hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Securing the Visa Waiver Program Act

Bill: 117-s-4220
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: 

Securing the Visa Waiver Program Act

 
This bill imposes additional requirements on countries that are part of the Visa Waiver Program, which allows citizens or nationals of such countries to travel to the United States without a visa. Specifically, a country that is part of the program must (1) share information with the United States about any of its citizens or nationals who are known or suspected to be involved with terrorism, and (2) establish frameworks for enhanced law enforcement cooperation with the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Equal COLA Act

Bill: 117-s-4221
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: 

Equal COLA Act

 
This bill revises the formula used to calculate the cost-of-living adjustment for annuities paid under the Federal Employees Retirement System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2520)
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
St. Croix National Heritage Area Act

Bill: 117-s-4222
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2022-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: 

St. Croix National Heritage Area Act

 
This bill establishes the St. Croix National Heritage Area in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. 
 
The bill designates the Virgin Islands State Historic Preservation Office as the local coordinating entity.
 
The preservation office shall prepare and submit a management plan for the heritage area for the protection, enhancement, and interpretation of its resources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4223
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2022-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: 

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Specifically, the VA must increase the amounts by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients that is effective on December 1, 2022. The bill requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register.
 
The VA is authorized to make a similar adjustment to the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for service-connected disability or death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Make Border Security a Priority Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4224
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Appropriations
Border security and unlawful immigration
Conflicts and wars
Defense spending
Department of Defense
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign property
Government trust funds
Latin America
Licensing and registrations
Mexico
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Russia
Sanctions
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: 

Make Border Security a Priority Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to, for FY2022 and FY2023, expend on enhancing security along the U.S.-Mexico border an amount that is equal to the amount appropriated to the Department of Defense for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative for that fiscal year. 
 
The bill also authorizes the President to liquidate property seized from sanctioned Russian individuals and entities. The resulting funds shall be available without further appropriation to DHS for physical infrastructure and equipment to enhance security along the U.S.-Mexico border.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area Study Authorization Act

Bill: 117-s-4225
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: 

Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area Study Authorization Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a study to assess the suitability and feasibility of designating the boundaries of the Canterbury Shaker Village National Historic Landmark located in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, as a National Heritage Area, to be known as the Canterbury Shaker Village National Heritage Area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Urgently Feeding America’s Babies Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4226
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: 

Urgently Feeding America's Babies Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses a shortage in the domestic supply of infant formula.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the President to immediately use existing authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to ensure the supply of infant formula. That act confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.
 
In addition, the Food and Drug Administration must (1) establish, within 15 days, a process to allow importation of infant formula from the European Union; and (2) publish safety guidelines for imported infant formula.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4227
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2022-05-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Licensing and registrations
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: 
This bill removes the requirement under the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 for a drilling permit from the Bureau of Land Management for an action occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit, if (1) less than 50% of the minerals within the unit are federally owned, and (2) the federal government neither owns nor leases the surface estate within the unit's boundaries. 

action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from requiring a drilling permit under the Mineral Leasing Act for an action occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit, if (1) less than 50% of the minerals within the unit are federally owned, and (2) the federal government neither owns nor leases the surface estate within the unit's boundaries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 554.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-203.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin with amendments. With written report No. 117-203.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Lease Now Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4228
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 

Lease Now Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to resume sales of onshore and offshore oil and gas leases and specifies lease terms and other requirements related to those sales. The bill also prohibits the President from taking actions to cancel, delay, or otherwise impede federal processes related to energy mineral leasing without congressional approval.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
ONSHORE Act

Bill: 117-s-4229
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 

Opportunities for the Nation and States to Harness Onshore Resources for Energy Act or the ONSHORE Act

 
This bill makes various changes to expand and otherwise addresses onshore oil and gas resources on federal land and non-federal surface estates.
 
Specifically, the bill requires, subject to some limits, the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service to lease certain public lands and Forest System land with known or potential oil or gas deposits. (Current law authorizes but does not require leasing.)
 
Other changes in the bill include (1) allowing Interior to delegate authority over certain federal permitting and other regulatory responsibilities for oil and gas leases to states; (2) exempting some oil and gas activities conducted on non-federal surface estates from certain permitting and environmental review requirements; and (3) requiring deference to state regulations, guidance, and permit requirements for all activities regarding hydraulic fracturing (a type of process used to extract underground energy resources) on federal land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Strength in Diversity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4230
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Mental health
Minority education
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Racial and ethnic relations
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 

Strength in Diversity Act of 

2022

 
This bill establishes a program through which the Department of Education may award planning and implementation grants to specified educational agencies (e.g., local educational agencies) to improve diversity and reduce or eliminate racial or socioeconomic isolation in publicly funded early childhood education programs, public elementary schools, or public secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
STREAM Act

