hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Inter-American Development Bank General Capital Increase Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7726
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Inter-American Development Bank General Capital Increase Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the President to take actions to support a capital increase for the Inter-American Development Bank and authorizes the U.S. governor of the bank to vote in favor of increasing the bank's capital stock. 
 
The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury and U.S. representatives to the bank to support efforts to help countries restructure debts resulting from loans by China's government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Accountability in Student Loan Data Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7727
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Accountability in Student Loan Data Act
 
of 2022

 
This bill revises the method for calculating a cohort default rate (the measurement of how many borrowers default on their federal student loans within a certain time period), and it establishes penalties for institutions of higher education that have a certain percentage of graduates who default on their student loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Student Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-7728
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Student Protection Act

 
This bill expands the list of actions that may result in the change of control of an institution of higher education (IHE) to include a court-ordered receivership.
 
Such changes of control disqualify an IHE from participating in federal student-aid programs unless the IHE establishes that it meets specific requirements following the change of control.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
CFPB Student Loan Integrity and Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7729
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

CFPB Student Loan Integrity and Transparency Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to provide information related to student loans to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
 
The bill prohibits ED from entering into an agreement with a contractor or vendor that services student loans unless the contractor or vendor agrees to provide requested information to the CFPB.
 
It also requires the CFPB to maintain adequate staffing levels to carry out its duties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7730
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Blair Holt Firearm Owner Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes new requirements and restrictions with respect to the sale, transfer, and possession of firearms. 
 
Among the requirements, the bill
 
 
generally requires owners of certain firearms&#8212;handguns and semiautomatic rifles capable of accepting a detachable ammunition feeding device&#8212;to obtain a license, and 
 
establishes background check requirements for firearm transfers between private parties. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7731
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Consumer Protection and Fuel Transparency Act of 2022
 
 
This bill requires information to be provided to the public about the risks associated with the improper use of gasoline containing 15% ethanol by volume, commonly known as E 15 fuel, in certain vehicles, engines, and equipment. 
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise labeling requirements for fuel pumps that dispense E 15 fuel, including by requiring the labels of such fuel pumps to include additional details. The labels must include warning information about vehicles, engines, and equipment (e.g., boats, lawn mowers, chain saws, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and pre-2001 model year vehicles) that are prohibited from using E 15.
 
In addition, the EPA must implement a public education campaign concerning the risks associated with the improper use of E 15 fuel in such vehicles, engines, and equipment.
 
The EPA must also withdraw the proposed rule titled 
E 15 Fuel Dispenser Labeling and Compatibility With Underground Storage Tanks.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening the Office of the Investor Advocate Act

Bill: 117-hr-7732
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Strengthening the Office of the Investor Advocate Act 

 
This bill revises provisions governing the Office of the Investor Advocate at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Specifically, the bill 
 
 
expands who may serve as the Investor Advocate, 
 
provides that the Investor Advocate may only be removed by the chair of the SEC and may not be removed for advocating policies contrary to the chair or any commissioner, 
 
allows the office to publish the results of investor research and testing without review from the SEC, and 
 
establishes a budget request process for the office separate from the SEC. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 22.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7736
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Business expenses
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Civil disturbances
Conflicts and wars
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Labor-management relations
Military operations and strategy
Natural disasters
Retail and wholesale trades
Securities
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022 

 
This bill generally makes it unlawful to sell or offer for sale a good or service at an unconscionably excessive price during an exceptional market shock.
 
The bill also provides additional funding to the Federal Trade Commission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Communist Visa Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7737
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Communist Visa Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of State to include on visa application forms certain questions, including a question as to whether the applicant, if the applicant is from China, is affiliated with China's military, paramilitary, law enforcement, public security, or national security forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Security Clearance Portability for Departing Servicemembers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7738
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Security Clearance Portability for Departing Servicemembers Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses the security clearance of former members of the Armed Forces or former civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) after separation or retirement who require security clearance for employment as covered DOD contractors. 
 
