hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act

Bill: 119-s-702
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government studies and investigations
Health care quality
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Veterans Mental Health and Addiction Therapy Quality of Care Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter into an agreement with an independent and objective organization to study the difference in quality of mental health and addiction therapy care provided by the VA compared to non-VA providers across various modalities. The organization must publish its findings publicly.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-07-30
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2025-03-11
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
CATCH Fentanyl Act

Bill: 119-s-703
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-704
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Voluntary Public Access Improvement Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes through FY2029 and increases funding for the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP). This Natural Resources Conservation Service program provides state and tribal governments competitive grants to encourage owners and operators of privately-held land (i.e., farm, ranch, and forest land) to allow public access for hunting, fishing, and other wildlife-dependent recreation.

The bill also reauthorizes through FY2029 VPA-HIP funding to encourage public access to land covered by wetland reserve easements through agreements with states and tribal governments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Innovation in Pediatric Drugs Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-705
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug therapy
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Research administration and funding

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1347)
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
American Victims of Terrorism Compensation Act

Bill: 119-s-706
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Terrorism

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
No Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act

Bill: 119-s-707
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-708
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive Patent Rights Act of 2025 or the RESTORE Patent Rights Act of 2025

This bill establishes a rebuttable presumption for injunctive relief in patent infringement cases. Specifically, if a court enters a final judgment finding infringement of a right secured by patent, the patent owner shall be entitled to a rebuttable presumption that the court should grant a permanent injunction with respect to that infringing conduct.

(In 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court held in 
eBay v. MercExchange
 that patent holders do not have an automatic right to a permanent injunction in a patent infringement case.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act

Bill: 119-s-709
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Crypto ATM Fraud Prevention Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-710
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1347-1348; text: CR S1348-1350)
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Freedom Act

Bill: 119-s-711
Sponsor: Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Regulation Decimation Act

Bill: 119-s-712
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Buildout Accountability Act

Bill: 119-s-713
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Broadband Buildout Accountability Act

 
This bill makes actions or decisions of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration concerning the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program subject to the Freedom of Information Act, which governs the release of federal documents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Critical Mineral Consistency Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-714
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Metals
Mining
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-04-30
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2025-03-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
No American Land for Communist China Act

Bill: 119-s-715
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Vichai Sae Tung (also known as Chai Chaowasaree).

Bill: 119-s-716
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-717
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Increasing Access to Quality Cardiac Rehabilitation Care Act of 2025

This bill expands coverage of cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs under Medicare.

Specifically, the bill allows physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to administer these programs in their offices, prepare and sign treatment plans, and prescribe exercise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Eric’s Law

Bill: 119-s-718
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Judicial procedure and administration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Eric's Law

 
This bill modifies procedures with respect to capital sentencing hearings.
 
If a jury at a capital sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence and there is a motion by the attorney for the government, the court must order a new special sentencing hearing and impanel a new jury. If the new jury at the special sentencing hearing does not reach a unanimous recommendation on the defendant's sentence, then the court is prohibited from imposing a death sentence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-719
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Federal-Indian relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Tribal Forest Protection Act Amendments Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 the Tribal Forest Protection Act (TFPA) and expands the lands and activities eligible for inclusion in the TFPA.

Currently under the TFPA, the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) may enter into contracts and agreements with Indian tribes for tribes to carry out land management projects on federal lands. These projects are designed to protect Indian forest lands and rangelands from wildfire, disease, and other threats coming from federal lands. However, the TFPA is currently limited to projects on federal lands that border or are adjacent to Indian forest lands and rangelands under the jurisdiction of the tribe.

This bill removes certain limitations of the TFPA, first by expanding the definition of 
Indian forest land or rangeland
 to include land in Alaska that is held by Alaska Native corporations, thereby allowing these corporations to participate in TFPA projects.

Additionally, the bill removes the requirement that TFPA projects must occur on federal lands that border or are adjacent to Indian forest lands or rangelands. The bill instead requires the federal land involved to have a special geographic, historical, or cultural significance to the tribe.

The bill allows TFPA projects to be carried out directly on Indian forest lands and rangelands. (Currently, the TFPA only applies to work conducted on federal lands and not on tribal lands.)

