hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Love Lives On Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1004
Sponsor: Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Love Lives On Act of 2025

This bill extends entitlement for various benefit programs and services for surviving spouses of deceased members of the Armed Forces or veterans.

The bill provides that the remarriage of a surviving spouse must not bar the furnishing of dependency and indemnity compensation or special pension benefits to such spouse.

Additionally, the Department of Defense may not terminate the payment of an annuity for a surviving spouse under the Survivor Benefit Plan solely because the surviving spouse remarries.

The bill also expands the definition of a dependent under TRICARE to include a remarried widow or widower whose subsequent marriage has ended due to death, divorce, or annulment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act

Bill: 119-hr-1005
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Asia
China
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Combating the Lies of Authoritarians in School Systems Act or the CLASS Act

This bill prohibits public elementary and secondary schools, as a condition of receiving federal elementary and secondary education funds, from accepting funds from or entering into a contract with the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any individual or entity acting on behalf of the Chinese government or the CCP. The bill also requires schools to disclose funding from or contracts with a foreign source to the Department of Education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 6.
action_date: 2025-03-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-12.
action_date: 2025-03-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-12.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 14.
action_date: 2025-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Accountability Tax Act

Bill: 119-hr-1006
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1007
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: First Amendment rights
Higher education
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2025

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights take into consideration the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA's) working definition of antisemitism when reviewing or investigating complaints of discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. According to the IHRA's working definition, 
antisemitism
 is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 298 Route 292 in Holmes, New York, as the "Sheriff Adrian 'Butch' Anderson Post Office Building".

Bill: 119-hr-1008
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Postal service

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-05-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86 Main Street in Haverstraw, New York, as the "Paul Piperato Post Office Building".

Bill: 119-hr-1009
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Postal service

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-21
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-05-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1011
Sponsor: Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Spent Fuel Prioritization Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1012
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1013
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Religion
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025

This bill allows 403(b) retirement plans (i.e., retirement plans designed for certain employees of public schools, charities, and churches) to invest in collective investment trusts, which are a group of pooled investment assets held by a bank or trust company, and in insurance company separate accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-20
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 8.
action_date: 2025-05-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Specialist Joey Lenz Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1014
Sponsor: Rep. Luttrell, Morgan [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Blood and blood diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military personnel and dependents
Physical fitness and lifestyle

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Specialist Joey Lenz Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that periodic health assessments of members of the Armed Forces include specified elements. DOD must ensure that annual assessments include a sports physical, an electrocardiogram, and specified blood work. Other periodic assessments must include certain testing related to burn pit exposure, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure, and other tests or evaluations determined to be appropriate by DOD.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Prison Rape Prevention Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1015
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Women’s Private Spaces Act

Bill: 119-hr-1016
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Protecting Women’s Private Spaces Act

This bill prohibits a person from accessing or using single-sex restrooms, locker rooms, or changing rooms on federal property other than those corresponding to such person's biological sex. 

This prohibition does not apply to (1) emergency medical personnel responding to a medical emergency, or (2) law enforcement officers in active pursuit of a suspect or as part of an active investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Invasion of Women’s Spaces Act

Bill: 119-hr-1017
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Stop the Invasion of Women’s Spaces Act

This bill bars provision of federal funds to entities (including private entities and state, local, and tribal governments) that permit an individual to access or use single-sex restrooms, locker rooms, or changing rooms on the entity's property other than those corresponding to the individual's biological sex. 

This prohibition does not apply to entities that permit such access for (1) emergency medical personnel responding to a medical emergency, or (2) law enforcement officers in active pursuit of a suspect or as part of an active investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
INSTRUCT Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1018
Sponsor: Rep. Messmer, Mark [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Instructing Noteworthy Steps toward Transparency to Rout and Undo Calamitous Transactions Act of 2025 or the INSTRUCT Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to share foreign gift and contract reports from institutions of higher education (IHEs) with specified federal agencies.

Under current law, an IHE must disclose to ED a gift from or contract with a foreign source that is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that foreign source. This bill requires ED, within 30 days of receiving a disclosure report from an IHE, to transmit an unredacted copy of the report to 11 listed agencies (e.g., the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of State, and the Department of Homeland Security).

The bill also requires ED, within 90 days of the bill's enactment, to transmit additional information to these federal agencies. Specifically, ED must transmit (1) any disclosure report received by ED prior to the bill's enactment; and (2) any report, document, or other record generated by ED in the course of investigating an IHE's compliance with disclosure requirements (and such investigation was initiated prior to the bill's enactment). 

