hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Safeguarding Military Bonuses Act

Bill: 117-hr-8553
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Safeguarding Military Bonuses Act

 
This bill requires the military departments to grant to certain members of the Armed Forces (i.e., those who were involuntarily separated based on the refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination) an exception to the requirement that they must repay a bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit that is contingent on the member's satisfaction of certain service or eligibility requirements. Specifically, this exception applies for such members if the bonus, incentive pay, or similar benefit was made before August 24, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
SAVE Act

Bill: 117-hr-8554
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Asia
Belarus
Burma
Caribbean area
China
Cuba
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Foreign and international corporations
Iran
Latin America
Middle East
North Korea
Oil and gas
Russia
Sanctions
Strategic materials and reserves
Syria
Trade restrictions
Venezuela

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Save America&rsquo;s Valuable Energy Act or the SAVE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to prohibit the sale of petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to certain entities. Specifically, DOE must prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the SPR to entities headquartered in Russia. Further, DOE must prohibit the sale of petroleum products from the SPR to entities headquartered in countries (Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela) that are subject to certain prohibitions concerning exports of defense articles and services under the Department of State's International Traffic in Arms Regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to stipulate that a parking benefit is not a qualified parking fringe benefit unless an employer offers employees the option to receive an equivalent cash benefit or alternative tax-exempt benefit in lieu of the parking benefit.

Bill: 117-hr-8555
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 
This bill denies a tax exclusion for qualified parking fringe benefits unless employers providing such benefits offer their employees the option to receive, in lieu of the parking benefit, the fair market value of the parking (e.g., an equivalent cash benefit or alternative tax-exempt fringe benefit).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Build More Pipelines Act

Bill: 117-hr-8556
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Build More Pipelines Act

 
The bill provides statutory authority for the rule published on July 13, 2020, by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entitled
 Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule
. Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, an applicant for a federal license or permit to conduct an activity that may result in any discharge into navigable waters must also obtain a certification&#8212;or waiver of such certification&#8212;from a relevant state, intrastate agency, or Indian tribe that the proposed activity will not violate certain water quality requirements of the state or Indian tribe. The rule revised existing regulations, including by limiting the scope of the certification review process as well as the time frame for a state, interstate agency, or Indian tribe to issue a certification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Marijuana Misdemeanor Expungement Act

Bill: 117-hr-8557
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Marijuana Misdemeanor Expungement Act

 
This bill establishes a process to expunge criminal records related to certain federal marijuana offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act

Bill: 117-hr-8558
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act

 
This bill imposes a minimum tax on individual taxpayers whose net worth for the taxable year exceeds $100 million. The tax is equal to 20% of the sum of a taxpayer's taxable income, plus net unrealized gains for the taxable year. The tax may not exceed 40% of the amount by which the taxpayer's net worth exceeds $100 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Owner Tax Relief Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8559
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Small Business Owner Tax Relief Act of 2022

 
This bill increases the tax deduction for the payroll taxes of small businesses and imposes an excise tax on corporations for their stock repurchases.
 
The bill allows self-employed taxpayers earning less than $400,000 in a taxable year to deduct three-quarters (currently, one-half) of their payroll taxes. 
 
The bill also imposes an excise tax of 0.8% on the fair market value of any stock of a publicly traded domestic corporation that is repurchased by the corporation during the taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Will to Fight Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8560
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Will to Fight Act of 2022

 This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report to Congress examining the extent to which analyses of the military will to fight and the national will to fight informed broader analyses of the intelligence community. The bill specifies that the report consider analyses of how the armed forces and governments of Ukraine, Afghanistan, and Iraq would perform at key junctures.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Defense Production Oversight Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8562
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Defense Production Oversight Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes Congress to nullify the President's invocation of authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 by enacting a joint resolution disapproving of the invocation. It also outlines procedures for the consideration of the joint resolution.
 
(The Defense Production Act of 1950 confers upon the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Sunset Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8563
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Sunset Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a process for the sunset of major federal rules and the review of federal rules currently in effect.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Port Automation Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8564
Sponsor: Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Port Automation Improvement Act of 2022 

 
This bill eliminates a specific limitation on funding with respect to expenses necessary for the Maritime Administration to implement the Port and Intermodal Improvement Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Rural HELP Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8565
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Rural Hospital Extensions for Low-volume Programs Act of 2022 or the Rural HELP Act of 2022

 
This bill makes certain payment adjustments for Medicare-dependent hospitals and low-volume hospitals permanent (the adjustments currently expire at the end of FY2022).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To impose a fee on certain remittance transfers to fund border security.

