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Invent Here, Make Here for Homeland Security Act

Bill: 117-s-4902
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Asia
Buy American requirements
China
Congressional oversight
Europe
Iran
Manufacturing
Middle East
North Korea
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Invent Here, Make Here for Homeland Security Act

 
This bill restricts the manufacture abroad of products invented using funding provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits a firm or nonprofit organization which receives title to any subject invention developed under a funding agreement with DHS from granting to any person the exclusive right to use or sell such invention unless that person agrees that any products embodying, or produced through the use of, such invention will be manufactured substantially in the United States.
 
The bill authorizes waivers of this prohibition in certain instances, but prohibits waivers for products that will be manufactured substantially in a country of concern, including North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran.

action_date: 2022-12-12
text: 

Invent Here, Make Here for Homeland Security Act

 
This bill restricts the manufacture abroad of products invented using funding provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits a firm or nonprofit organization which receives title to any subject invention developed under a funding agreement with DHS from granting to any person the exclusive right to use or sell such invention unless that person agrees that any products embodying, or produced through the use of, such invention will be manufactured substantially in the United States.
 
The bill authorizes waivers of this prohibition in certain instances, but prohibits waivers for products that will be manufactured substantially in a country of concern, including North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 617.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-239.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 117-239.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4903
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2022

 
This bill revises and reauthorizes the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative and its Northwest Straits Advisory Commission. The initiative and the commission work to protect and restore marine waters, habitats, and species of the Northwest Straits region.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4904
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Budget process
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Land use and conservation
Livestock
State and local government operations
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Promoting Effective Forest Management Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses forest health on public lands, including by requiring the establishment of annual mechanical thinning targets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4905
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Primary and Behavioral Health Care Access Act of 202

2

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without cost sharing, three primary care visits and three behavioral health care visits during a plan year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System Reauthorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4906
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System Reauthorization Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 the National Neurological Conditions Surveillance System. The system, managed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tracks the epidemiology of neurological conditions using various data sources, tools, and analytic methods.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
CAUTION Act

Bill: 117-s-4907
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Colombia Assistance Used Transparently by Institutionalizing Oversight Now Act of 2022 or the CAUTION Act

 
This bill sets conditions on the provision of civil or military assistance to Colombia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Ferry Service Expansion Act

Bill: 117-s-4909
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Ferry Service Expansion Act 

 
This bill revises and increases funding for grant programs related to ferry boats and ferry terminal facilities, including by making certain passenger ferries eligible and qualified vessels for capital construction funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Human Capital Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-4910
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Federal Human Capital Transparency Act

 
This bill directs the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to annually collect data relating to the federal workforce and post it on its website.
 
Specifically, OPM must collect information on
 
 
the total number of persons employed directly by each agency,
 
the total number of prime contractor and subcontractor employees issued credentials allowing access to agency property or computer systems,
 
the total number of employees of federal grant and cooperative agreement recipients who are issued such credentials, and
 
a total count of the workforce of the agency.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Hiring Proven Performers to the Civil Service Act

Bill: 117-s-4911
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Hiring Proven Performers to the Civil Service Act

 
This bill authorizes a federal agency to noncompetitively appoint certain high-performing federal employees.
 
Specifically, an agency may noncompetitively appoint, for other than temporary employment, to a position in the competitive service any individual who
 
 
 is certified by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) as having been a high-performing employee in a former position in the competitive service; 
 
 has been separated from the former position for less than six years; and 
 
 is qualified for the new position in the competitive service, as determined by the head of the agency making the appointment. 
 
 
An individual may not be appointed to such a position more than once. 
 
OPM must set forth the criteria for certifying an individual as a high-performing employee in a former position based on (1) the individual's final performance appraisal in that former position, and (2) a recommendation by the individual's immediate or other supervisor in that position.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Make the Universities Pay Act

Bill: 117-s-4912
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Make the Universities Pay Act

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to take certain actions related to federal student loans and addresses other related issues.
 
For example, the bill (1) makes each IHE participating in the Federal Direct Loan Program liable for 50% of any student loan balance that is in default and was used toward the cost of attendance at the IHE, and (2) expands the instances in which student loans may be discharged in bankruptcy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

Bill: 117-s-4914
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Drug Cartel Terrorist Designation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to designate certain Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4915
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Restoring Accountability in the Indian Health Service Act of 

2022

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements relating to recruitment and retention in the Indian Health Service, including provisions regarding pay, credentialing, and housing needs of workforce personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4916
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2022-09-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: 

Runaway and Homeless Youth and Trafficking Prevention Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and expands programs for runaway, homeless, and disconnected youth, including resources and services to support youth victims of human trafficking and youth at risk of being trafficked.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-09-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Minority Fellowship Program Reauthorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4917
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Minority Fellowship Program Reauthorization Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 the Minority Fellowship Program carried out by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The program supports the education and training of minority students who are studying for advanced degrees in a mental or behavioral health profession.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Increasing Prescription Drug Competition Act

Bill: 117-s-4918
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Increasing Prescription Drug Competition Act

 
This bill provides that certifications in generic drug applications of certain patents involved in Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) programs have no effect upon the drug's approval. (The Food and Drug Administration sometimes requires a REMS program for certain drugs with safety risks, which may include restrictions on a drug's distribution through elements to ensure safe use (ETASU), such as special requirements for pharmacies that dispense the drug.)
 