Bill: 117-s-4231
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Arizona
California
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Colorado
Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Idaho
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Kansas
Latin America
Mexico
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Public contracts and procurement
Rural conditions and development
South Dakota
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Texas
Utah
Washington State
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wyoming

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 

Support To Rehydrate the Environment, Agriculture, and Municipalities Act or the STREAM Act 

 
This bill generally establishes and expands infrastructure projects to address water supply issues in western states, including by establishing a competitive grant program for nonfederal storage projects. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2545-2548)
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to address the recovery of certain costs with respect to certain Reclamation facilities in the Colorado River Basin, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4232
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Lakes and rivers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 
This bill prohibits the federal government from recovering certain costs related to certain hydropower facilities in the Colorado River Basin (e.g., Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona) when no power is being produced. The bill provides funding to the Bureau of Reclamation and the Western Area Power Administration to cover activities and obligations that otherwise rely on the recovery of these costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Platte River Basin Critical Maintenance and Repair Act

Bill: 117-s-4233
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Lakes and rivers
Nebraska
Water resources funding

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 

Platte River Basin Critical Maintenance and Repair Act

 
This bill expands federal government funding to allow for the critical maintenance and repair of certain Bureau of Reclamation-owned facilities located within the Platte River Basin in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming. The bill applies to those basin facilities that have had a structural failure resulting in a declaration of emergency in the 3-year period ending on the date the bill is enacted (e.g., the Fort Laramie Canal in both Wyoming and Nebraska, which had a tunnel collapse in July 2019). 
 
Current law limits funding eligibility to certain Reclamation-owned facilities that suffered a critical failure during a 2-year period ending on November 15, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Physicians for Underserved Areas Act

Bill: 117-s-4234
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee hiring
Health personnel
Medical education
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 

Physicians for Underserved Areas Act

 
This bill modifies how a hospital's residency positions are redistributed after it closes for purposes of graduate medical education payments under Medicare.
 
Under current law, if a hospital with an approved medical residency program closes, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must redistribute the hospital's residency positions to other hospitals in the following order: (1) hospitals in the same core-based statistical area as the closed hospital, (2) hospitals in the same state as the closed hospital, (3) hospitals in the same region of the country as the closed hospital, and (4) other remaining hospitals. In order to receive the additional positions, hospitals must demonstrate a likelihood of filling the positions within three years.
 
The bill removes the requirement that the CMS prioritize hospitals in the same region of the country as the closed hospital. It also requires hospitals to demonstrate a likelihood of (1) starting to use the positions within two years, and (2) filling the positions within five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to fix a technical error in the definitions.

Bill: 117-s-4235
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 
This bill makes technical corrections in the definitions section of the Controlled Substances Act. 

action_date: 2022-09-14
text: 
This bill makes technical corrections in the definitions section of the Controlled Substances Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4624-4625; text: CR S4625)
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Water Data and Security Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4236
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Advisory bodies
Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Colorado
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Indian lands and resources rights
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
New Mexico
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Texas
Water resources funding
Water storage
Water use and supply
Watersheds

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 

Water Data Act

 
This bill requires federal departments and agencies involved in water resources management to jointly develop and implement a National Water Data Framework and establish an interagency council, advisory committee, and grant program. This bill also requires the Department of the Interior to develop and implement an integrated water resources management plan (i.e., the Basin Plan) for the Rio Grande Basin and reauthorizes an irrigation infrastructure grant program for Rio Grande Pueblos tribes. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4238
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-05-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 

Hadiya Pendleton and Nyasia Pryear-Yard Gun Trafficking and Crime Prevention Act of 

2022

 
This bill makes trafficking in firearms a stand-alone criminal offense.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Sustaining Our Democracy Act

Bill: 117-s-4239
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-05-18 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: 

Sustaining Our Democracy Act

 
This bill establishes and provides funds through FY2032 for the State Election Assistance and Innovation Trust Fund for purposes of promoting election activities.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes the Democracy Advancement and Innovation Program, through which the Office of Democracy Advancement and Innovation (also established by this bill) shall make allocations to states for carrying out democracy promotion activities. These activities include improving the administration of federal elections, recruiting and training nonpartisan election officials and poll workers, and increasing voting access.
 
The bill requires each state, in order to receive allocated funds, to (1) submit a plan for approval that describes how the state will distribute resources and carry out democracy promotion activities, and (2) establish uniform and nondiscriminatory state-based administrative complaint procedures.
 
The bill prohibits states from using funds for certain activities, including any activity that diminishes the ability of any eligible voter to participate in the electoral process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: Introduced in Senate