The Government Accountability Office must study and report on ways to improve intergovernmental agency coordination for implementing and enforcing disclosure reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Medicaid Program Improvement Act

Bill: 119-hr-1019
Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Medicaid Program Improvement Act

This bill provides statutory authority for the requirement that state Medicaid programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have a process in place to obtain updated addresses for enrollees. It also requires contracted managed care plans to report addresses that have been directly verified by enrollees to states.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
BOOST Act

Bill: 119-hr-1020
Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Broadening Online Opportunities through Simple Technologies Act or the BOOST Act

This bill establishes a new refundable tax credit, through 2029, for expenses paid to purchase a Wi-Fi signal booster for use in a principal residence. (Some limitations apply.)

The bill allows a taxpayer located in an unserved area a one-time, refundable tax credit for 75% (up to $400) of expenses paid to purchase

a communications signal booster (any device that receives a wireless signal or a commercial data service signal in order to increase the strength or range of the signal and in connection with retransmitting a broadband internet access service signal),

any customer premises equipment for use with satellite networks, or

any ground station equipment to send and receive transmissions from satellite networks.

Under the bill, an 
unserved area
 is defined as an area eligible for certain funding under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (generally areas where internet speeds are below 25 megabits per second for downloading and 3 megabits per second for uploading).

Finally, under the bill, the Department of the Treasury is required to issue regulations and guidance on the new tax credit and a program for sellers of signal boosters to voluntarily report sales of such devices in unserved areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1021
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Small Business Disaster Damage Fairness Act of 2025

This bill increases from $14,000 to $50,000 the threshold loan amount over which the Small Business Administration (SBA) may require collateral for a disaster loan.

The Government Accountability Office must report on the performance, including the default rate, of such loans.

Additionally, the SBA must (1) distinguish between rural and urban communities in the outreach and marketing for disaster loans, and (2) incorporate actions to mitigate challenges encountered by rural communities in accessing such loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Words Matter for the District of Columbia Courts Act

Bill: 119-hr-1022
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
District of Columbia
Federal district courts
Specialized courts

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E99)
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
RIFA Act

Bill: 119-hr-1023
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Education programs funding
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Higher education
Subversive activities

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Reporting on Investments in Foreign Adversaries Act or the RIFA Act

This bill requires private institutions of higher education (IHEs) with specified assets or investments involving foreign countries or entities of concern to file annual investment disclosure reports. The bill applies to a private IHE with (1) assets in excess of $6 billion, or (2) investments of concern in excess of $250 million. 

Specifically, the bill requires such a private IHE to file a disclosure report with the Department of Education (ED) for a year in which the IHE purchases, sells, or holds one or more investments of concern. 
Investment of concern
 means any specified interest (e.g., stock or debt) with respect to a foreign country of concern (e.g., North Korea, China, Russia, or Iran) or a foreign entity of concern (e.g., a foreign entity that is designated as a foreign terrorist organization). 

Additionally, the bill requires ED to establish and maintain a publicly available and searchable database with these disclosure reports.

The bill requires ED to investigate possible violations of this bill and outlines the various penalties for each violation. Penalties may include losing eligibility for federal student financial aid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
US-Kazakhstan Trade Modernization Act

Bill: 119-hr-1024
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Asia
Kazakhstan
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

US-Kazakhstan Trade Modernization Act

This bill addresses trade between the United States and Kazakhstan. 

Specifically, the bill authorizes the President to determine that Section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 (commonly known as the Jackson-Vanik amendment) does not apply to Kazakhstan. The Jackson-Vanik amendment denies normal trade relations (NTR) status to some current and former nonmarket economy countries unless they comply with certain freedom-of-emigration requirements. Under a provision of this amendment, the President may extend NTR status to a country affected by the amendment by waiving the freedom-of-emigration requirements or determining that the country is not in violation of those requirements, subject to an annual review. Kazakhstan has received temporary NTR status since 1992.

Additionally, the bill authorizes the President to extend permanent NTR status to Kazakhstan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Wesley Street in Greenville, Texas, as the "Cooper Dawson Post Office Building".

Bill: 119-hr-1025
Sponsor: Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
Primary Care Enhancement Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1026
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
QUIET Act

Bill: 119-hr-1027
Sponsor: Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Quashing Unwanted and Interruptive Electronic Telecommunications Act or the QUIET Act

This bill establishes a disclosure requirement for robocalls that use artificial intelligence (AI) to emulate a human being and increases forfeiture and fine amounts for certain violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). (The TCPA prohibits certain telemarketing calls made without the recipient’s consent and using specified automated technologies.)

Specifically, any robocall that uses AI to emulate a human being must include a disclosure at the beginning of the message indicating that AI is being used. Under the bill, 
robocalls
 are defined as calls made or text messages sent (1) using automatic dialing technology, or (2) using an artificially generated message or an artificial or prerecorded voice. Calls or texts that are made or sent using equipment that requires substantial human intervention are excluded. 

Further, the bill doubles the maximum forfeiture penalty and criminal fine that may be imposed for certain violations of the TCPA involving the use of AI to impersonate an individual or entity with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value. This provision applies to violations that occur after the bill’s enactment. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H519)
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in House