hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
ALIEN Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6706
Sponsor: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Abolishing the Lottery and Immigration Enforcement Now Act of 2022 or the ALIEN Act of 2022

 
This bill makes various changes to immigration laws, including by (1) eliminating the diversity visa program; (2) establishing additional penalties for non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who overstay a visa, such as criminal penalties for an overstay and permanent bans for repeat overstays; and (3) eliminating the authority of the Department of Homeland Security to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility, such as for grounds related to the simple possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act

Bill: 117-hr-6707
Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian claims
Indian social and development programs
Maine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act

 
This bill allows the Wabanaki Nations in Maine to access future federal laws that are passed by Congress for the benefit of Indian tribes.
 
Four Indian tribes (Maliseet, Micmac, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy) make up the Wabanaki Nations. Currently, these tribes are unable to access certain federal laws and related benefits because such laws are preempted by the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980.

action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Advancing Equality for Wabanaki Nations Act

 
This bill allows the Wabanaki Nations in Maine to access future federal laws that are passed by Congress for the benefit of Indian tribes.
 
Four Indian tribes (Maliseet, Micmac, Penobscot, and Passamaquoddy) make up the Wabanaki Nations. Currently, these tribes are unable to access certain federal laws and related benefits because such laws are preempted by the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 432.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-599.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-599.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 24 - 17.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States Discharged.
action_date: 2022-03-31
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Relief Act

Bill: 117-hr-6708
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Student Loan Relief Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to cancel or repay up to $25,000 in outstanding student loan debt for each borrower. Further, the bill outlines the method of loan discharge and, for tax purposes, excludes loan cancellation or repayment from a borrower's gross income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Improving Mental Health in Schools Act

Bill: 117-hr-6709
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Improving Mental Health in Schools Act

 
This bill includes certain mental health professionals as specialized instructional support personnel for purposes of elementary and secondary education.
 
Specifically, the bill revises the definition of 
specialized instructional support personnel
 in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to include qualified mental health professionals involved in providing mental health services for students. These professionals include, among others, marriage and family therapists, licensed clinical social workers, and clinical psychologists.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, to submit to Congress a report on barriers, including regulatory inefficiencies, to domestic manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished drug products, and devices, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6710
Sponsor: Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to report to Congress on barriers to the domestic manufacturing of imported active pharmaceutical ingredients, finished drug products, and devices that are critical to public health.
 
The report must recommend strategies to overcome such barriers. The FDA may, to the extent appropriate, implement the strategies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6711
Sponsor: Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Stop Funding Our Adversaries Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits federal agencies from conducting or supporting, either directly or indirectly, research that will be conducted by China's government, the Chinese Communist Party, or any agent, instrumentality, or entity belonging to or controlled by either entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
School Resource Officer Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6712
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

School Resource Officer Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program and otherwise revises the program.
 
Specifically, the bill revises the COPS program by
 
 
restoring authority to make COPS grants for hiring and rehiring additional career law enforcement officers, 
 
 allowing the federal cost share to be 75% for the duration of such grants, and
 
specifying that at least 30% of the amount made available for such grants must be used for school resource officers. 
 


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

Bill: 117-hr-6713
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Continuous and Enduring Action to Stop Every Overdose Act of 2022 or the CEASE Overdose Act of 2022

 
This bill places fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. A schedule I controlled substance is a drug, substance, or chemical that has a high potential for abuse; has no currently accepted medical value; and is subject to regulatory controls and administrative, civil, and criminal penalties under the Controlled Substances Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Red Hill WAI Act

Bill: 117-hr-6714
Sponsor: Rep. Kahele, Kaiali'i [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Hawaii
Hydrology and hydrography
Military facilities and property
Motor fuels
Pollution liability
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Red Hill Watershed and Aquifer Initiative Act or the Red Hill WAI Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Navy to discontinue all fuel operations at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility in Hawaii and permanently close the facility in accordance with relevant Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
 
Among other responsibilities, the Navy must reimburse the Honolulu Board of Water Supply and the Hawaii State Departments of Health and Education for expenditures made in response to the threats posed by operations at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Bridging the Gap for New Americans Act

