hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Flatside Wilderness Additions Act

Bill: 117-hr-9103
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Flatside Wilderness Additions Act

 
This bill adds specified lands to the Flatside Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas. The bill also redesignates the wilderness as the Flatside-Bethune Wilderness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-9104
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to commemorate the participants in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising who led an armed resistance against Nazi occupiers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
NMC Act

Bill: 117-hr-9105
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

National Medical Corps Act or the NMC Act

 
This bill establishes a program to create pathways for community college students from economically or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue careers in primary care medicine or psychiatry by awarding grants or contracts to medical schools, institutions of higher education, or other health or educational institutions (excluding nursing schools) that form consortia comprised of specified educational institutions and health care institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Chincoteague Water Well Replacement Act

Bill: 117-hr-9106
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Chincoteague Water Well Replacement Act 

 
This bill authorizes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to reimburse the town of Chincoteague, Virginia, for costs associated with the removal, relocation, and replacement of drinking water wells located on NASA property.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
States Helping Apprehend Rogue Exports Act

Bill: 117-hr-9107
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

States Helping Apprehend Rogue Exports Act

 
This bill requires states to enter into a data sharing agreement, upon request, with the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Transportation to provide identifying information regarding any motor vehicle registered in such states in order to be eligible for grants under the Port Infrastructure Development Program, Port Security Grant Program, and the Airport Improvement Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2022-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9108
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Endangered Species Transparency and Reasonableness Act of 2022

 
This bill revises requirements concerning determinations on whether a species is a threatened or endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) and caps attorney's fees to prevailing parties in ESA citizen suits.
 
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) must publish online, subject to privacy or administrative limitations, the best scientific and commercial data available that are the basis for each determination. 
 
The bill states that the term 
best scientific and commercial data available
 includes all data submitted by a state, tribal, or county government. Thus, the USFWS and NMFS would no longer consider whether data from those sources are the best scientific and commercial data available. Instead, the data would be automatically deemed the best scientific and commercial data available regardless of the quality of the data.
 
Before making a determination on whether a species is an endangered or threatened species, the USFWS and NMFS must provide affected states with all of the data that is the basis of the determination.
 
The Department of the Interior must also publish and maintain an online searchable database that discloses federal expenditures related to litigation under the ESA.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
GRIEF Act

Bill: 117-hr-9109
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Grief Resilience Investment and Education Fund Act or the GRIEF Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to support activities to address grief and loss, with a particular focus on grief and loss related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specific activities required include (1) a public education campaign on understanding grief and loss; (2) grants for training providers on bereavement care and providing such care to individuals affected by COVID-19 and related deaths; and (3) research on complicated and prolonged grief, including interventions for its prevention and treatment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9110
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Student Borrower Bankruptcy Relief Act of 2022 

 
This bill allows student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy. Under current law, these loans are only dischargeable if such debt imposes an undue hardship on the debtor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
INFANT Act

Bill: 117-hr-9111
Sponsor: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Infants Need Food And Nutrition Today Act or the
 
INFANT Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners to be served under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9112
Sponsor: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

United States Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs Act of 2022

 
 This bill establishes within the Department of State an Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs who shall represent the United States in matters and cases relevant to the Arctic, serve on the Arctic Council, and coordinate U.S. Arctic policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
POWER 2.0 Act

Bill: 117-hr-9113
Sponsor: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Pro bono Work to Empower and Represent Act of 2022 or the POWER 2.0 Act

 
This bill makes permanent the requirement for the chief judge of each federal judicial district to lead, at least annually, a public event to promote pro bono legal services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. 
 
The requirement was enacted in 2018; it is scheduled to sunset after a four-year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act

Bill: 117-hr-9114
Sponsor: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Act

 
This bill requires the Department of the Interior to establish the Native American Millennium Challenge Demonstration Project to provide economic development assistance to remote Native American communities.
 
Specifically, an eligible entity (e.g., a consortium of Native organizations in a noncontiguous state) must enter into a five-year binding agreement (i.e., a compact) with the United States to receive assistance. Among other elements, the agreement must contain a description of the specific objectives related to sustainable economic development and poverty reduction that the entity expects to achieve.
 
