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Klamath Power and Facilities Agreement Support Act

Bill: 117-s-5003
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California
Electric power generation and transmission
Fishes
Industrial facilities
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Oregon
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Klamath Power and Facilities Agreement Support Act

 
This bill addresses projects in the Klamath River Basin in Oregon and California.
 
 The Bureau of Reclamation must support lowering the Klamath Irrigation District's net delivered power cost through certain agreements (e.g., an agreement with the Bonneville Power Administration).
 
Further, Reclamation may enter into contracts and agreements with state and local governments, tribes, and private parties to plan, construct, operate, and maintain projects in the basin watershed to include
 
 
 facilities to reduce fish entrainment (i.e., the transport of fish along the flow of water, out of their normal habitat and into unnatural or harmful environments);
 
projects that reduce or avoid impacts on aquatic resources caused by diversion of water for irrigation; and
 
projects that restore basin watershed habitats, including tribal fishery resources held in trust.
 
 
The bill also authorizes Reclamation to pay for a portion of the operation and maintenance costs of an irrigation pumping plant in Tulelake, California. It also provides for contracts to cover certain costs involved with the replacement of the C-Canal flume within the Klamath Project. 
 
Further, the bill provides statutory authorization for Reclamation to implement a 2016 agreement to take ownership and operation of the Keno Dam and operation of the Link River Dam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Alleviating Stress Test Burdens to Help Investors Act

Bill: 117-s-5004
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Alleviating Stress Test Burdens To Help Investors Act

 
This bill exempts certain financial companies not primarily regulated by either a federal banking agency or the Federal Housing Finance Agency from requirements to conduct stress tests. These stress tests evaluate the ability of companies to absorb losses as a result of adverse economic conditions.
 
However, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may require exempted financial companies under their regulatory authority to conduct stress tests.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5005
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Mandatory Materiality Requirement Act of 2022 

 
This bill limits additional disclosure requirements applicable to issuers of securities. Specifically, the Securities and Exchange Commission may only require an additional disclosure if the commission determines that there is a substantial likelihood that a reasonable investor of the issuer would consider the information important with respect to an investment decision. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
African Diaspora Heritage Month Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5006
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Africa
Commemorative events and holidays
Cultural exchanges and relations
Historical and cultural resources
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

African Diaspora Heritage Month Act of 2022

 
This bill designates September as African Diaspora Heritage Month.

action_date: 2022-12-13
text: 

African Diaspora Heritage Month Act of 2022

 
This bill designates September as African Diaspora Heritage Month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7150; text: CR S7150)
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5007
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Emergency Conservation Program Improvement Act of 2022 

 
This bill revises the Emergency Conservation Program and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program to provide agricultural producers and owners of nonindustrial private forest land impacted by natural disasters the option to receive an advance on cost-sharing payments before carrying out emergency measures. 
 
The bill also expands eligibility for payments under the programs to include emergency measures to address damages caused by (1) a wildfire that is not caused naturally if the damage is caused by the spread of the wildfire due to natural causes, and (2) a wildfire that is caused by the federal government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
MORE Savings Act

Bill: 117-s-5008
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Mental health
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Prescription drugs
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Maximizing Opioid Recovery Emergency Savings Act or the MORE Savings Act

 
This bill modifies coverage of opioid treatments and recovery support services under Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model in which specified opioid treatments and recovery support services are provided under Medicare without cost-sharing (e.g., coinsurance, copayments, and deductibles). 
 
The bill also allows state Medicaid programs to cover recovery support services as part of medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and increases the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage for MAT.
 
Private health insurers must also cover specified opioid treatments and MAT-associated recovery support services without cost-sharing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Investing in State Energy Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5009
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Investing in State Energy Act of 2022

 
This bill revises requirements concerning the distribution of funds under the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) and the State Energy Program (SEP) to state agencies and local partners that implement energy initiatives. Under WAP, the Department of Energy (DOE) reduces energy costs for low-income households by increasing the energy efficiency of their homes. Under SEP, DOE supports state energy conservation plans and energy security.
 
This bill requires DOE, upon receiving state or area plans under WAP or SEP, to distribute funds to the recipients of the funding as quickly as practicable.
 
Within 60 days of Congress making the funds available for WAP and SEP, DOE must (1) provide application guidance for financial assistance, and (2) publish the allocation of financial assistance to be provided to states under the programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Ukrainian Sovereignty Act

Bill: 117-s-5010
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Ensuring Ukrainian Sovereignty Act

 
This bill requires the immediate termination of all economic and military assistance to any country that recognizes Russia's annexation of any part of Ukraine.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
KIDS Health Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5011
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Kickstarting Innovative Demonstrations Supporting Kids Health Act of 2022 or the KIDS Health Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement a demonstration program that supports a whole child health model for children under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
 
Specifically, the CMS must award grants to up to 15 states to plan and implement a health care model that supports the physical, behavioral, social, and other needs of children who qualify for Medicaid or CHIP through care coordination and integrated supportive services. States must implement models for 4-6 years. The CMS must provide technical assistance and guidance to states for the demonstration program. The bill also provides for an 80% federal matching rate for program costs.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on program outcomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
One Stop Shop for Small Business Licensing Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5012
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

One Stop Shop for Small Business Licensing Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Office of Entrepreneurship Education of the Small Business Administration to establish a website that provides licensing and business permit information for small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Protection and Advocacy in Education Act

Bill: 117-s-5013
Sponsor: Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Protection and Advocacy in Education Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants for protection and advocacy systems to protect and advocate the rights of students with disabilities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Frivolous Actions by IRS Agents Act

