hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
STREAM Act

Bill: 118-s-2162
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
California
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Idaho
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Kansas
Latin America
Mexico
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
South Dakota
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Texas
Utah
Washington State
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2230-2232)
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Mental Health Rights Act

Bill: 118-s-2163
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Student Mental Health Rights Act

 
This bill addresses mental health and substance use at institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to solicit information from students and conduct a study on mental health disabilities and substance use disorders at IHEs.
 
In addition, ED must issue guidance on IHEs' (1) compliance with federal law on mental health, (2) legal obligations to students with mental health disabilities and students with substance use disorders, and (3) policies that may have a discriminatory impact on such students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Accountability for Long Term Medicare Solvency Act

Bill: 118-s-2164
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Accountability for Long Term Medicare Solvency Act

This bill requires the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services to report on the processes for adding, modifying, and removing billing codes under Medicare. The report must include recommendations for administrative and legislative changes that may improve the transparency and oversight of these processes.

In addition, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must annually publish on its website a list of billing codes that were added under Medicare during the previous year, as well as the associated volume and expenditures for such codes.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Nicaragua Political Prisoner Support Act

Bill: 118-s-2165
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Nicaragua Political Prisoner Support Act

 
This bill provides various immigration-related benefits to certain Nicaraguan nationals who are in the United States as part of a political prisoner release.
 
Specifically, such individuals shall be eligible to receive (1) certain benefits that are available to admitted refugees, such as resettlement assistance; (2) certain assistance available to refugee children; and (3) a driver's license or identification card.
 
An eligible individual is a non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) who (1) is a citizen or national of Nicaragua (or an individual with no nationality who had resided in Nicaragua), (2) arrived in the United States on February 9, 2023, as part of a political prisoner release, (3) received a two-year humanitarian parole from the U.S. government, and (4) has completed the relevant security and law enforcement background checks. The parent, spouse, or child of such an eligible individual shall also be eligible for benefits under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Voluntary Agricultural Land Repurposing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2166
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Farmland
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2232)
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
INSPIRES Act

Bill: 118-s-2167
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Inspiring New STEM Professionals by Investing in Renovation of Education Spaces Act or the INSPIRES Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to establish grant programs (1) for the modernization, renovation, or repair of career- and technical-education facilities; and (2) to enable secondary schools that are located in rural areas or that serve Native American students to improve facilities that provide science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and to support high-speed internet in STEM facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
No Default Act

Bill: 118-s-2168
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Watershed Results Act

Bill: 118-s-2169
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government studies and investigations
Performance measurement
Wages and earnings
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 587.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-11-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2023-07-19
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 118-287.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
DENIAL Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2170
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Depriving Enemy Nations of Integral Authorizations and Licenses Act of 2023 or the DENIAL Act of 2023

This bill increases congressional oversight of export licenses involving technology to China and Russia.

Specifically, the bill creates a presumption of denial of licenses for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of technology to end users in China or Russia.

In order to approve an application for a license or other authorization, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) must first submit a report to Congress that contains specified information. Among other elements, the report must (1) specify the intended end user of the technology that is the subject of the application; (2) specify the dollar value of the technology; and (3) describe how authorizing the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of the technology to the specific end user advances U.S. national security interests and does not advance the interests of China or Russia.

Additionally, the bill prohibits BIS from approving an application for a license or other authorization if, during a 30-day review period, Congress enacts a joint resolution of disapproval.

The bill also requires BIS to update regulations to ensure that the same license requirements that apply to entities on the Entity List also apply to subsidiaries of those listed entities. The Entity List provides the names of foreign entities (e.g., businesses, private organizations, and individuals) that are subject to specific license requirements for the export, reexport, or in-country transfer of specified items. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Refund Equality Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2171
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Refund Equality Act of 2023

 
This bill permits legally married same sex couples to amend their tax returns to file as married filing jointly for returns outside of the statute of limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2172
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Dental Loan Repayment Assistance Act of 2023

This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, payments received under the federally-funded student loan repayment program for full-time faculty members of dental schools with programs in general pediatric or public health dentistry. 

The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the participation of dental providers and faculty in areas and schools receiving funding under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Trademark Licensing Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2173
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Trademark Licensing Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill establishes that licensing a trademark or trademark registration for use by a related company does not contribute to establishing an employment relationship between the licensor and the licensee, nor does a licensor's exercise of control over how the licensed trademark is used.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Veterans Affairs Minor Construction Threshold Adjustment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2174
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Minor Construction Threshold Adjustment Act of 2023

 
This bill raises the threshold above which a project for the construction, alteration, or acquisition of a medical facility of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is considered a major medical facility project. Under existing law, such projects must be specifically authorized by law.
 
