hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Preserving Homes and Communities Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5342
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Preserving Homes and Communities Act of 2022 

 
This bill establishes requirements for the sale by the Department of Housing and Urban Development of non-performing single-family residential mortgages that are insured under the National Housing Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S9780-9781)
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Cruise Passenger Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5343
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Cruise Passenger Protection Act
 
of 2022

 
This bill revises provisions related to passenger vessel security and safety.
 
The bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop standards for cruise ship owners to provide passengers with a conspicuous and unambiguous summary of key terms of passage contracts before they are binding. Vessel owners must provide each passenger with a summary meeting those standards and include the summary in promotional literature. The bill prescribes civil and criminal penalties for violations. 
 
DOT must (1) establish a hotline for passenger complaints, (2) determine whether any of the enumerated rights in the international cruise line passenger bill of rights (adopted by the members of the Cruise Lines International Association) are enforceable under federal law, and (3) establish an advisory committee for passenger vessel consumer protection.
 
Vessel owners must ensure that a vessel is staffed with sea marshals and medical staff.
 
DOT must
 
 
designate a director of victim support services,
 
establish a 24-hour telephone number for crime victims,
 
develop a written summary of rights for crime victims,
 
maintain a statistical compilation of reported incidents, and
 
study the feasibility of having an individual on board each vessel to provide victim support and related services.
 
 
The Department of Homeland Security may withhold or revoke the clearance of, and the Coast Guard may deny entry into the United States to, any vessel owner who commits an act or omission for which a penalty is imposed under this bill or fails to pay the penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SUCCESS Act

Bill: 117-s-5344
Sponsor: Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Solving the Unnecessary Contracting Cliff for Enterprises to Scale Successfully Act or the SUCCESS Act

 
This bill establishes a pilot program that permits certain commercial construction and engineering services enterprises to maintain eligibility for certain small business contracts during a transitional period after they otherwise exceed the applicable small business size standards for such contracts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer Transaction Account Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5345
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Consumer Transaction Account Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill specifies that consumer transaction account deposits of an insured depository institution are not funds obtained through a deposit broker. In general, current law prohibits an insured depository institution that is not well capitalized from accepting for deposit funds obtained through a deposit broker.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5346
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Brokered Deposit Affiliate-Subsidiary Modernization Act of 2022

 
This bill excludes affiliates and subsidiaries of an insured depository institution from certain limitations applicable to brokered deposits. (Brokered deposits are a type of deposit accepted by an institution from a third-party deposit broker for investment purposes. Institutions that accept brokered deposits are subject to additional regulatory requirements, including those related to liquidity.) 
 
The bill also expands the definition of an employee of an insured depository institution, thereby exempting these individuals from treatment as a deposit broker. Specifically, the bill includes as an employee (1) an individual who receives compensation in any form from an insured depository institution or from an affiliate or subsidiary, and (2) a registered representative of a broker or dealer that is an affiliate or subsidiary of an insured depository institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Asset Growth Restriction Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5347
Sponsor: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Asset Growth Restriction Act of 2022

 
This bill repeals restrictions related to brokered deposits and provides for asset growth restrictions applicable to insured depository institutions. 
 
Brokered deposits are deposits made to an insured institution, such as a bank, through a third-party broker for investment purposes. Currently, only well-capitalized banks are allowed to solicit and accept brokered deposits, while institutions that are adequately capitalized may accept if granted a waiver. Undercapitalized banks are prohibited from accepting these deposits. 
 
The bill repeals these brokered deposit restrictions and directs the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to establish limits on growth of average total assets for less than well-capitalized institutions to maintain their safety and soundness. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Veteran Community Care Act

Bill: 117-s-5348
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Protecting Veteran Community Care Act

 
This bill modifies the community care program for veterans, including to expand access to community mental health care providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
International Competition for American Jobs Act

Bill: 117-s-5349
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 
 
International Competition for American Jobs Act 

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to the taxation of foreign entities. 
 
Among other provisions, the bill 
 
 
makes permanent the look-thru rule for controlled foreign corporations (CFCs). (A look-thru rule provides that dividends, interest, rents and royalties that one CFC receives or accrues from a related CFC are not treated as foreign personal holding company income); 
 
modifies the tax deduction for foreign-derived intangible income and global intangible low-taxed income; 
 
modifies the base erosion minimum tax (10% minimum tax imposed to prevent corporations operating in the United States from avoiding tax liability by shifting profits out of the United States);
 
modifies tax rules allocating certain tax deductions for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation; 
 
restores the limitation on the attribution of stock ownership for purposes of applying constructive ownership rules; and 
 
includes specified amounts in the gross income of CFC shareholders.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Transit Ban Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5350
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Transit Ban Act of 2022

 
This bill bars non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) from receiving asylum if they traveled through at least one other country to arrive at or enter the United States through the U.S.-Mexico border, with certain exceptions, such as if the individual is a victim of a severe form of human trafficking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Stopping Unlawful Negative Machine Impacts through National Evaluation Act

Bill: 117-s-5351
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Stopping Unlawful Negative Machine Impacts through National Evaluation Act

 
This bill makes an entity that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make or inform decisions liable for violations of civil rights laws caused by those decisions in the same manner and to the same extent as if the entity made the decision without using AI.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes a temporary program within the National Institute of Technology and Standards to evaluate AI systems for bias and discrimination on the basis of race, sex, age, and other protected characteristics and assist in mitigating those effects. The program terminates on December 31, 2028.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Trade with China Strategic Assessment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5352
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Trade with China Strategic Assessment Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to report to Congress on the state of economic integration between the United States and China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Refugee Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5353
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Refugee Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies provisions related to asylum seekers and addresses related issues. 
 
For example, the bill (1) eliminates the statutory time limit for applying for asylum (currently one year after arriving in the United States), (2) establishes stateless protected status for individuals who are not considered a national by any country under that country&rsquo;s law, and (3) requires the goal for refugee admissions for any given fiscal year to be no fewer than 125,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
One Health Security Act

Bill: 117-s-5354
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

One Health Security Act

 
This bill establishes an interagency policy council that is focused on matters pertaining to One Health and national security. 
One Health
 refers to a multisectoral and transdisciplinary approach for achieving optimal health outcomes for people, domestic and wild animals, plants, and their shared environments and ecosystems.
 
Specifically, the council must advise the President about, develop a strategy for, and generally coordinate federal activities related to One Health Security (i.e., the operational and functional security of the United States against naturally occurring, accidental, and deliberate biological threats, including identified threats, criminal acts, terrorist acts, supply chain failure and system failure, cyberattacks, or other relevant threats affecting One Health and national security).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5356
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill revises requirements governing (1) investigations of mine accidents, (2) miners' rights and protections (e.g., whistle-blower rights and protections), (3) mine health and safety standards, (4) underground coal mines, and (5) health and safety training for miners.
 
The Department of Labor, when investigating coal or other mines, must (1) determine why an accident occurred and whether there were violations of law, mandatory health and safety standards, or other requirements; and (2) make recommendations to avoid a recurrence of an accident.
 
The bill expands Labor's enforcement authority, including by requiring Labor to (1) revoke the approval of mine operators' plans or programs based on certain criteria, and (2) order mine operators to withdraw all persons from a mine until Labor approves a new plan. The bill revises civil and criminal penalties, including by subjecting a mine operator who knowingly violates health or safety standards to a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $1 million fine.
 
Underground coal mine operators must implement a communication program to brief miners of current mine conditions and install atmospheric monitoring systems.
 
The bill amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand its coverage to government employees and increase civil and criminal penalties for violations of the act. The bill also expands whistle-blower rights and protections against retaliation under the act, establishes employee rights with respect to work-related bodily injuries or death, and establishes procedures for correcting serious, willful, or repeated violations of occupational safety and health standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide compensation for United States victims of Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-5357
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Africa
Aviation and airports
Crime victims
Department of Justice
Europe
Firearms and explosives
Government trust funds
Libya
Scotland
Terrorism
Transportation employees
United Kingdom

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act

 
This bill establishes a mechanism for compensating certain victims of the bombing of Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988.
 
Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must establish a fund to compensate qualifying victims of the bombing (generally, former employees of Pan American who were part of an earlier lawsuit seeking compensation from Libya for the bombing).
 
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission must establish a process for claimants to apply for compensation from the fund.


action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Justice for the Living Victims of Lockerbie Act

 
This bill establishes a mechanism for compensating certain victims of the bombing of Pan American Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988.
 
Specifically, the Department of the Treasury must establish a fund to compensate qualifying victims of the bombing (generally, former employees of Pan American who were part of an earlier lawsuit seeking compensation from Libya for the bombing).
 
The Foreign Claims Settlement Commission must establish a process for claimants to apply for compensation from the fund.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10099; text: CR S10099)
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10099; text: CR S10099)
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution to provide for the counting on January 6, 2021, of the electoral votes for President and Vice President of the United States.

Bill: 117-sconres-1
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: 
This concurrent resolution provides for the two houses of Congress to meet on January 6, 2021, to count the electoral votes and declare the persons elected President and Vice President of the United States.

action_date: 2021-01-03
text: 
This concurrent resolution provides for the two houses of Congress to meet on January 6, 2021, to count the electoral votes and declare the persons elected President and Vice President of the United States.

action_date: 2021-01-03
text: 
This concurrent resolution provides for the two houses of Congress to meet on January 6, 2021, to count the electoral votes and declare the persons elected President and Vice President of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H10)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H10)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H10)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution extending the life of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies and authorizing the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the Capitol by the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies in connection with the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States.

Bill: 117-sconres-2
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2021-01-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees
Congressional operations and organization
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: 
This concurrent resolution continues the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, created to make arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, and it authorizes the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol for the proceedings and ceremonies of the inauguration.

action_date: 2021-01-03
text: 
This concurrent resolution continues the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, created to make arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, and it authorizes the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol for the proceedings and ceremonies of the inauguration.

action_date: 2021-01-03
text: 
This concurrent resolution continues the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, created to make arrangements for the inauguration of the President-elect and the Vice President-elect of the United States, and it authorizes the use of the rotunda and Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol for the proceedings and ceremonies of the inauguration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H10)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H10)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H10)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7; text: CR S7)
action_date: 2021-01-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state of the remains of the last Medal of Honor recipient of World War II, in order to honor the Greatest Generation and the more than 16,000,000 men and women who served in the Armed Forces of the United States from 1941 to 1945.

Bill: 117-sconres-3
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2021-01-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-22
text: 
This concurrent resolution authorizes the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the lying in state, upon death, of the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient for acts performed during World War II, if the individual or their next of kin so elects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S107)
action_date: 2021-01-22
text: Introduced in Senate