hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
EMS Act

Bill: 118-hr-3626
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
First responders and emergency personnel
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Emergency Management Support Act or the EMS Act

 
This bill establishes additional eligibility requirements to receive emergency management performance grants.
 
Specifically, to be eligible to receive a grant, a state must require local emergency management directors to successfully complete Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provided baseline emergency management training developed in accordance with the National Incident Management System by one year after this bill's enactment and recurrently at an interval determined by FEMA to strengthen local emergency management capacity.
 
Further, a state must submit certifications to FEMA annually regarding compliance. A state that cannot certify that all local emergency management directors have completed the training must submit a certification that includes (1) an identification of all barriers to achieving the baseline emergency management training requirement, and (2) an approach to overcoming the barriers identified with an anticipated timeline for full compliance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act

Bill: 118-hr-3627
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Architecture
Congressional oversight
General Services Administration
Government buildings, facilities, and property

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act

 
This bill declares U.S. policy applicable to public buildings and establishes the President's Council on Improving Federal Civic Architecture.
 
The policy includes that
 
 
applicable federal public buildings should uplift and beautify public spaces, command respect from the general public, be visually identifiable as civic buildings, respect regional architectural heritage, and meet other specified criteria;
 
in the District of Columbia, classical architecture is the preferred and default architecture for federal public buildings absent exceptional factors; 
 
buildings that do not meet specified criteria should be considered for redesign where feasible and economical, particularly with respect to the exterior of the applicable federal building; and
 
the General Services Administration (GSA) should seek input from future users of the applicable federal public buildings and the general public in the community where such buildings will be located before selecting an architectural firm or design style and give the general public's input substantial consideration.
 
 
The GSA must adhere to the policy. If the GSA proposes to approve a design for a new applicable federal public building that diverges from the preferred architecture, it must notify the Office of the Domestic Policy Advisor and Congress not later than 30 days before the date on which the GSA could reject the design without incurring substantial expenditures and describe the reasons for proposing to approve the design.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act

Bill: 118-hr-3628
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
National Guard and reserves
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Supporting Disabled National Guardsmen Act

 
This bill provides disability pay and medical care for members of the National Guard who were physically disabled as a result of state active duty.
 State active duty
 includes training or other duty in service to the governor of a state for which the member is not entitled to federal pay, but excludes required drills and field exercises.
 
The bill expands eligibility for Department of Defense retired pay to such members who are physically disabled as a result of state active duty after September 23, 1996. Such pay must be reduced if it is determined to duplicate any other federal or state benefit to such members based on disability.
 
The bill also makes such members eligible for hospital care and medical services from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to treat the disability and any illness or condition arising from the disability. The VA may provide reimbursement for hospital care or medical services provided to such members only after a member or the provider of care has exhausted (without success) all claims and remedies reasonably available against a third party.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act

Bill: 118-hr-3629
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Federal Initiative to Guarantee Health by Targeting Fentanyl Act

 
This bill places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits the application of a mandatory minimum prison term for certain drug offenses involving fentanyl-related substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act

Bill: 118-hr-3630
Sponsor: Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Athletes
Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Contracts and agency
Federal preemption
Financial literacy
Government information and archives
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Marketing and advertising
School administration
School athletics
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Student Athlete Level Playing Field Act

 
This bill generally prohibits an institution of higher education or a covered athletic organization (e.g., an athletic association, a conference, or an organization with authority over intercollegiate athletics) from restricting the ability of a student athlete to enter into an endorsement or agency contract or otherwise receive consideration for the athlete's name, image, or likeness.
 
 It also provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), preempts state laws relating to endorsement or agency contracts, and establishes the Covered Athletic Organization Commission.
 
The FTC must
 
 
 establish a clearinghouse for endorsement contracts entered into by student athletes and athlete agents; 
 
 require each student athlete and athlete agent to disclose to the clearinghouse each endorsement contract entered into with a value of more than $500; and 
 
establish a program to register athlete agents who represent student athletes, require such athlete agents to register, and treat a violation of such requirement as a violation regarding unfair or deceptive acts or practices.
 
 
The FTC may not charge a fee in relation to such registration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3631
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
State and local government operations
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

State Strategic Stockpile Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 a pilot program that provides support to states, or consortia of states, to establish, expand, or maintain stockpiles of drugs, vaccines, and other medical supplies necessary to respond to a declared public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
READI Act

Bill: 118-hr-3632
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Resist Executive Amnesty on Defense Installations Act or the READI Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of a military installation to house an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States or undergoing removal proceedings. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
PREVENT HPV Cancers Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3633
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Congressional oversight
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Sex and reproductive health
Sexually transmitted diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Promoting Resources to Expand Vaccination, Education and New Treatments for HPV Cancers Act of 2023 or the PREVENT HPV Cancers Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out a campaign to raise awareness about human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination with a particular focus on combatting misinformation and increasing vaccination rates, especially among males.
 