Specifically, during the one-year period following the separation or retirement, DOD must treat the previously held security clearance as an active clearance for purposes of former members or employees retaining employment with covered DOD contractors. During the two-year period following that year, DOD must ensure the adjudication of any request submitted by such employee for reactivation of a previously held security clearance for purposes of employment is completed not later than 180 days after the date of submission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7739
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2032 the Community Development Block Grant and other specified programs that support affordable housing.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to assess alternative methods of calculating area median income (i.e., any metric used to refer to the median income level for a given area or jurisdiction for purposes of any program administered by HUD) and the use of alternative metrics in order to make housing more affordable for low-income families in urban areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7740
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits employers from including certain mandatory arbitration clauses, class action waivers, representation waivers, or discretionary clauses in employee benefit plans. It also prohibits these provisions from being enforced with respect to claims brought by plan participants or beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
No More Phones Act

Bill: 117-hr-7741
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

No More Phones Act

 
This bill prohibits federal agencies from using taxpayer funding to provide cellular devices to individuals who cross the southern border without lawful authorization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Financial Stability Research and Oversight Act

Bill: 117-hr-7742
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Enhancing Financial Stability Research and Oversight Act

 
This bill gives the Director of the Office of Financial Research (OFR) within the Department of the Treasury sole discretion over the OFR's annual budget. It also establishes minimum funding and staffing levels for the OFR and for the Financial Stability Oversight Council.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act

Bill: 117-hr-7743
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Small Businesses before Bureaucrats Act

 
This bill increases by a factor of 10 the revenue thresholds for businesses subject to the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Building America’s Health Care Workforce Act

Bill: 117-hr-7744
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health personnel
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Building America's Health Care Workforce Act

 
This bill extends certain flexibilities relating to training and competency requirements for nurse aides in Medicare skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and Medicaid nursing facilities (NFs).
 
Generally, SNFs and NFs may not hire nurse aides for longer than four months unless they meet certain training and certification requirements. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services waived some of these requirements during the COVID-19 emergency period so as to allow facilities to maintain adequate staffing levels; the waiver ends in June 2022.
 
The bill extends these flexibilities for at least two years after the bill's enactment and specifies that (1) any time worked by a nurse aide during the emergency period counts toward the 75 hours required for initial training, and (2) a competency evaluation may be conducted at the SNF or NF where the nurse aide is employed if the state does not offer such an evaluation at least once a week.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Investigate Russian War Crimes Act

Bill: 117-hr-7745
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Evidence and witnesses
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Jurisdiction and venue
Military operations and strategy
Russia
Ukraine
War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Investigate Russian War Crimes Act

 
This bill allows the United States to provide funding for the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the funding is solely for the ICC's investigation into the situation in Ukraine. Specifically, this bill allows funding for such a purpose as an exception to an existing prohibition against making federal funds available to the ICC unless the United States becomes a party to the ICC pursuant to a treaty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Sgt. Wolf Kyle Weninger Veterans Education Fairness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7746
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Sgt. Wolf Kyle Weninger Veterans Education Fairness Act of 2022

 
This bill provides eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance for individuals, including officers, who are discharged or released from active duty with a sole survivorship discharge following at least 30 continuous days on qualifying active duty after September 10, 2001.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Combatting Painful Inflation (CPI) Act

Bill: 117-hr-7747
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Combatting Painful Inflation (CPI) Act

 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation to commission a study on the effects of inflation. Among other requirements, the study must 
 
 
measure the economic impact of inflation on the American people, including an analysis of cost-of-living impacts;
 
 assess how the increase in inflation has harmed the American workforce through decreased, less valuable wages; 
 
evaluate the impact of inflation on rural and underserved communities throughout the country; and 
 
make recommendations to Congress on the impact of further government spending with regard to inflation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Community-Based Workforce Development Act

Bill: 117-hr-7748
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Community-Based Workforce Development Act

 
This bill provides grants to expand workforce training programs for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
TASK Act

Bill: 117-hr-7749
Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Training Assignments for Student Knowledge Act or the TASK Act

 
This bill excludes from the definition of an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 an individual who performs services required by a postsecondary vocational institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
Prostate Cancer Community Assistance, Research and Education Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7750
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Prostate Cancer Community Assistance, Research and Education Act of 2022 or the PC-CARE Act

 
This bill establishes a committee to develop, implement, and periodically revise a plan to coordinate federal activities and programs concerning prostate cancer, including those related to research, screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
 
Committee members must include representatives from specified federal agencies, as well as researchers, clinicians, individuals living with prostate cancer (or their caregivers), and other stakeholders. In addition, at least half of the members must be physicians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in House