Specifically, certifications in generic drug applications with respect to patents that involve an ETASU for REMS requirements have no effect on the effective date of the drug's approval, notwithstanding any other provisions that allow for a stay of approval pending litigation outcomes (i.e., 30-month stay). 
 
The bill also specifies that in a civil action alleging patent infringement with respect to REMS requirements, the sponsor of the approved brand-name drug may only seek damages from (rather than an injunction against) the generic drug applicant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting the Border from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act

Bill: 117-s-4919
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Border security and unlawful immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Protecting the Border from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense to develop a strategy for a unified posture on counter-unmanned aircraft systems capabilities and protections at certain facilities at or near a U.S. international border (generally, facilities or assets considered high-risk or a potential target and that are related to certain DHS or DOJ missions). 

action_date: 2022-12-19
text: 

Protecting the Border from Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to work with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Aviation Administration, and the Department of Defense to develop a strategy for a unified posture on counter-unmanned aircraft systems capabilities and protections at certain facilities at or near a U.S. international border (generally, facilities or assets considered high-risk or a potential target and that are related to certain DHS or DOJ missions). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 678.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-279.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-279.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Election Worker Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4920
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Election Worker Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses certain protections for election workers. Among other provisions, the bill (1) establishes grants for the recruitment, training, and safety of election workers; and (2) makes it a crime to intimidate, threaten, coerce, or harass an election worker with the intent to interfere with the official duties of, or retaliate against, the worker.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Financing Lead Out of Water Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4921
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Financing Lead Out of Water Act of 2022

 
This bill allows the issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance the replacement of any privately-owned portion of a lead service line in a public water system. Specifically, the bill provides that the use of proceeds from such bonds for replacement of a lead service line does not constitute private business use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Gerald’s Law Act

Bill: 117-s-4922
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Gerald's Law Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a burial and funeral allowance for a veteran who dies from a non-service-connected disability in a home or other setting at which the veteran was receiving VA hospice care (if such care was directly preceded by VA hospital or nursing home care).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
BADGES for Native Communities Act

Bill: 117-s-4923
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Bridging Agency Data Gaps and Ensuring Safety for Native Communities Act or the BADGES for Native Communities Act

 
This bill revises federal policies and procedures related to information sharing, reporting, and investigating cases of missing, unidentified, or murdered Indians. 
 
Among other elements, the bill requires the Department of Justice to (1) establish a grant program for specified entities (e.g., tribes) to implement changes to enhance their responses to missing person cases and death investigations of interest to tribes, and (2) work with the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure that federal training resources and culturally appropriate mental health and wellness programs are available to tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) law enforcement officers experiencing occupational stress. 
 
The Department of the Interior must establish a five-year demonstration program for the purpose of conducting or adjudicating personnel background investigations for applicants for law enforcement positions in the BIA.
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct specified studies, including a study on the evidence collection, handling, and processing procedures and practices of federal law enforcement agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
PUNISH Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4924
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Preventing Underhanded and Nefarious Iranian Supported Homicides Act of 2022 or the PUNISH Act of 2022

 
This bill extends sanctions and national emergencies related to Iran established by specified executive orders and limits the authority of the President to waive sanctions related to Iran. The bill requires the Department of State to periodically report whether Iran or any foreign person has supported specified activities, including murder or politically motivated detention in Iran of a U.S. citizen.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving the Readiness of our Armed Forces Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4925
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Preserving the Readiness of our Armed Forces Act of 2022

 
This bill provides that a member of the National Guard (or another reserve component) must maintain access to pay and benefits while a request for a religious or health accommodation is pending. Additionally, a member of an active or reserve component of the Armed Forces may not be involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces based solely on COVID-19 vaccination status until specified recruiting goals are achieved.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Youth Coastal Fishing Program Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4927
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Hunting and fishing
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Outdoor recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Youth Coastal Fishing Program Act of 2022 

 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a program to award grants and provide technical assistance to certain entities for youth fishing projects.
 
In awarding grants, NOAA must prioritize applicants with proposals for youth fishing projects that focus on an underserved community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate