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Fire Suppression Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-4328
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Disaster relief and insurance
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Natural disasters
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Fire Suppression Improvement Act

 
This bill sets the federal cost share of fire management assistance at 75% of the eligible cost of such assistance and permits a state or local government to use such assistance for the predeployment of assets and resources.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the circumstances under which it may recommend that the President increase the federal cost share.

action_date: 2022-12-15
text: 

Fire Suppression Improvement Act

 
This bill sets the federal cost share of fire management assistance at 75% of the eligible cost of such assistance and permits a state or local government to use such assistance for the predeployment of assets and resources.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must complete a rulemaking to provide criteria for the circumstances under which it may recommend that the President increase the federal cost share.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 654.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with amendments. With written report No. 117-263.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with amendments. With written report No. 117-263.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2754-2755)
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Reclaiming the Solar Supply Chain Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4329
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Reclaiming the Solar Supply Chain Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a program that awards grants and direct loans to support a solar component manufacturing supply chain. Under the program, manufacturers and other eligible entities must use grants and loans for (1) constructing new facilities that manufacture solar components; and (2) retooling, retrofitting, or expanding existing facilities that manufacture solar components.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
SPARC Act

Bill: 117-s-4330
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care Act or the SPARC Act

 
This bill establishes student loan repayment programs to support the provision of specialty medical care in rural areas.
 
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must carry out such a program for certain specialty medicine physicians who provide care in rural communities with shortages of such physicians. Physicians must agree to a period of obligated service and, for each year of such service, HRSA must pay one-sixth of the principal payment and interest on eligible loans up to a maximum cap of $250,000. Additionally, HRSA may carry out a similar loan repayment program for nonphysician specialty health care providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthen Taiwan's Security Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4331
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Strengthen Taiwan's Security Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to develop, with close consultation with Taiwan's Ministry of Defense, a plan for the United States to use existing authorities to expedite military assistance to Taiwan as necessary for Taiwan to defend itself against certain military actions, such as an amphibious assault, a missile attack, or a blockade. 
 
The bill also requires DOD to report annually on the ability of the United States to support Taiwan's defense capabilities. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Data Collection for Adverse Childhood Experiences Act

Bill: 117-s-4332
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Improving Data Collection for Adverse Childhood Experiences Act

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to collect data, in cooperation with states, through relevant public health surveillance systems or surveys for a longitudinal study on the links between adverse childhood experiences and negative outcomes. In addition, the CDC may provide, directly or through grants or other agreements with public or nonprofit entities, technical assistance related to this data collection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
CLEAR Act

Bill: 117-s-4333
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Consistent Legal Evaluation And Regulation of Medical Products Act or the CLEAR Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to regulate contrast agents for medical imaging devices, radioactive drugs, over-the-counter monograph drugs, and ophthalmic drug articles (i.e., eye droppers) as drugs rather than medical devices. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
United States-Colombia Bicentennial Alliance Act

Bill: 117-s-4334
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

United States-Colombia Bicentennial Alliance Act 

 
This bill requires and authorizes various activities related to Colombia. For example, the bill requires the Department of State to develop and implement strategies to (1) engage with Colombia's government to combat corruption and the misuse of public resources, (2) support the efforts of Colombia's government in countering narcotics trafficking and transnational organized crime, and (3) support the efforts of Colombia's government to provide assistance to various groups that have been affected by natural disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Register America to Vote Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4335
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Register America to Vote Act of 2022

 
This bill provides for the automatic registration of eligible voters.
 
Specifically, the bill directs each state that has a voter registration requirement for federal elections to automatically register eligible individuals when they turn 18 years of age.
 
The bill also provides for the automatic registration of individuals through state motor vehicle authorities. Individuals must be provided with an opportunity to opt out of automatic voter registration.
 
The Election Assistance Commission must make grants to states to implement these automatic voter registration programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Strengthening Cybersecurity for Medical Devices Act

Bill: 117-s-4336
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Strengthening Cybersecurity for Medical Devices Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to regularly update its industry guidance and information for the public relating to the cybersecurity of medical devices. The Government Accountability Office must also report on cybersecurity challenges for medical devices, including older devices that may not support software updates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Spouse Employment Act

Bill: 117-s-4337
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Commuting
Computers and information technology
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Military Spouse Employment Act

 
This bill authorizes federal agencies to make noncompetitive appointments of spouses of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, or spouses of disabled or deceased members of the Armed Forces, to positions in which the spouses engage in remote work. 

action_date: 2022-11-30
text: 

Military Spouse Employment Act

 
This bill authorizes federal agencies to make noncompetitive appointments of spouses of members of the Armed Forces on active duty, or spouses of disabled or deceased members of the Armed Forces, to positions in which the spouses engage in remote work. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-01
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-12-01
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-12-01
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-11-30
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6911-6912; text: CR S6911)
action_date: 2022-11-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 528.
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-178.
action_date: 2022-10-18
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters under authority of the order of the Senate of 10/14/2022 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-178.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act

Bill: 117-s-4338
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Increasing Transparency in Generic Drug Applications Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to inform generic drug applicants, upon request or during review, whether the drug is qualitatively and quantitatively the same as the listed brand-name drug (and if not, the reasons why). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act

