hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act

Bill: 117-hr-8980
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act

 
This bill establishes a moratorium on energy development (e.g., offshore wind development) in specified areas of the Gulf of Mexico until June 30, 2032. 
 
Until that date, the Department of the Interior may not conduct certain energy development activities in any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico. The moratorium also applies to other areas of the Outer Continental Shelf&#8212;the South Atlantic Planning Area, the Straits of Florida Planning Area, or any area west of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico&#8212;if energy exploration, leasing, or development in that area has been identified as having any adverse effect on national security, military readiness, or the Department of Defense's testing capabilities.
 
However, Interior may issue leases in those areas for environmental conservation purposes, including the purposes of shore protection, beach nourishment and restoration, wetlands restoration, and habitat protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-09-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in House
To rescind certain balances made available to the Internal Revenue Service and amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently increase the standard deduction.

Bill: 117-hr-8983
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2022-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: 
This bill rescinds amounts made available to the Internal Revenue Service for enforcement and other activities under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. It also permanently increases the standard deduction for individual taxpayers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Medical Care Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-8984
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2022-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: 

Medical Care Equity Act

 
This bill allows a tax deduction for the unreimbursed Medicare-based value of qualified charity care (i.e., physicians' services furnished without expectation of reimbursement, including medical screenings and treatment for emergency medical conditions and labor-related treatments).
 
The bill also specifies that a physician is not liable under federal or state law for harm caused by an act or omission of the physician, or attending medical personnel supporting the physician, if the act or omission (1) occurs in the course of furnishing charity care, and (2) was not grossly negligent. The bill preempts laws of a state or locality that are inconsistent with this exemption, unless the laws provide greater protection from liability for a defendant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8985
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2022-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: 

Credit Access and Inclusion Act of 2022

 
This bill allows for the reporting of certain positive consumer-credit information to consumer reporting agencies. Specifically, a person or the Department of Housing and Urban Development may report information related to a consumer's performance in making payments either under a lease agreement for a dwelling or pursuant to a contract for a utility or telecommunications service. However, information about a consumer's usage of any utility or telecommunications service may be reported only to the extent that the information relates to payment by the consumer for such service or other terms of the provision of that service. Furthermore, an energy-utility firm may not report a consumer's outstanding balance as late if the firm and the consumer have entered into a payment plan and the consumer is meeting the obligations of that plan.
 
Specified provisions that establish civil liability with respect to furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies shall not apply to any violation of the bill.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the consumer impact of such reporting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
State and Local Corrections Officer Retirement Fairness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8986
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2022-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: 

State and Local Corrections Officer Retirement Fairness Act of 2022

 
This bill extends the exemption from the penalty for early withdrawals from tax-exempt retirement plans currently allowed to federal public safety officers to certain state and local government corrections officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
EPCS 2.0 Act

Bill: 117-hr-8988
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2022-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: 

Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances Act or the EPCS 2.0 Act

 
This bill generally requires health insurance plans to establish policies requiring in-network providers to transmit prescriptions for controlled substances to pharmacies electronically.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Buy Low and Sell High Act

Bill: 117-hr-8989
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2022-09-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: 

Buy Low and Sell High Act

 
This bill revises requirements concerning the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), establishes an Economic Petroleum Reserve, creates a national network of Strategic Refined Petroleum Product Reserves, increases the size of the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve, limits the sale and exportation of petroleum products, and sets forth provisions to reduce the demand for petroleum fuel and increase fuel supply.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish within the SPR an Economic Petroleum Reserve of up to 350 million barrels of crude oil. DOE may acquire crude oil from domestic producers at low prices and then sell the oil when the prices are high as specified by the bill.
 
DOE must also establish a national network of Strategic Refined Petroleum Product Reserves to store up to 250 million barrels of gasoline and diesel fuel, which may be sold when there is a severe fuel supply interruption within the district in which the reserve is located. 
 
In addition, the bill increases the cap on the amount of barrels of petroleum distillate that may be stored in the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve from two million to four million.
 
It also establishes limits on the sale and exportation of petroleum products from such reserves. For example, the bill prohibits the sale or export of fuel from the reserves to (1) China, North Korea, Russia, or Iran; (2) any other country under U.S. sanctions; or (3) any entity owned, controlled, or influenced by one of those countries or the Chinese Communist Party. However, DOE may issue a waiver of the prohibition if it is in the national security interests of the United States to allow such a sale or export.
 
