hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Nuclear Fuel Security Act

Bill: 118-hr-1086
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Higher education
Infrastructure development
Licensing and registrations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Nuclear power
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Nuclear Fuel Security Act

 
 This bill establishes new programs and expands existing programs to increase domestic supplies of certain types of low-enriched uranium.
 
 First, the Department of Energy (DOE) must establish a program to increase the production of certain types of low-enriched uranium by U.S. nuclear energy companies.
 
 Second, DOE must expand the existing American Assured Fuel Supply Program to ensure the availability of certain types of domestically produced uranium in the event of a supply disruption. 
 
Third, DOE must establish a demonstration program to make certain types of low-enriched uranium available from its inventories, stockpiles, or allies to meet the needs and schedules of advanced nuclear reactor developers until such time that commercial enrichment and deconversion capability for the uranium exists in the United States at a scale sufficient to meet future needs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy, Climate and Grid Security.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
DEPOSIT Act

Bill: 118-hr-1087
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Housing and community development funding
Landlord and tenant
Lease and rental services
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Delivering Essential Protection, Opportunity, and Security for Tenants Act or DEPOSIT Act

 
This bill provides access to rental security deposit and moving cost assistance for participants in certain low-income housing programs.
 
Specifically, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must provide public housing agencies (PHAs) funding for rental security deposit assistance for families in Section 8 tenant-based rental assistance (TBRA) programs (i.e., the Housing Choice Voucher Program). Upon tenancy termination, any unused security deposit amounts must be returned to a PHA to remain available for use as security deposits. HUD may also provide funding to PHAs to provide assistance with reasonable moving costs for families moving into an assisted dwelling unit.
 
Under current law, security deposit assistance (i.e., loans or grants) is available in the HOME Investment Partnerships Program for families participating in a TBRA program. This bill expands access to security deposit assistance by allowing participating jurisdictions to provide these loans or grants to very low- and low-income families regardless of participation in a TBRA program.
 
In addition, HUD must study and report on (1) alternatives to rental housing security deposits, including requiring a tenant to pay a monthly insurance premium; and (2) the impact that such alternatives have on the rental housing market and tenants, including how such alternatives affect tenants based on tenant demographics (e.g., race, age, sex, and disability).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-1088
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Members of Congress
Racial and ethnic relations
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Shirley Chisholm, in recognition of her activism, independence, and groundbreaking achievements in politics, including election as the first African American woman in Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-1089
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health promotion and preventive care
Hospital care
Mental health
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

VA Medical Center Facility Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the directors of medical facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit to the VA and Congress an annual fact sheet containing specified information about their facility of jurisdiction (e.g., the number of veterans treated at the facility) and a quarterly fact sheet containing the average wait time for veterans to receive treatment at the facility.
 
The required fact sheets must be made publicly available in physical form at each medical facility and in an electronic form on the facility's website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-24
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 796.
action_date: 2024-12-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-947.
action_date: 2024-12-24
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 118-947.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-03-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2023-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
DEVICE Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1090
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

 Disclosure; and Encouragement of Verification, Innovation, Cleaning, and Efficiency Act of 2023 or the DEVICE Act of 

2023

 
This bill addresses design changes and reprocessing of medical devices. (Reprocessing of medical devices is the process for cleaning and sterilizing or disinfecting devices for reuse.) 
 
Specifically, medical device manufacturers must notify the Food and Drug Administration (1) before making changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device, and (2) no more than five days after widely disseminating to health care providers in a foreign country communications regarding changes to the design or reprocessing instructions of a device or regarding a safety concern about a device. 
 
A device may not be sold if the manufacturer violates these notification requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Stop Hate Crimes Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1091
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Evidence and witnesses
Hate crimes
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Stop Hate Crimes Act of 2023 

 
This bill lowers the statutory burden of proof for showing intent with respect to a federal hate crime offense.
 
Current law makes it unlawful to willfully cause bodily injury, or attempt to do so using a dangerous weapon, because of the actual or perceived protected characteristic (e.g., race) of a person. In 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the
 because of
 standard requires proof that a person's actual or perceived protected characteristic was the sole motivating factor in the offense. 
 
This bill replaces the
 because of 
standard with a new standard. Specifically, willfully causing bodily injury, or attempting to do so using a dangerous weapon, is a hate crime offense if a person's actual or perceived protected characteristic was a contributory motivating factor in the offense.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
BENEFIT Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1092
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Better Empowerment Now to Enhance Framework and Improve Treatments Act of 2023 or the BENEFIT Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to consider relevant patient experience data in the risk-benefit assessment framework used in the process for approving new drugs.
 
After a new drug application has been approved, the FDA's public statement about how it used patient experience data shall include a description of how such data was considered in the risk-benefit assessment framework. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Parents Opt-in Protection Act

Bill: 118-hr-1094
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Parents Opt-in Protection Act

 
This bill revises the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), which governs the administration to students of a survey, analysis, or evaluation that reveals information related to any of the eight protected areas (e.g., political affiliations, sex behavior or attitudes, and religious beliefs).
 
Specifically, the bill requires prior written consent of the student (if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor) or parent (if the student is an unemancipated minor) for such a specific survey, analysis, or evaluation. Currently, PPRA does not specify that this consent must be written.
 
