I long ago stopped paying much attention to proposed bills.  I pay attention to something that is about to be signed, or is signed, by the executive.  One thing that was useful I learned from political science is that virtually all of the "proposed bills" have zero chance of passing.  It's posturing for the rubes back in the home district so they can say; "I sponsored a bill that would do XYZ awesome thing" when either the House or Senate leadership would never take up such an item, and the thing never ever makes it out of committee.  The other thing is, I really pay attention to things barnacled onto "must pass" spending bills like the annual defense appropriations act and so on.