hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-723
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Digital media
Health care costs and insurance
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 

2023

 
This bill provides for Medicare and Medicaid coverage of prescription digital therapeutics (i.e., software applications that are used to prevent, manage, or treat medical conditions). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish a Medicare payment methodology for payments to manufacturers that takes into account certain factors (e.g., ongoing use); manufacturers must report specified information about private payors, subject to civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act

Bill: 118-s-725
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Coast guard
Income tax exclusion
Tax reform and tax simplification
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: 

Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Financing Lead Out of Water Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-726
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Financing Lead Out of Water Act of 2023

 
This bill allows the issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance the replacement of any privately-owned portion of a lead service line in a public water system. Specifically, the bill provides that the use of proceeds from such bonds for replacement of a lead service line does not constitute private business use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Insulin for All Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-727
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Insulin for All Act of 2023

 
This bill caps the manufacturer price of insulin at $20 per 1,000 units.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Paycheck Fairness Act

Bill: 118-s-728
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Contracts and agency
Department of Education
Department of Labor
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor standards
Minority employment
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Small business
Temporary and part-time employment
Wages and earnings
Women's employment
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Paycheck Fairness Act

 
This bill addresses wage discrimination on the basis of sex. Specifically, it (1) limits an employer's defense that a pay differential is based on a factor other than sex to only bona fide job-related factors in wage discrimination claims, (2) enhances nonretaliation prohibitions, (3) makes it unlawful to require an employee to sign a contract or waiver prohibiting the employee from disclosing information about the employee's wages, and (4) increases civil penalties for violations of equal pay provisions. 
 
Additionally, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs must train EEOC employees and other affected parties on wage discrimination. 
The bill directs the Department of Labor to (1) establish and carry out a grant program for negotiation skills training for girls and women, (2) conduct studies to eliminate pay disparities between men and women, and (3) make available information on wage discrimination to assist the public in understanding and addressing such discrimination. 
The bill also establishes the Secretary of Labor's National Award for Pay Equity in the Workplace for an employer who has made a substantial effort to eliminate pay disparities between men and women. 
Finally, the bill requires the EEOC to issue regulations for collecting from employers compensation and other employment data according to the sex, race, and national origin of employees for use in enforcing laws prohibiting pay discrimination. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-07-18
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Sanders without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Audio-Only Telehealth for Emergencies Act

Bill: 118-s-729
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Audio-Only Telehealth for Emergencies Act

 
This bill requires Medicare to cover audio-only telehealth services during national emergencies. Payment for such services must be made at the same rate as for in-person services. The bill applies to services provided on or after January 1, 2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
EASE Behavioral Health Services Act

Bill: 118-s-730
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Enhance Access to Support Essential Behavioral Health Services Act or the EASE Behavioral Health Services Act

 
This bill removes restrictions that require the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) to be in a rural area, and allows the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site, for behavioral health telehealth services under Medicare. The bill applies to services provided on or after January 1, 2025. 
 
The bill also expands the scope of required guidance, studies, and reports to address the provision of such services under Medicaid. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-731
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Telemedicine Everywhere Lifting Everyone's Healthcare Experience And Long Term Health HSA Act of 2023 or the TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2023

 
This bill makes permanent the preferred treatment of telehealth and other remote care services for purposes of health savings accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Biochar Research Network Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-732
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Biochar Research Network Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to establish a biochar research network of not more than 20 research sites or facilities to test the impact of biochar across various soil types, application methods, and climates to learn more about its potential to benefit agriculture, forestry, and the environment. 
 
Eligible entities for the research network include (1) state agriculture and forestry experiment stations, and (2) research facilities of the ARS, the Forest Service, and the Departments of Energy, Commerce, and the Interior.
 
 Biochar is created by heating biomass (e.g., wood, grass, and manure) in a low-oxygen environment and can be applied to soil to sequester carbon and improve soil health.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion Act

Bill: 118-s-733
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion Act

 
This bill establishes under statute that a conviction for certain crimes related to kidnapping or sexual abuse shall be grounds for (1) barring an individual from entering the United States, and (2) deportability. (Under current law, convictions for certain crimes, including crimes involving moral turpitude, are grounds for inadmissibility and deportability.)
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S744)
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-734
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Promoting Precision Agriculture Act of 2023 

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop voluntary standards for precision agriculture (i.e., managing, tracking, or reducing crop or livestock production inputs, including seed, feed, fertilizer, chemicals, water, and time at a heightened level of spatial and temporal granularity to improve efficiencies, reduce waste, and maintain environmental quality). 
 
 USDA, in consultation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), must develop voluntary, consensus-based, private sector-led interconnectivity standards and best practices for precision agriculture to promote economies of scale and ease the burden of adoption. USDA must (1) coordinate with relevant public and trusted private sector stakeholders and relevant industry organizations, and (2) consult with sector-specific agencies and state and local governments.
 
