hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
PFAS Alternatives Act

Bill: 118-hr-4769
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Chesapeake Bay Science, Education, and Ecosystem Enhancement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4770
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Aquaculture
Aquatic ecology
Atmospheric science and weather
Chesapeake Bay
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Delaware
Department of Commerce
Education programs funding
Educational technology and distance education
Elementary and secondary education
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Executive agency funding and structure
Fishes
Geography and mapping
Historic sites and heritage areas
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Maryland
New York State
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Pennsylvania
Research administration and funding
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Virginia
Water quality
Water resources funding
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-04-02
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 359.
action_date: 2024-04-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-434.
action_date: 2024-04-02
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 118-434.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-10-26
text: Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Discharged.
action_date: 2023-10-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-10-18
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2023-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
CHIPP Act

Bill: 118-hr-4771
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Medicaid
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text:  

Children’s Health Insurance Program Permanency Act or the CHIPP Act

 
This bill permanently extends the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and related measures, programs, and authorities. 
 
Specifically, the bill permanently funds CHIP and related programs that support the development of child health quality measures and outreach and enrollment efforts. The bill also permanently authorizes the Medicaid and CHIP express lane eligibility option, which allows states to use information from designated programs (e.g., the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to streamline eligibility determinations for children. Additionally, under the bill, states may expand eligibility to children whose family income exceeds the otherwise applicable limits.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
SWIFT Detection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4773
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health programs administration and funding
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Substance Wastewater Inspection For Trends in Detection Act of 2023 or the SWIFT Detection Act of 2023

This bill expands certain federal programs to specifically include wastewater surveillance to monitor the use of controlled substances.

Specifically, the bill incorporates wastewater surveillance into (1) grants for states, tribes, and territories to prevent overdoses of controlled substances, and (2) a pilot program to support coordination between public health and law enforcement laboratories to improve the detection of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Resilient Communities Act

Bill: 118-hr-4774
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act

Bill: 118-hr-4775
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug therapy
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Intergovernmental relations
Medicaid
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Helping Tobacco Users Quit Act

This bill provides for Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of certain tobacco cessation services.

Specifically, the bill provides for coverage, without cost-sharing, of diagnostic, therapy, and counseling services and pharmacotherapy, including prescription and nonprescription tobacco cessation agents, that are provided under medical supervision and in accordance with specified guidelines. It also applies a 90% Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) for such items and services for five years.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Free Speech Act

Bill: 118-hr-4776
Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
CLEANER Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4777
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

CLEANER Act of 2023 or the Closing Loopholes and Ending Arbitrary and Needless Evasion of Regulations Act of 2023

This bill eliminates the exemption of waste associated with the exploration, development, or production of crude oil, natural gas, or geothermal energy from regulations governing the disposal of hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

Within a year of enactment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must

determine whether such waste meets the criteria for hazardous waste,

promulgate regulations concerning the disposal of such waste if the EPA determines it is hazardous, and

revise regulations applicable to solid waste management and disposal facilities (e.g., landfills) to address such waste that is nonhazardous.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
FRESHER Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4778
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas
Water quality

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act

Bill: 118-hr-4779
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Breast Cancer Patient Equity Act

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of custom fabricated breast prostheses following the surgical removal of the breast (i.e., a mastectomy), including replacements of such prostheses. Currently, Medicare covers surgically implanted breast prostheses, as well as some external breast prostheses (e.g., post-surgical bras).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Language Access to Gun Violence Prevention Strategies Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4780
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act

Bill: 118-hr-4781
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act

 
 This bill expands the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program to include (1) foundational skills training, and (2) access to affordable child care for program participants. (The HPOG program provides education and training to low-income individuals for high-demand occupations in the health care field.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
CLOSE Act

Bill: 118-hr-4782
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to revise requirements for hazardous air pollutants. Specifically, the bill allows (1) emissions from oil or gas exploration or production wells and emissions from pipeline compressors or pump stations to be aggregated with emissions from other similar sources and regulated as a major source of toxic air pollutants, (2) emissions from those wells to be aggregated for purposes of emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants, and (3) emissions from oil or gas production wells to be regulated as an area source of toxic air pollutants. 
 
The Environmental Protection Agency must (1) issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants; and (2) revise the list of air pollution sources within 365 days after issuing the rule to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
To provide low-income individuals with opportunities to enter and follow a career pathway in the health professions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-4783
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Pathways to Health Careers Act

This bill provides funding for, reauthorizes through FY2028, and makes a variety of changes to certain grants administered by the Department of Health and Human Services that provide education and training to low-income individuals for health care occupations, including by establishing a new competitive grant for projects designed to train low-income individuals in allied health professions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4784
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Private Loan Disability Discharge Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the holder of a private education loan to discharge the loan balance for both the borrower and any cosigner in the event of total and permanent disability of the borrower. The bill also extends indefinitely the exclusion of student loan debt discharge from gross income for federal income tax purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4785
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act of 2023

 
This bill revises drinking water requirements concerning hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations. Specifically, the bill gives the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) the authority to protect groundwater sources (e.g., wells) from certain pollution risks posed by fracking operations.
 
The bill also establishes requirements for disclosing the chemicals intended for use in fracking operations as well as the chemicals actually used in the operations. If the proprietary chemical formulas of chemicals used in fracking operations are necessary for treatment in medical emergencies, then the operations must disclose the formulas or the specific chemical identities of trade secret chemicals to the state, the EPA, or the treating physicians or nurses upon request, regardless of whether written statements of need or confidentiality agreements have been provided.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Feeding Children Not Fraudsters Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-4786
Sponsor: Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Feeding Children Not Fraudsters Act of 2023

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to audit state agencies for known fraud (i.e., child nutrition program fraud for which any person is investigated, charged, or convicted by the Department of Justice, USDA, or a state official). Under the bill, a state agency is one that serves a local agency, institution, or service institution administering or operating a child nutrition program under which known fraud was committed.

Specifically, USDA must annually audit a state agency for the period of January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022, for known fraud, including fraud carried out under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), the Summer Food Service Program, and child nutrition COVID–19 waivers.

The audit must examine specific areas, including (1) oversight measures by a state agency; (2) hearings conducted by a state agency after being made aware of such fraud; and (3) overpayments, improper payments, or fraudulent uses of funds by a local agency, institution, or service institution served by a state agency.

USDA must submit a report to Congress on the audits. 

A state agency that is being audited must fully cooperate with an audit, including by providing any requested information, in order to participate in or operate any child nutrition program.

Further, USDA and state agencies must retain certain records related to fraud.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Volunteer First Responder Housing Act

Bill: 118-hr-4787
Sponsor: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: First responders and emergency personnel
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Low- and moderate-income housing
Rural conditions and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Opioid Treatment Providers Act

Bill: 118-hr-4788
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2023-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: 

Opioid Treatment Providers Act

 
This bill makes certain opioid treatment programs eligible for the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program, which provides education and training to low-income individuals for high-demand occupations in the health care field.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-20
text: Introduced in House