hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4351
Sponsor: Sen. Romney, Mitt [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-06
text: 

Enhanced Access to Affordable Medicines Act of 2022

 
This bill specifies that the Food and Drug Administration may approve generic drugs with different labels than the brand-name versions if, among other requirements, a revised label for the brand-name drug is approved within 90 days of when the generic is otherwise eligible for approval.


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
Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act

Bill: 117-s-4352
Sponsor: Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND]
Introduced: 2022-06-06 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Financial services and investments
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nursing
Rural conditions and development
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-06
text: 

Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the effects of travel nurse agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study must consider matters that include agency business and payment practices, the effects of travel nurse agency practices on workforce shortages, and the acquisition of travel nurse agencies by private equity firms.


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
RISE & SHINE Act

Bill: 117-s-4353
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Business ethics
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Elementary and secondary education
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment and training programs
Federal preemption
Federal-Indian relations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Income tax deferral
Inflation and prices
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Intergovernmental relations
Labor-management relations
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax-exempt organizations
Temporary and part-time employment
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: 

Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement to Supplement Healthy Investments for the Nest Egg Act or the RISE & SHINE Act

 
This bill makes various changes with respect to employer-sponsored retirement plans.
 
For example, the bill allows plans sponsored by charities, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations (i.e., 403(b) retirement plans) to participate in multiple employer plans and pooled employer plans.
 
The bill also revises the notice and disclosure requirements for certain retirement plans, and it permits plan sponsors to make emergency savings accounts available to participants of defined contribution plans.

action_date: 2022-06-21
text: 

Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement to Supplement Healthy Investments for the Nest Egg Act or the RISE & SHINE Act

 
This bill makes various changes with respect to employer-sponsored retirement plans.
 
For example, the bill allows plans sponsored by charities, educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations (i.e., 403(b) retirement plans) to participate in multiple employer plans and pooled employer plans.
 
The bill also revises the notice and disclosure requirements for certain retirement plans, and it permits plan sponsors to make emergency savings accounts available to participants of defined contribution plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 426.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Murray with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Murray with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
MARCH for Military Servicemembers Act

Bill: 117-s-4354
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: 

Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health for Military Servicemembers Act or the MARCH for Military Servicemembers Act

 
This bill repeals the restriction on utilizing Department of Defense funds and facilities for performing abortions. The restriction only allows such funds and facilities to be used for abortions in cases of rape, incest, or where the mother's life is endangered.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Competition Act

Bill: 117-s-4355
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: 

Clean Competition Act 

 
This bill creates a carbon border adjustment mechanism to lower greenhouse gas emissions in high-polluting sectors. This mechanism imposes charges on imports from carbon-intensive (e.g., fossil fuels, refined petroleum products, petrochemicals) manufacturers, encourages decarbonization efforts, and funds future research, development, and deployment efforts to achieve a net-zero carbon future. 
 
The bill requires annual calculations of carbon intensity, imposes a carbon intensity charge on imports into the United States beginning after 2023, and allows for rebates for overpayments of charges. 
 
The bill also establishes a grant program in FY2025 and subsequent fiscal years for investments in new technology to reduce carbon intensity in existing facilities and ensure best-in-class carbon intensity for proposed facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act

Bill: 117-s-4356
Sponsor: Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-06-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Computers and information technology
Currency
Digital media
Financial services and investments
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: 

Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act 

 
This bill provides for the regulation of digital assets. 
 
The bill delineates the jurisdiction over digital assets held by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). For example, the bill provides that the SEC has jurisdiction over digital assets that provide their holders with financial interest in a business entity, while the CFTC has jurisdiction over digital assets that do not.
 
In addition, digital asset exchanges are allowed to register with the CFTC. 
 
Under the bill, depository institutions are allowed to issue payment stablecoins. The bill sets forth requirements, including that institutions must hold in reserves 100% of the value of all outstanding stablecoins and allow stablecoins to be redeemed on a one-to-one basis. 
 
The bill also provides for the tax treatment of digital assets, including an exemption from income tax for purchases using digital assets that result in a gain or loss of $200 or less. 
 
Finally, the bill provides for various reports, studies, and consumer protection standards. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Bill: 117-s-4357
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Marine and inland water transportation
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: 

Maritime Administration Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 202

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This bill revises provisions related to the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
 
Among other things, the bill
 
 
reauthorizes MARAD programs, including programs associated with maintaining the U.S. Merchant Marine; 
 
requires MARAD to establish a United States Marine Highway Program to designate marine highway routes as extensions of the surface transportation system and provide grants and enter into contacts or agreements for marine highway services; 
 
directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and and deliver to Congress a strategy to assist state maritime academies and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy to improve the representation of women and underrepresented communities in the next generation of the mariner workforce; 
 
directs DOT to develop a strategy to ensure there is an adequate supply of trained U.S. citizen mariners sufficient to meet the operational requirements of low- and zero-emission vessels; 
 
addresses sexual harassment and sexual assault at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and provides for greater diversity and inclusion at the academy and within the maritime transportation system workforce; and 
 
authorizes MARAD to award maritime career training grants to eligible institutions (e.g., postsecondary educational institutions or postsecondary vocational institutions) for the purpose of developing, offering, or improving educational or career training programs for workers in the United States related to the maritime workforce.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Bruce's Law

Bill: 117-s-4358
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2022-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Community life and organization
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: 

Bruce's Law

 
This bill reauthorizes certain grants through FY2027 and sets out other activities to address the dangers of fentanyl-related drug overdoses, with a particular focus on fentanyl contamination.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) reauthorizes grants that are available through the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for community-based coalitions to address local drug crises, and (2) authorizes new grants for coalitions to implement education and prevention strategies in communities that face significant levels of drug overdoses related to fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. The ONDCP may delegate authority to execute the new grants to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 
Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must carry out a campaign to increase public awareness of the dangers of fentanyl, including the risk of fentanyl contamination in counterfeit drugs.
 
The bill also establishes an interagency work group to coordinate and improve federal efforts to reduce and prevent overdoses involving fentanyl contamination in illegal drugs. Work group members include the ONDCP, HHS, the Department of Justice, and the Department of State.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4360
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2022-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: 

Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022

 
This bill extends certain authorities of the Department of Defense (DOD) to adjust basic housing allowances for military housing in certain areas. 
 
Specifically, the bill extends to December 31, 2024, DOD's authority to increase the rates of basic housing allowance in areas of a declared major disaster or areas containing one or more military installations that are experiencing a sudden increase in the number of members assigned to the installation.
 
The bill also extends to September 30, 2024, DOD's authority to prescribe a temporary adjustment to basic housing allowance rates if DOD determines the costs of adequate housing for civilians in that military housing area differs from the current allowance rates by more than 20%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Savvy Saver Act

Bill: 117-s-4361
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: 

Savvy Saver Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor and other agencies to study and report on the disclosure requirements for participant-directed retirement accounts, including ways to improve participants' understanding of the fees and expenses related to defined contribution plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4362
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: 

Prohibiting Detention of Youth Status Offenders Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits states, as a condition of receiving funds under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Program, from placing juveniles who commit status offenses in secure detention or correctional facilities for violations of valid court orders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Armed Forces Fuel Choice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4363
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: 

Armed Forces Fuel Choice Act of 2022

 
This bill requires each commissary or exchange store located on a military installation in the United States (or any territory or possession of the United States) that offers gasoline for commercial sale to offer the sale of at least one fuel that contains not less than 13% ethanol not later than January 1, 2024.
 
Commissaries and exchanges that require the replacement of an underground storage tank to offer such fuel must offer the sale not later than January 1, 2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
KREMLIN Act

Bill: 117-s-4364
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-06-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alliances
Coal
Collective security
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Europe
Foreign and international corporations
International Affairs
Military operations and strategy
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Public contracts and procurement
Russia
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: 

Keeping Russia's Energy and Military Liable for Invading its Neighbors Act or the KREMLIN Act

 
This bill temporarily prohibits federal agencies from contracting with persons that have business operations with the government of Russia or with fossil fuel companies that operate there, with exceptions where necessary to provide humanitarian assistance or disaster relief or where vital to U.S. national security interests.
 
The bill terminates the prohibition when the President submits to specified congressional committees a written certification determining that Russia
 
 
 has reached an agreement relating to the withdrawal of Russian forces and cessation of military hostilities that is accepted by the Ukrainian government,
 
 poses no immediate military threat of aggression to any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member, and
 
 recognizes the right of the people of Ukraine to independently and freely choose their own government.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Social Security Expansion Act

Bill: 117-s-4365
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2022-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment taxes
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial services and investments
Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax rates
Inflation and prices
Railroads
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: 

Social Security Expansion Act

 
This bill increases benefits and certain taxes related to the Social Security program.
 
Changes to benefits include (1) increasing the primary insurance amount for certain beneficiaries; (2) revising the method of calculating cost-of-living adjustments; (3) establishing a new minimum benefit for certain low earners; and (4) allowing certain children of retired, deceased, or disabled workers to receive benefits until age 22 if they are a full-time student.
 
Changes to taxes include (1) increasing the net investment income tax and making active trade or business income subject to this tax; and (2) extending payroll taxes on wages, salaries, and self-employment earnings to income above $250,000 (the maximum amount subject to the Social Security payroll tax is currently $147,000 for 2022).
 
The bill also combines the existing Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a single Social Security Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
DEFEND Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4366
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: 

Deterring Enemy Forces and Enabling National Defenses Act of 2022 or the DEFEND Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to seek to cooperate with Middle East allies and partners (i.e., countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and other countries in the region as appropriate) to identify and develop an approach for such allies and partners to implement an integrated air and missile defense capability to protect against attacks from Iran and groups linked to Iran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4367
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: 

Protecting our Servicemembers through Proven Methods Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to include in its annual primary prevention research agenda additional elements related to sexual assault, sexual harassment, and domestic violence. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to (1) compare DOD's sexual harassment and prevention training with similar programs at other federal departments and agencies, and (2) prepare a report on the findings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text: CR S2895)
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
American Technology Leadership Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4368
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2022-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: 

American Technology Leadership Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes an Office of Global Competition Analysis.
 
The purposes of the office are to
 
 
carry out a program of analysis on U.S. leadership in technology and innovation sectors critical to national security and economic prosperity relative to other countries, particularly those countries that are strategic competitors of the United States; and 
 
support policy development and decision-making to ensure U.S. leadership in technology and innovation sectors critical to national security and economic prosperity.
 
 
To carry out the purposes, the office shall enter into an agreement with a public-private or a federally funded research and development center, a university affiliated research center, or consortium of such centers. 
 
Periodically, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Economic Council, and the National Security Council, in coordination with other executive agencies, shall jointly determine the analytical priorities of the office. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Schools Act

Bill: 117-s-4369
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-06-09 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
School administration
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: 

Safe Schools Act

 
This bill allows state and local educational agencies to use certain COVID-19 emergency relief funds to carry out school security measures (e.g., trainings and security assessments).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Introduced in Senate