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KESSLER Act

Bill: 117-s-4521
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Keeping Everyone Safe and Securing Lives by Emergency Readiness Act or the KESSLER Act

 
This bill directs the President to develop a national strategy to ensure the health and safety of the U.S. civilian population in case of catastrophic incidents.
 
Specifically, the President must develop and submit to Congress a strategy to 
 
 
provide for the basic needs of the civilian population that is impacted by catastrophic incidents in the United States;
 
coordinate response efforts with state and local governments, the private sector, and nonprofit relief organizations;
 
promote personal and local readiness and non-reliance on government relief during periods of heightened tension or after catastrophic incidents; and 
 
 develop international partnerships with allied nations for the provision of relief services and goods. 
 
 
The President must issue a plan to implement and operationalize the strategy.
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall lead a national exercise to test and enhance the operationalization of the implementation plan.
 
The President must provide recommendations for (1) actions that should be taken to prepare the United States to implement the strategy, increase readiness, and address preparedness gaps; and (2) additional authorities that should be considered to more effectively implement the strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency in CFPB Cost-Benefit Analysis Act

Bill: 117-s-4522
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Transparency in CFPB Cost-Benefit Analysis Act 

 
This bill sets forth information required to be included in a rulemaking made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Specifically, the CFPB must publish a justification of the proposed rulemaking; a quantitative and qualitative assessment of all anticipated direct and indirect costs and benefits; alternatives to the proposed rulemaking; impacts on small businesses; and any assumptions, data, or studies used in preparing this information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Critical Ecosystems and Military Readiness in Florida Act

Bill: 117-s-4523
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Florida
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Protecting Critical Ecosystems and Military Readiness in Florida Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Air Force from entering into an agreement that would provide for or permit the joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida, by the Air Force and civil aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Prairie du Rocher French Colonial National Historical Park Establishment Act

Bill: 117-s-4525
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Prairie du Rocher French Colonial National Historical Park Establishment Act

 
This bill establishes the Prairie du Rocher French Colonial National Historical Park in Illinois. 
 
The Department of the Interior may construct or lease space to operate and maintain an interpretive center for the park.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act

Bill: 117-s-4526
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Protecting Immigrant Gold Star and Military Families Act

 
This bill limits the deportability of certain relatives of current and former members of the Armed Forces. 
 
Certain grounds of deportability shall not apply to a qualifying non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) who is (1) the spouse, widow or widower, parent, child, or sibling of a member of the Armed Forces or a veteran; or (2) eligible for a Gold Star lapel button (for certain immediate relatives of a member of the Armed Forces who died while serving). A qualifying non-U.S. national is one who (1) has not have been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor, or three misdemeanors; and (2) is not a threat to national security or public safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Deceptive Immigration Enforcement Practices Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4527
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Combating Deceptive Immigration Enforcement Practices Act of 2022 

 
This bill bars immigration officers or agents of the Department of Homeland Security from wearing clothing, accessories, or other items bearing the word 
police
 while performing duties under the immigration laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4528
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022
 
 
This bill establishes the Improving Digital Identity Task Force to establish a government-wide effort to develop secure methods for governmental agencies to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall award grants to states, local, tribal, and territorial governments to upgrade systems that provide drivers' licenses or other types of identity credentials to support the development of highly secure, interoperable systems that enable digital identity verification. 
 
The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress a report on the estimated potential savings, due to the increased adoption and widespread use of digital identification, of (1) the federal government from averted benefit fraud, and (2) the U.S. economy and consumers from averted identity theft.

action_date: 2022-12-12
text: 

Improving Digital Identity Act of 2022
 
 
This bill establishes the Improving Digital Identity Task Force to establish a government-wide effort to develop secure methods for governmental agencies to protect the privacy and security of individuals and support reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall submit to Congress a report on the estimated potential savings, due to the increased adoption and widespread use of digital identification, of (1) the federal government from averted fraud, and (2) the U.S. economy and consumers from averted identity theft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 616.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-238.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-238.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Children’s Safe Welcome Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4529
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2022

 
This bill imposes requirements related to the treatment of noncitizen children detained in immigration custody. 
 
For example, the bill (1) prohibits an accompanied noncitizen child from being separated from a parent or legal guardian while in immigration custody, except in certain situations; (2) requires each child in immigration custody to receive a legal orientation presentation and have access to legal counsel and child advocates; and (3) requires each unaccompanied noncitizen child in Department of Health and Human Services custody to be placed in the least restrictive setting that most approximates a family and in which any special needs may be met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in Senate
Building Civic Bridges Act

Bill: 117-s-4530
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Building Civic Bridges Act

 
This bill establishes the Office of Civic Bridgebuilding within the Corporation for National and Community Service to administer a grant program that addresses local issues and fosters social cohesion across diverse communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to codify certain public land orders relating to the revocation of certain withdrawals of public land in the State of Alaska.

