hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Small Business Investor Tax Parity Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-652
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
TABS Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-654
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending Act of 2025 or the TABS Act of 2025 

This bill restructures the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and renames it as the Consumer Financial Empowerment Agency. The new agency is established as an independent agency outside of the Federal Reserve System.

The bill also changes the funding structure of the agency by prohibiting the transfer of funds to the agency from the Federal Reserve System and by authorizing congressional appropriations for FY2026-FY2027.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Dalles Watershed Development Act

Bill: 119-hr-655
Sponsor: Rep. Bentz, Cliff [R-OR-2]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Geography and mapping
Land transfers
Oregon
Watersheds

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 233.
action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-277.
action_date: 2025-09-15
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-277.
action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Subcommittee on Federal Lands Discharged
action_date: 2025-04-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2025-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Military Parental Leave Evaluations Act

Bill: 119-hr-656
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employee leave
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Protecting Military Parental Leave Evaluations Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense to prescribe regulations regarding parental leave policies for members of the Armed Forces across all branches.

Specifically, the regulations must (1) exempt a member from a performance evaluation when such member is taking parental leave that exceeds 31 consecutive days; and (2) authorize a member (without a waiver) to take leave during the two-year period after the birth of a child, adoption of a child, or placement of a minor child in the custody of such member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
VA CPE Modernization Act

Bill: 119-hr-657
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health personnel
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Continuing Professional Education Modernization Act or the VA CPE Modernization Act

 
This bill modifies the program under which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimburses certain full-time health care professionals for continuing professional education expenses.
 
Under current law, only board-certified physicians and dentists are eligible for such reimbursement. The bill expands the program to require reimbursement for various specified full-time health care professionals (e.g., registered nurses) and increases the amount available for a physician or dentist. Additionally, the bill removes the requirement that an individual be board-certified to receive reimbursement.
 
The VA may adjust the amount of the reimbursement, so long as the adjustment does not result in a reimbursement of less than $2,000 per year for each specified position.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish qualifications for the appointment of a person as a marriage and family therapist, qualified to provide clinical supervision, in the Veterans Health Administration.

Bill: 119-hr-658
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family services
Health personnel
Mental health
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 
This bill establishes eligibility requirements for the appointment of an individual in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) as a marriage and family therapist who is qualified to provide clinical supervision. In order to be appointed as a marriage and family therapist in the VHA who is qualified to provide clinical supervision, a person must hold an appropriate master’s degree, be licensed or certified, and (1) be authorized to provide clinical supervision in the state they are licensed in, or (2) be designated as an approved supervisor by the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-05-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 72.
action_date: 2025-05-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-99.
action_date: 2025-05-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-99.
action_date: 2025-05-06
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-05-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-03-25
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-03-25
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-659
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Lawyers and legal services
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Veterans Law Judge Experience Act of 2025

This bill requires the Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals to prioritize individuals with three or more years of legal professional experience in relevant legal areas when recommending individuals to the Department of Veterans Affairs to serve as members of the Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-09-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
action_date: 2025-09-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-309.
action_date: 2025-09-26
text: Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-309.
action_date: 2025-07-23
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-07-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-07-03
text: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Discharged
action_date: 2025-06-24
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2025-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
WISER Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-660
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' pensions and compensation
Women's employment

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Women Involuntarily Separated Earning Remittance Act of 2025 or the WISER Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish and implement certain programs to address the involuntary separation of women veterans who served during the period of April 27, 1951, through February 23, 1976, under Executive Order 10240. Such order provided for the involuntary separation of women from service for (1) being a parent via birth or adoption, (2) gaining custody of a child, (3) being a step-parent who lived with the child more than 30 days per year, (4) being pregnant, or (5) giving birth to a living child while serving.

The VA must establish and implement a program to upgrade the discharge status of such women veterans, and DOD must establish and implement a program to provide them with a one-time compensation of $25,000. Veterans must apply to participate in such programs.

For benefits purposes, the VA must treat veterans who receive a discharge status upgrade as if the veteran completed the duty to which the veteran was assigned at the time they were discharged from service.

If a veteran dies after the enactment of this bill, a surviving spouse is eligible to participate in the DOD compensation program.

