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To direct the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study on implementing a process through which a State or business may apply for an exemption from enforcement of certain occupational safety and health standards on the basis of economic hardship, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9298
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to study a process for allowing states or businesses to apply for exemptions from occupational safety and health standards that cause significant economic hardship. The study must include recommendations for legislative and other actions necessary to implement such a process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

Bill: 117-hr-9299
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act

 
This bill denies a tax deduction for advertising or marketing directed at children (age 14 or under) for food of poor nutritional quality or a brand primarily associated with food of poor nutritional quality. The bill also denies a deduction for related expenses, including: 
 
 
 travel; 
 
goods or services constituting entertainment, amusement, or recreation; 
 
gifts; or 
 
other promotion expenses.
 
 
The Department of the Treasury must enter into a contract with the National Academy of Medicine to develop procedures to evaluate and identify food of poor nutritional quality and brands that are primarily associated with such food.
 
The bill authorizes additional funding to carry out the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-11-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Unnecessary Deaths During Life-Threatening Events Act

Bill: 117-hr-9300
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Preventing Unnecessary Deaths During Life-Threatening Events Act

 
This bill modifies the procedures for terminating electric service under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978; utilities may not terminate electricity during an extreme heat weather event or extreme cold weather event.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
FinCEN Modernization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9301
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
Research and development
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

FinCEN Modernization Act of 2022 

 
This bill requires the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to establish programs and perform research related to financial technology, including topics such as machine learning, data analytics, and cryptocurrency. The bill allows FinCEN to enter into transactions and to accept gifts related to these objectives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Resilient Transit Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9302
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
SUPER BUGS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9303
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Saving Us from Pandemic Era Resistance by Building a Unified Global Strategy Act of 2022 or the SUPER BUGS Act of 2022 

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to seek to enter into arrangements with foreign countries, multilateral organizations, and other appropriate entities to facilitate the development and commercialization of qualified pandemic or epidemic products, which include drugs, biological products, and medical devices. HHS shall report to Congress a strategy for achieving this goal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Funding Attorneys for Indigent Removal (FAIR) Proceedings Act

Bill: 117-hr-9304
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Funding Attorneys for Indigent Removal (FAIR) Proceedings Act 
 
 
This bill expands access to counsel for non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) in immigration proceedings and provides protections related to such proceedings.
 
Such an individual shall have the privilege of being represented by counsel in any immigration proceeding, whereas currently this privilege is statutorily provided for only in removal proceedings.
 
Similarly, the Department of Justice (DOJ) may provide counsel at government expense to individuals in any immigration proceeding, whereas currently DOJ is statutorily authorized to provide counsel only for removal proceedings and at no expense to the government.
 
Under this bill, DOJ shall provide counsel to children and vulnerable individuals in such proceedings, at government expense if necessary. If DOJ fails to do so, certain limits on filing a motion to reopen removal proceedings (such as the time limit for filing) shall not apply, and the individual's removal shall be stayed upon the motion's filing.
 
The bill establishes the Immigration Counsel Account to be used to provide counsel under this bill. A portion of certain immigration fees shall be deposited into the account.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall provide each individual, generally at the beginning of proceedings, a complete copy of the individual's case file in DHS possession, unless the individual waives this right in writing. Failure to provide such documents shall delay the individual's removal proceeding.
 
DHS shall facilitate for all detained individuals access to counsel and programs that inform such individuals of their immigration-related rights and obligations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Local Communities and Workers Act

Bill: 117-hr-9305
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Justice for Local Communities and Workers Act

 
This bill expands the notification requirement for plant closures and mass layoffs under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to include notices to Members of Congress. 
 
The bill provides that an employer's notice of a plant closing or mass layoff shall not be considered valid unless the employer, prior to serving such notice, covers the cost of an economic impact study to assess the economic impact of such an order. An employer who is not experiencing economic hardship and who orders a plant closing or mass layoff must make payments to the Impacted Workers Fund, created by this bill, to cover the financial losses of states resulting from such an order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act

Bill: 117-hr-9306
Sponsor: Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act or the SHARE Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to make available criminal history record information to a state occupational or professional licensing authority for background checks of individuals seeking a license under an interstate compact.
 
A state licensing authority may not share criminal history record information with the compact's commission, any other state entity or licensing authority, or the public, but may inform the compact's commission of completion of a background check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
SAFE Lending Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9307
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic Lending Act of 2022 or the SAFE Lending Act of 2022

 
This bill revises requirements related to consumer financial protection and small-dollar lending, including matters concerning remotely created checks, electronic fund transfers, registration of small-dollar lenders, overdraft fees, and the collection of personal information. 
 
 Under the bill, remotely created checks may only be issued by a person specifically designated in writing by a consumer and provided to the consumer's depository institution. (A remotely created check is a check not issued by the bank and not signed by the account owner.) 
 
A voluntary agreement to repay a small-dollar consumer credit transaction by an electronic fund transfer is subject to certain protections, including the right of the consumer to stop payment. 
 
Small-dollar consumer credit providers must register with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Any small-dollar consumer credit transaction is subject to the laws of the state in which the consumer resides. 
 
The bill also prohibits overdraft fees on prepaid accounts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for greater protection of roosters, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9309
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 
This bill expands protections of animals provided under the Animal Welfare Act, including by prohibiting any (1) broadcasts from international, interstate, or intrastate sources of animal fighting ventures in the United States or U.S. territories; and (2) shipments or transport of certain mature roosters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Preventive Services Early Action Act

Bill: 117-hr-9310
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Preventive Services Early Action Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to review scientific evidence concerning clinical preventive service recommendations and update those recommendations if supported by those reviews on a more frequent basis.
 
The task force is an independent panel of national experts in disease prevention and evidence-based medicine that makes recommendations (subject to public comment) about clinical preventive services. Currently, the task force must review relevant evidence about its recommendations, and update them if necessary, at least once during every five-year period.
 
Under this bill, the task force must implement a process for carrying out ongoing reviews of scientific evidence related to its existing recommendations and new topics and report findings and other information about those reviews on a quarterly basis.
 
The bill also requires the task force to determine whether to initiate the process for updating or modifying a recommendation before the close of the five-year period if (1) the scientific review supports such early action, or (2) the Food and Drug Administration approves or clears a new screening test or medication that could serve as a preventive strategy or modality related to a recommendation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Community Advantage Loan Program Permanency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9311
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Community Advantage Loan Program Permanency Act of 2022

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Small Business Administration's Community Advantage Loan Program. The program provides access to capital for small business owners in underserved and low-to-moderate income communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9313
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 
 
Housing for Homeless Students Act of 2022

 
This bill extends eligibility for the low-income housing tax credit to homeless youth and veterans who are full-time students during a specified time period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
No Federal Funding for Teacher’s Unions Act

Bill: 117-hr-9314
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Labor-management relations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

No Federal Funding for Teacher's Unions Act

 
This bill prohibits labor organizations of education professionals from receiving federal funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9315
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2022 

 
This bill requires the standard-setting bodies of accounting principles to comply with provisions generally required of federal agencies, including those that apply to rulemaking procedures, cost benefit analysis of certain actions, and open meeting requirements. The standard-setting bodies must also testify annually before Congress. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 117-hr-9316
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commemorative events and holidays
Currency
Military history
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins emblematic of the 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps. 
 
All surcharges received by Treasury from the sale of such coins must be paid to the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and shall only be used for the purposes of supporting the mission of the Marine Corps Heritage Center.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Librarian of Congress to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install the panel among the stained glass panels depicting the seals of States, which overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building.

Bill: 117-hr-9317
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 
This bill requires the Librarian of Congress, concurrently with the planned renovation and replacement of existing glass panels, to obtain a stained glass panel depicting the seal of the District of Columbia and install it among the panels depicting the seals of states that overlook the Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1150)
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House