hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
No CBDC Act

Bill: 119-s-464
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

No Central Bank Digital Currency Act or the No CBDC Act

 
This bill generally prohibits the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve Banks, the Department of the Treasury, and other agencies from issuing or using a central bank digital currency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
GRID Power Act

Bill: 119-s-465
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness for Disabled Young Adults Act

Bill: 119-s-466
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child health
Disability assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Fairness for Disabled Young Adults Act

This bill expands eligibility for Social Security child’s benefits to include the disabled children of eligible or deceased workers for whom the disability began between ages 22 and 25. (Under current law, such disabled children are eligible for benefits only if their disability began before age 22.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
End Double Taxation of Successful Consumer Claims Act

Bill: 119-s-467
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
SECURE Firearm Storage Act

Bill: 119-s-468
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Safety Enhancements for Communities Using Reasonable and Effective Firearm Storage Act or the SECURE Firearm Storage Act

 
This bill establishes security requirements for the business premises of a licensed firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer.
 
Specifically, when the premises are closed for business, an importer, manufacturer, or dealer must secure the firearms inventory and securely store paper business records.
 
A violator is subject to penalties—a civil fine, suspension or revocation of a license, or both a civil fine and suspension or revocation of a license.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S795)
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act

Bill: 119-s-469
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act

This bill restores an exemption for certain family farms and small businesses on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form. The bill applies to the net worth of (1) a family farm on which the family resides, or (2) a small business with not more than 100 full-time or full-time equivalent employees that is owned and controlled by the family.

Prior to recent changes made to the FAFSA, the net worth of these family farms and small businesses were excluded as assets when calculating a student's financial need to determine federal student aid eligibility. Beginning with the 2024-2025 academic year, the net worth of these farms and businesses are treated as an asset and therefore included in the calculation. This bill restores the exemption to exclude such net worth from the calculation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Respect State Housing Laws Act

Bill: 119-s-470
Sponsor: Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
No Deductions for Marijuana Businesses Act

Bill: 119-s-471
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Ski Hill Resources for Economic Development Act

Bill: 119-s-472
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government trust funds
Licensing and registrations
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Sports and recreation facilities
User charges and fees

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-09-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S795-796)
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
SENIOR Act

Bill: 119-s-473
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Social Engagement and Network Initiatives for Older Relief Act or the SENIOR Act

This bill expands the scope of authorized Administration on Aging (AOA) grants to include services addressing loneliness in older individuals (i.e., aged 60 or older), and requires a report evaluating whether certain federal programs are adequately addressing this topic.

Under current law, the AOA provides grants to states for disease prevention and health promotion services for older individuals, including services addressing the negative health effects of social isolation. The bill expands the scope of the services eligible for these grants to include services addressing the negative health effects of loneliness.

Also, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to submit to Congress a report (1) evaluating whether its programs for older individuals are adequately addressing loneliness, and (2) recommending measures for reducing the negative health effects of loneliness and fostering multigenerational family connections. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Funding for Rural Hospitals Act

Bill: 119-s-474
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Fair Funding for Rural Hospitals Act

This bill establishes a minimum funding allotment for Medicaid disproportionate-share hospitals (DSHs). (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payments under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)

Specifically, the bill establishes a minimum allotment of $20 million per state for FY2025-FY2029, increased for inflation in subsequent years, despite any required reductions or other applicable funding calculations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S796)
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Alternatives to PAIN Act

Bill: 119-s-475
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Alternatives to Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act or the Alternatives to PAIN Act

This bill reduces cost-sharing and prohibits the imposition of certain utilization requirements under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for certain non-opioid pain management drugs.

Specifically, the bill requires such drugs to be covered without a deductible and to be placed on the lowest cost-sharing tier (if any). The bill also prohibits the imposition of prior authorization requirements (i.e., requiring prior approval from a plan) or step therapy requirements (i.e., requiring the use of alternative drugs before a drug is covered under a plan) with respect to such drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
White Oak Resiliency Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-476
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Fairness in Fentanyl Sentencing Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-477
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Postal service
Trade restrictions
U.S. Sentencing Commission

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Fairness in Fentanyl Sentencing Act of 2025

This bill modifies the drug quantity thresholds that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for a defendant who manufactures, distributes, imports, exports, or possesses with intent to distribute fentanyl.

Specifically, the bill reduces from 400 to 20 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 100 to 5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for high-level first-time or repeat offenders. It also reduces from 40 to 2 grams the fentanyl quantity and from 10 to 0.5 grams the fentanyl analogue quantity that trigger a mandatory minimum prison term for low-level first-time or repeat offenders.

Additionally, the bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to increase the availability of chemical screening devices and dedicate the appropriate number of personnel to interdict fentanyl and other substances that are unlawfully imported into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-478
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from transmitting certain information to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) utilized by licensed importers or dealers of firearms.