The bill provides a rebuttable presumption of eligibility for the programs for a veteran who gave birth, obtained custody, adopted a child, or experienced an incomplete pregnancy during the 10-month period after the veteran was separated from service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-23
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: 2025-01-23
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: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
MIRACLE Medical Technology Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-661
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Employment and training programs
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intellectual property
Israel
Manufacturing
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Maximizing Israel-U.S. Research Advancement and Collaborative Leadership in Emerging Medical Technology Act of 2025 or the MIRACLE Medical Technology Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement a program for the United States and Israel to collaborate on developing and delivering health care products and services. The program must include coordinated activities in specified areas, including research and development, use of innovative technology, intellectual property protection, regulatory harmonization, disease prevention, and biological product manufacturing. The bill authorizes HHS to establish a joint United States-Israel Health Care Collaboration Center in the United States to leverage existing expertise for advancing the program’s purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Domestic Energy Production Act

Bill: 119-hr-662
Sponsor: Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
To oppose the permitting of deep seabed mining and exploration for deep seabed mining, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-hr-663
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E86-87)
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
American Seabed Protection Act

Bill: 119-hr-664
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E86-87)
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act

Bill: 119-hr-665
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Noncontiguous Shipping Competition Act 

This bill revises coastwise laws, commonly known as the Jones Act, that govern domestic transportation of merchandise or passengers by vessels.

The Jones Act generally requires that a vessel transporting merchandise or passengers from one U.S. point to another U.S. point be (1) built in the United States, (2) at least 75% owned by U.S. citizens, and (3) mostly crewed by U.S. citizens. The act also includes several exemptions and exceptions.

The bill exempts carriage on a route in noncontiguous trade from Jones Act requirements unless (1) at least three owners or operators of coastwise qualified vessels regularly operate such a vessel on the route, (2) each of such owners or operators transports at least 20% of the volume of goods on that route, and (3) none of such owners or operators are under common ownership. (Generally, 
noncontiguous trade
 is trade between two U.S. points where at least one of the points is in Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or an insular territory or U.S. possession.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E90-91)
action_date: 2025-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable Rate Act of 2024

Bill: 119-hr-666
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Noncontiguous Shipping Reasonable Rate Act of 2024

This bill provides that a rate for service in noncontiguous domestic ocean trade is reasonable if such rate is within 10% of a rate set by a comparable international ocean rate index recognized by the Federal Maritime Commission. (Under current law, a rate is required to be reasonable, and the Surface Transportation Board generally has the authority to determine whether certain rates are reasonable.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E90-91)
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Noncontiguous Shipping Relief Act of 2024

Bill: 119-hr-667
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Noncontiguous Shipping Relief Act of 2024

This bill establishes a limited exception to coastwise laws to allow foreign-flag freight vessels to transport merchandise domestically to or from a port in the noncontiguous United States. The bill also addresses various issues related to foreign-flag freight vessels engaged in coastwise trade (i.e., domestic waterborne trade between U.S. ports). 

Under the coastwise laws, commonly known as the Jones Act, a freight vessel may not transport merchandise between U.S. ports unless it is U.S.-built, at least 75% owned by U.S. citizens, and mostly crewed by U.S. citizens. The bill authorizes qualifying foreign-flag vessels to transport merchandise between (1) a port in the contiguous United States and a port in the noncontiguous United States (i.e., Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or a U.S. territory or possession); or (2) two ports in the noncontiguous United States. 

Under the bill, all foreign-flag freight vessels operating in U.S. coastwise trade must comply with the (1) minimum international labor standards applicable to U.S. seafarers, and (2) same environmental standards that apply to U.S. vessels.

The bill authorizes such operators to participate in the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation program on behalf of masters and crew members they employ.

The bill also requires foreign-flag vessel owners and operators engaging in coastwise trade to identify an agent for service of process, abide by U.S. tax and other laws, and maintain specified documentation on board. Additionally, lawsuits against such vessels alleging personal injury or death must be brought in U.S. district court. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E90-91)
action_date: 2025-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, 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: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act

Bill: 119-hr-668
Sponsor: Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
Performance measurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Coordinating Care for Senior Veterans and Wounded Warriors Act

This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a three-year pilot program to coordinate, navigate, and manage care and benefits for veterans who are enrolled in both the Medicare program and the VA health care system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-669
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional-executive branch relations
Military command and structure
Military operations and strategy
Nuclear weapons
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2025 

This bill prohibits using federal funds to conduct a first-use nuclear strike unless Congress expressly authorizes such a strike pursuant to a declaration of war. A first-use nuclear strike is an attack using nuclear weapons against an enemy without confirming that there has been a nuclear strike against the United States, its territories, or its allies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Lady Liberty Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-670
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: 

Lady Liberty Act of 2025 

This bill sets a floor of 125,000 for the maximum number of refugees who may be admitted into the United States each fiscal year beginning in FY2027. Under current law, the President sets the annual cap on refugee admissions at the beginning of each fiscal year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
Vital Documents Access for Unaccompanied Homeless Youth Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-671
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2025-01-23
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Introduced in House