hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Life Saving Leave Act

Bill: 118-hr-3024
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 

Life Saving Leave Act

 
This bill expands employee medical leave to provide additional time for bone marrow or blood stem cell donations.
 
Specifically, the bill expands leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA) to provide up to 40 hours of leave every 12 months for related predonation, donation, and postdonation activities. Under the bill, leave may be taken intermittently or on a reduced leave schedule. An employee has the option to substitute accrued paid vacation, personal, or sick leave for the unpaid FMLA time.
 
The bill requires an employee to make a reasonable effort to schedule treatments for when the treatment would not unduly disrupt the employer's activities.
 
Eligible employees may use this leave regardless of the employee's length of employment or the size of the employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and 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: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and 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: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Accountability, and 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: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide for no net increase in the total acreage of Federal land in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, United States Virgin Islands.

Bill: 118-hr-3025
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Caribbean area
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from acquiring land that would increase the total acreage of federal land in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands.
 
If Interior takes into federal ownership nonfederal land that results in an increase of the total acreage of federal land in the park, it must convey out of federal ownership at least an equal acreage via sale, exchange, or donation.
 
Any sale of federal land under this bill shall be offered for sale
 
 
not later than one year after Interior takes into federal ownership nonfederal land that results in an increase of the total acreage of federal land in the park,
 
subject to valid existing rights,
 
at fair market value (with an exception), and
 
at a price that is reduced by 10% each month that the federal land is not sold or under contract to be sold by six months after the federal land was first offered for sale.
 
 
If the value of the federal land that is part of a land exchange is less than the value of the nonfederal land for which it is exchanged, the value of the exchanged land must be equalized by a cash payment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2255)
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the adoption of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands as the constitution of the United States Virgin Islands.

Bill: 118-hr-3026
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 
This bill adopts the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands as the constitution of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
 
The bill permits the legislature of the Virgin Islands to propose amendments to such constitution by a resolution approved by not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislature.
 
All proposed amendments approved by the legislature must be submitted to the qualified voters of the Virgin Islands in a referendum, published at least three months before the date of the referendum.
 
The legislature, by a resolution approved by two-thirds of its members, may submit to the qualified voters at a referendum, held at the same time as a general election, the question of whether a constitutional convention shall be called to revise the constitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2254-2255)
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Reclamation Climate Change and Water Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3027
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government studies and investigations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 

Reclamation Climate Change and Water Program Reauthorization Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2033 the Bureau of Reclamation's climate change and water program. Under the program, Reclamation assesses the effects of global climate change on the quantity of water resources in certain western states and develops strategies to address potential water shortages, conflicts, and other impacts to such water resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Community and Technical College Investment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3028
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 

Community and Technical College Investment Act of 

2023

 
This bill establishes four grant programs, including a tuition-free community college grant program, to expand access to higher education.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to establish
 
 
a grant program to facilitate tuition-free community college for all eligible students,
 
a grant program to provide institutional capacity and wraparound service support with respect to the implementation of tuition-free community college,
 
a grant program to provide emergency aid subgrants to eligible students enrolled at public institutions of higher education, and
 
a grant program to provide technical assistance to states applying for any of these grants.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3029
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 

Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2023

 
This bill permits a taxpayer with a primary care service arrangement whose fixed periodic fee does not exceed $150 a month to participate in and contribute to a health savings account.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
STOP GAMES Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3030
Sponsor: Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Government information and archives
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 

Stop The Overuse of Petitions and Get Affordable Medicines to Enter Soon Act of 2023 or the STOP GAMES Act of 

2023

 
This bill specifies factors that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)must use in determining if a petition is submitted with the primary purpose of delaying the approval of a pending new or generic drug application. (Current law allows third parties, including interested parties, to file petitions asking the FDA to take various actions, such as to consider certain issues pertaining to an application for market approval for a drug; current law also allows the FDA to deny a petition that is submitted with the primary purpose of delaying approval of an application.)
 
The factors include (1) whether the petitioner filed serial petitions raising issues that could have been known to the petitioner when an earlier petition was filed, and (2) whether the petition has any data or information to support its scientific positions.
 
If the FDA finds that delay is the primary purpose of the petition, it must refer the matter to the Federal Trade Commission.
 
A party filing a petition must do so within 60 days of when the party first learned of the information on which the petition is based.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

Bill: 118-hr-3031
Sponsor: Rep. Stansbury, Melanie Ann [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Utah
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

 
This bill designates specified lands in Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
Specifically, such lands are (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs-Greater Dinosaur.
 
Additionally, the bill sets forth administrative requirements for (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with adjacent wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3032
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 

Volunteer Driver Tax Appreciation Act of 2023
 
 
This bill increases the 14 cents per mile rate for the charitable use of an automobile to the standard business mileage rate (65.5 cents per mile in 2023) for automobiles transporting persons (other than the taxpayer) or property on behalf of a charitable organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Children Receive Support Act

Bill: 118-hr-3034
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Separation, divorce, custody, support
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: 

Ensuring Children Receive Support Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to revoke passports for certain individuals who fail to make child support payments.
 