Bill: 117-hr-8566
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 
This bill imposes a 5% transfer fee on remittances sent to recipients outside of the United States, to be paid by the sender. The bill also establishes for U.S. citizens a tax credit equal to the amount that the citizen taxpayer paid in such transfer fees for any taxable year.
 
The bill also provides funding for various border-related activities, such as to build a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico barrier. The funding shall be equal to the amount collected by the transfer fee minus the tax credits allowed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and 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: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Student Apprenticeship Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8567
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Student Apprenticeship Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to certain partnerships to enable the development and implementation of a postsecondary apprenticeship program.
 
An eligible partnership must consist of (1) at least one institution of higher education, (2) at least one individual employer, and (3) a workforce intermediary (an entity that demonstrates expertise in fostering partnerships in order to support postsecondary apprenticeship programs). Such partnership may also include other entities such as a state agency responsible for administering career and technical education, a labor organization, or an economic development agency.
 
A partnership that receives a grant must use the funds to develop and implement a postsecondary apprenticeship program in a high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand industry sector or occupation. Additionally, an apprenticeship shall qualify as a work-study program through which a student apprentice is eligible for federal financial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Russia is a State Sponsor of Terrorism Act

Bill: 117-hr-8568
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Russia is a State Sponsor of Terrorism Act

 
This bill designates Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. (A country with this designation is subject to certain restrictions, including a ban on receiving U.S. defense exports and limits on receiving U.S. foreign assistance.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Removal Adjustment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8569
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Removal Adjustment Act of 2022 

 
This bill establishes additional requirements for the removal to federal court of a civil action or criminal prosecution commenced in a state court against the United States, a federal agency, or an officer of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Responsible Firearms Marketing Act

Bill: 117-hr-8570
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Responsible Firearms Marketing Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and report on potentially unfair or deceptive practices that may be prevalent in the advertising or marketing of firearms.
 
Additionally, the commission must issue regulations prohibiting such practices, and the bill provides for enforcement by the commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
PACE Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8571
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Protecting All Communities Equally Act of 2022 or the PACE Act of 2022 

 
This bill establishes that a state court located in an area where monetary bail is prohibited has the authority to hold on bail a criminal defendant determined to be dangerous or a repeat offender. In addition, a state or political subdivision that prohibits monetary bail waives sovereign immunity in an action for damages as a result of a dangerous criminal being released without monetary bail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Carbon Reduction and Tax Credit Act

Bill: 117-hr-8572
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Carbon Reduction and Tax Credit Act

 
This bill imposes an excise tax on coal mines or oil or gas wells equal to $50 per ton of carbon contained in fuel produced at such mines or wells located in the United States, or entered into the United States for consumption, use, or warehousing. It also allows an individual taxpayer (other than a nonresident alien) a refundable income tax credit equal to $1,000, subject to a phaseout if the taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds a certain threshold amount. The dollar amounts in this bill are subject to a inflation adjustment in calendar years after 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8573
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Net Neutrality and Broadband Justice Act of 2022

 
This bill expressly classifies broadband internet as a 
telecommunications service
 rather than an
 information service
 for purposes of regulation by the Federal Communications Commission. (Current law treats providers of telecommunications services as common carriers and subjects them to more stringent requirements.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8574
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Global Catastrophic Risk Management Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the President to establish an interagency committee on global catastrophic risk. 
Global catastrophic risk
 is defined as the risk of events or incidents consequential enough to significantly harm, set back, or destroy human civilization at the global scale.
 
The President must (1) conduct and submit to Congress a detailed assessment of global catastrophic and existential risk; and (2) produce a report on the adequacy of continuity of operations and continuity of government plans based on the assessed risk.
 
The President, with support from the committee, shall develop and submit a strategy to 
 
 
provide for the basic needs of the civilian population that is impacted by catastrophic incidents in the United States;
 
coordinate response efforts with state and local governments, the private sector, and nonprofit organizations;
 
promote personal and local readiness and non-reliance on government relief during periods of heightened tension or after catastrophic incidents; and 
 
 develop international partnerships with allied nations for the provision of relief services and goods. 
 
 
The President must issue a plan to implement and operationalize the strategy.
 
The Department of Homeland Security shall lead a national exercise to test and enhance the operationalization of the implementation plan.
 
The President must provide recommendations to Congress for (1) actions that should be taken to prepare the United States to implement the strategy, increase readiness, and address preparedness gaps; and (2) additional authorities that should be considered to more effectively implement the strategy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House