hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Stop Imposing Woke Ideology Abroad Act

Bill: 119-hr-93
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Stop Imposing Woke Ideology Abroad Act

This bill prohibits using federal funds for the Department of State's Special Representative for Racial Equity and Justice. (The special representative's duties include leading the State Department's efforts to combat systemic racism and discrimination around the world.)

The bill also prohibits using federal funds to implement the State Department's Equity Action Plan. (The plan outlines actions and metrics related to addressing issues of equity, including racial equity, in the State Department's foreign affairs mission.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To terminate the designation of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-hr-94
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 
This bill removes Pakistan's designation as a major non-NATO ally, a status that allows for various benefits such as access to excess U.S. defense supplies and participation in cooperative defense research and development projects.

The President may not redesignate Pakistan as a major non-NATO ally without certifying that the country has taken various actions against the Haqqani Network, including continuing to conduct military actions against the Taliban-affiliated group and prosecuting its leaders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
One Bill, One Subject Transparency Act

Bill: 119-hr-95
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Government liability
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

One Bill, One Subject Transparency Act

This bill prohibits any bill or joint resolution from addressing more than one subject and establishes related enforcement mechanisms.

The bill requires bills and joint resolutions to address only one subject, which must be clearly and descriptively expressed in the bill or joint resolution's title. Appropriations bills may only contain provisions that are germane to the subject matter of the underlying bill. However, appropriations bills may limit the expenditure of appropriated funds.

The bill voids 

any act (i.e., law) or joint resolution with a title that addresses two or more unrelated subjects;

any provision of an act or joint resolution concerning a subject that is not clearly and descriptively expressed in the title;

any provision of an appropriations act that contains general legislation or change of existing law provision not germane to the subject matter of the underlying bill;

any provision of an appropriations act that addresses a subject outside of the jurisdiction of the relevant subcommittee of the Committees on Appropriations of the House and of the Senate.

The bill also authorizes any person aggrieved by the enforcement or threat of enforcement of an act enacted after this bill that does not comply with the requirements of this bill to sue the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Buzz Off Act

Bill: 119-hr-96
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Buzz Off Act

This bill prohibits federal law enforcement from using unmanned aerial vehicles to intentionally conduct surveillance of a specifically targeted U.S. citizen or the property of such an individual, with certain exceptions.

Specifically, this prohibition shall not apply if (1) the federal law enforcement agency in question first obtains a search warrant, (2) the Department of Homeland Security certifies that such surveillance is necessary to counter a high risk of a terrorist attack by a specified person or organization, or (3) the citizen gives written consent for a photograph or recording that will be made available to the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-97
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal district courts
Judicial procedure and administration
Jurisdiction and venue

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Injunctive Authority Clarification Act of 2025 

This bill prohibits federal courts from issuing injunctive orders that bar enforcement of a federal law or policy against a nonparty, unless the nonparty is represented by a party in a class action lawsuit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
End Endless Criminal Statutes Act

Bill: 119-hr-98
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Crimes against property
Currency
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Fruit and vegetables
Marine and inland water transportation
Postal service
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

End Endless Criminal Statutes Act

This bill permits individuals and organizations to make and pass metal coins intended for use as real money so long as the coins are of original design (i.e., do not resemble U.S. or foreign currency). Additionally, the bill repeals various federal misdemeanor offenses (i.e., criminal offenses punishable by a maximum prison term of one year or less), including the following: 

writing a check for less than $1,

selling oleomargarine or colored margarine unless it complies with packaging and labeling requirements and is served in a triangular shape,

removing a stamp from a piece of mail,

boarding a vessel without authorization before it has been completely moored, and

using the Capitol Grounds as a playground. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-06-10
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 14.
action_date: 2025-06-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-99
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Business ethics
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Evidence and witnesses
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Protecting Businesses From Frivolous COVID Lawsuits Act of 2025

This bill requires a specific jury instruction in a federal civil action for damages based on negligence arising from the transmission of COVID-19.

Specifically, a court must instruct the jury that negligence may not be found solely on the basis of holding oneself open for business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Protect the Gig Economy Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-100
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Self-employed

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Protect the Gig Economy Act of 2025

This bill expands the list of preliminary requirements that must be satisfied before a class action lawsuit may be brought in federal court.

Specifically, before a party may bring a class action lawsuit in federal court, the court must first determine that a new, fifth requirement has been met: that the claim does not allege misclassification of employees as independent contractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-101
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Alaska
Arizona
California
Federal appellate courts
Guam
Hawaii
Idaho
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Montana
Nevada
Northern Mariana Islands
Oregon
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Judicial Administration and Improvement Act of 2025 

This bill divides the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit into two judicial circuits: (1) the Ninth Circuit, and (2) a new Twelfth Circuit.