Bill: 117-s-4339
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

DHS Illicit Cross-Border Tunnel Defense Act

 
This bill authorizes for FY2023 and FY2024 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) activities to identify and remediate illicit cross-border tunnels. CBP shall also develop and report to Congress a strategic plan to guide and improve such operations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
EFFECTIVE Act

Bill: 117-s-4340
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Ensuring the FDA Fully Examines Clinical Trial Impact and Vitalness before Endorsement Act or the EFFECTIVE Act

 
This bill specifies that the Food and Drug Administration may deny an application for a new opioid analgesic drug upon a determination that the drug does not provide a significant advantage or clinical superiority compared to other drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing Affordable Medicines for Families Act

Bill: 117-s-4341
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Advancing Affordable Medicines for Families Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the potential impact of nonprofit pharmaceutical organizations on the availability and cost of drugs as well as such organizations' potential to accelerate development of new drugs, generic drugs, new biological products, biosimilar products, cell-based therapies, and medical devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
ASAP Forgiveness Act

Bill: 117-s-4342
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Affording Students A Path to Forgiveness Act or the ASAP Forgiveness Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to cancel up to $30,000 of interest and principal due on any eligible Federal Direct Loan that is in repayment status for a borrower who (1) has made 60 monthly payments on the loan pursuant to any authorized repayment plan, and (2) has been employed for 10 years after graduating from or leaving the institution of higher education (IHE) for which the loan was made to enable the borrower to enroll at the IHE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

Bill: 117-s-4343
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Senate
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

No WHO Pandemic Preparedness Treaty Without Senate Approval Act

 
This bill establishes that any convention or agreement on pandemic-related issues reached by the World Health Assembly (WHA) pursuant to a specified negotiating body shall be deemed to be a treaty requiring the advice and consent of the Senate. 
 
Specifically, this bill applies to any international instrument negotiated by the intergovernmental negotiating body established by the WHA in December 2021 to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Zero-Percent Student Loan Refinancing Act

Bill: 117-s-4344
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Zero-Percent Student Loan Refinancing Act

 
This bill establishes temporary refinancing programs for federal and private student loans.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes a program through which the Department of Education (ED) must make interest-free refinancing loans to borrowers of federal student loans from August 1, 2022, through December 31, 2025.
 
The bill requires ED to automatically refinance Federal Direct Loans and notify each borrower of the refinancing. 
 
Borrowers who have other types of eligible loans (i.e., Federal Family Education Loans, Federal Perkins Loans, and certain health profession and nursing loans) must apply for refinancing.
 
The bill also creates the Federal Direct Refinanced Private Loan to allow certain borrowers to refinance their private student loans. Borrowers must apply for refinancing between August 1, 2022, and December 31, 2025. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Simplifying and Strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act

Bill: 117-s-4345
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Simplifying and Strengthening Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act

 
This bill makes changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, including by (1) lowering the number of monthly payments required for loan forgiveness from 120 to 60; and (2) making permanent certain limited waivers, such as a waiver that allowed certain late or partial loan payments to count as qualifying payments for PSLF loan forgiveness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Complete America’s Great Trails Act

Bill: 117-s-4346
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Complete America's Great Trails Act 

 
This bill allows a tax credit for the fair market value of any National Scenic Trail conservation contribution. The Department of the Interior must study and report on the efficacy of the tax credit in completing, extending, and increasing the number of National Scenic Trails and the feasibility and cost of making the credit refundable and transferable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordability is Access Act

Bill: 117-s-4347
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research and development
Retail and wholesale trades
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Affordability is Access Act

 
This bill establishes several requirements relating to health insurance coverage of, and access to, over-the-counter contraceptives.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury to specify that private health insurance plans must cover over-the-counter contraceptives that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even without a prescription. Under current law, private health insurance plans (with some exceptions) must cover FDA-approved prescription contraceptives, without cost-sharing requirements.
 
The bill also prohibits retailers from interfering with an individual's access to oral contraceptives that are meant for routine, daily use and are FDA-approved for use without a prescription.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to notifications of emerging signals concerning devices.

Bill: 117-s-4349
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-06
text: 
This bill establishes certain requirements relating to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) public notices on the potential new risks of approved medical devices (i.e., emerging signals), including with respect to the standards of evidence needed for such notices. The FDA must update its current guidance on emerging signals to align with the bill's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Infant Formula Act

Bill: 117-s-4350
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-06
text: 

Emergency Infant Formula Act

 
This bill addresses the shortage of infant formula in the United States, including by authorizing the President to take certain actions to expedite the importation of such formula.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the President to declare through an executive order that a shortage of infant formula exists in the United States. The President may use authorities provided under the Defense Production Act of 1950 in the production of infant formula.
 
Additionally, the President may authorize the importation, distribution, and sale of any covered infant formula if the applicable brand, manufacturer, manufacturing plant, or the specific infant formula product is included in the executive order. 
Covered infant formula
 generally refers to any infant formula that is lawfully marketed in the European Union, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, or any country the President determines has sufficient health and safety standards with respect to infant formula.
 
The bill exempts imported infant formula from U.S. labeling requirements. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must require retailers of imported infant formula to place a label on the product indicating it has not been approved by the FDA.
 
The bill also authorizes the President to reduce or suspend any duties on the importation of covered infant formula or articles used in the production of infant formula.
 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection must give the highest priority and take steps as necessary to expedite the processing of all entries of covered infant formula and articles used in the production of infant formula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-06-06
text: Introduced in Senate