Specifically, the bill prohibits the VA from transmitting personally identifying information of a veteran or a beneficiary to the NICS solely on the basis that such veteran or beneficiary has an appointed fiduciary to manage their benefits, unless there is an order or finding of a judicial authority that such veteran or beneficiary is a danger to themselves or others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-11
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-479
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Timber Harvesting Restoration Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-480
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Securing our Border Act

Bill: 119-s-481
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to include Czechia in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Czechia.

Bill: 119-s-482
Sponsor: Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-483
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act of 2025

This bill prohibits direct-to-consumer advertising of new drugs during the first three years following their approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Direct-to-consumer advertising includes advertising via social media. 

Upon request from a drug’s sponsor, the FDA may waive the prohibition during the third year following a drug’s approval if it determines that the direct-to-consumer advertising of the drug would have an affirmative value to public health. Conversely, the FDA may prohibit such advertising beyond the three-year period following approval if it determines that the drug has significant adverse health effects based on post-approval studies, adverse event reports, and other appropriate resources. 

The prohibition applies to new drugs approved beginning one year before the bill’s enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
PLCAA Federal Jurisdiction Act

Bill: 119-s-484
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Firearms and explosives
Jurisdiction and venue
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-485
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget process
Civil actions and liability
Congressional-executive branch relations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
House of Representatives
Internet, web applications, social media
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act

Bill: 119-s-486
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
CHOICE Act

Bill: 119-s-487
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education Act or the
 
CHOICE Act

This bill expands school choice programs for elementary and secondary school students.

The bill specifies that a student in the District of Columbia must, in order to qualify for an opportunity scholarship, be currently enrolled, or be enrolled for the next school year, in a public or private elementary or secondary school.

The bill also authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to support the design and implementation of state programs that allow the parent of a child with a disability to choose the appropriate public or private school for their child. It also outlines the requirements for program eligibility.

Further, if the state has established a program that allows parents to use public or private funds to assist with the cost of their child attending a private school, then the state may supplement those funds with federal special education funds.

Additionally, the Department of Defense must carry out a five-year pilot program to award scholarships to enable military dependent students who live on military installations to attend the public or private elementary or secondary schools their parents choose.

The bill also requires ED to return to the Treasury specified amounts made available for salaries and expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
DEMOCRACIA Act

Bill: 119-s-488
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Air Guard STATUS Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-489
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Higher education
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Air Guard Standardizing Tuition Assistance To Unify the Services Act of 2025 or the Air Guard STATUS Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of the Air Force to establish a permanent program to pay all or a portion of tuition or expenses at an educational institution for members of the Air National Guard who are in compliance with training requirements (i.e., required field exercises and drills).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Americans’ Privacy Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-490
Sponsor: Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Protecting Americans’ Privacy Act of 2025

This bill makes it unlawful for certain individuals to access or exercise administrative control over any Department of the Treasury public money receipt or payment system. The bill also makes it unlawful to disclose return or return information to certain individuals by means of access to such Treasury system.

Under the bill, it is unlawful for an individual to knowingly access or exercise administrative control over any Treasury (including the Bureau of Fiscal Service) public money receipt or payment system if the individual is

not a federal employee or federal contractor (with at least one year of continuous service);

a federal employee who holds a certain position within or is the board member of a business, organization, or institution;

in a civil service position for less than one year (continuously); or

an employee who meets certain other requirements and who has a conflict of interest or has not signed a written ethics agreement.

The bill also makes it unlawful to (1) facilitate access to or administrative control over any Treasury public money receipt or payment system to such individuals, or (2) disclose return or return information to such individuals by means of access to such Treasury system.

Finally, the bill provides that persons harmed by the unlawful access to such Treasury system may file a civil action for

preliminary and other equitable or declaratory relief,

damages (the greater of $250,000 or actual damages),

punitive damages, and

attorney’s fees and litigation costs.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S796-797)
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Assistance Accountability and Oversight Act

Bill: 119-s-491
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act

Bill: 119-s-492
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2025-02-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-10
text: 

Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act 

This bill increases the work opportunity tax credit (WOTC) for wages paid during the first year of employment to certain employees. The bill also eliminates the maximum age limit applicable to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit recipients for purposes of the WOTC.

Under current law, an employer generally may claim a WOTC in the amount of 40% of up to $6,000 (or of up to $24,000 for certain veterans, $3,000 for summer youth employees, and $10,000 for long-term family aid recipients) of qualified wages paid during the first year of employment to an employee who is a member of a targeted group. (Exceptions and limitations apply.)

The bill increases the WOTC to (1) 50% of up to $6,000 (or of up to $24,000 for certain veterans) of qualified first-year wages paid to an employee who is a member of a targeted group (other than a summer youth employee or recipient of long-term family aid), and (2) 50% of up to $12,000 (or of up to $48,000 for certain veterans) of qualified wages paid during the first year of employment to such employee if the employee works at least 400 hours during the year.

Finally, the bill eliminates the maximum age limit applicable to SNAP benefit recipients and, thus, allows an employer to claim the WOTC for qualified first-year wages paid to an employee who is at least 18 years old and receiving SNAP benefits for a certain period of time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-10
text: Introduced in Senate