The Ninth Circuit is composed of California, Guam, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, and Northern Mariana Islands. The new Twelfth Circuit is composed of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-102
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

American Sovereignty and Species Protection Act of 2025

This bill limits the protection of endangered or threatened species to species that are native to the United States. In addition, the bill prohibits certain funding for endangered or threatened species from being used to acquire lands, waters, or other interests in foreign countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Border Security Assessment Act

Bill: 119-hr-103
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Latin America
Members of Congress
Mexico

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Congressional Border Security Assessment Act

This bill grants Members of Congress and their accompanying staff lawful access to Indian reservations for the purpose of assessing national security, public safety, and the security of the border. Specifically, the bill applies to an Indian reservation that includes 50 or more contiguous miles of the U.S.-Mexico border. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Arizona from Federal Land Grabs Act

Bill: 119-hr-104
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional oversight
Monuments and memorials

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Protecting Arizona from Federal Land Grabs Act

 
This bill prohibits any further extension or establishment of national monuments in Arizona except by express authorization of Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Public Access to Recreation Act

Bill: 119-hr-105
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Increasing Public Access to Recreation Act

This bill increases the amount made available from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for recreational public access projects on federal land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
LIST Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-106
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Scientific communication

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Less Imprecision in Species Treatment Act of 2025 or the LIST Act of 2025

This bill modifies the process for removing a species from the endangered or threatened species lists and makes related requirements. 

A species must be removed from the endangered or threatened species lists if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service produces or receives substantial scientific or commercial information demonstrating that the species is recovered or that recovery goals set for the species have been met.

The publication and notice of a proposed regulation to remove a species from the lists must consist solely of a notice of the removal.

The bill establishes a process for removing species from the lists if they were erroneously or wrongfully listed. The bill prohibits a person from submitting a petition to list a species as a threatened or endangered species for 10 years if the person knowingly submitted a petition with information that was inaccurate beyond scientifically reasonable margins of error, fraudulent, or misrepresentative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Return to Work Act

Bill: 119-hr-107
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commuting
Computers and information technology
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Return to Work Act

 
This bill requires the head of each executive agency to reinstate the telework policies in use by that agency on December 31, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Space Research Innovation Act

Bill: 119-hr-108
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Space Research Innovation Act

This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish a university-affiliated research center to fund analyses and engineering support related to cislunar and deep space missions and interplanetary research. Entities eligible to participate in the center include institutions of higher education, operators of federally funded research and development centers, and nonprofit research institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
TEAM Veteran Caregivers Act

Bill: 119-hr-109
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Transparency and Effective Accountability Measures for Veteran Caregivers Act or the TEAM Veteran Caregivers Act

 
The bill revises the administration of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) caregiver programs. Specifically, the bill requires the VA to formally recognize caregivers of veterans by identifying any caregiver in the health record of the veteran. Such caregivers covered by the bill include those participating in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers and those participating in the Program of General Caregiver Support Services.
 
The bill requires the VA to notify veterans and their caregivers regarding any clinical determinations made relating to claims, tier reduction, or termination of assistance under, or eligibility for, the specified caregiver programs. The notifications must be standardized and contain specified details regarding the decisions.
 
The bill also requires the VA to temporarily extend benefits under the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers for at least 90 days after the receipt of notice that a veteran is no longer clinically eligible for the program. Such an extension shall not apply to the termination of caregiver benefits (1) if the VA determines the caregiver committed fraud or abused or neglected the veteran, (2) if another primary provider or individual caregiver is designated within 90 days after the termination, (3) if the terminated individual moves out or abandons their relationship with the veteran, or (4) upon request of the caregiver or veteran. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Prosperity Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-110
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for health insurance premiums.

Bill: 119-hr-111
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 
This bill provides a tax deduction for health insurance premiums paid to provide medical insurance coverage for an individual, the individual’s spouse, and the individual’s dependents. Under the bill, the tax deduction may be claimed as an adjustment to income (also known as an above-the-line tax deduction), which does not require the individual to itemize deductions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
FUEL Reform Act

Bill: 119-hr-112
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Department of Agriculture
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Forests, forestry, trees
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government lending and loan guarantees
Lighting, heating, cooling
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Rural conditions and development
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Farewell to Unnecessary Energy Lifelines Reform Act of 2025 or the FUEL Reform Act 

This bill repeals Title IX (Energy) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (i.e., the 2002 farm bill). The title authorizes various energy programs that are administered by the Department of Agriculture and primarily provide support and incentives for renewable energy projects. For example, these programs include the BioPreferred Program; the Rural Energy for America Program; and the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
Budget Process Enhancement Act

Bill: 119-hr-113
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Members of Congress
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: 

Budget Process Enhancement Act

 
This bill modifies the federal budget process to withhold the salaries of Members of Congress and cancel the salaries of certain employees of the Office of Management and Budget when certain budget process requirements are not met.
 
The bill also changes the assumptions that the Congressional Budget Office uses to calculate its baseline for discretionary spending to eliminate certain adjustments for inflation and other factors. (A baseline is a projection of federal spending and receipts during a fiscal year under current law.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Introduced in House