Under current law, if the Department of Health and Human Services certifies that an individual owes more than $2,500 in child support, the Department of State must refuse to issue the individual a passport and may revoke a previously issued passport. Under the bill, State must revoke the previously issued passport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Iran Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3035
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2023-04-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text:  

Iran Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2023

 
This bill requires certain reports and determinations with respect to actions by Iran (and designated Iranian officials) that violate human rights.
 
Specifically, the President must determine whether specified Iranian officials meet certain criteria for the application of sanctions based on their responsibility for, or complicity in, human rights abuses.
 
The Department of State must report on human rights abuses in relation to protests in Iran since 2017 and determine whether certain actions by Iran, Hezbollah, and Iranian-backed militias constitute genocide or war crimes. Further, the State Department must report on the estimated net worth and known sources of income (including from corrupt or illicit activities) of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his family members.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-04-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Increased TSP Access Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3036
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Increased TSP Access Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to modify the certification process for Technical Service Providers (TSPs) at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) by establishing an approval process for nonfederal certifying entities and a streamlined certification process for TSPs that hold certain specialty certifications. (TSPs are third-party service providers, such as private businesses, Indian tribes, and nonprofit organizations, who work on behalf of customers to offer planning, design, and implementation services that meet NRCS criteria.)

The bill specifies that USDA must ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, third-party providers with expertise in the technical aspects of conservation practice design, implementation, and evaluation are eligible to become approved TSPs.

USDA must provide a streamlined certification process for TSPs who hold appropriate specialty certifications (e.g., certified crop advisors).

In determining the eligibility of a nonfederal certifying entity, USDA must consider the ability, experience, expertise, and history of the entity. USDA must decide whether to approve an application submitted by a nonfederal certifying entity to certify TSPs not later than 40 business days after receiving an application.

USDA must review a TSP's certification by a nonfederal certifying entity not later than 10 business days after receiving a notification from the nonfederal entity. If the certification is satisfactory, USDA must include the TSP on a USDA-maintained registry of certified TSPs.

The bill also specifies that TSPs must be paid at rates equivalent to technical assistance provided by USDA.

Further, USDA must provide accessible public information on TSPs, including information on funding, contributions, certification results, and utilization rates. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3037
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Aging
Alaska
Computers and information technology
Disability and paralysis
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Hawaii
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2023 

This bill revises the requirements for calculating Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

The bill increases the minimum SNAP benefit and requires benefits to be calculated using the value of a low-cost food plan. The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must determine the requirements for the low-cost food plan, which is the diet required to feed a family of four, consisting of

a man and a woman ages 19-50 years,

a child ages 6-8 years, and

a child ages 9-11 years.

USDA must (1) reevaluate and publish the market baskets of the plan by December 31, 2029, and every five years thereafter, based on current food prices, food composition data, consumption patterns, and dietary guidance; and (2) make adjustments to the plan to account for household size, changes in the cost of the diet, and the costs of food in specified areas.

The bill modifies the requirements for calculating household income to determine SNAP eligibility by (1) authorizing a standard medical expense deduction for households containing an elderly or disabled member, and (2) eliminating the cap on the excess shelter expense deduction.

The bill eliminates certain work requirements for SNAP; the requirements apply to able-bodied adults who are ages 18-49 and have no dependent children.

The bill allows Puerto Rico to participate in SNAP. Currently, Puerto Rico receives a block grant instead of participating in SNAP. The bill also provides funding for Puerto Rico to receive a one-time USDA grant for the technology infrastructure necessary to implement SNAP. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3038
Sponsor: Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act of 2023 

 
This bill prohibits a predispute arbitration agreement from being valid or enforceable with respect to a case relating to a race discrimination dispute at the election of the person alleging the discrimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
DRIVE Act

Bill: 118-hr-3039
Sponsor: Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-wheelers Act or the DRIVE Act

 
This bill prohibits the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) from issuing any rule or regulation to require vehicles that have a gross vehicle weight of more than 26,000 pounds and are operating in interstate commerce to be equipped with a speed limiting device set to a maximum speed. The FMCSA issued an advance notice of supplemental proposed rulemaking on this subject on May 4, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
Every Veteran Counts Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-3040
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2023-05-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: 

Every Veteran Counts Act of 2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and maintain a database of specified demographics (e.g., age) of veterans. The data must be in a machine-readable format and anonymized to protect sensitive personal information.
 
The VA must provide access to the database on a publicly accessible website that is updated at least once a year.
 
Additionally, the VA must report on the progress, challenges, performance, and opportunities of implementing its data strategy. The report must be made available on the VA's open data website in a machine-readable format.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-05-02
text: Introduced in House