Bill: 117-hr-6715
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Labor market
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Bridging the Gap for New Americans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to submit to Congress a study on the factors affecting employment opportunities for certain individuals with professional credentials obtained in a non-U.S. country, specifically individuals who are lawfully present noncitizens or naturalized U.S. citizens. The study shall include policy recommendations for better enabling such individuals to obtain skill-appropriate employment in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Native American Burial Sites and Cultural Resources Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-6716
Sponsor: Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Native American Burial Sites and Cultural Resources Protection Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Army to identify, and cooperate with appropriate property owners to set aside, areas that may be used for the reburial of Native American human remains and funerary objects that
 
 
have been identified or discovered at the site of a civil works project carried out, or operated and maintained, using federal funds; 
 
 have been rightfully claimed by any affected Indian tribe; and 
 
can be reburied in a manner secure from future disturbances. 
 
 
Army shall issue written guidance for recovery and reburial that meets or exceeds the recovery and reburial standards in policy statements and guidance issued by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. 
 
Army may not exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire any property for use for reburial. 
 
Army may convey to an affected Indian tribe for use as a cemetery or reburial area any area that is located on land owned by Army and has been identified and set aside in accordance with this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act

Bill: 117-hr-6717
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Preventing Pretrial Gun Purchases Act

 
This bill prohibits the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition to a person who is subject to a pretrial release order that prohibits the person from purchasing, possessing, or receiving firearms. It also establishes grants for states and Indian tribes to report information about pretrial release orders to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6718
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 

Healthy Breakfasts Help Kids Learn Act of 20

22

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide additional food (known as commodity assistance) to states participating in the School Breakfast Program (SBP). Under current law, USDA provides commodity assistance to states participating in the National School Lunch Program based on the number of lunches served. The food may also be served as part of the SBP or other child nutrition programs.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) repeals a provision that prohibits USDA from offering commodity assistance based on the number of school breakfasts served, and (2) requires USDA to use a specified formula to provide additional commodity assistance for each school breakfast served.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 and the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to provide assistance to non-Federal interests for water-related environmental infrastructure projects in northern and southern West Virginia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6719
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 
This bill provides for furnishing assistance to nonfederal interests for water-related, environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in northern and southern West Virginia. 
 
The bill includes Gilmer, Mason, Putnam, Kanawha, Jackson, Roane, Clay, Wirt, Calhoun, Braxton, and Pendleton counties in central West Virginia as part of the Southern West Virginia Environmental Restoration Infrastructure and Resource Protection Development Pilot Program.
 
The bill redesignates the area of the pilot program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in central West Virginia to that of northern West Virginia. 
 
The bill replaces the definition of the counties comprising central West Virginia with a definition of the counties comprising northern West Virginia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6720
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2022-02-11 in the House
Policy area: Social Sciences and History
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
District of Columbia
Monuments and memorials
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: 
This bill authorizes the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia in honor of the philosopher and patriot, Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine is best known for writing 
Common Sense
, a pamphlet that helped to inspire the Revolutionary War. 
 
The establishment of the commemorative work shall be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act. 
 
Federal funds may not be used to pay any expense to establish the commemorative work. 

action_date: 2022-12-30
text: 
This bill authorizes the Thomas Paine Memorial Association to establish a commemorative work on federal land in the District of Columbia in honor of the philosopher and patriot, Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine is best known for writing 
Common Sense
, a pamphlet that helped to inspire the Revolutionary War. 
 
The establishment of the commemorative work shall be in accordance with the Commemorative Works Act. 
 
Federal funds may not be used to pay any expense to establish the commemorative work. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 497.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-680.
action_date: 2022-12-30
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-680.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-11
text: Introduced in House
Corona Municipal Airport Lease Extension Act

Bill: 117-hr-6721
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2022-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: 

Corona Municipal Airport Lease Extension Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to treat the City of Corona, California's lease to operate the Corona Municipal Airport as a valid water resource development project lease for the purpose of renewal.
 
The Corona Municipal Airport is located within the Prado Flood Control Basin Project Area. The City of Corona operates the airport and leases the land from the USACE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Introduced in House