hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Email Privacy Act

Bill: 117-hr-9656
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Email Privacy Act

 
This bill modifies provisions restricting an electronic communication service (ECS) or remote communication service (RCS) provider from disclosing the contents of a wire or electronic communication that is in electronic storage with or otherwise stored, held, or maintained by that service. 
 
Additionally, it revises the standards for the government to compel an ECS or RCS provider to disclose the contents of a wire or electronic communication or records, or inform of the recipient of the existence of a warrant, court order, subpoena, or request, unless the government obtains an order for delayed notification (i.e., an order directing a service provider to delay notifying anyone of the existence of a warrant, order, subpoena, or request for a specified period of time). 
 
The bill revises the process for obtaining a delayed notification order and lengthens the maximum duration of such an order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act

Bill: 117-hr-9657
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Protecting Life from Chemical Abortions Act

 
This bill prohibits certain changes made by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to dispensing requirements for mifepristone. (Mifepristone is a drug that is approved to end pregnancies through 10 weeks gestation when used in conjunction with the drug misoprostol. The procedure is often referred to as medication abortion or the abortion pill.)
 
The FDA regulates the use of mifepristone through the Mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program. The program requires health care providers to comply with certain requirements in order to prescribe or dispense mifepristone to end a pregnancy; the program previously included an in-person dispensing requirement that required mifepristone to be directly dispensed to patients in clinics, medical offices, or hospitals. During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the FDA temporarily stopped enforcing the in-person dispensing requirement, which allowed mail-order pharmacies to fill and dispense mifepristone prescriptions. 
 
The bill prohibits the FDA from (1) exercising any enforcement discretion with respect to program requirements, or (2) reducing program protections until every state submits certain data regarding abortions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
 
The bill also generally prohibits the declaration of a public health emergency with respect to abortions. 
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9658
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Securing Access to Care for Seniors in Critical Condition Act of 2022

 
This bill exempts discharges from long-term care hospitals from the Medicare site-neutral payment rate if the discharge meets specified high acuity criteria and occurs on or after October 1, 2025. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Building Technologies Research and Development Act

Bill: 117-hr-9659
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Eddie Bernice [D-TX-30]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Building Technologies Research and Development Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application to develop cost-effective tools, technologies, and practices that reduce emissions from, increase productivity and well-being of occupants in, and increase the energy efficiency and beneficial electrification of new and existing commercial and residential buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Injunction Reform Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9660
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Injunction Reform Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits federal courts (except for the District Court for the District of Columbia, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court) from issuing injunctive orders that bar enforcement of a federal law or policy against a nonparty, unless the nonparty is represented by a party in a class action lawsuit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
VA Caregiver Continuity Act

Bill: 117-hr-9661
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

VA Caregiver Continuity Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct outreach to veterans or their family caregivers who participate in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers and may be subject to discharge, reassessment, or a reduction of benefits under the program. The VA must provide such individuals with information regarding continued eligibility for the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Aviation WORKS Act

Bill: 117-hr-9662
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Aviation Workforce, Opportunity, Recruiting, Knowledge, and Supply Act or the
 
Aviation WORKS Act 

 
This bill extends through FY2028 and expands aviation workforce development programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
 
Specifically, the bill directs DOT to establish an aviation manufacturing development grant program to develop the aviation manufacturing and supplier workforce. It also requires DOT to develop and support the education of workers who design or produce any aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance, or a component, part, or system thereof, that (1) is produced under a production approval issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (2) has been issued a design approval by the FAA, or (3) has an active application for a design approval.
 
Additionally, DOT must establish a program to provide grants for eligible projects to plan, establish, and expand workforce development partnership programs in the aviation and aerospace industry sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
United States Inter-Parliamentary Union Participation Act

Bill: 117-hr-9663
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

United States Inter-Parliamentary Union Participation Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to facilitate the U.S. readmission and participation in the Inter-Parliamentary Union and to pay related annual membership expenses. (The Inter-Parliamentary Union is an international organization of national parliaments dedicated to the promotion of parliamentary democracy.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Amateur Radio Communications Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-9664
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Radio spectrum allocation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Amateur Radio Communications Improvement Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to change certain data emission limits that apply to amateur radio operators. Specifically, the FCC must replace the current symbol rate limit with a maximum bandwidth limit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to establish payment and performance security requirements for projects, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9665
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 
This bill establishes bonding requirements for the recipient of a water infrastructure construction loan under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. A borrower must secure the financed project with payment and performance bonds in minimum amounts set out in the bill.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
GI Internship Program Act

Bill: 117-hr-9666
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

GI Internship Program Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a program to match veterans who are entitled to educational assistance with internships to provide such veterans with work experience and marketable skills. 
 
The VA shall establish criteria that employers must meet to participate in the program. The following employers are excluded from participating in the program: (1) government agencies, (2) employers who cannot provide the VA with certain assurances, and (3) employers who have previously participated in the program and failed to abide by its requirements.

