hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
School Lunch Affordability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1168
Sponsor: Rep. Alford, Mark [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

School Lunch Affordability Act of 202

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This bill provides that only school food authorities with a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account on June 30 of the year preceding the previous school year are required to establish a price for paid lunches using the formula specified under current law (known as Paid Lunch Equity requirements).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1427)
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
VA E-Notification Enhancement Act

Bill: 118-hr-1169
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Department of Veterans Affairs
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

VA E-Notification Enhancement Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide eligibility and award documents related to specified VA educational assistance programs (e.g., the Post-9/11 GI Bill) in an electronic format. Specifically, the VA must electronically provide (1) a certificate of eligibility for an individual's entitlement to assistance, and (2) an award letter regarding the authorization to receive assistance. 
 
An individual may elect to receive documents by mail and may revoke such an election at any time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-04-18
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-03-30
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2023-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Access to Future Cures Act

Bill: 118-hr-1170
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 
 
Access to Future Cures Act

 
This bill expands the tax deduction for medical expenses to include expenses for storage of blood or biomaterial derived from blood.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Stop CCP Fentanyl Act

Bill: 118-hr-1171
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Stop CCP Fentanyl Act

 
This bill imposes sanctions on various Chinese government officials and entities. It also establishes a cause of action against China&rsquo;s government or Chinese government officials for certain harms stemming a fentanyl-related overdose.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the President to impose visa- and property-blocking sanctions on (1) the president of China, (2) the chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), (3) China&rsquo;s State Council, and (4) China&rsquo;s Politburo Standing Committee. 
 
The President may waive the sanctions upon certifying that (1) China&rsquo;s government and the CCP have taken all reasonable measures to prevent the flow of fentanyl produced in China into the United States, and (2) the intelligence community has determined that amount of fentanyl from China and the deaths resulting from overdoses of such fentanyl has dropped 98%. 
 
This bill also authorizes a U.S. national or lawful permanent resident to sue certain Chinese government officials or the Chinese government for the death of an immediate family member caused by an overdose by fentanyl (or fentanyl analogue) manufactured using fentanyl precursors from China. Property blocked pursuant to sanctions under this bill may be used to satisfy a judgment from such a lawsuit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
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: 2023-02-24
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: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
California Clean Coast Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1172
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

California Clean Coast Act of 2023

 
 This bill prohibits oil and gas exploration and leasing in areas of the outer Continental Shelf located off the coast of California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1173
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Patients' Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes requirements relating to the form, content, and distribution of patient safety labels for prescription drugs.
 
Specifically, the Food and Drug Administration must issue regulations with requirements relating to the authorship, content, format, color, printing, and dissemination of such patient safety information. The regulations must require labels to include the drug's approved uses, known interactions with other drugs or substances, contact information for the drug's manufacturer, and other specified information relating to patient safety. The information must be in plain, neutral language and must be given in printed form with each prescription.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Dr. Norman C. Francis Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 118-hr-1174
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Dr. Norman C. Francis Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Norman Christopher Francis in recognition of his contributions to the United States through his lifelong dedication to education, justice, and public service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the Federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia as the "Federal Bureau of Investigation Building".

Bill: 118-hr-1175
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 
This bill redesignates the federal building located at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in the District of Columbia, commonly known as the J. Edgar Hoover Federal Building, as the Federal Bureau of Investigation Building. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Taiwan International Solidarity Act

Bill: 118-hr-1176
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
International organizations and cooperation
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Taiwan
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Taiwan International Solidarity Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to annually report to Congress on efforts by China to undermine Taiwan's participation in international organizations or Taiwan's relationships with other countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3913)
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3913)
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1176.
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3913-3915)
action_date: 2023-07-25
text: Mr. Barr moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2023-05-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2023-05-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Financial Freedom Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1177
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Financial Freedom Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Labor from limiting the type or range of investments that fiduciaries may offer participants and beneficiaries in certain employer-sponsored retirement plans. The bill applies to certain defined contribution plans that permit participants or beneficiaries to exercise control over the assets in the account, such as a 401(k) plan that allows participants or beneficiaries to select additional investment options through a self-directed brokerage window. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Broadband SALE Act

Bill: 118-hr-1178
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Broadband Stock Acquisition in Local Exchanges Act or the Broadband SALE Act
 
 
This bill allows an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of gain from the sale or exchange of the entire interest in a wholly-owned rural incumbent local exchange carrier. A 
rural incumbent local exchange carrier
 is a carrier that serves (1) an area where it was required to provide communications services by a specified date to any customer regardless of cost, and (2) an area other than an urbanized area with not fewer than 50,000 people and a core where there are not fewer than 1,000 people per square mile. The bill requires recapture of tax for income from the sale or exchange of stock in a carrier not held for at least one year. 
 
