hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1383
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Education programs funding
Intergovernmental relations
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Equal Access Act

Bill: 119-hr-1384
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alternative treatments
Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Health personnel
State and local government operations
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: 

Veterans Equal Access Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to authorize VA health care providers to (1) provide veterans with recommendations and opinions regarding participation in their state's marijuana programs, and (2) complete forms reflecting such recommendations and opinions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Cooperation and Security in the Middle East Act

Bill: 119-hr-1385
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
To establish a Department of State Domestic Protection Mission relating to unmanned aircraft system and unmanned aircraft.

Bill: 119-hr-1386
Sponsor: Rep. Mills, Cory [R-FL-7]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and 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: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and 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: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and 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: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Judiciary, and 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: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
COST Act

Bill: 119-hr-1387
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government information and archives

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act

Bill: 119-hr-1388
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: 

Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act

This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide certain fair-value estimates of federal loan and loan guarantee programs. Under the bill, the 
fair value 
is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair-value estimates generally use private-market interest rates to estimate the cost of a loan program rather than rates based on Treasury securities.

The bill requires CBO to include fair-value estimates in (1) any estimate prepared for a measure that establishes or modifies a loan or loan guarantee program, and (2) its publication titled
 The Budget and Economic Outlook. 
If CBO provides a fair-value estimate pursuant to this bill, the chairs of the congressional budget committees must use the estimate to determine compliance with budget enforcement requirements. 

The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit an annual report to Congress on fair-value estimates of the costs of federal credit programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act

Bill: 119-hr-1389
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: 

Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act

This bill eliminates certain marriage-related criteria for individuals entitled to Social Security child’s benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Specifically, the bill removes the requirement that individuals receiving Social Security child’s benefits be unmarried. Those eligible for Social Security child’s benefits generally include the minor children of eligible or deceased workers and disabled adult children (the disabled adult children of such workers for whom the onset of disability occurred before age 22). Under current law, child beneficiaries generally lose their benefits upon marriage to an individual who is not also eligible for Social Security benefits. 

With respect to SSI, the bill removes the requirement that couples who present themselves as married in their community be considered married for purposes of SSI eligibility. The bill also exempts SSI recipients who are disabled adult children, or who marry disabled adult children, from the general requirement that the income or resources of an SSI recipient’s spouse be considered in an eligibility determination. 

Further, married disabled adult children and their spouses who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid in a state if they were unmarried must remain eligible for Medicaid regardless of their marriage. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Ocean Pollution Reduction Act II

Bill: 119-hr-1390
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1391
Sponsor: Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Education programs funding
Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Improving Mental Healthcare in the Re-Entry System Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1392
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Employee hiring
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Mental health
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Wildfire Response Improvement Act

Bill: 119-hr-1393
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: 

Wildfire Response Improvement Act

This bill expands certain wildfire management assistance to beyond the time when the fire occurs and requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to update various programmatic guidance relating to wildfire response and cost-effectiveness criteria for wildfire mitigation projects.

Currently, in general, government entities’ costs for fighting wildfires are only eligible for assistance under the Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) Program if the costs are incurred during the incident period (i.e., time during which the fire occurs). The bill requires FEMA to modify the FMAG Program so that assessments and emergency stabilization to protect public safety are eligible for FMAG assistance regardless of when the incident period begins or ends.

The bill also requires FEMA to review and update its evaluation criteria for the cost-effectiveness of wildfire mitigation projects proposed under the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program or Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and prioritize projects accordingly.

Additionally, FEMA must update its policy guide for the Public Assistance program to include guidance on challenges with wildfire recovery, including the resulting toxicity of drinking water resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
CURD Act

Bill: 119-hr-1394
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Food supply, safety, and labeling

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: 

Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act or the
 
CURD Act

This bill establishes a statutory definition for 
natural cheese
. Under the bill, 
natural cheese
 is defined as cheese (ripened or unripened soft, semi-soft, or hard) that is produced from animal milk or certain dairy ingredients and is produced in accordance with established cheese-making standards. The definition excludes pasteurized process cheeses, cheese foods, and cheese spreads.

A food that does not meet this definition is deemed misbranded and may not be sold if its label includes the term
 natural cheese
 as a factual descriptor of a category of cheese.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act

Bill: 119-hr-1395
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
PILLS Act

Bill: 119-hr-1396
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2025-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act

Bill: 119-hr-1397
Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Dental care
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1398
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2025-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: 

Securing Strictly Needy Americans’ Pivotal (SNAP) Benefits Act of 2025

This bill establishes additional limitations on the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.

The bill requires that a state agency suspend a SNAP household account when the Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card transactions are made exclusively out-of-state for a period longer than 60 days. The state agency must maintain the suspension until (1) the household affirmatively provides substantiating evidence that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits, or (2) an investigation conclusively determines that the participating household members still reside in the state from which they receive benefits.

In addition, a SNAP household may not redeem SNAP benefits at a SNAP-approved retail food store or wholesale food concern that is owned by a household member. This does not apply to a retail food store or a wholesale food concern that is owned by a publicly owned corporation or a government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Prior Approval Reform Act

Bill: 119-hr-1399
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2025-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: 

Prior Approval Reform Act

This bill allows a trade association or a separate segregated fund established by a trade association to solicit contributions from a member corporation's stockholders and executive or administrative personnel and their families without the approval of the member corporation. Such a solicitation may be made by more than one trade association in a calendar year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a presumption that certain veterans were exposed to radiation and other toxins at the Nevada Test and Training Range for purposes of the treatment of certain disabilities under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-hr-1400
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2025-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Nevada
Radiation
Radioactive wastes and releases
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1401
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2025-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
LIVE Beneficiaries Act

Bill: 119-hr-1403
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2025-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: 

Leveraging Integrity and Verification of Eligibility for Beneficiaries Act or the LIVE Beneficiaries Act

This bill requires state Medicaid programs to check the Social Security Administration's Death Master File on at least a quarterly basis to determine whether Medicaid enrollees are deceased.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
CHAMPVA Children’s Care Protection Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1404
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2025-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: 

CHAMPVA Children's Care Protection Act of 2025

This bill provides that a child shall be eligible for medical care under the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) until the child's 26th birthday, regardless of the child's marital status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Domestic Drug Manufacturing Competitiveness Act

Bill: 119-hr-1405
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: 

Enhancing Domestic Drug Manufacturing Competitiveness Act

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study and report to Congress on key regulatory barriers to pharmaceutical manufacturing in the United States. 

Specifically, GAO must identify and assess, including by engaging stakeholders, barriers that impede expansion or siting of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the United States or make the United States less competitive than other countries as a location for such facilities. GAO must consider (1) whether environmental or other regulations significantly delay and increase the cost of expanding or siting pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities in the United States; (2) the potential impact of environmental and other regulations on pharmaceutical supply chain resiliency; and (3) specific actions for regulators to address the identified barriers. 

Finally, the report must include recommendations for streamlining regulatory barriers and facilitating technological solutions to foster U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1406
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: 

Lung Cancer Screening and Prevention Act of 2025

This bill authorizes Medicare coverage of additional types of lung cancer screening tests that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration, regardless of whether they are recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must set coverage and payment limits for such tests. (Currently, Medicare covers screening tests for the early detection of lung cancer if they are recommended by the task force.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Introduced in House