hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3691
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2022

 
This bill terminates (1) the taxpayer election to designate $3 of income tax liability for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account. The Department of the Treasury must transfer funds remaining in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to the treasury for the sole purpose of reducing the deficit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
NET Act

Bill: 117-s-3692
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Network Equipment Transparency Act or the NET Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to determine each year (subject to available data) whether the lack of network equipment significantly impacted the deployment of broadband and other advanced telecommunications capability. The FCC must include this determination in its annual inquiry concerning the availability of advanced telecommunications capability.

action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 

Network Equipment Transparency Act or the NET Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to determine (subject to available data) whether the lack of network equipment significantly impacted the deployment of broadband and other advanced telecommunications capability. The FCC must include this determination in its biennial report on the state of the communications marketplace.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 687.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cantwell with amendments. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act

Bill: 117-s-3693
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Colorado
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Fishes
Lakes and rivers
New Mexico
Utah
Water resources funding
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basins Recovery Act
 
 
This bill extends through FY2024 the authority of the Department of the Interior to implement capital projects (i.e., construction of facilities) for the endangered fish recovery programs for the Upper Colorado and San Juan river basins. 
 
The bill raises the ceiling on costs for the Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin and lowers the ceiling on costs for the San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program.
 
The bill also extends through FY2022 the deadline for the submission of the report on the recovery implementation programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Continuing Safe Essential Travel Across our Border Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3694
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latin America
Mexico
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Continuing Safe Essential Travel Across our Border Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from requiring any essential critical infrastructure worker to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to engage in essential travel between the United States and Mexico or between the United States and Canada. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
IMF Accountability Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3695
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Caribbean area
China
Congressional oversight
Cuba
Europe
International monetary system and foreign exchange
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Latin America
Middle East
Nicaragua
North Korea
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

IMF Accountability Act of 2022

 
This bill imposes requirements on U.S. representatives to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with regard to certain issues involving China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, or Afghanistan while under Taliban control. 
 
The President or any U.S. representative to the IMF may not vote to allocate Special Drawing Rights (SDR) to any of these countries unless Congress authorizes such a vote. (The SDR is an international reserve asset maintained by the IMF based on contributions from IMF member countries. SDRs may be exchanged between member countries and may also be exchanged for currencies.)
 
The bill also requires the Department of the Treasury to direct U.S. representatives to the IMF to oppose any proposal that (1) increases the IMF quota of any of these countries, or (2) modifies certain policies if the modification would allow the IMF to provide funding to any of these countries. (A country's quota determines, among other things, that country's voting power in IMF decisions and access to IMF financing.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Behavioral Health Coordination and Communication Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3696
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Behavioral Health Coordination and Communication Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes, within the Executive Office of the President, the position of Interagency Coordinator for Behavioral Health to coordinate federal programs and activities concerning mental health and substance use disorders.
 
Federal departments and agencies must notify the coordinator when developing or implementing policies related to behavioral health.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the role and activities of the coordinator and must study issues related to behavioral health services in school settings and in the juvenile justice system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3697
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2022

 
This bill makes changes to anti-money laundering requirements under federal criminal and banking laws.
 
Among the changes, the bill
 
 
specifies that a blank check that is drawn on an account containing more than $10,000 and that is possessed by the bearer to avoid reporting requirements is a monetary instrument subject to international transport reporting requirements, 
 
increases the maximum criminal penalties for bulk cash smuggling, and
 
permits the government to charge a defendant with a single count of money laundering for multiple violations that are part of the same scheme or continuing course of conduct.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3698
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Air quality
Child care and development
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Infrastructure development
Internet, web applications, social media
Maine
New Hampshire
New York State
Nutrition and diet
Public participation and lobbying
Regional and metropolitan planning
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Vermont
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Northern Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2022

 
This bill makes various changes to the authorities and programs of regional economic and infrastructure development commissions.
 
 Specifically, the bill reauthorizes the Southwest Border Regional Commission, the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission, and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) and establishes and expands NBRC grant programs. The NBRC must establish a state capacity building program to provide grants to commission states (Maine, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont) to better support business retention and expansion in eligible counties and for other specified purposes. Each commission state shall provide to the NBRC an annual work plan that includes the proposed use of the grant. 
 
 Additionally, the NBRC may make grants for the planning, construction, equipment, and operation of demonstration health, nutrition, and child care projects. Such grants must give special emphasis to projects and activities to address substance use disorders, including opioid and methamphetamine use.
 
 The bill authorizes these regional commissions (as part of economic and infrastructure development grants) to (1) design, build, implement, or upgrade transportation or basic public infrastructure or workforce capacity to support the adaptation to and mitigation of climate challenges; and (2) promote the production of housing to meet economic development and workforce needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Department of Energy Science for the Future Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3699
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alternative and renewable resources
Astronomy
Atmospheric science and weather
Biological and life sciences
Chemistry
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Earth sciences
Elementary and secondary education
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign and international corporations
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International scientific cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Materials
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority education
Minority employment
Nuclear power
Radiation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Science and engineering education
Solid waste and recycling
Space flight and exploration
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Department of Energy Science for the Future Act

 
This bill supports specified research and development activities of the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science.
 