Bill: 117-s-4531
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Department of the Interior
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 
This bill enacts into law the provisions of certain public land orders relating to the revocation of the withdrawal of certain public lands in Alaska.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Community Business Development Act

Bill: 117-s-4532
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Strengthening Community Business Development Act 

 
This bill expands the factors allowed to be considered by a supervising agency when evaluating a financial institution's compliance with community reinvestment standards. Specifically, the bill allows a supervising agency to consider the efforts of a financial institution that deny business loans to low- and moderate-income borrowers to refer these borrowers to community business development organizations or to provide these borrowers directly with business development resources. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
NFIP Extension Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4533
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

NFIP Extension Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes the National Flood Insurance Program through September 30, 2023. 
 
The bill shall take effect as if it had been enacted on September 30, 2022, the date the program is set to expire under current law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4534
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2032 the Community Development Block Grant and other specified programs that support affordable housing.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assess alternative methods of calculating area median income (i.e., any metric used to refer to the median income level for a given area or jurisdiction for purposes of any program administered by HUD) and the use of alternative metrics in order to make housing more affordable for low-income families in urban areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
FDASRA Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4535
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Food and Drug Administration Simple Reauthorization Act of 2022 or the FDASRA Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes the authority of the Food and Drug Administration to collect certain fees related to drugs, medical devices, and biosimilar biological products and modifies such fees, including the base fee amounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Great Salt Lake Recovery Act

Bill: 117-s-4536
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Due process and equal protection
Family relationships
Marriage and family status
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Great Salt Lake Recovery Act 

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the hydrology of saline lake ecosystems in the Great Basin, including the Great Salt Lake, Utah, as well as to investigate the feasibility of a project for ecosystem restoration and drought solutions in the Great Salt Lake. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Scaling Community Lenders Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4537
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Scaling Community Lenders Act of 2022 

 
This bill allows the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund to provide guarantees, loan loss reserves, or other forms of credit to promote liquidity for Community Development Financial Institutions. The bill also removes matching requirements, establishes eligibility requirements and projects prioritization, and increases the cap on the allowed assistance available to an organization. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

Bill: 117-s-4538
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

 
This bill increases criminal penalties (and authorizes additional civil remedies) for intentionally damaging or destroying the property of a facility that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services or that is a place of religious worship. It also establishes a mandatory minimum sentence for certain conduct involving fire or explosives used against such a facility or place of religious worship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Month of Life Celebration Act

Bill: 117-s-4539
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Month of Life Celebration Act

 
This bill adds the Month of Life to the statutory list of patriotic and national observances. It also requires the President to annually issue a proclamation that (1) reaffirms the dignity of human life, (2) supports life inside and outside the womb and the life of the pregnant individual, and (3) commits to assist parents and children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to improve provisions relating to the development of hydropower at Corps of Engineers facilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4540
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to (1) assess opportunities to increase hydroelectric power at its projects (e.g, dams and locks), and (2) create a new program manager position for nonfederal hydroelectric power development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Standing with Moms Act

Bill: 117-s-4541
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Standing with Moms Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to disseminate information about pregnancy-related resources.
 
Specifically, HHS must maintain a public website (life.gov) that lists such resources that are available through federal, state, and local governments and private entities.
 
Additionally, HHS must maintain on its website a portal that provides a user, based on the user's responses to a series of questions, tailored information about pregnancy resources available in the user's zip code and risks related to abortion. HHS must develop a plan to conduct follow-up outreach to users of the portal (if the user consents to the outreach). States must recommend resources that meet criteria set by HHS for including through the portal. HHS may award grants to states to establish or support a system that aggregates resources to include on the portal.
 
Further, the Health Resources and Services Administration must share information about life.gov and the portal through the Maternal Mental Health Hotline.
 
HHS must also ensure that the life.gov website and hotline are available to families who speak languages other than English.
 
The bill excludes from life.gov, the portal, and the hotline resources provided by entities that (1) perform, induce, refer for, or counsel in favor of abortions; or (2) financially support such entities.
 
The bill also requires HHS to report on traffic to life.gov and the portal, gaps in services available to pregnant and postpartum individuals, and related matters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Dolores River National Conservation Area and Special Management Area Act

Bill: 117-s-4542
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the Senate
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: 2022-07-14
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: 2022-12-01
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Health Equity for People with Disabilities Act

Bill: 117-s-4544
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-18
text: 

Health Equity for People with Disabilities Act

 
This bill modifies certain grants available to health centers that offer primary health services to medically underserved populations to ensure that members of such populations with disabilities receive accessible health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate
Discharge Review Board Outreach Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4545
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-07-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-18
text: 

Discharge Review Board Outreach Improvement Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes the Department of Defense-Department of Veterans Affairs Discharge Review Board Committee to advise the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on matters relating to the boards that review the discharge or dismissal (other than a discharge or dismissal by sentence of a general court-martial) of any former member of an armed force. 
 
The committee must provide the Department of Defense (DOD) and the VA with recommendations on the strategic direction for the joint coordination and sharing efforts between and within DOD and the VA on matters regarding the review boards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-18
text: Introduced in Senate