hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Bolts Ditch Act

Bill: 119-hr-1729
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Lakes and rivers
Water storage
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Bolts Ditch Act

This bill allows additional entities—the Eagle River Water and Sanitation District and the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority—to access and use the Bolts Ditch and its headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness in Colorado for the purposes of the diversion of water and use, maintenance, and repair of such ditch and headgate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-07-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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 H3225)
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. 1729.
action_date: 2025-07-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3225: 1)
action_date: 2025-07-14
text: Mr. Westerman moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 155.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-190.
action_date: 2025-07-10
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-190.
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: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
No Alipay Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1730
Sponsor: Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Standard FEES Act

Bill: 119-hr-1731
Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act or the Standard FEES Act

This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to establish, and federal agencies to adopt, a uniform schedule of fees for applications to place, modify, or maintain communications facilities in, over, or on federally owned buildings and property. 

The fees established by the GSA must be competitively neutral with respect to other application fees for similar uses of federal buildings and property and based on the direct and actual costs of processing such applications. The GSA may establish exceptions to the fee schedule to be granted by agencies on a case-by-case basis, provided the exceptions are competitively neutral with respect to the categories of individuals or entities granted exceptions and meet certain other requirements. 

Agencies may only use fees collected to cover the costs of processing applications, and only to the extent that the funds are provided in advance in appropriations acts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
GUARD VA Benefits Act

Bill: 119-hr-1732
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act or the GUARD VA Benefits Act

 
This bill imposes fines on individuals for soliciting, contracting for, charging, or receiving any unauthorized fee or compensation with respect to the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The attempted commission of such offenses is also punishable by fine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act

Bill: 119-hr-1733
Sponsor: Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Rural conditions and development
Transportation costs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Rural Veterans Transportation to Care Act

This bill expands and makes permanent the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) grant program that provides transportation options to veterans for medical purposes.

First, the bill expands the program to cover transportation for veterans in rural areas, in addition to veterans in highly rural areas (who are already eligible under the program).

The bill also authorizes the VA to award such grants to county veterans service organizations and tribal organizations to assist veterans with transportation for medical care.

Further, the bill increases the maximum grant amount to $60,000. However, if a grant recipient is required to purchase a vehicle to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, such grant amount may be increased to not more than $80,000.

Finally, the bill defines
 rural
 and 
highly rural 
in the same manner as the terms are given under the Rural-Urban Commuting Areas (RUCA) coding system of the Department of Agriculture. RUCA uses population density and commuting patterns to assign designations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act

Bill: 119-hr-1734
Sponsor: Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Early Action and Responsiveness Lifts Youth Minds Act

Bill: 119-hr-1735
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Generative AI Terrorism Risk Assessment Act

Bill: 119-hr-1736
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Terrorism

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-09-03
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 0.
action_date: 2025-09-03
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-03-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-03-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to submit to Congress a report containing an assessment of the value, cost, and feasibility of a trans-Atlantic submarine fiber optic cable connecting the contiguous United States, the United States Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria.

Bill: 119-hr-1737
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 
This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to submit a report to Congress that assesses the feasibility, value, cost, and security implications of a submarine fiber optic cable to connect the contiguous United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Ghana, and Nigeria. The report must include, among other topics, an assessment of the potential establishment of a data center and high-security cloud services facility in the U.S. Virgin Islands for certain national security communications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-06-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2847)
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2847)
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1737.
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2847-2848)
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-06-12
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 121.
action_date: 2025-06-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-155.
action_date: 2025-06-12
text: Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-155.
action_date: 2025-03-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-03-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the area of Sumner Row between 16th Street Northwest and L Street Northwest in Washington, District of Columbia, as "Alexei Navalny Way".

Bill: 119-hr-1738
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
District of Columbia
Europe
Protest and dissent
Roads and highways
Russia

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act

Bill: 119-hr-1739
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Higher Education Reform and Opportunity Act

This bill revises requirements governing student loans and the accreditation of institutions of higher education (IHEs).

Specifically, the bill consolidates federal student loans into one student loan program and phases out loan forgiveness for borrowers.

Additionally, the bill makes postsecondary education courses and programs (e.g., apprenticeship programs) that provide credits toward a postsecondary certification, credential, or degree eligible for federal student aid funding if the courses and programs are accredited by a state that has an alternative accreditation agreement with the Department of Education (ED).

The bill requires IHEs to publish certain enrollment and financial aid information, including (1) the percentage of former financial aid recipients who are employed at various intervals following graduation, and (2) the average amount of total federal student loan debt accrued upon graduation. The Government Accountability Office must compile, study, and report on all such information published by IHEs. Further, the bill prohibits the disclosure of personally identifiable information and directs ED to establish penalties for violations.

 Lastly, the bill requires an IHE to pay a default rate fine for a fiscal year in an amount that is equal to the applicable percentage of outstanding federal student loans (i.e., the total amount of loans issued to students for attendance at the IHE for which regular on-time payments are not being made). An IHE shall receive a $400 credit for each graduate of the IHE who received a Federal Pell Grant while enrolled at the IHE during the fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Default Proceed Sale Transparency Act

Bill: 119-hr-1740
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Computers and information technology
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Retail and wholesale trades
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1741
Sponsor: Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2025

This bill requires the Board of Veterans Appeals to publish a weekly notice of the docket dates of the cases assigned to a board member for a decision that week. The requirement does not apply to cases that have been advanced or remanded. The notice must include a statement that a case assignment appearing on the notice does not require the board to issue a decision regarding the case during that week.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Access to Reproductive Care for Servicemembers Act

Bill: 119-hr-1742
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Abortion
Employee leave
Military personnel and dependents
Right of privacy
Sex and reproductive health
Transportation costs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
UNITED Act

Bill: 119-hr-1743
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Europe
Free trade and trade barriers
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism Act or the UNITED Act

This bill grants certain authorities to the President for entering into a comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom (UK).

Specifically, the bill directs the President to seek to initiate negotiations with the UK regarding tariff and nontariff barriers affecting any industry, product, or service sector.

The bill authorizes the President to enter into a comprehensive trade agreement with the UK, with such authority expiring on March 1, 2029. Further, the President may proclaim a modification or continuance of any existing duty or a continuance of existing excise or duty-free treatment to carry out an agreement, with certain limitations.

The bill also requires the President to consult with and notify Congress regarding the intention of the President to enter into an agreement or make a proclamation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1744
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom through FY2028. The commission is an independent federal commission tasked with monitoring international religious freedom conditions, reviewing U.S. government policy, and making policy recommendations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
HOPE for Homeownership Act

Bill: 119-hr-1745
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Act

Bill: 119-hr-1746
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Break the Chain Act

Bill: 119-hr-1747
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
FEMA for America First Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1748
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Safe Storage Lockers for House Office Buildings Act

Bill: 119-hr-1749
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House