Further, assistance shall be provided in the form of funding agreements and may not be provided as loans. Additionally, funds may not be used for regulated gaming activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Explore America Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9115
Sponsor: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Explore America Act of 2022

 This bill modifies and sets forth new provisions regarding the Preserve America Program and authorizes partnerships with gateway communities adjacent to units of the National Park System. 
The Department of the Interior shall offer to enter into partnerships with gateway communities, including Native American communities and National Heritage Areas, to leverage heritage tourism assets in order to strengthen the local economies and create jobs in those communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

Bill: 117-hr-9116
Sponsor: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Unrecognized Southeast Alaska Native Communities Recognition and Compensation Act

 
This bill allows five Alaska Native communities in Southeast Alaska to form urban corporations and receive land entitlements. 
 
Specifically, the bill allows the Alaska Native residents of each of the Alaska Native villages of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee, and Wrangell, Alaska, to organize as Alaska Native urban corporations and to receive certain settlement land.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to convey specified land to each urban corporation. Further, Interior must convey the subsurface estate for that land to the regional corporation for Southeast Alaska.
 
Interior must also convey to each urban corporation any U.S. interest in all roads, trails, log transfer facilities, leases, and appurtenances on or related to the land conveyed to the urban corporation.
 
The bill also allows each urban corporation to establish a settlement trust to (1) promote the health, education, and welfare of the trust beneficiaries; and (2) preserve the Alaska Native heritage and culture of their communities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To make permanent the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to medical care.

Bill: 117-hr-9117
Sponsor: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 
This bill permanently extends the authority of the Department of Veterans Affairs to make grants for the transportation of highly rural veterans to health care facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Cruising for Alaska's Workforce Act

Bill: 117-hr-9118
Sponsor: Rep. Peltola, Mary Sattler [D-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Cruising for Alaska's Workforce Act

 
This bill authorizes foreign vessels that carry more than 1,000 passengers (e.g., cruise ships) to transport passengers between a port in Alaska and another U.S. port, either directly or by way of a foreign port. The authorization generally expires 270 days after a notification that a U.S. vessel offers the same transport.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act

Bill: 117-hr-9119
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Crimes against animals and natural resources
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Targeting and Offsetting Existing Illegal Contaminants Act

 
This bill provides for a program within the Forest Service to identify, investigate, research, and remediate the environmental damage caused by trespass cultivation of cannabis on National Forest System lands and increases criminal penalties for illegal pesticide application on government property.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Forest Service to carry out a program of environmental remediation on its land, to be known as the Trespass Cannabis Cultivation Site Restoration Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and the Budget, 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: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and the Budget, 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: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and the Budget, 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: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Baltic Reassurance Act

Bill: 117-hr-9120
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

Baltic Reassurance Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Defense to report to Congress an assessment of the military requirements of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members and countries in the Baltic region that would allow such countries to deter and resist Russian aggression. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Qualified Agricultural Carbon Sequestration Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9121
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 
 
Qualified Agricultural Carbon Sequestration Act of 2022 

 
This bill allows certain qualified applicants (i.e., farms) a new tax credit for the abatement and sequestration of carbon dioxide emissions related to certain agricultural activities. 
 
The bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a qualified agricultural carbon sequestration and abatement program to consider and award certifications for farms eligible for the credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-hr-9122
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 

FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act

 
This bill allows whistleblowers of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to appeal agency decisions regarding alleged reprisals to the Merit Systems Protection Board. Whistleblowers may also seek action directly from the board if the agency does not issue a decision within 180 days of receiving such an allegation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
To direct the United States Postal Service to designate a new ZIP Code for certain communities in Wisconsin.

Bill: 117-hr-9123
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2022-09-30 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for each of Village of Somers, Village of Mount Pleasant, and Village of Caledonia, Wisconsin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-09-30
text: Introduced in House
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9124
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2022-10-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-10-04
text: 

Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Justice's Office of Environmental Justice. It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2022-10-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-10-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-10-04
text: Introduced in House