hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3643
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: 

Put Trafficking Victims First Act of 2022

 
This bill sets forth provisions intended to help assess the prevalence of human trafficking in the United States and improve support for victims of trafficking and service providers.
 
The Department of Justice (DOJ) must work with federal entities and other stakeholders to do the following:
 
 
establish a working group to improve the collection and analysis of data on the incidence of trafficking,
 
report on efforts to develop methodologies to determine the prevalence of human trafficking, and
 
survey survivors to estimate the prevalence of human trafficking and improve services for victims.
 
 
DOJ must also report on efforts to increase restitution to victims of trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the collection of certain data relating to Bureau of Land Management land acquisitions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-3644
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: 
This bill requires the Bureau of Land Management to report certain data on its land acquisitions and to develop guidance to ensure that this data is properly entered and coded in its data system. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
PIPES Act

Bill: 117-s-3645
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: 

Preventing Illicit Paraphernalia for Exchange Systems Act or the PIPES Act

This bill restricts the use of funding made available through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 for community-based overdose prevention programs, syringe services programs, and other harm reduction programs.
 
First, the bill prohibits the use of the act's funding to procure or distribute pipes or other paraphernalia that can be used to smoke, inhale, or ingest narcotics.
 
Second, the bill applies to the act's funding the conditions that apply to other funding from the Department of Health and Human Services for syringe services programs and needle exchange programs. The conditions require that programs (1) operate in a jurisdiction experiencing (or at risk for) increased transmission of hepatitis and HIV infections due to injection drug use, (2) use nonfederal funds for the purchase of syringes or needles, and (3) otherwise follow applicable laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Tybee Island Storm Risk Management Act

Bill: 117-s-3646
Sponsor: Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA]
Introduced: 2022-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: 

Tybee Island Storm Risk Management Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Army to continue periodic beach nourishment for the project for coastal storm risk management on Tybee Island in Georgia for an additional period of 50 years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Red Hill WAI Act

Bill: 117-s-3647
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2022-02-14 in the Senate
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: 2022-02-14
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: 2022-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
SANE Act

Bill: 117-s-3648
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-02-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: 

Supporting Access to Nurse Exams Act or the SANE Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and otherwise revises the Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Program. This program provides grants for training, technical assistance, education, equipment, and information relating to the identification, collection, preservation, analysis, and use of DNA samples and other evidence by medical personnel and other professionals treating victims of sexual assault.
 
Among other changes, the bill (1) expands the types of entities that are eligible to receive a grant under the program; (2) expands the allowable uses of these grants, including to provide full- and part-time salaries for sexual assault nurse examiners and sexual assault forensic examiners; and (3) requires the Department of Justice to establish and update annually a public website on access to forensic nurse examiners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Equity Act

Bill: 117-s-3649
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: 

Transportation Equity Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to reestablish the Transportation Equity Committee. The committee must study, advise DOT about, and develop a strategic plan concerning transportation equity issues.
 
The committee must also evaluate the work of DOT in
 
 
connecting people to economic and related forms of opportunity;
 
revitalizing communities through strategic, research, technological, regulatory, community engagement, and economic policy activities related to transportation and opportunity; and
 
ensuring equal access to transportation for all residents. 
 
 
In addition, DOT must appoint a full-time federal employee to serve as coordinator and act as the designated federal officer for the committee.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S708)
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Flint Registry Reauthorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3651
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental health
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: 

Flint Registry Reauthorization Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2033 the Lead Exposure Registry administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Federal Funds from Human Trafficking and Smuggling Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3653
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: 

Protecting Federal Funds from Human Trafficking and Smuggling Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits a nonprofit entity from receiving federal funds (and denies a tax exemption) unless the entity certifies compliance with certain federal laws (e.g., laws with respect to human trafficking and smuggling). It also establishes reporting requirements, including that the Government Accountability Office must annually report to Congress on those nonprofit entities that do not certify their compliance with these laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Debt Ceiling Reform Act

Bill: 117-s-3654
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: 

Debt Ceiling Reform Act

 
This bill replaces the existing federal debt limit with procedures that allow the Department of the Treasury to continue issuing additional debt unless Congress passes a joint resolution of disapproval regarding the additional debt, and the joint resolution becomes law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S708-710)
action_date: 2022-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3656
Sponsor: Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Genetics
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Hereditary and development disorders
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 

Reducing Hereditary Cancer Act of 

2022

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of germline mutation testing for individuals with a personal or family history of a hereditary cancer gene mutation or suspected history of hereditary cancer, as well as for associated coverage of risk-reducing surgeries and screenings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to provide notification to Congress of abandoned United States military equipment used in terrorist attacks.

Bill: 117-s-3657
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to report to Congress if an intelligence community element determines that U.S. military equipment left unsecured in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria has been used in a terrorist attack against the United States, U.S. allies or partners, or local populations. The report must be submitted no later than 30 days after the intelligence community determination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Select Committee on Intelligence. (text: CR S754)
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
REDI Act

Bill: 117-s-3658
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 

Resident Education Deferred Interest Act or the REDI Act

 
This bill allows borrowers in medical or dental internships or residency programs to defer student loan payments until the completion of their programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Essential Workers in Retirement Act

Bill: 117-s-3659
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Business records
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Personnel records
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 

Supporting Essential Workers in Retirement Act

 
This bill excludes premium pay earned by an essential worker during a period of the COVID-19 emergency from income limits that apply to Social Security retirement benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S754-755)
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
DIAPER Act

Bill: 117-s-3660
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 

Diaper Inclusion in Accounts for Parental Expense Reduction Act or the DIAPER Act

 
This bill allows the cost of diapers as an allowable medical expense for purposes of health savings accounts (HSAs) and health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Expediting Natural Gas Exports to Allies Act

Bill: 117-s-3661
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
Cyprus
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Finland
Moldova
Oil and gas
Sanctions
Sweden
Taiwan
Trade restrictions
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 

Expediting Natural Gas Exports to Allies Act

 
This bill revises the approval process for applications to export natural gas. Specifically, the bill expedites the approval process for certain U.S. allies, such as Taiwan and Ukraine. However, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission may not grant expedited approval for applications to export natural gas to any nation that is (1) subject to sanctions or trade restrictions imposed by the United States, or (2) designated by acts of Congress from such expedited approval for reasons of national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Right Whale Coexistence Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3664
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Atlantic Ocean
Canada
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
International organizations and cooperation
Mammals
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 

Right Whale Coexistence Act of 2022

 
This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (
Eubalaena glacialis
).
 
Specifically, it requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide financial assistance for projects designed to reduce the lethal and sub-lethal effects of human activities on North Atlantic right whales.
 
In addition, NOAA must conduct surveys of plankton on an ongoing basis using a continuous plankton recorder.

action_date: 2022-12-12
text: 

Right Whale Coexistence Act of 2022

 
This bill provides support for the conservation of North Atlantic right whales (
Eubalaena glacialis
).
 
Specifically, it requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide financial assistance for certain projects designed to reduce the lethal and sub-lethal effects of human activities on North Atlantic right whales.
 
In addition, NOAA must conduct surveys of plankton on an ongoing basis using a continuous plankton recorder.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 628.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-03-22
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3665
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 

Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act of 2022 

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide employment authorization for eligible asylum applicants. Currently, such individuals are not entitled to employment authorization but may be granted such by the Department of Justice. 
 
DHS must grant employment authorization to an asylum seeker (1) who is not in detention, (2) whose application for asylum has not been deemed frivolous, and (3) whose identity has been checked against certain databases. Such employment authorization shall last for one year and be renewable for one-year terms during the period necessary to adjudicate the applicant's asylum claim.
 
The bill also shortens the waiting period for receiving employment authorization to 30 days from the filing of the asylum application.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S755)
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
ACES Act

Bill: 117-s-3666
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Currency
Digital media
El Salvador
Foreign and international banking
Forests, forestry, trees
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Latin America

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 

Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act or ACES Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to devise and implement a plan to mitigate any potential risk to the U.S. financial system posed by the adoption of a cryptocurrency as legal tender in El Salvador and any other country that uses the U.S. dollar as legal tender. The State Department must report to Congress on this plan and on various issues relating to El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender.

action_date: 2022-04-04
text: 

Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act or ACES Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to devise and implement a plan to mitigate any potential risk to the U.S. financial system posed by the adoption of a cryptocurrency as legal tender in El Salvador and any other country that uses the U.S. dollar as legal tender. The State Department must report to Congress on this plan and on various issues relating to El Salvador's adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 321.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-03-23
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate
African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act

Bill: 117-s-3667
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2022-02-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: 

African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the United States African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program within the National Park Service. 
 
In carrying out the program, Interior may make grants to other federal agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; other public entities; educational institutions; historic preservation groups; and private nonprofit organizations for
 
 
the identification of historic African-American burial grounds,
 
the preservation and restoration of African-American burial grounds,
 
the interpretation of African-American burial grounds, and
 
related research and documentation for historic African-American burial grounds.
 

action_date: 2022-12-12
text: 

African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the United States African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program within the National Park Service. 
 
In carrying out the program, Interior may make grants to other federal agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; other public entities; educational institutions; historic preservation groups; and private nonprofit organizations for
 
 
the identification of historic African-American burial grounds,
 
the preservation and restoration of African-American burial grounds,
 
the interpretation of African-American burial grounds, and
 
related research and documentation for historic African-American burial grounds.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 621.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-244.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Manchin without amendment. With written report No. 117-244.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Introduced in Senate