hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
COAL Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-280
Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Combating Obstruction Against Leasing Act of 2025 or the COAL Act of 2025

This bill requires the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to process certain applications to lease coal mineral estates owned by the federal government in order to develop coal.

If the environmental review process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 has commenced for an application, then the BLM must publish a draft environmental assessment and any applicable implementing regulations, finalize the fair market value of the coal tract for which a lease by application is pending, take all intermediate actions necessary to grant the application, and grant the application.

With respect to previously awarded coal leases, the BLM must grant any additional approvals required for mining activities to commence.

Finally, the bill nullifies the Department of the Interior's Secretarial Order 3338, which placed a hold on most new federal coal leases until the BLM completes a comprehensive review of the federal coal program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-09-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held
action_date: 2025-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Grizzly Bear State Management Act

Bill: 119-hr-281
Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Interior
Endangered and threatened species
Idaho
Judicial review and appeals
Mammals
Montana
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Grizzly Bear State Management Act of 2025

This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue the final rule titled 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem Population of Grizzly Bears From the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 
and published on June 30, 2017.

In addition, the bill exempts the rule from judicial review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-10-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 281.
action_date: 2025-10-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-328.
action_date: 2025-10-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-328.
action_date: 2025-07-15
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 19.
action_date: 2025-07-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the "Chief Zeb Smith Post Office".

Bill: 119-hr-282
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 107 North Hoyne Avenue in Fritch, Texas, as the "Chief Zeb Smith Post Office".

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Panama Canal Repurchase Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-283
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Panama Canal Repurchase Act of 2025

This bill authorizes the President to negotiate with the appropriate Panamanian government officials to reacquire the Panama Canal. The President must submit a report to Congress within 180 days of enactment detailing the progress of such negotiations, potential challenges, and anticipated outcomes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
GLRI Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-284
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2025 or the GLRI Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which carries out programs and projects to protect and restore the Great Lakes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-285
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish at least two Joint Operations Centers along the U.S.-Mexico border. The centers shall provide centralized operations hubs for (1) coordinating operations between federal, state, local, and tribal agencies as needed; and (2) coordinating and supporting border operations, including detecting criminal activity, such as activity related to transnational criminal organizations and illegal border crossings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Homeland Security, 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: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Homeland Security, 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: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Homeland Security, 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: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-286
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency communications systems
First responders and emergency personnel
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Preserving Safe Communities by Ending Swatting Act of 2025

This bill makes it a crime to intentionally convey false or misleading information in circumstances where the information may reasonably be expected to cause an emergency response and the information indicates the occurrence of criminal conduct or a threat to health or safety (commonly referred to as 
swatting
).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Mobile Post Office Relief Act

Bill: 119-hr-287
Sponsor: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Postal service
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Mobile Post Office Relief Act

This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service, under specified circumstances, to provide certain postal services by way of a vehicle or mobile facility when an existing postal retail facility is temporarily not providing such services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-288
Sponsor: Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes the Environmental Protection Agency's Long Island Sound programs through FY2029. The programs, which include a stewardship grant program, focus on conserving and restoring the estuary off the coast of New York and Connecticut.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
SAP Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-289
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Supporting All Producers Act of 2025 or the SAP Act
 
of 2025

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to solicit input from maple industry stakeholders with respect to the research and education priorities of the maple industry for the Acer Access and Development Program (Acer). Specifically, the bill amends Acer to require USDA to consider the information provided through consultation with the maple industry when making program grants.

The bill also extends the program's authorization through FY2030.

As background, Acer provides competitive grants to states, tribal governments, and research institutions to support their efforts to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through activities associated with, among other things, the promotion of (1) research and education related to maple syrup production, and (2) natural resource sustainability in the maple syrup industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Forestry and Horticulture.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Rural Telehealth and Education Enhancement Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-290
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Rural Telehealth and Education Enhancement Act of 2025

This bill reauthorizes the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program through FY2030. This Department of Agriculture program provides grants to help rural communities gain the technology and training necessary to engage in telemedicine and distance learning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
CAREERS Act

Bill: 119-hr-291
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Creating Access to Rural Employment and Education for Resilience and Success Act or the CAREERS Act

This bill reauthorizes the Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) Grant Program and expands the program to include support for career pathway programs or industry or sector partnerships in industries in rural communities.

As background, this Department of Agriculture (USDA) program offers grant assistance to create and augment high-wage jobs, accelerate the formation of new businesses, support industry clusters, and maximize the use of local productive assets in eligible low-income rural areas.

Under the bill, RISE grant program funds may be used to support career pathway programs (i.e., a combination of rigorous and high-quality education, training, and other services) or industry or sector partnerships in industries in rural communities. These industries may include public utilities (i.e., telecommunications, broadband, water, wastewater, disposal, and electric supply services), conservation practices and management, health care, child care, manufacturing, and agribusiness.

