hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Bureau of International Labor Affairs Authorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6517
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Bureau of International Labor Affairs Authorization Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes the Bureau of International Labor Affairs within the Department of Labor to support trade and labor affairs, including combating international child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To establish an office to combat the global rise of authoritarian socialism and communism at the Department of State, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6518
Sponsor: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 
This bill establishes within the Department of State an office to combat the global rise of authoritarian socialism and communism.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Patients’ Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6519
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Patients' Right to Know Their Medication Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue regulations concerning the patient medication information that is included in the labeling for prescription medications. 
 
The regulations must impose various requirements, such as requiring the information to (1) be scientifically accurate and approved by the FDA; (2) include general directions for proper use and warnings that are written in understandable plain language; (3) contain information about known clinically important interactions with drugs, food, and other substances; (4) include a statement of whether there is sufficient data about the drug's use by specified subpopulations, such as children or pregnant women; and (5) be provided in a printed format with each prescription dispensed.
 
The bill prohibits prescription medications that fail to meet this bill's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6520
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet, web applications, social media
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Medical and Health Stockpile Accountability Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop an automated application to track the amount of supplies in the Strategic National Stockpile and in similar inventories maintained by states, tribes, territories, and private entities (e.g., hospitals).
 
Additionally, HHS must (1) provide for an annual exercise to test the effectiveness of the application, and (2) establish a program to assist health care entities in obtaining automated vendor management systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Supporting STEM Learning Opportunities Act

Bill: 117-hr-6521
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Supporting STEM Learning Opportunities Act

 
This bill establishes a grant program to promote hands-on learning opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for prekindergarten, elementary, and secondary school students.
 
Specifically, the National Science Foundation must provide grants to eligible nonprofit programs to (1) support hands-on learning opportunities in STEM education, including through after-school activities and innovative learning opportunities (e.g., robotics competitions); and (2) evaluate the impact of these programs on STEM learning and disseminate the evaluation results.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Betrayal Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6522
Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Stop the Betrayal Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits using federal funds to transport an unlawfully present non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) into a U.S. region that is not within the border jurisdiction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, unless such transportation is for (1) enforcing immigration laws, or (2) bringing an unaccompanied alien child to a Department of Health and Human Services facility. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Access to AEDs Act

Bill: 117-hr-6523
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Access to AEDs Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to local educational agencies and private elementary and secondary schools, in partnership with a health care entity, to promote student access to defibrillation in elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to carry out a study on Chinese support for Afghan illicit finance, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6524
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to report on the financial activities of China and Chinese entities in connection with the finances of Afghanistan and the Taliban, including activities to support illicit financial networks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Lunar New Year Day Act

Bill: 117-hr-6525
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion
Subjects: Asia
Commemorative events and holidays

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Lunar New Year Day Act

 
This bill establishes Lunar New Year Day as a federal holiday. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Meal Time Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6526
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Healthy Meal Time Act of 20

22

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to enter into an agreement with an independent, nonpartisan, science-based research organization to carry out a study on the time lunches are served, the time that recess is offered, and the duration of lunch periods at schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.
 
USDA must also
 
 
make the findings of the study publicly available online;
 
establish a task force, in coordination with the Department of Education, to review the study, review other related research, and develop best practices for lunch and recess periods to ensure student health, including appropriate nutritional intake; and
 
issue guidance regarding such best practices to schools participating in the National School Lunch Program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Driving Veterans Success Act

Bill: 117-hr-6527
Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Driving Veterans Success Act

 
This bill requires that at least 10% of the funds under specified infrastructure programs are expended through veteran-owned small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
_____ Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6529
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

_____ Act of 2022 

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This bill requires each owner of a covered federally assisted rental dwelling unit to ensure that all interior corridor and stairwell access doors in the building containing the unit are self-closing doors. The owner is required to maintain these self-closing doors and any inspection by the Department of Housing and Urban Development must include inspection of the self-closing doors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
SENIOR Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6530
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2022-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: 

Safeguarding Elderly Needs for Infrastructure and Occupational Resources Act of 2022 or the SENIOR Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants to assisted living facilities for health care expenses and lost revenue attributable to COVID-19 and other purposes. It also addresses matters related to the senior caregiver workforce.
 