The bill allows an investment tax credit for 30% of expenditures to purchase, maintain, or improve property to provide voice telephone service or broadband internet access in rural empowerment zones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1179
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2023 

 
This bill establishes a new federal criminal offense for knowingly executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud an individual of veterans' benefits, or in connection with obtaining veteran's benefits for an individual. A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1180
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2023

 
This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance requiring federal agencies to report annually to Congress regarding certain federally funded projects that (1) are more than five years behind schedule, or (2) have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate for the project. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-hr-1181
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 
This bill extends the maximum term for certain permits issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. Specifically, the bill extends the maximum term for NPDES permits issued to states or municipalities from 5 to 10 years. Under the program, the Environmental Protection Agency issues permits to discharge pollutants from point sources, such as pipes, into waters of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E142)
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1182
Sponsor: Rescom. González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Transportation costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Veterans Serving Veterans Act of 2023

 
This bill updates the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) current recruiting database by requiring the VA to maintain a single searchable database to be known as the 
Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Recruitment Database
.
 
With respect to vacant positions for critical jobs or mental health professionals, the database must list (1) the military occupational specialty or skill that corresponds to the position, and (2) each qualified member of the Armed Forces who may be recruited to fill the position before such qualified member has been discharged and released from active duty. Qualified members of the Armed Forces are those service members who (1) are being separated or recently separated from active duty, (2) elect to be listed in the database, and (3) have been determined by the VA to have a military occupational specialty.
 
The database must list the following for each qualified member of the Armed Forces: name, contact information, expected discharge date, and military occupational specialty. 
 
The VA must implement direct hiring and appointment procedures for vacant database positions and may authorize relocation bonuses. 
 
The bill also requires the VA to train and certify veterans who served as basic health care technicians in the Armed Forces to work as VA intermediate care technicians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2023-06-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1183
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill makes various immigration-related changes, such as restricting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to parole certain aliens. 
 
The bill (1) bars the government from paying for counsel for a person in any immigration proceeding before DHS or the Department of Justice, whereas currently the prohibition only applies to removal proceedings; and (2) raises the burden on an alien to establish the alien's claimed fear of persecution when seeking asylum.
 
DHS shall standardize questions asked in expedited removal proceedings and record such proceedings.
 
DHS may parole an alien into the United States only on an individualized basis and may not use eligibility criteria describing an entire class of people. The bill imposes additional restrictions on such parole authority. 
 
The bill removes an exception which allows an unaccompanied alien child to seek asylum while in the United States (or upon arrival at the U.S. border) even if the child may be removed to a safe third country where the child may seek asylum.
 
The bill also bars an alien from seeking asylum while in the United States (or upon arrival at the U.S. border) if the alien may be removed to a safe third country where the alien may seek asylum. Currently, this bar only applies if the United States has an agreement with the third country. 
 
The bill bars several grounds for asylum related to generalized violence.
 
The bill expands what constitutes a frivolous asylum application to include those filed solely to delay removal, among others. Currently, an application is frivolous only if any material elements are deliberately fabricated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Dog Importation Act

Bill: 118-hr-1184
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Healthy Dog Importation Act 

 
This bill imposes requirements on the importation of live dogs.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the importation of a live dog into the United States unless the Department of Agriculture (USDA) determines the dog (1) is in good health; (2) has received all necessary vaccinations, internal and external parasite treatment, and demonstrated negative test results as evidenced by a certificate from a licensed veterinarian; and (3) is officially identified by a permanent method approved by USDA. Additionally, dogs entering the United States for transfer must be at least six months of age and accompanied by a USDA permit. 
Transfer
 is defined as a change of ownership or control of an imported dog to another person, including by sale, adoption, exchange, or donation.
 
USDA must provide an exception to any requirements under the bill for dogs that are transferred for (1) research purposes; (2) veterinary treatment under certain conditions, including appropriate quarantining; or (3) lawful importation into the state of Hawaii if the dog is not transported out of Hawaii for transfer at less than six months of age. 
 
USDA also has enforcement authority under the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
Make Education Local Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-1185
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2023-02-24 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: 

Make Education Local Act of 2023

 
This bill creates a framework under which states may receive federal elementary and secondary education funds on a consolidated basis and use such funds for any educational purpose permitted by state law.
 
Specifically, the bill permits each state to submit to the Department of Education a state management decision that, among other requirements, describes how the state will address persistently failing public schools. The bill defines 
state management decision
 as a state decision to assume full management responsibility for the expenditure of federal funds to advance the educational policy of the state. The duration of a state management decision shall be between 5 and 10 years.
 
Additionally, each state that operates under a state management decision must establish an accountability system that focuses on the academic achievement of students and includes a system for evaluating the academic achievement and progress of students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-02-24
text: Introduced in House