Finally, the bill establishes requirements and incentives to reduce fuel demand and increase fuel supply, including by (1) providing financial assistance for projects to electrify the transportation sector, (2) setting requirements concerning the minimum percentage of federal vehicles that must be zero-emission vehicles, and (3) directing DOE to establish a program to increase the amount of crude oil refined in oil refineries in certain countries in the Western Hemisphere.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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: 2022-09-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 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: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-26
text: Introduced in House
Methane Emissions Research Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8991
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Methane Emissions Research Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a methane research pilot study to quantify methane emissions from infrastructure used for the production, gathering and boosting, processing, transmission, and storage of oil and natural gas in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Methane Super-Emitter Strategy Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8992
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Methane Super-Emitter Strategy Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to enter an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to develop a science-based strategy to assess, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding the use of present and future greenhouse gas monitoring and detection capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Methane Emissions Mitigation Research and Development Act

Bill: 117-hr-8993
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Methane Emissions Mitigation Research and Development Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a research consortium and a technical assistance program for states, localities, or for-profit entities to develop technologies, methods, and strategies to detect and mitigate methane emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Our First Responders Act

Bill: 117-hr-8994
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Supporting Our First Responders Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants on a competitive basis to nongovernmental or governmental entities that provide medical transport and emergency medical services (EMS). Grant recipients may use funds to, for example, support the EMS workforce (e.g., by providing salaries and stipends or covering certification costs) and purchasing vehicles, personal protective equipment, and other resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Rabies Treatment for Uninsured Act

Bill: 117-hr-8995
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Affordable Rabies Treatment for Uninsured Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a program to reimburse health care providers that furnish postexposure rabies treatments to uninsured individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Think Tank Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-8996
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Think Tank Transparency Act

 
This bill requires U.S. nonprofit think tanks to disclose to the Department of Justice any gifts, donations, or contributions from a foreign principal in amounts of $10,000 or greater. The bill also requires the think tanks to disclose contracts or agreements with foreign principals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act

Bill: 117-hr-8997
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Consumer credit
Firearms and explosives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

No SmartPay for Anti-2A Companies Act

 
This bill prohibits the General Service Administration from awarding a contract under the SmartPay Program for the procurement of a commercial payment system that uses a payment processing agency that has implemented a merchant category code for gun retailers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8998
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Unlocking Capital for Small Businesses Act of 2022

 
This bill revises the regulatory treatment of private-placement brokers (brokers who receive transaction-based compensation for the sale of securities to preselected individuals or institutions) and finders (private-placement brokers who do not exceed a specified amount of compensation, transaction value, or number of transactions in a year).
 
Specifically, the bill (1) requires the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish registration requirements for private-placement brokers that are no more stringent than those imposed on crowdfunding portals, (2) allows for membership in any national securities association for private-placement brokers, (3) exempts private-placement brokers from broker regulations, and (4) otherwise modifies provisions related to private-placement brokers and finders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide for the expiration of emergency temporary standards after 6 months.

Bill: 117-hr-8999
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 
This bill limits to six months the duration during which any emergency temporary standard published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may remain in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Hydrogen for Industry Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9000
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental technology
Food industry and services
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Manufacturing
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Hydrogen for Industry Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish grant programs to support the use of hydrogen in energy. Specifically, DOE must establish a grant program for projects that demonstrate the uses of hydrogen in heavy industry (e.g., steel, cement, glass, and chemical manufacturing). It also directs DOE to establish a grant program for (1) carrying out projects that demonstrate the end uses of hydrogen; (2) constructing a new commercial-scale facility that will use hydrogen as a fuel or feedstock; or (3) retooling, retrofitting, or expanding an existing facility to enable the use of hydrogen as a fuel or feedstock in industrial end-use applications of hydrogen.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9001
Sponsor: Rep. Flores, Mayra [R-TX-34]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

RGV Act of 2022 or the Reduce Gun Violence Act of 2022

 
This bill provides certain resources for schools to increase physical security and access to mental health resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
Veterans’ Cancer Care Coordinator Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9002
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2022-09-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: 

Veterans' Cancer Care Coordinator Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a pilot program to provide gynecologic cancer care coordination at the VA, including through the designation of a gynecologic cancer care coordinator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Introduced in House