hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Renewable Natural Gas Incentive Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4389
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2024-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
No Foreign Emoluments Without Congressional Consent Act

Bill: 118-s-4390
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2024-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Investing in Digital Skills Act

Bill: 118-s-4391
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2024-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3857)
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Build the Wall Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4392
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2024-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Children’s Safe Welcome Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4393
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2024-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
NSF AI Education Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4394
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2024-05-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
Student aid and college costs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 486.
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-08-01
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-07-31
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-05-22
text: Introduced in Senate
PATCH Act

Bill: 118-s-4395
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Purple Heart Veterans Education Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4396
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Trauma-Informed Schools Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4397
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement Investment in Small Employers Act

Bill: 118-s-4398
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: 

Retirement Investment in Small Employers Act 

This bill allows an increased tax credit for small employer pension plan startup costs for certain qualified microemployers (eligible employers who accept certain matching contributions). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Help Grandfamilies Prevent Child Abuse Act

Bill: 118-s-4399
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Families

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Entity Update Act

Bill: 118-s-4400
Sponsor: Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act

Bill: 118-s-4401
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Benjamin Harrison National Recreation Area and Wilderness Establishment Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4402
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Downwinders Act

Bill: 118-s-4403
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the "Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office".

Bill: 118-s-4404
Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military personnel and dependents
North Dakota
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: 
This bill designates the facility of the U.S. Postal Service located at 840 Front Street in Casselton, North Dakota, as the Commander Delbert Austin Olson Post Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7199; text: CR S7199)
action_date: 2024-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 532.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 118-s-4405
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
End Polluter Welfare Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4406
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act

Bill: 118-s-4407
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
ARM Act

Bill: 118-s-4408
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act

Bill: 118-s-4409
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop the ICC Act

Bill: 118-s-4410
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
REDUCE Act

Bill: 118-s-4411
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S3886)
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
STOP Bad Mergers Act

Bill: 118-s-4412
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Synthetic Biology Advancement Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4413
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: 

Synthetic Biology Advancement Act of 2024

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish the National Synthetic Biology Center. The purpose of the center is to provide a hub for researchers and U.S. industry partners to discover and develop science-based solutions based on synthetic biology to improve agricultural performance while (1) minimizing environmental impact, and (2) improving the overall resiliency of the food system.

The center must provide grants to certain land-grant universities to carry out projects in partnership with nonprofit organizations, state entities, national laboratories, or other land-grant universities. In awarding grants, the center must prioritize certain areas of research, including microbiomes or microbes, gene editing, digital agriculture, and controlled environment agriculture.

In addition, the center must establish and maintain a website with a user-friendly portal in order to disseminate synthetic biology findings and connect researchers and innovators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
State Trade Expansion Program Modernization Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4414
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business records
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Small business

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 408.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Shaheen. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Shaheen. Without written report.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Care for Overseas Military Act

Bill: 118-s-4415
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: 

Access to Care for Overseas Military Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish a medical readiness program to (1) develop relationships with partner nations in the Indo-Pacific region, (2) facilitate the improvement of medical care during peacetime and wartime, and (3) maintain strategies and policies of DOD for medical readiness in the region.

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness must submit to Congress, not later than September 30, 2025, a strategy for the implementation of the program. DOD must establish the program by January 1, 2027. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Special Guerilla Unit National Memorial Act

Bill: 118-s-4416
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act

Bill: 118-s-4417
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
China Exchange Rate Transparency Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4418
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4419
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Libraries and archives
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: 

Detection Equipment and Technology Evaluation to Counter the Threat of Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024 or the DETECT Fentanyl and Xylazine Act of 2024

This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate to take certain actions to support the detection of drugs such as fentanyl and xylazine.

Specifically, the bill provides statutory authority for the directorate's research and development efforts to improve drug detection equipment and reference libraries for law enforcement agencies, including with respect to portable equipment, equipment that can analyze complex samples, and technology that uses artificial intelligence or other techniques to detect new substances. The bill additionally requires the directorate to follow certain standards and rely on certain information from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Drug Enforcement Administration, respectively, regarding these efforts.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-02
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 654.
action_date: 2024-12-02
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-253.
action_date: 2024-12-02
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 118-253.
action_date: 2024-09-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Agriculture and National Security Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4420
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Agricultural Biotechnology Coordination Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4421
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: 

Agricultural Biotechnology Coordination Act of 2024

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Office of Biotechnology Policy.

Among other things, the office must be responsible for the development and coordination of USDA policies, activities, and services related to biotechnology, including (1) research and development; (2) communication, extension, and education; (3) regulation and labeling; and (4) commercialization, use, and trade.

In addition, the office must coordinate interagency activities with the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, other federal agencies, and state agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3886-3887)
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Repair Act

Bill: 118-s-4422
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Parity for Native Hawaiian Veterans Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4423
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
National Prescribed Fire Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4424
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Minority employment
Temporary and part-time employment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women's employment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-11-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 624.
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. 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. 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: 2024-06-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
GPA Act

Bill: 118-s-4425
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Promising Pathway Act 2.0

Bill: 118-s-4426
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
DOE and SBA Research Act

Bill: 118-s-4427
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Biotechnology Oversight Coordination Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4428
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
SUPPORT Rx Act

Bill: 118-s-4429
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Fatal Overdose Reduction Act of 2024

Bill: 118-s-4430
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to reinstate the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, and for other purposes.

Bill: 118-s-4431
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2024-05-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Mining
Montana

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2024-05-23
text: Introduced in Senate