hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Age 21 Act

Bill: 118-s-14
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Age 21 Act

 
This bill raises the minimum age to purchase a large capacity ammunition feeding device or semiautomatic assault weapon from 18 to 21 years of age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-15
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Child health
Family planning and birth control
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Sex and reproductive health
State and local government operations
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires states, as a condition of federal payment under Medicaid for family planning services, to report certain abortion data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (Currently, reporting is voluntary.) The CDC must develop standardized questions for states with respect to specified variables (e.g., maternal demographics and methods of abortion).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-16
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Abortion
Education programs funding
Health facilities and institutions
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 

2023

 
 This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to an institution of higher education (IHE) that hosts or is affiliated with a school-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to its students or to employees of the IHE or the site. An IHE that hosts or is affiliated with a site must, in order to remain eligible for federal funds, annually certify that the site does not provide abortion drugs or abortions to students or employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act

Bill: 118-s-17
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Sunlight for Unaccountable Non-profits (SUN) Act 

 
This bill expands the disclosure requirements for certain tax-exempt organizations. 
 
This bill requires the annual tax return information for tax-exempt organizations and deferred compensation plans to be made available to the public at no charge and in an open structured data format that is processable by computers, with the information easy to find, access, reuse, and download in bulk. 
 
The bill also requires the disclosure of the names and addresses of contributors of $5,000 or more to tax-exempt organizations that participate or intervene in political campaigns on behalf of, or in opposition to, any candidate for public office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act

Bill: 118-s-18
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Abortion
Birth defects
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Disability and health-based discrimination
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act

 
 This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of an abortion on an unborn child who has Down syndrome.
 
It subjects a violator to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief.
 
A woman who undergoes such an abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
FRESH Act

Bill: 118-s-19
Sponsor: Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Fracturing Regulations are Effective in State Hands Act
 

or the FRESH Act

 
 This bill gives states the sole authority to promulgate or enforce any regulation, guidance, or permit requirement regarding hydraulic fracturing on or under any land within their boundaries. Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a process to extract underground resources such as oil or gas from a geologic formation by injecting water, a propping agent (e.g., sand), and chemical additives into a well under enough pressure to fracture the geological formation.
 
Hydraulic fracturing on federal land must comply with the law of the state in which the land is located.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Land Freedom Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-20
Sponsor: Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Energy revenues and royalties
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Mining
Oil and gas
State and local finance
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Federal Land Freedom Act
 

of 2023

 
This bill sets forth a process that allows a state (including the District of Columbia) to seek to transfer the responsibility of energy development on federal land within its boundaries from the federal government to the state. Federal land does not include land that, as of May 31, 2013, is (1) held for the benefit of an Indian tribe, (2) in the National Park System, (3) in the National Wildlife Refuge System, or (4) in a congressionally designated wilderness area.
 
To qualify for such a transfer of responsibility, a state must have a program that regulates the exploration and development of oil, natural gas, and other forms of energy on its land. The federal responsibility transfers to the state once the state submits to the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Energy a declaration that it has such a program and that it seeks to transfer the responsibility.
 
Any action taken by a state to lease, permit, or regulate the exploration and development of energy on federal land in lieu of the federal government is not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, or the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-21
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Community Wildfire Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies the definition of 
at-risk community
 with respect to the hazardous fuel reduction program to eliminate the requirement that such a community be included on a specified list of interface communities or be within or adjacent to federal land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S55-56)
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-22
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: California
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Oil and gas
Oregon
Pacific Ocean
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

West Coast Ocean Protection Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing a lease for the exploration, development, or production of oil or natural gas in any area of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, or Washington.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S56)
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Cross-border Energy Infrastructure Act

Bill: 118-s-23
Sponsor: Sen. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Canada
Department of Energy
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Latin America
Licensing and registrations
Mexico
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Promoting Cross-b

order Energy Infrastructure Act

 
This bill establishes a new process for approving the construction and operation of energy infrastructure across an international border of the United States and replaces the existing process established under specified executive orders.
 
Specifically, this bill requires a person to obtain a certificate of crossing before constructing, connecting, operating, or maintaining a border-crossing facility for the import or export of oil, natural gas, or electricity across a U.S. border between Canada or Mexico. A certificate must be obtained from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a facility consisting of oil or natural gas pipelines or the Department of Energy (DOE) for an electric transmission facility.
 
As a condition of issuing a certificate, DOE must require that an electric transmission facility be constructed, connected, operated, or maintained consistent with specified policies and standards.
 
FERC and DOE must meet a deadline for issuing a certificate as set forth by this bill. The bill also requires FERC to meet a deadline for approving applications to import or export natural gas to or from Canada or Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act

Bill: 118-s-24
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Family services
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Fighting Homelessness Through Services and Housing Act

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to award grants to local and tribal government entities for the planning and implementation of programs to address homelessness.
 
The program includes five-year implementation grants to assist such entities in carrying out activities and paying capital building costs associated with the provision of housing and services to homeless individuals and families.
 Eligible entities must demonstrate the capacity to address areas such as mental health, substance use disorder and recovery services, chronic health conditions, and educational and job training.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S56-57)
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Assault Weapons Ban of 2023

Bill: 118-s-25
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Assault Weapons Ban of 2023

 
This bill makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD).
 