The bill also updates a requirement for Interior and USDA to report to Congress on TFPA activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 76.
action_date: 2025-05-12
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-23.
action_date: 2025-05-12
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-23.
action_date: 2025-03-05
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-720
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1350)
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

Bill: 119-s-721
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Home and outpatient care
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act

This bill allows state Medicaid programs to establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with sickle-cell disease. (Under current law, state Medicaid programs may establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with specified chronic conditions.) States must ensure that such care includes dental and vision services.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue best practices for states on how to design and implement such health homes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act

Bill: 119-s-722
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-723
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Housing finance and home ownership
Indian lands and resources rights
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Tribal Trust Land Homeownership Act of 2025

This bill sets forth requirements for the processing of a proposed residential leasehold mortgage, business leasehold mortgage, land mortgage, or right-of-way document by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). The BIA must notify lenders upon receipt of such documentation, perform a preliminary review of such documents not later than 10 days after receipt, and approve or disapprove of such documents within 20 or 30 days, depending on the type of application.

Additionally, the bill sets forth requirements for the BIA regarding (1) response times for the completion of certified title status reports, (2) notification of delays in processing, and (3) the form of notices and delivery of certain reports.

The bill also provides relevant federal agencies and Indian tribes with read-only access to the Trust Asset and Accounting Management System maintained by the BIA.

The Government Accountability Office must report on digitizing documents for the purpose of streamlining and expediting the completion of mortgage packages for residential mortgages on Indian land.

Finally, the bill establishes within the BIA's Division of Real Estate Services the position of Realty Ombudsman.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-09-29
text: Star Print ordered on 119-60.
action_date: 2025-09-03
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 148.
action_date: 2025-09-03
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-60.
action_date: 2025-09-03
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Murkowski without amendment. With written report No. 119-60.
action_date: 2025-03-05
text: Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs. (text: CR S1350-1352)
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Temporary Extension of Fentanyl-Related Substances Scheduling Act

Bill: 119-s-724
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Ethan's Law

Bill: 119-s-726
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Ethan's Law

 
This bill establishes a framework to regulate the storage of firearms on residential premises at the federal, state, and tribal levels.
 
At the federal level, the bill establishes statutory requirements for firearms on residential premises to be safely stored if a minor is likely to gain access without permission or if a resident is ineligible to possess a firearm.
 
An individual who violates the requirements is subject to criminal penalties. A firearm stored in violation of the requirements is subject to seizure and forfeiture.
 
At the state and tribal levels, the bill requires the Department of Justice to award grants to implement functionally identical requirements for the safe storage of firearms. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer Retirement Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 119-s-727
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement officers

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-07-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Act

Bill: 119-s-728
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Hospital Transparency Compliance Enforcement Act

Bill: 119-s-729
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
African Burial Ground International Memorial Museum and Educational Center Study Act

Bill: 119-s-730
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Time to Choose Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-731
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Asia
China
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-732
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
China
Department of Agriculture
Europe
Federal officials
Iran
Land transfers
Middle East
North Korea
Russia
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: 

Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2025

This bill makes changes to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), including by requiring CFIUS to determine whether a national security review is necessary for reportable agricultural land transactions that are referred by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). (CFIUS oversees the national security risks of certain foreign investment in the United States. CFIUS has the authority to review covered transactions, which include mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers that could result in foreign control of a U.S. business; certain investments in businesses involved in critical technologies, critical infrastructure, or sensitive personal data; and certain real estate transactions.)

Specifically, the bill directs CFIUS to, after receiving notification from USDA, determine (1) whether a reportable agricultural land transaction is a covered transaction, and (2) whether CFIUS should initiate a national security review or take another action with respect to the transaction. 

Reportable

 agricultural land transaction
 means a transaction (1) that USDA has reason to believe is a covered transaction; (2) that involves the acquisition of an interest in agricultural land by a foreign person of China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran; and (3) with respect to which a foreign person is required to submit a report to USDA regarding their agricultural land transactions.

The bill also expands the membership of CFIUS to include the Secretary of Agriculture for covered transactions that involve agricultural land, agricultural biotechnology, or the agriculture industry (e.g., agricultural transportation, storage, and processing).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Taiwan Travel and Tourism Coordination Act

Bill: 119-s-733
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2025-02-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Executive agency funding and structure
Natural disasters

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2025-02-25
text: Introduced in Senate