Specifically, the bill sets the threshold to $30 million and requires the VA to develop a mechanism to adjust the threshold to account for relevant factors, such as economic and labor conditions. At least once every two years, the VA must adjust the threshold amount or publish notice indicating that no adjustment is warranted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
ASPIRE Act

Bill: 118-s-2175
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Assisting Seekers in Pursuit of Integration and Rapid Employment Act or the ASPIRE Act 

 
This bill addresses issues related to asylum applicants and migrants, including by directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide employment authorization for eligible asylum applicants. Currently, asylum applicants are not entitled to employment authorization but may be granted such by the Department of Justice.
 
Such employment authorization is valid until the applicant receives a final denial of the application, including any administrative and judicial review. The bill also shortens the waiting period for receiving employment authorization to 30 days from the filing of the asylum application.
 
In addition, the bill authorizes U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to take actions to address the asylum backlog, including by hiring additional asylum officers. 
The bill also authorizes DHS to provide funding to state and local governments and nonprofit organizations for support services for migrants (e.g., food and shelter). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2176
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Consumer affairs
Marketing and advertising
Mental health
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Vice Chiefs Parity Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2177
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2178
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Protecting and Securing Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2023

 
This bill extends the authorization of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program of the Department of Homeland Security until October 1, 2028.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-07-10
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 116.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Cooking Support Act

Bill: 118-s-2179
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Clean Cooking Support Act

 
This bill requires actions to increase the number of clean cookstoves and fuels for household, institutional, or commercial use throughout the world.
 
The Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shall jointly establish the Clean Cooking Interagency Working Group to assist with overseeing the planning, management, and coordination of initiatives to increase the number of clean cookstoves and fuels worldwide.
 
The State Department, USAID, the Department of Energy, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Environmental Protection Agency shall work with the Clean Cooking Alliance to carry out clean cooking activities that relate to the missions of such departments or agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2232-2233)
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Farm Conservation Act

Bill: 118-s-2180
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Wild USA Seafood Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2182
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Wild USA Seafood Act of 2023

This bill establishes requirements for labeling fish as 
wild USA seafood 
or
 wild American seafood
. The bill defines 
fish 
 as finfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and all other forms of aquatic animal and plant life other than aquatic mammals and birds.

Specifically, a retailer of fish (or a person engaged in the business of supplying fish to a retailer) may label fish as 
wild USA seafood,
 
wild American seafood
, or any equivalent designation if the fish is

naturally born in the wild or hatchery-originated fish released in the wild;

caught, taken, or harvested from within U.S. waters; and

caught, taken, or harvested by a vessel of the United States.

If the Department of Agriculture (USDA) determines that a retailer is in violation of these labeling requirements, USDA must notify the retailer. The retailer has 30 days to comply with the labeling requirements. After 30 days, USDA may fine the retailer for an unfair or deceptive act or practice if the retailer (1) has not made a good faith effort to comply with the labeling requirements, and (2) continues to willfully violate the requirements.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Red Hill Health Impact Act

Bill: 118-s-2183
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Red Hill Health Impact Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a registry and conduct a study of those impacted by the Red Hill Incident of November 20, 2021, in which fuel from a storage facility contaminated the water system of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii.

Specifically, HHS must establish a voluntary registry of those impacted by the incident to collect data on the health effects of the contamination. HHS must also conduct an epidemiological study for at least 20 years to assess the long-term health impacts of the incident, based on an associated feasibility assessment.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2184
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business education
Government information and archives
Small Business Administration
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Women's Business Centers Improvement Act of 2023

 
This bill reauthorizes the Women's Business Center Program through FY2027, raises the cap on individual center grants, establishes an accreditation program for grant recipients, and revises the duties of the Office of Women's Business Ownership. 
Specifically, the bill modifies the Women's Business Center Program to enable the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide initial and continuation grants to eligible entities to operate women's business centers for the benefit of women-owned small businesses. The SBA must also publish standards for a program to accredit entities that receive grants from the Women's Business Center Program, and such entities' receipt of continuation grants shall be contingent upon their obtaining accreditation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-15
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-07-26
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-90.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Development Centers Improvement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2185
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Business education
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Marketing and advertising
Public-private cooperation
Right of privacy
User charges and fees

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-11-01
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2186
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2023-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: 

Improving Access to Transfusion Care for Hospice Patients Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) to test a model under which blood transfusions furnished to an individual receiving hospice care are paid separately from the hospice all-inclusive per diem payment under Medicare. The CMMI must evaluate the model by comparing patients participating in the model with those outside of the model in relation to specified metrics, such as hospital utilization and days of hospice care before the end of life.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate