hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Emergency Care Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-8597
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Emergency Care Improvement Act

 
This bill permanently allows for coverage under Medicare and Medicaid of services that are provided by freestanding emergency centers. The bill takes effect January 1, 2023, or the first day after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, whichever is first.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
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: 2022-07-29
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: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Rail Employee Training Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-8598
Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Rail Employee Training Modernization Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to issue regulations to define the term 
classroom 
with respect to qualification and certification of railroad conductors and locomotive engineers to mean a physical or virtual space where training is provided by a qualified instructor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
GROW Affordable Housing Act

Bill: 117-hr-8599
Sponsor: Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Generating Resources and Opportunities Within Affordable Housing Act
 
or the GROW Affordable Housing Act

 
This bill increases the amount of funds the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) and the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) must allocate each year to the Housing Trust Fund and the Capital Magnet Fund, both of which support affordable housing and are administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8600
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Genetics
Sex and reproductive health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Protecting Families from Fertility Fraud Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a new federal criminal offense for knowingly misrepresenting the nature or source of DNA used in assisted reproductive technology or assisted insemination.
 
The term 
assisted reproductive technology
 includes any treatment or procedure that involves the handling of human oocytes or embryos, such as in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer, and zygote intrafallopian transfer. The term 
assisted insemination
 includes any procedure that involves the handling of sperm including intrauterine insemination.
 
A violation is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to 10 years, or both. Additionally, the bill makes the violation a predicate offense (i.e., an underlying offense) for prosecutions under the federal racketeering statute. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act

Bill: 117-hr-8601
Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Hunting and fishing
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Livestock
Motor vehicles
Outdoor recreation
Roads and highways
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act

 
This bill establishes the Dolores River National Conservation Area and the Dolores River Special Management Area in Colorado. A management plan must be developed for each area. The bill allows for the continued use of the areas by members of Indian tribes for traditional ceremonies and as a source of traditional plants and other materials.
 
The Department of the Interior shall establish the Dolores River National Conservation Area Advisory Council. 
 
The bill releases the areas from further study for designation for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8602
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act of 2022
 
This bill revises the institutional eligibility criteria for a foreign graduate medical school to participate in federal student-aid programs. Specifically, the bill requires all foreign graduate medical schools to meet the same minimum requirements to participate in the programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To direct the President to take such actions as may be necessary to prohibit the purchase of public or private real estate located in the United States by an foreign governments.

Bill: 117-hr-8603
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

 
This bill requires the President to take actions necessary to bar foreign governments from purchasing public or private real estate in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Free City Commission Act

Bill: 117-hr-8604
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Free City Commission Act

 
This bill establishes the Free City Commission to study the effects of progressive governance on cities within the United States over the last 75 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8605
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Consumer affairs
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations Act of 2022

 
This bill requires air carriers and ticket agents to offer full cash refunds for airline tickets if (1) an airline cancels or significantly delays a flight, or (2) a passenger cancels their ticket for a flight up until 48 hours of the scheduled departure time.
 
The bill permits air carriers and tickets agents to offer alternative forms of compensation, including credit, or vouchers, provided that such offer is valid indefinitely and the offer includes a clear and conspicuous notice of the passenger's right to a cash refund.
 
Additionally, the bill requires air carriers and ticket agents to disclose to passengers, prior to the sale of airline tickets, that they can cancel their tickets and receive a full refund.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the extension of certain contracts to procure rail rolling stock, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8606
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 
This bill prohibits the execution and extension of certain contracts between public transportation agencies and rail rolling stock manufacturers to procure rail rolling stock. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to give priority consideration for certain Department of Transportation grant programs to eligible projects that improve or build resiliency in the supply chain, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8607
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to prioritize providing grants under certain programs for projects that improve or build resiliency in the supply chain, including multimodal projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2022-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2022-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Retirees to Rail Act

Bill: 117-hr-8608
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Retirees to Rail Act 

 
This bill temporarily suspends certain provisions related to annuity eligibility requirements for retired railroad employees and their survivors.
 
Specifically, the bill temporarily permits retired railroad employees and their survivors to render compensated services to an employer without a suspension or deduction of the retired railroad employee's retirement annuity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Surging Prosecutors to Expedite Alien Removals Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8609
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Surging Prosecutors to Expedite Alien Removals Act of 2022

 
 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish a ratio of four U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prosecutors for each immigration judge. These prosecutors represent DHS during removal proceedings. DHS must provide a report to Congress within 90 days on the plan and status of achieving the ratio.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act

Bill: 117-hr-8611
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

National Strategy to Utilize Microreactors for Natural Disaster Response Efforts Act

 
This bill directs the President to develop a national strategy to utilize microreactors to assist with natural disaster response efforts. A microreactor is a nuclear reactor with at most 20 megawatts of thermal energy generating capacity.
 
Specifically, such strategy must include
 
 
an assessment of the effectiveness of utilizing diesel generators to assist with natural disaster response efforts;
 
a comprehensive, research-based, and long-term discussion of goals, objectives, and priorities for utilizing microreactors instead of diesel generators to assist with such efforts;
 
a Department of Defense analysis regarding the use of such microreactors to assist with such efforts; 
 
recommendations on how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission may expedite the approval of designs for microreactors and issuing licenses;
 
an assessment of the challenges and barriers to deploying microreactors to assist with such efforts and solutions; and 
 
recommendations on how to utilize microreactors as charging stations for electric vehicles in the event of a mass evacuation resulting from a natural disaster.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Armed Services, 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: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Censorship Act

Bill: 117-hr-8612
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Stop the Censorship Act

 
This bill limits a social media company's immunity from liability for screening and blocking offensive content on its platform. The bill applies such immunity when the company restricts content that is unlawful rather than merely objectionable.
 
Under current law, such immunity also applies to actions taken to enable or make available the technical means to restrict access to material that is objectionable. The bill instead specifies that this immunity applies to actions taken to (1) make available the technical means to restrict access to material that is unlawful, or (2) provide users with the option to restrict access to any material. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Supporting the Health and Safety of Law Enforcement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8613
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Supporting the Health and Safety of Law Enforcement Act of 2022 

 
This bill establishes a pilot program to promote coordination between community mental health centers and law enforcement agencies.
 
Specifically, it directs the Department of Justice to award grants for community mental health centers to place social workers with law enforcement agencies. The purpose of the placement is to facilitate coordination on law enforcement cases with an underlying mental health component.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act

Bill: 117-hr-8614
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: China
Europe
Iran
North Korea
Oil and gas
Russia
Sanctions
Strategic materials and reserves
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Banning Oil Exports to Foreign Adversaries Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to prohibit the export or sale of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to (1) China, North Korea, Russia, and Iran; (2) any other country the government of which is subject to sanctions imposed by the United States; and (3) any entity owned, controlled, or influenced by such countries or the Chinese Communist Party. However, DOE may issue a waiver of the prohibition if the export or sale of petroleum products is in the national security interests of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 49, United States Code, to limit the preference for Amtrak using rail lines, junctions, and crossings near ports and rail yards, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8615
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 
This bill limits Amtrak's preference over freight transportation in using a rail line, junction, or crossing if such rail line, junction, or crossing is located within 50 miles of a port or rail yard.
 
The Department of Transportation may issue regulations to continue the preference waiver if necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
VALID Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8616
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

VA Loan Informed Disclosure Act of 2022 or the VALID Act of 2022

 
The bill requires a Federal Housing Administration mortgage notice to a veteran to contain comparative rate and fee information about loans available under the Veterans Affairs home loan program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8617
Sponsor: Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Exchange Regulatory Improvement Act of 2022

 
This bill revises the definition of 
facility
 for purposes of regulation under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Specifically, the bill provides that a facility does not include any service that can legally be offered by a person or entity that is not a registered exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act

Bill: 117-hr-8618
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Ending Secrecy About Workplace Harassment Act

 
This bill requires every employer that must submit to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) an Employer Information Report EEO-1 to separately report on an annual basis the number of settlements reached by the employer involving workplace harassment.
 
The bill also requires the EEOC and the Government Accountability Office to report information relating to claims of discrimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
No Tax Deductions for Workplace Harasser Buyouts Act

Bill: 117-hr-8619
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

No Tax Deductions for Workplace Harasser Buyouts Act

 
This bill modifies the tax deduction for trade or business expenses to deny a deduction for payments made to any employee in connection with the termination of employment if a factor in the termination was sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, or workplace harassment based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, or other specified factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House