hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Offshore Lands Authorities Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-513
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations
Land use and conservation
Legislative rules and procedure
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
SWAMP Act

Bill: 119-hr-514
Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Maryland
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act or the SWAMP Act

This bill prohibits new construction, major renovation, leasing, or renewing a lease of certain executive agency headquarters in the District of Columbia metropolitan area and establishes a competitive bidding process for the relocation of such headquarters.

The General Services Administration (GSA) must (1) establish a process to allow an executive agency to request the GSA to issue a solicitation for the relocation of its headquarters or allow the GSA to issue such a solicitation without a request, if necessary; (2) allow any state or political subdivision of a state to respond to a solicitation with a proposal for the relocation of the agency's headquarters; and (3) in consultation with the executive agency, select a state or political subdivision of a state for the relocation of the agency's headquarters using a competitive bidding procedure based on certain considerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act

Bill: 119-hr-515
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Ensuring Military Readiness Not Discrimination Act

This bill addresses the standards for eligibility for service in the Armed Forces. Specifically, the bill provides that any qualifications established or applied relating to eligibility for service in any of the Armed Forces must not include any criteria relating to the race, color, national origin, religion, or sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics) of an individual.

Additionally, any personnel policy developed or implemented by a military department with respect to members of the Armed Forces must ensure equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons, without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, or sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, or sex characteristics).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the railroad track maintenance credit.

Bill: 119-hr-516
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 
This bill increases the annual limit on the tax credit for qualified railroad track maintenance expenses (also referred to as the short line railroad tax credit) and expands eligibility for claiming the credit.

Under current law, the tax credit is limited each tax year to $3,500 multiplied by the sum of the number of miles of railroad track owned or leased by the taxpayer (miles owned or leased) and the number of railroad track miles assigned to the taxpayer by a Class II or III railroad (miles assigned). This bill increases the annual limit to $6,100 multiplied by the sum of miles owned or leased and miles assigned. The $6,100 amount used in the calculation of the tax credit limit is adjusted for inflation for tax years beginning after 2025.

The bill also expands eligibility for the tax credit to include gross expenses for maintaining railroad tracks owned or leased as of January 1, 2024. Under current law, the tax credit is limited to gross expenses for maintaining railroad tracks owned or leased as of January 1, 2015.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Troops Before Politicians Act

Bill: 119-hr-518
Sponsor: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Troops Before Politicians Act

This bill withholds the pay of Members of Congress if active service members of the Armed Forces are not receiving pay, including as a result of a lapse in appropriations (i.e., a government shutdown). The withheld pay of Members must be deposited into an escrow account and released when the military lapse in pay ends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Federal Subaward Reporting System Modernization and Expansion Act

Bill: 119-hr-519
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Law Enforcement To Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-520
Sponsor: Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Empowering Law Enforcement To Fight Sex Trafficking Demand Act of 2025

This bill allows grants under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program to be used for programs to combat human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act

Bill: 119-hr-521
Sponsor: Rep. Maloy, Celeste [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Monuments and memorials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Ending Presidential Overreach on Public Lands Act

This bill removes the president's authority to designate or expand national monuments and gives that authority to Congress instead.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
FAITH in Small Business Act

Bill: 119-hr-522
Sponsor: Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Fair Assistance and Impartial Treatment of Help In Small Business Act

This bill implements a proposed rule by the Small Business Administration (SBA) that allows certain faith-based organizations to access business loan and disaster assistance programs. 

The programs include the Intermediary Lending Program (ILP), Business Loan programs (7(a), microloan, and 504 programs), Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan (MREIDL) program, and Immediate Disaster Assistance Program (IDAP). 

Current SBA regulations generally prohibit access to these programs if an organization is principally engaged in teaching, instructing, counseling, or indoctrinating religion or religious beliefs.

Recent Supreme Court opinions have found it unconstitutional to deny an otherwise qualified recipient access to a public benefit based solely on the organization's religious character (e.g., Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, 582 U.S. 449 (2017)).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Permanent Tax Cuts for American Families Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-523
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Permanent Tax Cuts for American Families Act of 2025 

This bill makes permanent the increased standard tax deduction amounts enacted in 2017 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. 

