hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1685
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Neurological disorders
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2025

This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death.

For purposes of compensation for a surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from ALS, the spouse must have been married to the veteran for a continuous period of eight years or longer prior to the death of the veteran.

Additionally, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must report on service-connected disabilities the VA determines should be treated in the same manner as ALS for purposes of dependency and indemnity compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
No More D.C. Waste Act

Bill: 119-hr-1686
Sponsor: Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
District of Columbia
Higher education
Intergovernmental relations
State and local finance
Student aid and college costs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
CLEAN Act

Bill: 119-hr-1687
Sponsor: Rep. Fulcher, Russ [R-ID-1]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Hatch Act Enforcement Transparency and Accountability Act

Bill: 119-hr-1688
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Congressional oversight
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Office of Special Counsel
Personnel records

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status.

Bill: 119-hr-1689
Sponsor: Rep. Gillen, Laura [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate Haiti for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months beginning August 3, 2025. (Eligible nationals of a TPS-designated country may obtain employment authorization, may not be detained on the basis of their immigration status, and are not subject to removal while they retain TPS.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
SCREEN Act

Bill: 119-hr-1690
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Mark E. [R-TN-7]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Employee Business Expense Deduction Reinstatement Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1691
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
PATHS Act

Bill: 119-hr-1692
Sponsor: Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computers and information technology
Internet, web applications, social media
Public contracts and procurement
Research and development

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Producing Advanced Technologies for Homeland Security Act or the PATHS Act

This bill extends through FY2028 the authority of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use other transactions (OT) to carry out research and prototype projects when the use of contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements is not feasible or appropriate. (OTs, in contrast to traditional procurement contracts, are exempt from many federal procurement laws and regulations.) DHS must notify Congress within 72 hours of using or extending this authority for research and development projects related to artificial intelligence technology and must offer to brief Congress on the rationale for such a decision. 

The bill also lowers from $4 million to $1 million the minimum value of contract awards that DHS must publicly report on its website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-12
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-03-11
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2025-03-11
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 3/10/2025 CR H1055)
action_date: 2025-03-11
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: 3/10/2025 CR H1055)
action_date: 2025-03-11
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1127)
action_date: 2025-03-10
text: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Green (TN) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
action_date: 2025-03-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1692.
action_date: 2025-03-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1055-1056)
action_date: 2025-03-10
text: Mr. Green (TN) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, as the "Barbara L. Cubin National Historic Trails Interpretive Center".

Bill: 119-hr-1693
Sponsor: Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
AI Accountability Act

Bill: 119-hr-1694
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act or the AI Accountability Act

This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to study and report on accountability measures for artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Under the bill, accountability measures are mechanisms designed to assure that a system is trustworthy, including audits, assessments, and certifications. 

Specifically, the NTIA must study, solicit stakeholder feedback about, and report to Congress on the incorporation of accountability measures into AI systems used by communications technologies (such as telecommunications networks and social media platforms) and the ways in which AI accountability measures reduce risks related to AI systems (e.g., cybersecurity risks), among other topics. 

The NTIA must also solicit stakeholder feedback and report to Congress on (1) information that should be available to individuals, communities, and businesses that interact with, are affected by, or study AI systems; and (2) methods for making that information available.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Guarding Readiness Resources Act

Bill: 119-hr-1695
Sponsor: Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Intergovernmental relations
National Guard and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Guarding Readiness Resources Act

This bill modifies the treatment of funds received by the National Guard Bureau as a reimbursement from a state or other U.S. territory (e.g., Guam) for the use of military property.

Specifically, the funds must be credited to (1) the appropriation, fund, or account used in incurring the obligation; or (2) an appropriation, fund, or account currently available for the purposes of which the expenditures were made. Further, the funds may only be used by the Department of Defense for the repair, maintenance, replacement, or other similar functions related directly to assets used by National Guard units while operating under state active duty status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Low-Income Housing Support Act

Bill: 119-hr-1696
Sponsor: Rescom. Hernández, Pablo [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Puerto Rico

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Child Tax Credit Relief for Puerto Rican Families Act

Bill: 119-hr-1697
Sponsor: Rescom. Hernández, Pablo [D-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Law Enforcement Protection and Privacy Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1698
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Freedom of information
Right of privacy

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
TOTAL Care Act

Bill: 119-hr-1699
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Military medicine
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

TRICARE OBGYN Treatment and Access without Lags in Care Act or the TOTAL Care Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to implement a five-year pilot program under which female beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Prime may receive obstetrical and gynecological care without a referral. (Generally, the TRICARE Prime program requires a beneficiary to obtain a referral for care through a designated primary care manager.)

Under the pilot program, participating female beneficiaries may elect to designate an obstetrical or gynecological care provider under the TRICARE program (i.e., the various programs carried out by DOD, including TRICARE Prime) as an additional designated primary care manager.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Expansion Act

Bill: 119-hr-1700
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyle, Val T. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment taxes
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Railroads
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
JUDGES Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1702
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
California
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Delaware
Federal district courts
Florida
Georgia
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Idaho
Indiana
Iowa
Judges
Nebraska
New Jersey
New York State
Oklahoma
Texas
Utah

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-03-05
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 11.
action_date: 2025-03-05
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1703
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aging
Disability and paralysis
Health care costs and insurance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2025

This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish specific billing codes under Medicare for certain materials used in ultralightweight manual wheelchairs.

Specifically, the CMS must establish at least two billing codes for the base of the wheelchair, with at least one code for a base with titanium or carbon fiber construction material and at least one code for a base without these materials. Suppliers receive the same payment under Medicare for these wheelchairs as would otherwise apply, but may bill beneficiaries for any difference between the payment and the actual charge for the wheelchair. The CMS may require suppliers to inform beneficiaries of their potential financial liability in these cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
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: 2025-02-27
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: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
RESTORE Act

Bill: 119-hr-1704
Sponsor: Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Innovation in Agriculture Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1705
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1200 William Street, Room 200, in Buffalo, New York, as the "William J. Donovan Post Office Building".

Bill: 119-hr-1706
Sponsor: Rep. Kennedy, Timothy M. [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New York State
Postal service

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Grown in America Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1707
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1708
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2025-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment and training programs
Health care costs and insurance
Health personnel
Higher education
Medical education
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: 

Rebuild America’s Health Care Schools Act of 2025

This bill allows hospitals to receive reimbursement under Medicare for certain costs associated with training nursing and allied health students in settings other than the hospital itself. 

Currently, hospitals may receive reimbursement under Medicare for the reasonable costs associated with training nursing and allied health students if certain conditions are met; the criteria vary depending on whether the students are enrolled in an educational program that is operated by the hospital or another entity. If the students are part of a program that is operated by another entity, the training must occur at the hospital itself or in areas immediately surrounding the hospital in order to qualify for reimbursement (among other requirements). The bill allows hospitals to receive reimbursement for these costs if the training is conducted at an entity that is related to the hospital (i.e., common ownership or control).

The bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to update regulations to reflect these changes. Additionally, the CMS may not recoup or reduce payments to hospitals with respect to costs that are allowed under the bill and must refund any such recoupments or reductions that occurred during the six-year period prior to the bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2025-02-27
text: Introduced in House