The VA shall pay individuals who are full-time participants in such an internship the amount of educational assistance payable to those participating in a full-time apprenticeship or other on-job training programs.
 
Interns shall be considered as employees of the VA, not the program employer, for purposes of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Additionally, each intern and employer shall provide the VA with a monthly certification that the intern worked at least 35 hours each week performing functions that provided the individual with valuable experience.
 
The VA and the Department of Labor shall create and publicize a website to serve as a portal for the program. 
 
The VA shall (1) minimize the administrative burdens incurred by employers due to their participation in the program, and (2) ensure that employer participation is at no cost to the employer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
SARE Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-9667
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Modernization Act or the SARE Modernization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program and expands the program to include research on agricultural production systems that increase resilience and climate mitigation in the context of a changing climate. The bill also expands SARE's regional councils to include representatives from 1890 land grant institutions, 1994 land grant institutions, Hispanic-serving institutions, Alaska Native serving institutions, or Native Hawaiian serving institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
SIFIA Act

Bill: 117-hr-9668
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 
 
School Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act or the SIFIA Act 

 
This bill allows a new tax credit for the issuance of school infrastructure finance and innovation bonds (SIFIA bonds). The bill defines 
SIFIA bonds
 as any bond issue if 100% of the project proceeds of such issue are to be used for the design, construction, expansion, renovation, furnishing, or equipping of qualified school facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Bring Abducted Children Home Amendments Act

Bill: 117-hr-9669
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Bring Abducted Children Home Amendments Act

 
This bill revises various provisions regarding international child abduction, including to increase the maximum term of imprisonment from 3 years to 10 years for retaining a child outside the United States with intent to obstruct the lawful exercise of parental rights.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-12-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in House
Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act

Bill: 117-hr-9670
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Amateur Radio Emergency Preparedness Act

 
This bill limits the adoption and enforcement of private land use restrictions (e.g., rules of a homeowners' association) that prohibit or impair the installation, operation, or maintenance of an amateur station antenna on property controlled by an amateur radio operator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Stateless Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9671
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Stateless Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill provides protections for stateless persons (a person who is not considered a national of any state by that state's law). For example, the bill establishes stateless protected status, which shall provide protections against deportation and other benefits to certain stateless persons present in the United States who meet certain criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Farmers Feeding Families Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9672
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Grain
Meat
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Retail and wholesale trades
Seafood
Small business
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Farmers Feeding Families Act of 2022

 
This bill amends The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) to authorize the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to provide funds for states to purchase priority agricultural products (e.g., fruits, vegetables, meats, and grains) from eligible small businesses and distribute them to needy persons through emergency feeding organizations. New farmers and small or mid-sized family farms qualify as eligible small businesses under this FNS program, as well as packers, distributors, cooperatives, and others that source agricultural products from them.
 
The bill also requires a state's TEFAP plan eligibility standards to include, at a minimum, all individuals or households with an income less than 250% of the poverty line.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
To designate a peak in the State of Washington as "qʷəɬtmáyqn-ʔistiqayuʔ-Mount Cleator".

Bill: 117-hr-9673
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 
This bill designates a 7,630-foot peak in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in the state of Washington as q&#695;&#601;&#620;tm&aacute;yqn-&#660;istiqayu&#660;-Mount Cleator. The new name includes 
Wolverine Head
 written in the languages of the Wenatchi and Sauk-Suiattle peoples.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Immersive Technology for the American Workforce Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9674
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Immersive Technology for the American Workforce Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a grant program to assist community colleges and career and technical schools in developing immersive technology education and workforce training programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Interstate Teaching Mobility Act

Bill: 117-hr-9675
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Interstate Teaching Mobility Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to establish a voluntary interstate teaching application program for participating states. Under the program, a teacher in a participating state may obtain licensure or certification and apply for an open teaching position in another participating state without completing additional requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1335-1336)
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
RARE Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9676
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Rare disease Advancement, surveillance Research, and Education Act of 2022 or the RARE Act of 2022

 
The bill reauthorizes through FY2028 the National Institutes of Health Rare Disease Regional Centers of Excellence and expands activities to facilitate research and increase awareness of rare diseases and conditions. (Rare diseases and conditions are those with a prevalence of fewer than 200,000 individuals in the United States.)
 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may expand infrastructure and activities to track the epidemiology of up to four rare diseases and conditions and incorporate this information into a National Rare Disease or Condition Surveillance System.
 
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality must expand its activities to increase health care providers' awareness of rare diseases and conditions.
 
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, or another appropriate entity, must update the 2010 report 
Rare Diseases and Orphan Products: Accelerating Research and Development. 

 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1335-1336)
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Low-Income Tax Clinic Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-9677
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 
 
Low-Income Tax Clinic Modernization Act 

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to clinics that provide free representation to low-income taxpayers in tax controversies before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). It expands the definition of low-income taxpayer clinics to require clinics to provide technical advice and litigation support for its programs.
 
The bill also increases the aggregate amount that the IRS may allocate for grants to such clinics and the annual amount of such grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House