hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act

Bill: 119-s-434
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Public-private cooperation
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Space Commerce Advisory Committee Act

This bill requires the Office of Space Commerce to establish a Commercial Space Activity Advisory Committee to provide information and recommendations on nongovernmental space activities and promoting a robust and innovative commercial space sector. 

Among other duties, the committee is directed to identify challenges to the U.S. commercial space sector and to review best practices for commercial space entities with respect to avoiding harmful contamination of the Moon and other celestial bodies and adverse impacts to the Earth’s environment from extraterrestrial matter. 

The committee must be comprised of representatives from varying fields with significant experience in the commercial space industry. The committee must terminate ten years after it is established. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-06-25
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
IRONDOME Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-435
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alaska
Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Department of Defense
Hawaii
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: 

Increasing Response Options and Deterrence of Missile Engagements Act of 2025 or the IRONDOME Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) and other entities to take specified actions to support U.S. missile defense capabilities, particularly with respect to the U.S. homeland.

DOD must submit to Congress a multi-year phased plan to transfer operations and sustainment responsibility for missile defense from the Missile Defense Agency to the appropriate military departments to allow the Missile Defense Agency to focus on research, development, and prototyping and testing.

Additionally, among other elements, the bill requires

the United States Northern Command and the Space Development Agency within DOD to use a specified acquisition process to conduct rapid testing and development of certain drone and satellite systems;

each commander of a combatant command to include the missile defense interceptor and sensor requirements of the command in annual budget requests;

DOD to use all authorities available to accelerate the development, production, and modernization of various defense systems and technology, including certain space-based interceptors; and

the Department of the Army to procure and field airships in support of the missile defense of the U.S. homeland from drones and ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles.

On January 27, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order titled 
The Iron Dome for America. 
The order directs DOD to develop plans for a next-generation missile defense shield to protect the U.S. homeland from ballistic, hypersonic, and advanced cruise missiles, and other next-generation aerial attacks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the organization and authorities of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense with duties relating to industrial base policy and homeland defense.

Bill: 119-s-436
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Caring for All Families Act

Bill: 119-s-437
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Aging
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S668-671)
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Cyber PIVOTT Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-438
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2025-02-05 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-05
text: Introduced in Senate
Incentivizing Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Sales Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-439
Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
BOWSER Act

Bill: 119-s-440
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Fit for Purpose Wildfire Readiness Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-441
Sponsor: Sen. Sheehy, Tim [R-MT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
AIM HIGH Act

Bill: 119-s-442
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Military education and training

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Advancing Innovation and Maintenance through Headquarters for Instruction, Growth, and High-tech training Act or the AIM HIGH Act

This bill requires the Department of the Air Force to operate a Technical Training Center of Excellence. Among other duties, the center must (1) facilitate collaboration among all Air Force technical training installations; and (2) identify and promulgate best practices, standards, and benchmarks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Fire Management Assistance Grants for Tribal Governments Act

Bill: 119-s-443
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Fire Management Assistance Grants for Tribal Governments Act

This bill allows Indian tribal governments to directly participate in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fire Management Assistance Grant (FMAG) program, as opposed to participating through states.

Currently, only states may submit requests to FEMA for declarations authorizing FMAG assistance, and Indian tribal governments affected by a fire must use a state’s authorization to receive FMAG assistance. The bill authorizes Indian tribal governments to submit FMAG declaration requests directly to FEMA and receive FMAG assistance under their own declarations. Indian tribal governments may still choose instead to receive FMAG assistance under an authorization requested by a state.

Also, the bill requires FEMA to update its FMAG regulations within one year after enactment to carry out the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Emergency Mobilization Accountability (FEMA) Workforce Planning Act

Bill: 119-s-444
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Federal Emergency Mobilization Accountability (FEMA) Workforce Planning Act

This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to develop and submit to Congress every three years a human capital operating plan to shape and improve FEMA’s workforce, and it requires the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to submit a report analyzing the plan.

Specifically, the bill lists contents FEMA must include in the plan, such as performance measures to track staffing and training, strategies for increasing cost-efficiency, and a plan of action to address gaps in critical and emerging skills in FEMA’s workforce. The plan must discuss the membership and training of the Surge Capacity Force, through which federal employees deploy in response to a catastrophic disaster. FEMA must submit the first plan within one year after the bill’s enactment and subsequent plans at least once every three years.

The bill also requires GAO to submit a report analyzing whether FEMA’s plan meets the requirements of the bill, including any recommendations to ensure subsequent plans meet the requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-445
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit Big Cypress National Preserve from being designated as wilderness or as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 119-s-446
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act

Bill: 119-s-447
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Medicaid
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act

 
This bill establishes work requirements under Medicaid for able-bodied adults. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires individuals who are between the ages of 18 and 65 and who are not otherwise unable to work due to a medical condition, family situation, or other listed reason to work or volunteer at least 20 hours per week, based on a monthly average, in order to qualify for Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
CIRCUIT Act

Bill: 119-s-448
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Expediting Forest Restoration and Recovery Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-449
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S794)
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act

Bill: 119-s-450
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act

This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from using appropriated funds to procure a battery produced by certain entities, particularly six specific companies owned and operated in China. This prohibition begins on October 1, 2027.