Under current law, the standard tax deduction consists of a statutory base amount that is adjusted annually for inflation. For tax years 2018-2025, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act increased the standard tax deduction statutory base amounts to $24,000 (from $6,000) for joint filers, $18,000 (from $4,400) for head-of-household filers, and $12,000 (from $3,000) for single filers, which almost doubled the inflation-adjusted standard tax deduction amount for most taxpayers.

Under the bill, the increased standard tax deduction statutory base amounts of $24,000 for joint filers, $18,000 for head-of-household filers, and $12,000 for single filers are made permanent. The bill also makes permanent the annual adjustments to such amounts for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
NO GOTION Act

Bill: 119-hr-524
Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
HONDURAS Act

Bill: 119-hr-525
Sponsor: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Honduras Obstinately Neglects Defense and Risks Alienating Security Act or HONDURAS Act

This bill authorizes the President to suspend all assistance to Honduras if U.S. military and civilian personnel redeploy from Soto Cano Air Base as the result of the Honduran government's refusal to host such personnel at the base.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Declaration of Energy Independence Act

Bill: 119-hr-526
Sponsor: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-527
Sponsor: Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Strengthening Wildfire Resiliency Through Satellites Act of 2025

This bill requires the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a competitive grant program to fund satellite monitoring of wildfires. The entities eligible to receive the grants are state foresters, emergency managers, and equivalent state officials. Grant recipients must use the funds for purchasing and integrating satellite data on wildfire monitoring and for using the data to detect and manage wildfires. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-528
Sponsor: Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Ecology
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act of 2025

This bill directs the Department of the Interior to carry out a program for post-disaster reforestation and restoration. 

Interior must identify covered lands requiring reforestation and restoration following unplanned disturbances that are unlikely to experience natural regeneration without assistance. 
Covered land 
means (1) any federal land or interest in land administered by the National Park Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Forest Service, or the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and (2) any Indian Forest Land or Rangeland.

Interior must propose a list that prioritizes projects for reforestation and restoration for each fiscal year. Interior may (1) carry out priority projects through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements; and (2) support any grant contract or cooperative agreement that may be necessary to ensure adequate and appropriate seed and seedling availability to further the objectives of priority projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 232.
action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Committee on Agriculture discharged.
action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I.
action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-276, Part I.
action_date: 2025-07-23
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-07-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-07-23
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
action_date: 2025-04-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2025-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
RACE Act

Bill: 119-hr-529
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Restoring American Confidence in Elections Act or the RACE Act

This bill establishes deadlines for states to count ballots and certify results in federal elections. 

Specifically, the bill requires a state to finish counting the ballots cast in a federal election held in the state not later than 10:00 p.m. on the date of the election. Further, the state must certify the election results not later than 48 hours after the election. 

The bill provides exceptions to these deadlines for bona fide emergencies (e.g., major disasters) or technical difficulties (e.g., malfunctioning election equipment or software).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
ACES Act

Bill: 119-hr-530
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cancer
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

ACES Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study and report on the prevalence and mortality of cancers among veterans who served on active duty as aircrew members and regularly flew in fixed-wing aircraft.

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-06
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-05-05
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-05-05
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 376 - 5 (Roll no. 115). (text: CR H1815: 6)
action_date: 2025-05-05
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 376 - 5 (Roll no. 115). (text: CR H1815: 6)
action_date: 2025-05-05
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1839-1840: 4)
action_date: 2025-05-05
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2025-05-05
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 530.
action_date: 2025-05-05
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1815-1817: 6)
action_date: 2025-05-05
text: Mr. Bergman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2025-04-09
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-04-09
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-03-26
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2025-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-531
Sponsor: Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Australia
Civil actions and liability
Fiji
Fishes
International law and treaties
Kiribati
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand
Pacific Ocean
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
User charges and fees
Vanuatu

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

South Pacific Tuna Treaty Act of 2025

This bill revises federal requirements for U.S. commercial fishing vessels operating in the South Pacific. The changes reflect amendments to the South Pacific Tuna Treaty that were agreed to at Nadi, Fiji, on December 3, 2016. The treaty details mutual obligations of the United States and 16 Pacific Island countries when U.S. fishing vessels operate in the region. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-14
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1977-1978)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1977-1978)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 531.
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1977-1979)
action_date: 2025-05-13
text: Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Handgun Permit to Purchase Act

Bill: 119-hr-532
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Handgun Permit to Purchase Act

 
This bill authorizes a grant program for states, local governments, and Indian tribes to implement and evaluate handgun purchaser licensing requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House