The bill establishes various programs, including
 
 
 a basic energy sciences research and development program;
 
a Carbon Oxide Sequestration Research and Geologic Computing Initiative; 
 
 a biological systems science and climate and environmental science research and development program; 
 
earth and environmental systems science research;
 
a coastal zone research initiative; 
 
a Quantum User Expansion for Science and Technology program or QUEST program; 
 
a research program on the fundamental constituents of matter and energy and the nature of space and time;
 
 research activities on the nature of the primary contents of the universe, including the nature of dark energy and dark matter;
 
a research program to discover and understand various forms of nuclear matter; 
 
a high intensity laser research initiative; and
 
an Emerging Biological Threat Preparedness Research Initiative.
 
 
The DOE Office of Science shall continue to leverage U.S. participation in the Large Hadron Collider and prioritize expanding international partnerships and investments in the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility and Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. 
 
DOE shall broaden its recruitment pool to increase participation from underrepresented institutions of higher education, including historically Black colleges and universities.
 
DOE may not carry out certain gain-of-function research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-01
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Insulin Now Act

Bill: 117-s-3700
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug therapy
Employee benefits and pensions
Executive agency funding and structure
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Affordable Insulin Now Act

 
This bill limits cost-sharing for insulin under private health insurance and the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
 
Specifically, the bill caps cost-sharing under private health insurance for a month's supply of selected insulin products at $35 or 25% of a plan's negotiated price (after any price concessions), whichever is less, beginning in 2023.
 
The bill caps cost-sharing under the Medicare prescription drug benefit for a month's supply of covered insulin products at (1) $35 between October 1, 2022, and January 1, 2024; and (2) $35 or 25% of a plan's negotiated price, whichever is less, beginning in 2024. The bill provides funds for FY2022 for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to implement the bill. 
 
Currently, the CMS is testing a voluntary model under the Medicare prescription drug benefit (the Part D Senior Savings Model) in which the copayment for a month's supply of insulin is capped at $35 through participating plans. The model is set to expire on December 31, 2025.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
TRUCKERS Act

Bill: 117-s-3701
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latin America
Mexico
Motor carriers
Transportation employees

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Terminating Reckless and Unnecessary Checks Known to Erode Regular Shipping Act or the TRUCKERS Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security from imposing any COVID-19 vaccination requirement on any commercial truck driver who is a national of Canada or Mexico and seeking to temporarily enter the United States for business through a land port of entry. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-s-3702
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who served with Union forces in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3703
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2022

 
This bill replaces provisions governing the compensation provided to a former President. 
 
Each former President shall receive from the United States (1) an annuity of $200,000 per year for the remainder of his or her life, and (2) a monetary allowance of $200,000 per year. Such allowance shall be reduced by the amount the former President's earned income exceeds $400,000. These monetary amounts are subject to a cost-of-living increase.
 
The bill increases and provides for cost-of-living adjustments to the monetary allowance for surviving spouses of former Presidents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
ASSIST Act

Bill: 117-s-3704
Sponsor: Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

Advancing Student Services In Schools Today Act or the ASSIST Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to, among others, local educational agencies to increase the number of mental health and substance use disorder care providers in schools and school-based health centers. It also increases the federal government's share of Medicaid costs for behavioral health services furnished in those settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
American Offshore Worker Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-3705
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-02-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: 

American Offshore Worker Fairness Act

 
This bill further restricts foreign crew members from working on vessels, rigs, and other structures engaged in offshore energy activities on the Outer Continental Shelf.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-02-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Immediate Access for the Terminally Ill Act

Bill: 117-s-3707
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: 

Immediate Access for the Terminally Ill Act

 
This bill makes various changes to Social Security benefits, including to expedite disability benefit payments to individuals with certain terminal diseases or medical conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Trading System Preservation Act

Bill: 117-s-3708
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-02-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Free trade and trade barriers
Normal trade relations, most-favored-nation treatment
Trade agreements and negotiations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: 

Trading System Preservation Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to enter into covered plurilateral trade agreements. 
Covered plurilateral trade agreement
 refers to a sector-specific agreement within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO) involving foreign countries or foreign territories that form a subset of the members of the WTO that does not extend benefits on a most-favored-nation basis.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the U.S. Trade Representative to provide a classified briefing to specified congressional committees on the feasibility and advisability of pursuing and adopting covered plurilateral trade agreements.
 
After the congressional briefing, the bill directs the President to initiate negotiations for a covered plurilateral trade agreement when the President determines it is in the national interest to do so. 
 
The bill authorizes the President to enter into these agreements in specified sectors of the economy (e.g., digital services and pharmaceuticals), with such authority expiring on July 1, 2027. Further, the President may proclaim a modification or continuance of any existing duty or continuance of existing excise or duty-free treatment to carry out an agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-02-28
text: Introduced in Senate