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To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of funds relating to the Office for Environmental Justice and any other program, project, or activity relating to climate change of the Department of Justice, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7481
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from using funds to operate the Office for Environmental Justice or for any other program, project, or activity related to climate change.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, 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: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, 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: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Natural Resources, 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: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
TREAT Long COVID Act

Bill: 117-hr-7482
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mental health
Minority health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Targeting Resources for Equitable Access to Treatment for Long COVID Act or the TREAT Long COVID Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award competitive grants to create or expand the capacity of clinics that treat patients with persistent, long-term symptoms following recovery from acute COVID-19 (i.e., Long COVID). Eligible recipients include federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, urban Indian health centers, and state and local health departments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Cost of Mental Illness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7483
Sponsor: Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Cost of Mental Illness Act of 2022

 
This bill requires a study on the direct and indirect costs associated with serious mental illness (i.e., a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder resulting in a serious, functional impairment that substantially interferes with major life activities). It also requires periodic surveillance surveys of individuals with schizophrenia.
 
Specifically, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must study health care, housing, public safety, and other costs incurred by federal, state, tribal, and local governments and nongovernmental entities to address serious mental illness. HHS must consult with the Department of Justice, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development on the study.
 
Additionally, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) must periodically conduct a surveillance survey to collect information about individuals with schizophrenia, such as their demographic characteristics and health status. SAMHSA must coordinate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Mental Health, and other federal agencies on the survey. SAMHSA may also award grants or other assistance to nonprofits for convening stakeholder meetings and other activities to support the survey.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Food before Fuel Act

Bill: 117-hr-7484
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Conflicts and wars
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental Protection
Environmental regulatory procedures
Europe
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Inflation and prices
Military operations and strategy
Motor fuels
Nutrition and diet
Russia
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Food before Fuel Act

 
This bill revises the renewable fuel program to eliminate the annual renewable fuel standard.
 
The existing standard requires 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel that is produced from renewable biomass to be blended into transportation fuel by 2022. The renewable fuel standard includes fuels that are produced from renewable biomass, such as corn.
 
The bill would not affect the standards under the program for advanced biofuel, cellulosic biofuel, or biomass-based diesel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
No Child Left Inside Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7486
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

No Child Left Inside Act of 2022

 
This bill provides support for environmental literacy and environmental education programs in elementary and secondary schools, including by directing the Department of Education to award grants for (1) implementing state environmental literacy plans, and (2) establishing or expanding outdoor school education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Employee Access to Worksite Health Services Act

Bill: 117-hr-7487
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Employee Access to Worksite Health Services Act

 
This bill provides that individuals who are eligible to receive qualified items and services at a worksite health clinic may make pre-tax contributions to a health savings account The bill defines 
qualified items and services
 to include primary care items and services, physical examinations, immunizations, drugs and drug testing, tests for infectious diseases, preventive care for chronic conditions, hearing, vision, or dental screenings, and mental and behavioral health services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7488
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Freedom of Association in Higher Education Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses freedom of association protections for college students in single-sex social organizations.
 
Specifically, the bill gives students (or groups of students) enrolled at institutions of higher education (IHEs) the right to form or join social organizations, including single-sex social organizations.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits IHEs that participate in federal student-aid programs from
 
 
taking adverse actions against single-sex social organizations or students who are members or prospective members of such organizations based solely on the practice of limiting membership to only individuals of one sex;
 
taking actions that require or coerce members or prospective members of such organizations to waive protections provided under the bill, including as a condition of enrolling in the IHE; or
 
imposing a recruitment restriction on a single-sex social organization that is not imposed upon other student organizations, unless the organization and IHE have entered into a written agreement allowing the restriction.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in House
Time Off to Vote Act

Bill: 117-hr-7489
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2022-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: 

Time Off to Vote Act 

 
This bill requires an employer, upon the request of an employee, to provide the employee with a minimum of two consecutive hours of paid leave in order to vote in a federal election.
 
The employer may determine the two-hour period, excluding any lunch break or other break. 
 
Taking such leave shall not result in the employee losing accrued employment benefits.
 
The bill makes it unlawful for an employer to interfere with the right to take such leave or for an employer to discriminate against an employee for taking such leave. Further, the bill makes it unlawful for any employer to retaliate against an employee for (1) opposing any practice made unlawful by this bill; (2) filing a charge, or instituting or causing to be instituted any proceeding, under or related to this bill; or (3) testifying or preparing to testify in an inquiry or proceeding relating to such leave.
 