To receive a grant, an assisted living facility must demonstrate that it had uncompensated losses due to COVID-19 and consistently maintained operations from March 13, 2020, to December 31, 2020. A facility must also certify that the grant is necessary for its ongoing operations.
 
HHS must also award grants to assisted living facilities for broadband connectivity and telehealth support and other operation and maintenance costs.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the efficacy of these grants.
 
With respect to the senior caregiver workforce, the bill authorizes grants for assisted living facilities to establish or expand workforce training and recruitment programs. The National Health Care Workforce Commission must also designate the workforce needs of assisted living and other senior care populations as a high priority area and report on those needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-28
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: 2022-01-28
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: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act

Bill: 117-hr-6532
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2022-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 

Funding Early Childhood is the Right IDEA Act

 
This bill authorizes through FY2027 specified provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act for early childhood education.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes Part B, Section 619 (grants to states for preschool programs serving children with disabilities ages three to five) and Part C (grants to aid states in implementing early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Regional Clean Energy Innovation Act

Bill: 117-hr-6533
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 

Regional Clean Energy Innovation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish an Office of Advanced Clean Energy Technologies to advance mid-stage and late-stage innovation, development, demonstration, and commercialization of clean energy technologies to further regional net-zero greenhouse gas emissions pathways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2022-02-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6534
Sponsor: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2022-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and health-based discrimination
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 

Stop Arduous Vaccine Enforcement Act of 2022 or the SAVE Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits transplant centers from discriminating against an individual on the basis of COVID-19 vaccination status for purposes of determining eligibility or assigning priority for organ transplants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Empowering STEM Discovery Act

Bill: 117-hr-6535
Sponsor: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2022-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 

Empowering STEM Discovery Act

 
This bill waives for a five-year period the cost-sharing requirements for the Major Research Instrumentation Program and for National Science Foundation (NSF) teaching fellowships administered within the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.
 
The NSF shall submit to Congress an assessment, that includes feedback from the research community, of the impacts of the waivers provided pursuant to this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6536
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2022-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 

Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act of 2022

 
This bill requires an abortion provider to notify the National Human Trafficking Hotline if the provider has a reasonable suspicion that the patient is a victim of trafficking. It also requires each abortion provider to complete annual training on how to identify and respond appropriately to individuals who are at risk of or who have experienced trafficking.
 
The bill establishes penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Pell Grant Sustainability Act

Bill: 117-hr-6537
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2022-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 

Pell Grant Sustainability Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to calculate the maximum award amount for Pell Grants for award year 2022-2023 and each subsequent award year by indexing the award amount to the rate of inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
PANA Act

Bill: 117-hr-6539
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2022-02-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 

Preserving Accountability for National Assets Act of 2021 or the PANA Act

 
This bill establishes the Venezuela Restoration Fund to strengthen democratic governance and institutions, defend human rights, support independent media outlets, and combat corruption and improve transparency in Venezuela. 
 
Any funds or assets forfeited to the United States by an individual or entity connected to the regimes of Hugo Ch&aacute;vez and Nicol&aacute;s Maduro in Venezuela will be deposited into this fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
Respecting the Rights of Organ Donor Recipients Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6540
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2022-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: 

Respecting the Rights of Organ Donor Recipients Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits limiting access to organ transplants based on an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status.
 
Specifically, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network may not (1) request an individual's COVID-19 vaccination status when considering whether to place the individual on an organ transplant waitlist, or (2) require the vaccination in order for an individual to receive an organ transplant. This network is a public-private partnership that links organizations (e.g., transplantation centers and laboratories) in the organ donation and transplantation system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Introduced in House