Further, in developing the standards, USDA must, in consultation with NIST and the Federal Communications Commission, consider
 
 
the connectivity needs of precision agriculture equipment,
 
cybersecurity challenges facing precision agriculture, and
 
 the impact of artificial intelligence on this area.
 
 
The Government Accountability Office must periodically assess and report on the standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S744-745; text: CR S745-746)
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to strengthen the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Bill: 118-s-735
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Executive agency funding and structure
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Interagency Council on Homelessness

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 
This bill permanently reauthorizes the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, an independent federal agency within the executive branch that coordinates the federal response to prevent and end homelessness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-220.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S746)
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Chiricahua National Park Act

Bill: 118-s-736
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Chiricahua National Park Act

 
This bill redesignates the Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona as the Chiricahua National Park.

action_date: 2023-07-19
text: 

Chiricahua National Park Act

 
This bill redesignates the Chiricahua National Monument in Arizona as the Chiricahua National Park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 140.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-66.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 118-66.
action_date: 2023-05-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act

Bill: 118-s-737
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act

 
This bill denies employers a tax deduction for any expenditures incurred for attempting to influence their employees with respect to labor organizations or labor organization activities, such as elections, labor disputes, and collective actions. 
 
The bill requires employers to report on their attempts to influence their employees with respect to labor organizations and their activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Tax Fairness for Workers Act

Bill: 118-s-738
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Tax Fairness for Workers Act 

 
This bill allows an above-the-line tax deduction for union dues and expenses. (An above-the-line deduction is subtracted from gross income and is available whether or not a taxpayer itemizes other deductions.) 
 
The bill also reinstates the miscellaneous itemized tax deduction for unreimbursed expenses attributable to the performance of services as an employee (Under current law, all miscellaneous itemized deductions are suspended through 2025).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to clarify jurisdiction with respect to certain Bureau of Reclamation pumped storage development, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-739
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
Electric power generation and transmission
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Land transfers

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 
This bill transfers National Forest System land near the Salt River in Arizona to the Bureau of Reclamation to expand the area used for generating electric power for the Salt River Federal Reclamation Project. Any facilities on the covered land constructed by the Salt River Project are owned by Reclamation, but the Salt River Project is responsible for the facilities' operation and maintenance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 579.
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: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
GUARD VA Benefits Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-740
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act of 2023 or the GUARD VA Benefits Act
 
of 2023

 
This bill imposes criminal penalties on individuals for directly or indirectly soliciting, contracting for, charging, or receiving any unauthorized fee or compensation with respect to the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The commission or attempted commission of such offenses is punishable by a fine, imprisonment for up to one year, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-160.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Traveler's Gun Rights Act

Bill: 118-s-741
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Traveler's Gun Rights Act

 
This bill broadens the scope of allowable firearms transactions involving active duty service members and their spouses and individuals who do not have a residence in any state.
 
Currently, federal firearms laws generally prohibit a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a gun dealer) from sell or delivering a firearm to an individual whose state of residence is different than the state where the licensee's place of business is located.
 
This bill defines the term 
state of residence
 as the state in which an individual is present with an intention of making a home.
 
In the case of an individual who does not have a physical residence in any state, then the term 
state of residence
 means the address of the individual's private mailbox or post office box.
 
In the case of a member of the Armed Forces on active duty, or his or her spouse, the term 
state of residence
 means (1) the state in which the member's permanent duty station is located, and (2) the state where the member maintains a place of abode from which he or she commutes to the permanent duty station.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
National Debt is National Security Act

Bill: 118-s-742
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

National Debt is National Security Act

 
This bill establishes limits on the portion of the national debt that may be held by foreign governments, entities, and individuals. 
 
Specifically, the portion of the national debt that is cumulatively held by foreign governments, entities organized or incorporated under the laws of a foreign country, and citizens of foreign countries may not exceed one-fourth of the national debt. 
 
In addition, the portion of the national debt that is cumulatively held by the government of a single foreign country, entities organized or incorporated under the laws of the country, and citizens of the country may not exceed 5% of the national debt. 
 
The bill allows the President to waive these limits if the President determines and reports to Congress that an important national interest requires the waiver. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustainable Budget Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-743
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-03-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: 

Sustainable Budget Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform within the legislative branch to identify policies to improve the fiscal situation in the medium term and achieve fiscal sustainability over the long term.
 
The commission must propose recommendations that (1) are designed to balance the budget, excluding interest payments on the debt, within 10 years; and (2) meaningfully improve the long-term fiscal outlook, including changes to address the growth of entitlement spending and the gap between projected federal revenues and expenditures.
 
Congress must consider the commission's recommendations using specified expedited legislative procedures. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2023-03-09
text: Introduced in Senate