The bill specifies penalties for employers who violate these provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
IRAN Negotiations Act

Bill: 117-hr-7490
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2022-04-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Europe
International law and treaties
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear power
Nuclear weapons
Russia
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: 

Investigating Russian Ambitions in Nuclear Negotiations Act or the IRAN Negotiations Act

 
This bill requires the President to, within five calendar days of reaching an agreement with Iran regarding Iran's nuclear program, report to Congress describing any benefits that will accrue to Russia as a result of the agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Parents Need to Know Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7491
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2022-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: 

Parents Need to Know Act of 2022

 
This bill requires local educational agencies to establish procedures for schools to provide (1) timely notification, including by calls and texts, to parents about certain threats, unlawful acts, or significant emergencies that occur on school grounds, during transportation for school sponsored-events, or during school-sponsored activities; (2) a plan to address, mitigate, or correct any risks to students associated with these acts or emergencies; and (3) an annual notice to students, parents, and employees describing the notification procedures required by the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Innocence in Education Act

Bill: 117-hr-7492
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2022-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: 

Protecting Innocence in Education Act

 
This bill prohibits federally mandated sex education in elementary schools.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Education (ED) from (1) requiring states, local educational agencies, or elementary schools to implement federal policies relating to sex education in elementary schools; or (2) punishing these entities (e.g., withholding federal funds or levying fines) for failing to implement or carry out these federal policies.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits the Task Force on Sexual Violence in Education from (1) developing recommendations for these entities with respect to sex education in elementary schools; or (2) assessing ED's ability to levy intermediate fines for noncompliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded education programs or activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7493
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2022-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: 

Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies federal bankruptcy law to allow an individual debtor to exempt from their bankruptcy estate one or more firearms up to a total maximum value of $3,000. The bill also specifies that such firearms are household goods that are not subject to liens in bankruptcy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 117-hr-7494
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2022-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: 

Bankruptcy Threshold Adjustment and Technical Corrections Act 

 
This bill modifies provisions related to small business reorganization bankruptcies and wage earner's bankruptcies. 
 
Specifically, the bill extends for two years the increase of the amount of debt allowed to be carried by debtors to qualify for small business reorganization bankruptcy and provides that this debt limit is subject to adjustment for inflation. Additionally, it provides that a small business debtor includes a debtor that is an affiliate of certain publicly traded companies. Further, it authorizes the bankruptcy trustee to operate the business of the debtor if the debtor ceases to be a debtor in possession. 
 
The bill also increases for two years the debt limit for individuals filing for bankruptcy under Chapter 13 (i.e., the wage earner's plan) and allows both secured and unsecured debt to count towards this single limit. (Currently, separate limits apply to secured and unsecured debt.)

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act

Bill: 117-hr-7495
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: 

Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act

 
 This bill designates as the Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park the defenses constructed at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861 as a ring of fortifications in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and northern Virginia to protect the nation's capital. 
 
 The park shall include all areas associated with the Civil War defenses of Washington currently owned by the federal government and under the administration of the National Park Service, including Battleground National Cemetery. 
 
 Certain eligible sites and certain additional sites associated with the Civil War defenses of Washington may become affiliated with the park pursuant to a cooperative agreement under this bill. 
 
 The Department of the Interior shall study and consider creative and cost-effective ways to facilitate how the storied history of the Civil War for both the North and the South, including the history of the defenses of Washington and the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, can be assembled, arrayed, and conveyed for the benefit of the public.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E377)
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to install a plaque at the peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, United States Virgin Islands, to commemorate the slave rebellion that began on St. John in 1733.

Bill: 117-hr-7496
Sponsor: Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Monuments and memorials
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to install, in an appropriate location in the area of the Ram Head trail at the peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, a suitable plaque to commemorate the slave rebellion that began on St. John on November 23, 1733.

action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to install, in an appropriate location in the area of the Ram Head trail at the peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, a suitable plaque to commemorate the slave rebellion that began on St. John on November 23, 1733.

action_date: 2022-12-12
text: 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to install, in an appropriate location in the area of the Ram Head trail at the peak of Ram Head in the Virgin Islands National Park on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, a suitable plaque to commemorate the slave rebellion that began on St. John on November 23, 1733.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9682)
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9682)
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7496.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9682-9683)
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Mr. Grijalva moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 438.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-605.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-605.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-04-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
Make Medicine Affordable Act

Bill: 117-hr-7497
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2022-04-11 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: 

Make Medicine Affordable Act

 
This bill establishes several programs and requirements to address the prices of prescription drugs, including (1) requiring the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to negotiate the prices of certain brand-name drugs and insulin under Medicare, (2) capping annual out-of-pocket spending under the Medicare prescription drug benefit, and (3) limiting cost-sharing for insulin products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2022-04-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Introduced in House