The bill removes the current requirement that the program provide grants (to the maximum extent practicable) for job accelerators in at least 25 states. Instead, USDA must ensure the regional diversity of grant recipients or participants in providing for job accelerators, career pathway programs, and industry or sector partnerships.

The bill also includes additional reporting requirements for career pathway programs and industry or sector partnership grant recipients.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
GRAPE Act

Bill: 119-hr-292
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Grape Research And Protection Expansion Act or the GRAPE Act

This bill requires the federal crop insurance program (FCIP) to provide for the research and development of a policy to insure table, wine, and juice grapes against losses due to a freeze event. (Under current law, the term 
policy
 means an insurance policy, plan of insurance, provision of a policy or plan of insurance, and related materials.) The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, the agency that finances FCIP operations, must make any resulting policy available that meets specified FCIP requirements.

The FCIP must also submit a report to Congress on the research and any resulting policy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential (MAPLE) Act

Bill: 119-hr-293
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Making Agricultural Products Locally Essential Act (MAPLE) Act

This bill includes maple syrup as one of the eligible foods under the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP).

As background, the Department of Agriculture's SFMNP provides grants to participating states to provide low-income seniors with coupons/vouchers that may be used at farmers’ markets, roadside stands, and community supported agriculture programs to purchase eligible foods (i.e., fresh, nutritious, unprepared, locally-grown fruits, vegetables, herbs, and honey).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Dairy Farm Resiliency Act

Bill: 119-hr-294
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

 Dairy Farm Resiliency Act 

This bill updates the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.

As background, the DMC program was enacted in the 2018 farm bill to support dairy operations by allowing producers to buy a guaranteed margin for their milk production. The margin is the difference between the Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) national all milk price and a calculated feed cost, which provides producers optional risk protection on price and feed costs.

The bill updates the current requirements that a participating dairy producer have an established milk production history with USDA's Farm Service Agency. Specifically, the bill requires that a dairy operation's production history for DMC be based on the most recent three-year history and be recalculated every five years.

The bill also increases Tier I margin coverage for annual milk production to 6 million pounds or less (currently 5 million pounds or less) and Tier II margin coverage to over 6 million pounds (currently over 5 million pounds).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act

Bill: 119-hr-295
Sponsor: Rep. Langworthy, Nicholas A. [R-NY-23]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Fair Milk Pricing for Farmers Act

This bill requires manufacturers to report production cost and product yield information for all dairy products processed in the same facility or facilities to the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program. Further, USDA must publish a report containing the information obtained under these new requirements and publish a report every two years thereafter.

As background, under the Dairy Product Mandatory Reporting Program, USDA must collect certain dairy product sales information from manufacturers and release the data on a weekly basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit.
action_date: 2025-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
Justice for 9/11 Act

Bill: 119-hr-296
Sponsor: Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Justice for 9/11 Act

This bill provides that any plea agreement entered into by Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, or Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi for actions involving the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, and its related judgment must not preclude the trial of such individuals under other provisions of law for that attack. In any trial of such individuals, the death penalty must be available.

In the case of any sentence imposed on Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin ‘Attash, or Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, the individual must (1) be held at U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in solitary confinement; (2) not be provided contact with foreign nationals; (3) not be provided with psychological treatment except that specifically authorized by medical authorities at Guantanamo Bay; and (4) not be transferred to the continental United States or any other country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
HELP PETS Act

Bill: 119-hr-297
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Education programs funding
Higher education
Research and development
Research ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 

Higher Education Loses Payments for Painful Experiments, Tests and Studies Act or the HELP PETS Act

This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds if the IHE conducts or funds painful research on dogs or cats. 
Painful research
 refers to any research, biomedical training, experimentation, or biological testing classified in specified pain categories by the Department of Agriculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
To eliminate certain limitations and exclusions regarding defense articles and requirements regarding security assistance and sales with respect to the Republic of Cyprus.

Bill: 119-hr-298
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2025-01-09 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: 
This bill eliminates certain statutory restrictions on U.S. security assistance to Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey. 

For example, the bill eliminates requirements that the President

as a condition of transferring defense articles to Cyprus, annually certify to Congress that Cyprus is taking certain actions with regards to money laundering, financial regulatory oversight, and denying refueling and servicing to Russian military vessels; and

when requesting certain security assistance funds from Congress for Greece and Turkey, certify that providing such assistance is compatible with specified principles that support U.S. policy in the region (e.g., that such security assistance is intended solely for defensive purposes and preserves the balance of military strength among countries of the region).



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-01-09
text: Introduced in House