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and otherwise extends activities to reduce breast and cervical cancer mortality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3634
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Accidents
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Department of Transportation
Emergency communications systems
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Safe Aviation and Flight Enhancement Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration to issue regulations requiring all newly manufactured commercial aircraft used in certain extended overwater operations to have additional data recovery features. 
 
Specifically, commercial aircraft that are required to have a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and a flight data recorder (FDR) must be equipped with 
 
 
a means to recover flight data that does not require underwater retrieval, 
 
 a tamper-resistant method to broadcast to a ground station sufficient information to establish the flight termination location within six nautical miles of the point of impact, and 
 
 an airframe low-frequency underwater locating device that will function for at least 90 days and that is detectable by current search and rescue systems. 
 
 
Further, the commercial aircraft must be equipped to retain at least the last 25 hours of recorded information. 
 
Commercial aircraft that are ordered by an air carrier on or after January 1, 2027, must have the additional recorder system installed. 
 
The bill specifies that a third combination CVR/FDR recording mechanism is not required to satisfy the bill's requirements. Compliant technologies may include (1) an automatic deployable flight recorder system (i.e., a CVR, FDR, and emergency locator transmitter housed in one crash-protected, floatable unit), and (2) transmission of flight recorder data (i.e., a system capable of providing satellite transmission of critical flight data that can also assist in identifying the location of a downed aircraft).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3635
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Medicare
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Save Rural Hospitals Act of 2023

This bill establishes an area wage adjustment floor for Medicare hospital payments in states that are not frontier states. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish a maximum rate to preserve budget neutrality.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Put Zombie Donors to Rest Act

Bill: 118-hr-3636
Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 
 
Put Zombie Donors to Rest Act

 
This bill requires a contributor to political organizations who uses a credit card to make online contributions to such organizations to disclose the billing address, and the credit verification value, of such credit card at the time a contribution is made. A credit verification value is a series of numbers on a credit card (usually on the back of the card) that provides additional security for a transaction by credit card.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
DROP Act

Bill: 118-hr-3637
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Inflation and prices
Natural disasters
State and local government operations
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Federal Funds from Human Trafficking and Smuggling Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3638
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Protecting Federal Funds from Human Trafficking and Smuggling Act of 2023

This bill prohibits a nonprofit entity from receiving federal funds (and denies a tax exemption) unless the entity certifies compliance with certain federal laws (e.g., laws with respect to human trafficking and smuggling).

The bill also establishes reporting requirements, including that the Government Accountability Office must annually report to Congress on those nonprofit entities that do not certify their compliance with these laws.

Finally, the bill removes the provision of federal law that exempts nonprofit charitable organizations that provide federal public benefits from having to verify the eligibility of program participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
After Hours Child Care Act

Bill: 118-hr-3639
Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

After Hours Child Care Act

 
This bill establishes a pilot program for the Administration for Children & Families to award grants to increase the capacity of child care providers to deliver services to families in which a parent is working nontraditional work hours (e.g., before 9:00 a.m., after 5:00 p.m., or on a Saturday or Sunday).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
Informed Lawmaking to Combat Inflation Act

Bill: 118-hr-3640
Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 

Informed Lawmaking to Combat Inflation Act

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide inflation estimates for certain legislation that provides for direct spending and is projected to cause an annual gross budgetary effect of at least 0.25% of the projected gross domestic product of the United States.
 
The estimates must determine whether the legislation will have
 
 
no significant impact on inflation, 
 
a quantifiable inflationary impact on the consumer price index, or 
 
a significant impact on inflation that cannot be quantified at the time the estimate is prepared.
 
 
The requirement does not apply to legislation that (1) provides for emergency assistance or relief at the request of any state, local, or tribal government; or (2) is necessary for the national security or the ratification or implementation of international treaty obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to rescind guidelines and ensure the removal of signs and guidance relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill: 118-hr-3641
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2023-05-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health facilities and institutions
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to immediately rescind all guidelines relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. The VA must also ensure all signs and posted guidance related to COVID-19 are removed from its facilities (e.g., signage related to masking and social distancing).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-24
text: Introduced in House