hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-140
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 
This bill establishes forest management requirements for federal lands, particularly with respect to reducing wildfires. 

For example, the bill establishes annual goals to increase (1) the number of acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land that are mechanically thinned (i.e., a management process related to the removal of trees and vegetation); and (2) the number of acres of Forest Service and BLM land treated by prescribed fire. By FY2029, the goals must be to increase the number of acres of each by at least 40% compared to the average number of acres of each in FY2019-FY2023.

The bill also directs the Forest Service and the BLM to (1) implement standardized procedures for tracking data relating to hazardous fuels reduction activities they carry out, and (2) develop a strategy to identify opportunities to use livestock grazing as a wildfire risk reduction tool on federal land. Additionally, the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior must establish a deployment and test bed pilot program for wildfire prevention, detection, communication, and mitigation technologies.

The bill mandates use of existing authorities for expedited environmental review for certain forest land at high risk from wildfire, insects, or disease.

Finally, the bill provides local governments and Indian tribes the right to intervene in lawsuits concerning certain projects on federal land that (1) reduce risks posed by wildfire, insects, or disease; or (2) generate revenue from harvesting timber.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S228-231)
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Connected MOM Act

Bill: 119-s-141
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public transit
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act or the Connected MOM Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report, and provide resources for states, on coverage of remote physiologic devices and related services (e.g., blood glucose monitors) under Medicaid, so as to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Wildland Firefighters Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 119-s-142
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Wildland Firefighters Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to wildland firefighters in recognition of their strength, resiliency, sacrifice, and service to protect the forests, grasslands, and communities of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S231-232)
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act

Bill: 119-s-143
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act

This bill eliminates a program administered by the Environmental Protection Agency that provides support for reducing methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. It also repeals a charge on methane emissions from facilities that contain petroleum and natural gas systems and emit 25,000 metric tons or more of greenhouse gases per year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Farm to Fly Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-144
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Farm to Fly Act of 2025

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to integrate the advancement of sustainable aviation fuels into its programs.

Specifically, this bill includes sustainable aviation fuel as an advanced biofuel for the purposes of several USDA bioenergy programs that primarily provide support and incentives for renewable energy projects.

For purposes of these programs, the bill defines 
sustainable aviation fuel
 as liquid fuel, the portion of which is not kerosene, which (1) meets specific international standards, (2) is not derived from coprocessing specific materials (e.g., triglycerides) with a non-biomass feedstock, (3) is not derived from palm fatty acid distillates or petroleum, and (4) is certified as having a lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions reduction percentage of at least 50% compared with petroleum-based jet fuel (based on specific standards and agreements).

In addition, the bill specifically includes fostering and advancing sustainable aviation fuels as part of the Biorefinery, Renewable Chemical, and Biobased Product Manufacturing Assistance Program.

Further, USDA must carry out a comprehensive and integrated pursuit of all USDA mission areas for the advancement of sustainable aviation fuels, including through

the identification of opportunities to maximize the development and commercialization of the fuels,

supporting rural economic development through improved sustainability for aviation, and

advancing public-private partnerships.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Dismantle Iran’s Proxy Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-145
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2025-01-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: 

Dismantle Iran’s Proxy Act of 2025

This bill requires the President to take actions against Ansarallah, the Iran-backed movement in Yemen also known as the Houthis.

Specifically, the bill requires the President to designate Ansarallah as a foreign terrorist organization. (Among other things, such a designation allows the Department of the Treasury to require U.S. financial institutions to block transactions involving the organization.) 

The President must also (1) impose property blocking sanctions on Ansarallah and any foreign person who is an official, agent, or affiliate of the organization; (2) submit to Congress a determination as to whether three specified individuals are officials, agents, or affiliates of Ansarallah; and (3) submit to Congress a strategy to degrade the offensive capabilities of Ansarallah and to restore freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and nearby waterways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2025-01-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-147
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2025-01-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: 

Cleaner Air Spaces Act of 2025

This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to provide grants to air pollution control agencies, including at least one tribal agency with jurisdiction over air quality, to implement cleaner air space programs (i.e., programs to provide clean air to the public during wildland fire smoke events). Generally, such programs must be located in areas at risk of exposure to wildland fire smoke and must help provide educational materials, clean air centers (i.e., one or more clean air rooms in a publicly accessible building), and air filtration units to certain households. Clean air rooms are rooms designed to keep levels of harmful air pollutants as low as possible during wildland fire smoke events.

Under the bill, air pollution control agencies must partner with at least one community-based organization in implementing such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Introduced in Senate
RED TAPE Act

Bill: 119-s-148
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2025-01-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Government information and archives
Judicial review and appeals
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Public Safety First Act

Bill: 119-s-149
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-01-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: 

Public Safety First Act

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. Specifically, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-150
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2025-01-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Firearms and explosives
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
Intellectual property
Intergovernmental relations
Internet, web applications, social media
Organized crime
Right of privacy
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: 

Combating Cartels on Social Media Act of 2025

This bill requires the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice, and State to combat the use of social media by transnational criminal organizations to recruit individuals in the United States for illicit activities. 

Specifically, the departments must jointly assess and implement a strategy to combat the use of social media platforms, messaging services, and other interactive digital platforms by these organizations to recruit individuals to engage in or support unlawful activities in the United States, Mexico, or otherwise near a U.S. international border.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-151
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2025-01-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: 

Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes on Imported Goods Act of 2025

This bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose or increase duties or impose tariff-rate quotas on imports entering the United States. However, this limitation does not prohibit the President from excluding all articles, or all of a certain type of article, imported from a country from entering the United States. (IEEPA provides the President with broad authority to regulate various economic transactions following a declaration of a national emergency.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Empowerment Act

Bill: 119-s-152
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2025-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-20
text: 

Student Empowerment Act

This bill expands the education-related expenses that may be paid for with tax-free distributions from a qualified tuition program (also known as a 529 plan) to include certain expenses related to elementary, secondary, and homeschool education.

Under current law, distributions from a 529 plan are excluded from gross income if they are used to pay for qualified higher education expenses, which includes up to $10,000 (per year and per beneficiary) for tuition at an elementary or secondary public, private, or religious school.

The bill expands the education-related expenses that may be paid for with tax-free distributions from a 529 plan to include tuition related to homeschooling and the following expenses related to elementary, secondary, and homeschool education:

curriculum and curricular materials,

books or other instructional materials,

online educational materials,

tutoring or educational classes outside the home,

testing fees,

fees for dual enrollment in an institution of higher education, and

educational therapies for students with disabilities.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2025-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Repeal the TikTok Ban Act

Bill: 119-s-153
Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]
Introduced: 2025-01-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2025-01-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act

Bill: 119-s-154
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2025-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
California
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Nevada
New Mexico
Utah
Water resources funding
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: 

Colorado River Basin System Conservation Extension Act

This bill extends through FY2026 the Bureau of Reclamation's pilot projects to increase water levels in the Upper Colorado River Basin and Lake Mead due to drought conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2025-06-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote. (text: CR S3459)
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3458)
action_date: 2025-06-18
text: Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
MAILS Act

Bill: 119-s-155
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2025-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Postal service
State and local government operations
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: 

Mandating Advisable and Informed Locations and Solutions Act or the MAILS Act

This bill requires the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to (1) establish a formal process for a local government official to request a new post office, and (2) modify how it communicates with local officials and the public about certain topics.

Specifically, USPS must modify existing regulations with respect to temporary relocations of postal retail services for holidays, special events, overflow business, and commemorative events. USPS may not implement any such temporary relocation for more than two days unless it first collects and considers community input. USPS must also provide specified notifications to local officials and the public, periodic updates to local officials, and a public presentation about such a relocation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Increased TSP Access Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-156
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2025-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: 

Increased TSP Access Act of 2025

This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to modify the certification process for Technical Service Providers (TSPs) at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) by establishing an approval process for nonfederal certifying entities and a streamlined certification process for TSPs that hold certain specialty certifications.

As background, TSPs are third-party service providers, such as private businesses, Indian tribes, and nonprofit organizations, that work on behalf of customers to offer planning, design, and implementation services that meet NRCS criteria.

The bill specifies that USDA must ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, third-party providers with expertise in the technical aspects of conservation practice design, implementation, and evaluation are eligible to become approved TSPs.

USDA must provide a streamlined certification process for TSPs who hold appropriate specialty certifications (e.g., certified crop advisors).

In determining the eligibility of a nonfederal certifying entity, USDA must consider the ability, experience, expertise, and history of the entity. USDA must decide whether to approve an application submitted by a nonfederal certifying entity to certify TSPs within a specified time period. 

USDA must also review a TSP's certification by a nonfederal certifying entity within a specified time period. If the certification is satisfactory, USDA must include the TSP on a USDA-maintained registry of certified TSPs.

The bill also specifies that TSPs must be paid at rates equivalent to technical assistance provided by USDA.

Further, USDA must provide accessible public information on TSPs, including information on funding, certification results, and utilization rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
CONTAINER Act

Bill: 119-s-157
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2025-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: 

Creating Obstructions Necessary to Address Illegal and Nefarious Entry Rapidly Act or CONTAINER Act

This bill requires the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to allow border states to place temporary, movable structures on federal lands adjacent to the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders without a special use authorization.

Border states may place these structures on such lands for the purpose of securing the northern or southern border for a period of not more than one year. Interior and the Forest Service must approve extension requests in 90-day increments if U.S. Customs and Border Protection determines that operational control of the border area has not been achieved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

Bill: 119-s-158
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2025-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: 

Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

This bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals (
aliens 
under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable.

First, the bill establishes that a non-U.S. national is inadmissible if the individual has admitted to or is convicted of acts constituting the essential elements of stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, a sex offense, conspiracy to commit a sex offense, a violation of certain protection orders, or domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships). 

Next, the bill establishes additional grounds for deportation. Under current law, a non-U.S. national is deportable for certain criminal convictions, including domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse. The bill makes any sex offense (including crimes against minors) or conspiracy to commit a sex offense a basis for deportation. The bill also expands the domestic violence crimes that make a non-U.S. national deportable to include physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act

Bill: 119-s-159
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2025-01-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: 

Standing Against Houthi Aggression Act

This bill requires (1) the Department of State to designate Ansarallah, the Iran-backed movement in Yemen also known as the Houthis, as a foreign terrorist organization; and (2) the President to impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions with respect to Ansarallah and any foreign person who is a member, agent, or affiliate of, or owned or controlled by, Ansarallah.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2025-01-21
text: Introduced in Senate