Local educational agencies must update their student privacy policies to specify that students shall not be required to submit to a survey without prior written consent.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
AR–15 National Gun Act

Bill: 118-hr-1095
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
National symbols

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

AR-15 National Gun Act

 
This bill declares an AR-15 style rifle chambered in a .223 Remington round or a 5.56x45mm NATO round to be the National Gun of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1097
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Everett Alvarez, Jr., Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Everett Alvarez, Jr. in recognition of his service to the nation.

action_date: 2024-05-21
text: 

Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023

This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Everett Alvarez Jr. in recognition of his service to the nation.
 
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: 

Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023

This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Everett Alvarez Jr. in recognition of his service to the nation.

action_date: 2024-12-23
text: 

Everett Alvarez, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2023

This act provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Everett Alvarez Jr. in recognition of his service to the nation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-23
text: Became Public Law No: 118-161.
action_date: 2024-12-23
text: Became Public Law No: 118-161.
action_date: 2024-12-23
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2024-12-23
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2024-12-11
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6935)
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-12-10
text: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-05-21
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2024-05-21
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3376-3377)
action_date: 2024-05-21
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3376-3377)
action_date: 2024-05-21
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1097.
action_date: 2024-05-21
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3376-3379)
action_date: 2024-05-21
text: Mr. McHenry moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 118-161
PAID OFF Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1099
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Preventing Adversary Influence, Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2023 or the PAID OFF Act of 2023

 
This bill requires certain persons to register as agents of a foreign principal if the foreign principal in question is China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, or Syria.
 
Currently, the Foreign Agents Registration Act exempts certain agents from the act's registration requirements, including agents (1) engaged only in private and nonpolitical activities to advance a foreign principal's bona fide trade or commerce interests, or (2) engaged in certain lobbying activities and where the agent has registered as a lobbyist. Under this bill, these exemptions shall not apply if the foreign principal is one of the countries specified in this bill.
 
The changes made by this bill shall expire on October 1, 2026.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
SAFE for America Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1100
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Security And Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2023 or the SAFE for America Act of 

2023

 
This bill eliminates the diversity immigrant program, which makes immigrant visas available to individuals from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 118-hr-1102
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act

 
This bill makes changes to U.S. foreign policy in matters concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
 
For purposes of this policy, the bill defines 
Palestinian refugee
 as a person who (1) resided from June 1946 to May 1948 in Mandatory Palestine (a region controlled by Britain until 1948), (2) was personally displaced as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, and (3) has not accepted citizenship or other permanent adjustment in status in another country. Furthermore, under U.S. policy, derivative refugee status may only extend to the spouse or minor child of such a Palestinian refugee.
 
The bill withholds U.S. funding for the UNRWA unless the Department of State makes certifications concerning the UNRWA's staff, partners, and funding. Specifically, the State Department must certify that neither UNRWA staff and partners nor its funding and facilities are affiliated with terrorism or disseminating certain rhetoric, such as calling for the destruction of Israel or describing Israelis as 
occupiers 
or 
settlers
. Additionally, the State Department must certify that the UNRWA is (1) subject to comprehensive independent financial audits, and (2) not affiliated with any financial institutions complicit in money laundering or terror financing.
 
The State Department must also implement a plan to encourage other countries to align their UNRWA-related activities with U.S. policy objectives, including the phaseout of the UNRWA by resettling Palestinian refugees outside of Israel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
Fix Moldy Housing Act

Bill: 118-hr-1104
Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Fix Moldy Housing Act

 
This bill sets forth provisions to assess and remediate indoor mold.
 
Specifically, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must issue nonbinding national standards that (1) identify levels of mold that should be assessed and remediated, and (2) outline standards for properly and safely assessing and remediating mold.
 
The EPA must carry out a program to assist state and tribal governments in assessing and remediating mold. Under the program, the EPA must provide to state and tribal programs (1) grants for establishing licensing programs for persons engaged in assessing and remediating mold, and (2) technical assistance for assessing and remediating mold. The EPA must also administer training seminars on assessing and remediating mold.
 
The EPA must also award grants to state and tribal governments for (1) assessing and remediating mold in governmental buildings and private residential properties; and (2) temporary housing for individuals who are severely impacted by mold, are without insurance coverage for mold, and do not have sufficient financial resources to obtain alternative housing. Grants may not be used to assess or remediate mold in housing occupied by households that are high-income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
COST of Relocations Act

Bill: 118-hr-1106
Sponsor: Rep. Wexton, Jennifer [D-VA-10]
Introduced: 2023-02-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: 

Congressional Oversight to Secure Transparency of Relocations Act or the COST of Relocations Act

 
This bill requires a federal agency seeking to relocate more than 5% of its employees or more than 100 employees to conduct and make public a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of the proposed change.
 
Specifically, the agency must conduct such analysis and submit it to the agency's office of inspector general for review and submission to Congress.
 
The report must include
 
 
the anticipated outcomes and improvements that will result from the proposed relocation,
 
the metrics for measuring whether the proposed relocation results in the anticipated outcomes and improvements,
 
a timeline of past and future engagements with stakeholders regarding the proposed relocation,
 
a comprehensive strategy for accomplishing the proposed relocation, and
 
an assessment of the short- and long-term effects of the proposed relocation on the agency's mission.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-17
text: Introduced in House