonreligious organizations. Additionally, government entities may not discriminate against private organizations on the basis of religion when selecting funding recipients.
 
Organizations that receive federal funds for social services programs may not discriminate against individuals on the basis of religion when providing services. If an individual objects to the character or affiliation of a private organization that is providing a service as part of a social services program, government entities must provide the individual with reasonable alternatives.
 
Religious organizations may bring civil actions against entities for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Standing with Moms Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-76
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Family planning and birth control
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Standing with Moms Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to disseminate information about pregnancy-related resources.
 
Specifically, HHS must maintain a public website (life.gov) that lists such resources that are available through federal, state, and local governments and private entities.
 
Additionally, HHS must maintain on its website a portal that provides a user, based on the user's responses to a series of questions, tailored information about pregnancy resources available in the user's zip code and risks related to abortion. HHS must develop a plan to conduct follow-up outreach to users of the portal (if the user consents to the outreach). States must recommend resources that meet criteria set by HHS for including through the portal. HHS may award grants to states to establish or support a system that aggregates resources to include on the portal.
 
Further, the Health Resources and Services Administration must share information about life.gov and the portal through the Maternal Mental Health Hotline.
 
HHS must also ensure that the life.gov website and hotline are available to families who speak languages other than English.
 
The bill excludes from life.gov, the portal, and the hotline resources provided by entities that (1) perform, induce, refer for, or counsel in favor of abortions; or (2) financially support such entities.
 
The bill also requires HHS to report on traffic to life.gov and the portal, gaps in services available to pregnant and postpartum individuals, and related matters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
STEP Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-77
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

STEP Improvement Act of 202

3

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the Small Business Administration's (SBA) State Trade Expansion Program, which provides foreign trade assistance to small businesses, and it revises provisions related to the administration of the program.
 
Specifically, the SBA must establish a time frame for, and provide certain information related to, the application process, and it must conduct an annual survey to solicit feedback on the program. The SBA must collect data on certain performance metrics such as the (1) total number of small businesses assisted by the program, (2) total dollar amount of export sales by participating small businesses, and (3) number of small businesses that have created new jobs through their participation in the program.
 
The bill also requires applicants for participation to include a budget plan that outlines their intended use of funds awarded under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-78
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Family relationships
Health personnel
Separation, divorce, custody, support

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act of 2023 

 
This bill creates new federal crimes related to transporting a minor across state lines for an abortion.
 
Specifically, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly transport a minor across a state line to obtain an abortion without satisfying the requirements of a parental involvement law in the minor's resident state. A parental involvement law requires parental consent or notification, or judicial authorization, for a minor to obtain an abortion.
 
The bill prohibits an individual who has committed incest with a minor from knowingly transporting the minor across a state line to receive an abortion.
 
Finally, the bill makes it a crime for a physician to knowingly perform or induce an abortion on an out-of-state minor without first notifying the minor's parent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-79
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Department of Commerce
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Intellectual property
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 

 
This bill establishes the Interagency Task Force on Patents to support coordination and communication between the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on activities relating to patents for human drugs and biological products. 
 
The task force's duties shall include sharing information about (1) the processes of each agency, including how each agency evaluates applications (e.g., patent applications at the PTO and new drug applications at the FDA); and (2) new approvals of patents, human drugs, biological products, and new technologies. The task force must also establish a process that requires (1) the PTO to request from the FDA information relating to certain patent applications to help patent examiners carry out their duties, (2) the FDA to provide such information to the PTO, and (3) the PTO to assist the FDA in its ministerial role of listing patents.

action_date: 2023-03-01
text: 

Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2023 

 
This bill establishes the Interagency Task Force on Patents to support coordination and communication between the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on activities relating to patents for human drugs and biological products. 
 
The task force's duties shall include sharing information about (1) the processes of each agency, including how each agency evaluates applications (e.g., patent applications at the PTO and new drug applications at the FDA); and (2) new approvals of patents, human drugs, biological products, and new technologies. The task force must also establish a process that requires (1) the PTO to request from the FDA information relating to certain patent applications to help patent examiners carry out their duties, (2) the FDA to provide such information to the PTO, and (3) the PTO to assist the FDA in its ministerial role of listing patents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 18.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-03-01
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Durbin without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish an Inspector General of the National Institutes of Health.

Bill: 118-s-80
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 
This bill requires the President to appoint an Inspector General of the National Institutes of Health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Viral Gain-of-Function Research Moratorium Act

Bill: 118-s-81
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Viral Gain

-

of-Function Research Moratorium Act

 
 This bill prohibits the award of federal research grants to institutions of higher education or research institutes that conduct gain-of-function research. 
Gain-of-function research 
refers to any research that (1) could confer attributes to influenza, MERS, or SARS viruses such that the virus would have enhanced pathogenicity or transmissibility in an organism; or (2) involves methods that could enhance potential pandemic pathogens or related risky research with potentially dangerous pathogens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Full Faith and Credit Act

Bill: 118-s-82
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Medicare
Military personnel and dependents
Social security and elderly assistance
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

Full Faith and Credit Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to prioritize certain obligations if the federal debt limit is reached and provides for a limited increase in the debt limit to fund these priorities. 
 
If the federal government reaches the debt limit, the following obligations must be given equal priority over all other federal obligations:
 
 
 the principal and interest on the debt held by the public;
 
Social Security benefits;
 
pay and allowances for members of the Armed Forces on active duty and members of the U.S. Coast Guard;
 
compensation, pensions, and payments for medical services provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and
 
the Medicare programs.
 
 
If the debt limit has been reached and incoming revenue will be insufficient to pay the priority obligations over an upcoming two-week period, the bill requires (1) Treasury to notify Congress of the expected revenue shortfall for the two-week period, and (2) the debt limit to be increased by the amount of the expected shortfall. 
 
If the incoming revenue exceeds the expected shortfall, the excess revenue must be held in reserve and applied to the following two-week period. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-26
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 6.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate
American Apprenticeship Act

Bill: 118-s-83
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-01-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Performance measurement
State and local government operations
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: 

American Apprenticeship Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to make grants to assist states in carrying out projects that defray the cost of pre-apprenticeship or related instruction for qualified apprenticeship programs.
 
Labor shall (1) establish performance measures and an evaluation system for such grant program; and (2) identify in-demand occupations that lack the use of apprenticeships, analyze the use of the qualified apprenticeship program model in those occupations, and report on such analysis to states and Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-01-25
text: Introduced in Senate