The bill allows DHS to waive the prohibition if DHS assesses in the affirmative that (1) the batteries to be procured do not pose a risk to U.S. national security, data, or infrastructure; and (2) there is no available alternative to procure batteries that are of similar or better cost and quality and that are produced by an entity not specified in this bill.

DHS may also waive the prohibition upon a determination that the batteries to be procured are for the sole purpose of research, evaluation, training, testing, or analysis.

The bill requires DHS to notify Congress within 15 days after granting a waiver under this bill.

The bill also requires DHS to report to Congress on the anticipated impacts associated with carrying out this bill, including with respect to specified agencies of DHS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring State Mineral Revenues Act

Bill: 119-s-451
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
BARCODE Efficiency Act

Bill: 119-s-452
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Barcode Automation for Revenue Collection to Organize Disbursement and Enhance Efficiency Act or the BARCODE Efficiency Act

This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to use barcodes, barcode scanning technology, and optical character recognition (or similar) technology to digitize certain federal tax return information and correspondence, unless the technology is slower or less reliable than other IRS processes (subject to conditions). 

Specifically, the bill requires a scannable barcode on electronically-prepared federal tax returns that are printed and filed in paper format with the IRS. The bill also requires the IRS to use barcode scanning technology to convert data included on such returns into an electronic format.

Further, the bill requires the IRS to use optical character recognition (or similar) technology to transcribe federal tax returns and correspondence received by the IRS that are not prepared electronically and are received in paper format.

However, under the bill, the use of barcodes, barcode scanning technology, and optical character recognition (or similar) technology is not required if (1) such technology is slower or less reliable than manual transcription or any other IRS process, and (2) the IRS provides a report to Congress regarding the determination to not use such technology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildfire Intelligence Collaboration and Coordination Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-453
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S794-795)
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act

Bill: 119-s-454
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Gambling
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act

This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to provide grants to states to address gambling addiction, and authorizes the National Institute on Drug Abuse to provide grants for research on gambling addiction.

The bill authorizes appropriations for the grant programs through FY2034 from a portion of the revenue from the federal excise tax on state-authorized wagers (e.g., state-authorized sports betting).

Additionally, SAMHSA must allocate its grants for addressing gambling addiction among the states in the same ratios as grants under the Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant program. The bill also requires a report to Congress on the effectiveness of the programs established by the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

Bill: 119-s-455
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
STEAM Act

Bill: 119-s-456
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-457
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ecology
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Utah

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act

Bill: 119-s-458
Sponsor: Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act

Bill: 119-s-459
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act

This bill limits the adoption and enforcement of private land use restrictions (e.g., rules of a homeowners' association) that prohibit, restrict, or impair the installation, maintenance, or operation of an amateur station antenna on property controlled by an amateur radio operator.

Private land use restrictions are deemed to prohibit, restrict, or impair the installation, maintenance, or operation of an amateur station antenna if they unreasonably delay, prevent, or increase the cost or difficulty of such installation, maintenance, or operation; or if they prevent or degrade the reception or transmission of a signal acceptable to the operator. 

However, the bill permits certain private land use restrictions, including restrictions that require amateur station antennas (1) to be maintained in a structurally safe condition; or (2) to be installed in compliance with manufacturer specifications, applicable zoning ordinances, amateur radio tower ordinances, and building codes. 

The bill also establishes certain limits on the adoption and enforcement of private land use restrictions that require an amateur radio operator to obtain prior approval before installing an amateur station antenna, and exempts certain categories of amateur station antenna from prior approval requirements altogether. 

Finally, the bill sets forth procedures for the enforcement of these provisions and provides a private right of action for individuals harmed by violations of the provisions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Made in America Energy Act

Bill: 119-s-460
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-461
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Truckee Meadows Public Lands Management Act

Bill: 119-s-462
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-463
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2025-02-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Customs enforcement
Due process and equal protection
Evidence and witnesses
Government trust funds
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
Legal fees and court costs
Property rights
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: 

Protect Our Letter Carriers Act of 2025

This bill requires or authorizes certain actions related to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).

The bill requires the Department of Justice to appoint an assistant U.S. attorney in each judicial district to coordinate and supervise the investigation and prosecution of various crimes related to postal services (for example, assault on a postal service employee, breaking into a post office, or obstruction of mails). 

The bill also requires the U.S. Sentencing Commission to amend sentencing guidelines to provide that the assault or robbery of a postal employee shall be treated the same as the assault of a law enforcement officer.

Additionally, the bill authorizes appropriations for the USPS to install high security collection boxes and replace older versions of the universal mailbox key with electronic versions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-06
text: Introduced in Senate