Bill: 117-s-5014
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 
 
Preventing Frivolous Actions by IRS Agents Act 

 
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to reimburse audited taxpayers whose gross income does not exceed $400,000 in the year of their audit and who have not been convicted of any crime related to the audit for the costs of such audit, including attorney's fees and court costs for civil or criminal proceedings in which the taxpayer prevails in court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Moms and Babies Act

Bill: 117-s-5015
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Healthy Moms and Babies Act

 
This bill establishes programs and requirements to support maternal health services under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), such as coverage options for maternity health homes, demonstration projects to expand telehealth services for pregnant and postpartum women, and agency guidance for states to address social determinants of health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Repealing the Ill-Conceived and Problematic (RIP) Book Minimum Tax Act

Bill: 117-s-5017
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Repealing the Ill-Conceived and Problematic (RIP) Book Minimum Tax Act

 
This bill repeals the 15% alternative minimum tax on corporations enacted by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

Bill: 117-s-5018
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

DHS Restrictions on Confucius Institutes and Chinese Entities of Concern Act

 
This bill restricts funding to an institution of higher education (IHE) that has a relationship with a Chinese entity of concern or Confucius Institute. A Confucius Institute is a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government. 
 
Specifically, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must ensure that an IHE that has awarded a contract to, entered into an agreement with, or received an in-kind donation or gift from a Chinese entity of concern or Confucius Institute is ineligible to receive specified funds from DHS. The IHE may regain eligibility for these funds if it terminates the relationship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
AMAZON21 Act

Bill: 117-s-5019
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

America Mitigating and Achieving Zero-emissions Originating from Nature for the 21st Century Act or the AMAZON21 Act

 
This bill establishes the International Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Program to support projects in developing countries that reduce emissions and enhance carbon sequestration from forests and other terrestrial ecosystems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Electric Vehicles for America Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5020
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 
 
Affordable Electric Vehicles for America Act of 2022 

 
This bill extends until after 2025 the requirement that final assembly of vehicles occur within North America for purposes of the clean vehicle tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act

Bill: 117-s-5021
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 
 
Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, certain broadband grants made for broadband deployment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Childcare DESERTS Act

Bill: 117-s-5022
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Child care and development
Government lending and loan guarantees
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

 Childcare Development of Employee Solutions for Early Rearing in Towns with Shortages Act or the Childcare DESERTS Act

 
This bill allows recipients of Small Business Administration loans under the 7(a) loan program and 504 loan program to use such loans to provide child care services to their employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Agriculture Disaster Assistance Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5023
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Agriculture Disaster Assistance Improvement Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies access to Department of Agriculture disaster assistance programs and requires increased interagency cooperation in drought-related activities.
 
The bill specifies that state and federal grazing permit holders are eligible for the Emergency Conservation Program and the Emergency Forest Restoration Program. Further, emergency measures eligible for payments include new permanent measures, such as permanent water wells and pipelines. The bill also waives the 30-day comment period required for applications under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for emergency measures carried out during a drought emergency.
 
Modifications to the Livestock Forage Disaster Program allow for one monthly payment when a county has four consecutive weeks of a D2 rating (severe drought) and two payments for eight consecutive weeks of D2. Currently, one payment is available for eight consecutive weeks of D2.
 
 The bill expands coverage for honey bee producers under the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) for losses caused by adverse weather or drought, such as transportation costs and reduced honey crops. Further, the bill requires the ELAP payment rate for honey bee producers to incorporate additional factors, such as per-hive and per-colony rates of loss.
 
The USDA must establish an interagency working group to improve the consistency and accuracy of U.S. Drought Monitor data. 
 
 Finally, the Farm Service Agency and the Forest Service must enter into a memorandum of understanding to better align their drought response activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S5546-5548)
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
PART Act

Bill: 117-s-5024
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Crime prevention
Crimes against property
Law enforcement administration and funding
Metals
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Preventing Auto Recycling Theft Act or the
 
PART Act 

 
This bill establishes requirements for motor vehicles related to catalytic converters and other motor vehicle parts that contain precious metals.
 
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration must revise the motor vehicle theft prevention standard for new motor vehicles to include catalytic converters among the parts that require an inscribed or affixed identifying number. Additionally, the Department of Transportation must establish a grant program through which law enforcement agencies and other entities can stamp vehicle identification numbers onto catalytic converters of existing vehicles.
 
The bill establishes retention requirements for the purchase of motor vehicle parts that contain precious metals. It also sets forth criminal penalties for the theft of catalytic converters or any precious metals removed from a vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Hiring in Banking Act

Bill: 117-s-5025
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Fair Hiring in Banking Act 

 
This bill generally exempts certain individuals convicted of a crime from requirements related to employment by an insured depository institution or an insured credit union. Specifically, written consent from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Administration is not required for an institution to hire an individual convicted of a criminal offense involving dishonesty, a breach of trust, or money laundering 
 
 
7 years after the individual meets sentencing requirements;
 
for an individual who committed the offense while under the age of 21, 30 months after the individual meets sentencing requirements; or 
 
if the conviction was pardoned, sealed, or expunged. 
 
 
However, written consent is required for specified financial crimes (including theft by a bank employee) or for any person seeking to become a director or senior executive officer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Low-Revenue Recipient Paycheck Protection Program Relief Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5026
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-09-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: 

Low-Revenue Recipient Paycheck Protection Program Relief Act of 202

2

 
This bill provides additional forgiveness and flexibilities to certain low-revenue recipients of Paycheck Protection Program loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Introduced in Senate