hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Do No Harm in Medicaid Act

Bill: 119-hr-498
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Health programs administration and funding
Medicaid
Prescription drugs
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Do No Harm in Medicaid Act

This bill prohibits federal Medicaid payment for specified gender transition procedures for individuals under the age of 18. The bill defines these procedures to mean those that are intended to change the body of an individual to no longer correspond to the individual's biological sex (male or female), including specified surgeries, implants, and medications (e.g., hormones).

The bill excludes procedures that are provided to an individual under the age of 18 with the consent of a parent or legal guardian and that are intended to (1) rectify early puberty, genetic disorders, or chromosomal abnormalities; (2) reverse prior gender transition procedures; or (3) prevent imminent death or impairment of a major bodily function.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
To rename the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Dallas, Texas, as the "Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center".

Bill: 119-hr-499
Sponsor: Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Health facilities and institutions
Texas
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 
This bill designates the medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Dallas, Texas, as the Eddie Bernice Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center or the Eddie Bernice Johnson VA Medical Center.


Legislative actions:
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
Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-500
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 

2025

This bill allows for Medicare coverage of hearing aids and related examinations.

The Government Accountability Office must study programs that provide assistance for hearing aids and related examinations for individuals with hearing loss.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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
Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-501
Sponsor: Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Natural disasters

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Promoting Resilient Buildings Act of 2025

This bill authorizes local governments to implement the previous edition of building codes with funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Safeguarding Tomorrow Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) programs. It also establishes a pilot program for residential resilience retrofits under the BRIC program.

Under current law, local governments may use funding provided under the BRIC and Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF programs to establish and carry out the latest published editions of relevant building codes and standards. The bill allows local governments to use BRIC grant funding to carry out the latest two published editions (i.e., either the current edition of a building code or the previous edition) and requires BRIC to consider adoption of either of the latest two editions when determining whether to provide assistance. The bill also allows local governments to use loan funding from the Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF program for implementing the latest two published editions of building codes, including amendments government entities make to such codes.

Additionally, the bill establishes under the BRIC program a pilot program for states and local governments to provide grants to individuals for residential resilience retrofits (i.e., projects that increase a home’s resilience to natural hazards). To provide this assistance, FEMA may use up to 10% of the assistance made available to BRIC applicants annually. The pilot program terminates at the end of FY2028.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-10-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 273.
action_date: 2025-10-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-319.
action_date: 2025-10-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. H. Rept. 119-319.
action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-02-26
text: Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Discharged
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 House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Infrastructure Investments for Rural America Act

Bill: 119-hr-502
Sponsor: Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Protecting Infrastructure Investments for Rural America Act 

This bill modifies the definition of rural area that is used for the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program and adds provisions for small communities.

As background, the grant program supports projects that improve and expand the surface transportation infrastructure in rural areas. Eligible applicants for the grant program include states, regional transportation planning organizations, local governments, and tribal governments.

For purposes of the program, the bill defines 
rural area 
as an area outside an urbanized area that has a population of 30,000 or less. Current law requires a rural area to be outside of an urbanized area with a population of over 200,000.

The bill includes provisions for small communities (i.e., an area outside an urbanized area and that has a population of 5,000 or less). The bill sets the maximum federal cost-share at 90% for project grants carried out in a small community. The Department of Transportation (DOT) must use at least 5% of the program's annual funds to provide grants for projects in small communities. The bill also removes the prohibition against DOT using more than 10% of program funds for grants that are under $25 million.

Further, program grants may be used for highway, road, bridge, or tunnel projects that would benefit the economic development or quality of life for citizens of the local community.

The bill also specifies that the program's goals include the generation of economic growth and development in rural areas. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Qualified Immunity Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-503
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Due process and equal protection
Government liability
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Qualified Immunity Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for qualified immunity for law enforcement officers in civil cases involving constitutional violations.

Current law provides a statutory civil cause of action against state and local government actors (e.g., law enforcement officers) for violations of constitutional rights, also known as Section 1983 lawsuits. The Supreme Court has also found an implied cause of action against federal law enforcement officers in certain situations (e.g., Fourth Amendment violations), also known as 
Bivens
 lawsuits. However, under the judicial doctrine of qualified immunity, government officials performing discretionary duties are generally shielded from civil liability, unless their actions violate clearly established rights of which a reasonable person would have known.