The prohibition does not apply to a firearm that is (1) manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, except for certain shotguns; (2) permanently inoperable; (3) an antique; (4) only capable of firing rimfire ammunition; or (5) a rifle or shotgun specifically identified by make and model.
 
The bill also exempts from the prohibition the following, with respect to a SAW or LCAFD:
 
 
 importation, sale, manufacture, transfer, or possession related to certain law enforcement efforts, or authorized tests or experiments; 
 
importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials; and
 
 possession by a retired law enforcement officer. 
 
 
The bill permits continued possession, sale, or transfer of a grandfathered SAW, which must be securely stored. A licensed gun dealer must conduct a background check prior to the sale or transfer of a grandfathered SAW between private parties.
 
The bill permits continued possession of, but prohibits sale or transfer of, a grandfathered LCAFD.
 
Newly manufactured LCAFDs must display serial number identification. Newly manufactured SAWs and LCAFDs must display the date of manufacture.
 
 The bill also allows a state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender a SAW or LCAFD under a buy-back program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S55)
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
SNOOP Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-26
Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2023-01-23 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Small business
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: 

Stop the Nosy Obsession with Online Payments Act of 2023 or the SNOOP Act of 2023

 
This bill modifies requirements for third party settlement organizations to eliminate their reporting requirement with respect to the transactions of their participating payees unless they have earned more than $20,000 on more than 200 separate transactions in an applicable tax period. A 
third party settlement organization
 is the central organization that has the contractual obligation to make payments to participating payees (generally, a merchant or business) in a third party payment network.
 
This reverses a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that lowered the reporting threshold to $600 with no minimum on the number of transactions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-23
text: Introduced in Senate
Focus on the Mission Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-27
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air quality
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Focus on the Mission Act of 2023

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense from requiring the recipient of a federal contract to provide a greenhouse gas inventory or to provide any other report on greenhouse gas emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Restaurant Revitalization Tax Credit Act

Bill: 118-s-28
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Restaurant Revitalization Tax Credit Act 

 
This bill allows certain restaurants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic a credit against payroll tax liability up to 100% of the wages paid to their employees, not to exceed $25,000 in any calendar quarter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
AMERICANS Act

Bill: 118-s-29
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Allowing Military Exemptions, Recognizing Individual Concerns About New Shots Act of 2023 or the AMERICANS Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from issuing any COVID-19 vaccine mandate as a replacement for the rescinded vaccine mandate of August 24, 2021, unless the mandate is expressly authorized by Congress. The bill also provides that DOD must establish an application process for remedies for members of the Armed Forces who were discharged or subject to adverse action under the rescinded mandate.
 
Any administrative discharge of a member on the sole basis of a failure to receive a COVID-19 vaccine must be categorized as an honorable discharge, and DOD is prohibited from taking any adverse action against such a member for that reason.
 
Under the bill, DOD must try to retain unvaccinated members and provide such members with professional development, promotion and leadership opportunities, and consideration equal to that of their peers. 
 
Additionally, DOD may only consider the COVID-19 vaccination status of members in making certain decisions (e.g., deployments in countries where it is the law) and must establish a process to provide exemptions to certain members for such decisions.
 
This bill applies to all members of the Armed Forces, regardless of whether they sought an accommodation to any DOD COVID-19 vaccination policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
SPR Act

Bill: 118-s-31
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Land use and conservation
Mining
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Strategic Production Response Act or the SPR Act

 
This bill limits the drawdown of petroleum in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) until the Department of Interior issues a plan or updates a previously issued plan to increase the production of oil and gas on federal land. However, Interior may drawdown petroleum in the SPR if there is a severe energy supply interruption. The bill defines 
federal land
 to (1) include Outer Continental Shelf land; and (2) exclude land otherwise not available for oil and gas development within the National Park System, the National Wildlife Refuge System, the National Wilderness Preservation System, a National Marine Sanctuary, or Indian land. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S75-76)
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate
Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-32
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2023-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Housing and community development funding
Housing industry and standards
Indian social and development programs
Landlord and tenant
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: 

Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2023

 
 This bill establishes programs and grants to incentivize landlord participation in the Housing Choice Voucher program (i.e., Section 8 tenant-based housing assistance). 
 
The bill authorizes the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide one-time incentive payments to landlords, security deposit payments, bonuses to public housing agencies that employ landlord liaisons, and amounts for other recruitment purposes. 
 
The bill also reauthorizes through FY2028 the Tribal Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing program. 
 
Additionally, the bill allows dwelling units to meet Housing Choice Voucher program inspection requirements by satisfactory inspection through participation in other housing programs. 
 
Landlords not yet participating in a low-income housing assistance program may request inspection by a public housing agency to determine whether the dwelling meets requirements prior to selection by a tenant. 
 
Finally, HUD must expand the use of an alternative method of calculating fair market rent for purposes of the Housing Choice Voucher program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-03-12
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-220.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2023-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate