hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Algorithmic Accountability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2892
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal preemption
Government studies and investigations
Internet, web applications, social media
Public-private cooperation
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Technology assessment

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Energy Victory Bond Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2893
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2894
Sponsor: Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Homeland security
International scientific cooperation
Research and development
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Science and Technology Agreement Enhanced Congressional Notification Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of State to notify Congress regarding science and technology agreements with China. Any existing agreement is revoked unless the State Department notifies Congress regarding the agreement no later than 60 days after enactment of this bill. The State Department must notify Congress 30 days prior to entering, renewing, or extending any science and technology agreement with China. A notification shall contain (1) the full text of the agreement, (2) a written justification for the agreement, (3) an assessment of the risks and potential effects of the agreement, (4) and a detailed justification for how the State Department intends to address human rights concerns arising from the agreement's scientific and technology collaboration.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2895
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Adoption Tax Credit Refundability Act of 2023

 
This bill makes the tax credit for adoption expenses refundable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Mariana Islands Entrepreneurship Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2896
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Give Kids a Chance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2897
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Give Kids a Chance Act of 2023

 
This bill authorizes certain targeted clinical trials involving combinations of drugs to treat pediatric cancer.
 
Specifically, the bill modifies requirements relating to molecularly targeted pediatric cancer investigations so as to authorize investigations of new drugs that are used in combination with active ingredients that have already been approved and that (1) have been determined to be the standard of care for treating a pediatric cancer, or (2) have been approved to treat an adult cancer and are directed at molecular targets for pediatric cancer.
 
The Food and Drug Administration must issue guidance and report on the bill's implementation. The Government Accountability Office must report on the effectiveness of the bill's changes with respect to the development of pediatric cancer drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Farmworkers' Mental Health Act

Bill: 118-s-2898
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Supporting Farmworkers' Mental Health Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and modifies the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network (FRSAN) Program. (The FRSAN Program funds projects that aim to maintain a network connecting individuals engaged in farming, ranching, and other agriculture-related occupations to stress assistance programs.)

Specifically, the bill makes individuals engaged in farm work eligible for assistance under the FRSAN Program.

The bill also expands the types of programs eligible for FRSAN grants to include those that deliver peer-to-peer mental health support to individuals who are engaged in farming, ranching, farm work, and other agriculture-related occupations. 
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4657)
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2899
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Health Equity and Middle Eastern and North African Community Inclusion Act of 2023 or the Health Equity and MENA Community Inclusion Act of 2023

 
This bill includes Middle Easterners and North Africans (MENA) as a distinct population in the statutory definition of 
racial and ethnic minority group
 that applies to efforts to reduce health disparities by the Office of Minority Health of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The bill also requires HHS to conduct a study on health and related outcomes of MENA populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4657-4658)
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Armenians Against Azerbaijani Aggression Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2900
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Supporting Armenians Against Azerbaijani Aggression Act of 2023

This bill directs and authorizes certain actions aimed at supporting Armenia in its conflict with Azerbaijan. For example, the bill

repeals presidential waiver authority that allows for certain foreign assistance to Azerbaijan;

authorizes foreign military financing grants to Armenia for FY2024;

requires the Department of State to submit a detailed strategy to Congress to ensure the durable security for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and a detailed report on alleged Azerbaijani atrocities in its attacks on Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh in 2022 and 2023;

authorizes the State Department and USAID to implement activities related to development of Armenia's energy sector;

requires the State Department to seek opportunities for partnership between U.S. and Armenian entities on science and technology; and

requires the President to impose sanctions on certain Azerbaijani officials determined to have directed (1) operations instigating the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, (2) attacks on Armenia in September 2022, (3) the blockade of the Lachin corridor beginning in December 2022, or (4) attacks on Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023.

 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Campus Hazing Act

Bill: 118-s-2901
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Criminal justice information and records
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
School administration
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Stop Campus Hazing Act

This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to report hazing incidents.

Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to disclose hazing incidents that were reported to campus security authorities or local police agencies in its annual security report. The bill defines the term 
hazing
 to mean any intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person against a student (regardless of that student's willingness to participate), that (1) is connected with an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, an organization (e.g., a club, athletic team, fraternity, or sorority); and (2) causes or is likely to contribute to a substantial risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the IHE or the organization, of physical injury, mental harm, or degradation.

In addition, each IHE must develop and distribute as part of its annual security report a statement of policy regarding the following: (1) a comprehensive program to prevent hazing, which must include information on hazing awareness and hazing prevention; and (2) the IHE's current campus policies on hazing, which must include procedures that comply with specified collection and reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2902
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses harassment at institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
 Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment on the basis of a student's actual or perceived race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth, and a sex stereotype), disability, or religion.
 
In addition, the Department of Education may award grants to IHEs to initiate, expand, or improve programs to (1) prevent the harassment of students; (2) provide counseling or redress services to students who have been harassed or accused of subjecting other students to harassment; or (3) educate and train students, faculty, or staff to prevent harassment or address harassment if it occurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Parity for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Students in Agriculture Act

Bill: 118-s-2903
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Education programs funding
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Minority education

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Parity for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Students in Agriculture Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 competitive education grants to Alaska Native-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs) and Native Hawaiian-serving IHEs. Additionally, the bill extends the grant period to three years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
AACCENT Act

Bill: 118-s-2904
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Centers of Excellence and National Technical Assistance Act or the AACCENT Act

 
This bill establishes a grant program to create national resource centers on augmentative and alternative communication.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award three grants in geographically diverse regions to establish a network of these resource centers for individuals with significant expressive communication disabilities, particularly through improved access to tools, technologies, strategies, training, and other methods. 
 

Significant expressive communication disabilities
 are communication disabilities (other than communication disabilities that are primarily visual or auditory in nature) that prevent or significantly limit an individual from understanding or being understood using spoken words, resulting in the need for or benefit from augmentative and alternative communication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
No Asylum for CCP Spies Act

Bill: 118-s-2905
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

No Asylum for CCP Spies Act

This bill makes a non-U.S. national (
alien 
under federal law) who has been affiliated with the Communist or a totalitarian party ineligible for asylum. The bill provides exceptions for an applicant who establishes that such affiliation was involuntary or limited or, alternatively, has significant information relating to national security,

Under the bill, a non-U.S. national who is or has been a member of or affiliated with the Communist or any totalitarian party (including a subdivision or affiliate thereof) is ineligible for asylum. (Under current law, such affiliation makes a non-U.S. national ineligible for a visa or lawful permanent resident status, with certain exceptions.)

Such an individual may become eligible for asylum if the individual (1) publicly renounces his or her membership before applying; (2) denounces such party during the adjudication process; (3) has been determined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Department of Justice (DOJ) not to be a danger to U.S. security; and (4) establishes that such party affiliation was involuntary, automatic, to obtain employment or living essentials, or only while the individual was younger than 16 years of age. 

Alternatively, DHS or DOJ may waive these requirements if a non-U.S. national seeking asylum (1) has significant information relating to national security, (2) renounces the party affiliation or membership and denounces the totalitarian party, and (3) is determined not to be a danger to the United States.
 

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Child Poverty Reduction Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2906
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Child Poverty Reduction Act of 

2023

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Census Bureau to take certain actions with respect to poverty measures and data related to child poverty. It also requires the National Academy of Sciences to report annually on child poverty and study other issues, such as policies to reduce intergenerational poverty.
 
Specifically, HHS must enter into an agreement with the Census Bureau to annually report an anchored supplemental poverty measure for individuals under the age of 18 and must otherwise collaborate with the bureau to, for example, correct income data to account for underreporting.
 
Currently, the Census Bureau uses the official poverty measure (based on cash resources) and the supplemental poverty measure (based on both cash and certain noncash resources, such as nutrition assistance program benefits) to measure poverty. Anchoring the supplemental poverty measure fixes the poverty threshold at a given point in time and then adjusts it for inflation.
 
HHS must publish resources on its website related to child poverty, and the Census Bureau must release certain economic and survey data at the same time it releases a specific report related to income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Device Recall Improvement Act

Bill: 118-s-2907
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4658)
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Indian Buffalo Management Act

Bill: 118-s-2908
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Mammals
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

Indian Buffalo Management Act

 
 This bill establishes a permanent program within the Department of the Interior to develop and promote tribal ownership and management of buffalo and buffalo habitat on Indian lands.
 
Specifically, the bill requires Interior to (1) enter into contracts, award grants, and provide technical assistance to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for activities related to buffalo restoration or management; (2) consult with tribes and tribal organizations on initiatives that affect buffalo or buffalo habitat, including efforts to contain or eradicate diseased buffalo; and (3) develop a policy relating to buffalo and buffalo habitat management activities on Indian land.
 
Additionally, Interior may enter into agreements with tribes or tribal organizations to transport surplus buffalo from federal land onto Indian land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2024-12-16
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2024-12-13
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S6993-6994)
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: The committee amendments withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2024-12-12
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6992-6993)
action_date: 2024-11-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561.
action_date: 2024-11-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with amendments. With written report No. 118-246.
action_date: 2024-11-18
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Schatz with amendments. With written report No. 118-246.
action_date: 2024-09-25
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2024-06-12
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 118-418.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
DEA Act

Bill: 118-s-2909
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Agency Accessibility Compliance Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2910
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting the Right To Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2911
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2912
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2023-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Food assistance and relief
Indian social and development programs
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: 

SNAP Tribal Food Sovereignty Act of 

2023

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to enter into self-determination contracts upon the request of Indian tribes and tribal organizations to carry out the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-2913
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2023-09-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: 

Denying Pensions to Convicted Child Molesters Act of 

2023

 
This bill denies federal retirement benefits to individuals convicted of child sex abuse. 
 
Specifically, an individual, or a survivor or beneficiary of an individual, may not be paid annuity or retired pay on the basis of the individual's service that is creditable toward the annuity or retired pay (with exceptions) following conviction of (1) aggravated sexual abuse of a child, (2) abusive sexual conduct, or (3) specified related offenses resulting in death.
 
Further, the bill denies benefits where the individual is under indictment for such an offense and willfully remains outside of the United States for more than one year to avoid prosecution.
 
Finally, the bill provides for payments to the victims of of sexual abuse from amounts that would otherwise be payable from the annuity or retired pay of offenders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Introduced in Senate