The bill provides statutory authority for these principles with respect to law enforcement officers. Specifically, under the bill, law enforcement officers are entitled to qualified immunity if (1) at the time of the alleged violation, the constitutional right at issue was not clearly established or the state of the law was not sufficiently clear that every reasonable officer would have known that the conduct was unconstitutional; or (2) a court has held that the specific conduct at issue is constitutional.

The bill applies to federal, state, and local law enforcement officers. It also specifies that law enforcement agencies and local governments may not be held liable if their officers are entitled to qualified immunity.


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
Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act

Bill: 119-hr-504
Sponsor: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Floods and storm protection
Florida
Geography and mapping
Indian lands and resources rights

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act

This bill expands the Miccosukee Reserved Area to include a portion of Everglades National Park in Florida that is known as Osceola Camp. The Department of the Interior, in consultation with the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, must take appropriate actions to protect structures within the Osceola Camp from flooding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-07-15
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2025-07-14
text: Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-07-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-07-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3228-3229)
action_date: 2025-07-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2025-07-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 504.
action_date: 2025-07-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3228-3230: 1)
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 154.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Committee on Transportation discharged.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-189, Part I.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-189, Part I.
action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs Discharged
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2025-01-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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 Natural Resources, 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
To impose additional duties on imports of goods into the United States.

Bill: 119-hr-505
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 
This bill directs the President to impose additional duties (i.e., tariffs) on all imports entering the United States.

Specifically, the President must impose an additional 10% duty on all imports entering the United States. 

Additionally, the bill directs the President to increase this duty on imported goods by an additional 5% if the United States has a deficit in the trade of goods and services generally for the immediately preceding calendar year. If the United States has a balance or surplus in the trade of goods and services, then the President must decrease the duty by 5% (except the imposed duty shall not be reduced below $0).


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
Security First Act

Bill: 119-hr-506
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Security First Act

This bill reauthorizes the Operation Stonegarden program from FY2025 through FY2028 and addresses other border security issues. (Operation Stonegarden provides grants to enhance the border security capabilities of state, local, and tribal governments.)

From FY2025 through FY2028, the money from unreported monetary instruments seized from individuals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and transferred into the Department of the Treasury general fund shall be made available without further appropriation to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fund Operation Stonegarden.

DHS must report to Congress on (1) DHS hiring practices from 2018 to 2024, and (2) whether certain criminal gangs and Mexican drug cartels meet the criteria to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. DHS must also periodically report to Congress about the technology needed to secure the U.S.-Mexico land border.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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
Veterans Member Business Loan Act

Bill: 119-hr-507
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Veterans Member Business Loan Act

This bill excludes from credit union aggregate loan limitations member business loans made to veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Bring American Companies Home Act

Bill: 119-hr-508
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Bring American Companies Home Act 

This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a program and regulations allowing U.S. persons (U.S. citizens or residents, domestic partnerships or corporations, or estates and trusts) to deduct in the tax year incurred costs of moving inventory, equipment, and supplies used in a trade or business from China to the United States.

The bill also

establishes a trust fund and appropriates to such fund tariff amounts collected by the United States on goods manufactured in China,

appropriates from such trust fund to the general fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent to the reduction in revenue resulting from the tax deduction, and

requires amounts to be transferred between funds at least monthly.



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
Western Hemisphere Nearshoring Act

Bill: 119-hr-509
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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
Regulatory Cooling Off Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-510
Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives

Summary:

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
AMERICANS Act

Bill: 119-hr-511
Sponsor: Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
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: 2025-01-16
text: 

Allowing Military Exemptions, Recognizing Individual Concerns About New Shots Act of 2025 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.

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.

Members who were separated from the Armed Forces for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine are not required to repay any bonuses and must be reimbursed if they repaid any portion of a bonus prior to this bill's enactment.

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: 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
Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act

Bill: 119-hr-512
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Imported Seafood Safety Standards Act

This bill establishes the Inspection and Consumption of Shrimp and Shrimp Products Fund.

The fund consists of duties that are collected on shrimp and shrimp products that are imported into the United States. The fund must be used to support (1) the ability of the Food and Drug Administration to inspect imported shrimp and shrimp products in accordance with certain health and safety standards, including with respect to antibiotic contamination and fair labor standards; and (2) the Department of Agriculture in encouraging the domestic consumption of shrimp.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Energy and Commerce, 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