hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
SCRIPT Act

Bill: 117-s-3466
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: 

Stopping Censorship, Restoring Integrity, and Protecting Talkies Act or the SCRIPT Act

 
This bill prohibits federal support for a U.S. company that alters political content in its motion pictures (e.g., movies and television shows) in response to or in anticipation of a request from China's government. 
 
Under this bill, 
political content 
is content relating to issues considered sensitive by the Chinese Communist Party or China's government, such as Taiwan or the Tiananmen Square massacre.
 
To be eligible to receive federal support (e.g., a contract for production or access to a federally controlled asset) for a motion picture, a U.S. company must provide to the Department of State a list of motion pictures it has submitted to China's government for approval for dissemination during the reporting period (the previous 10 years or since this bill was enacted, whichever period is shorter). The U.S. company must also agree in writing to not (1) alter political content in its motion picture in response to or in anticipation of a request from China's government, or (2) coproduce the motion picture with an entity located in China that is subject to political content restrictions from China's government. 
 
A U.S. company that has taken such actions during the reporting period shall be prohibited from receiving federal support. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-3467
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2022-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: 

UNRWA Accountability and Transparency Act

 
This bill makes changes to U.S. foreign policy in matters concerning the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
 
For purposes of this policy, the bill defines 
Palestinian refugee
 as a person who (1) resided from June 1946 to May 1948 in Mandatory Palestine (a region controlled by Britain until 1948), (2) was personally displaced as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict, and (3) has not accepted citizenship or other permanent adjustment in status in another country. Furthermore, under U.S. policy, derivative refugee status may only extend to the spouse or minor child of such a Palestinian refugee.
 
The bill withholds U.S. funding for the UNRWA unless the Department of State makes certifications concerning the UNRWA's staff, partners, and funding. Specifically, the State Department must certify that neither UNRWA staff and partners nor its funding and facilities are affiliated with terrorism or engaged in the dissemination of certain rhetoric, such as calling for the destruction of Israel or describing Israelis as 
occupiers 
or 
settlers
. Additionally, the State Department must certify that the UNRWA is subject to comprehensive independent financial audits and is unaffiliated with any financial institutions that the United States considers to be complicit in money laundering or terror financing.
 
The State Department must also implement a plan to encourage other countries to align their activities and efforts regarding the UNRWA with U.S. policy objectives, including the phaseout of the UNRWA by resettling Palestinian refugees outside of Israel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 247.
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a limitation on the removal of the Government of Cuba from the state sponsors of terrorism list.

Bill: 117-s-3468
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2022-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: 
This bill prohibits rescinding the designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism without Congressional approval.
 
Specifically, before rescinding the designation, the President must certify to Congress that Cuba (1) is cooperating with U.S. antiterrorism efforts, (2) has ceased providing support for international terrorism, (3) has rendered to the United States all persons sought by the Department of Justice for crimes committed in the United States, and (4) has ceased providing support to the regime of former President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela. Furthermore, the designation may not be rescinded unless a joint resolution from Congress approving the President's certification is enacted.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 248.
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Multilateral Aid Review Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3469
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2022-01-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: 

Multilateral Aid Review Act of 2022 

 
This bill establishes a U.S. Multilateral Aid Review to assess U.S. government investments in multilateral entities. The President must establish a U.S. Multilateral Review Task Force, which must report to Congress the review's findings. 
 
The task force must establish and report the methodology for the reviews, which shall include assessments of (1) the relationship between such multilateral entities' stated goals and actual results, (2) the management practices and transparency of the entities, (3) the alignment between an entity's policies and practices with U.S. foreign policy objectives, and (4) whether U.S. goals may be better served by pursing a bilateral approach.
 
The bill establishes a U.S. Multilateral Aid Review Peer Review Group, which must review the reports and provide feedback to the task force and to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 249.
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2022-01-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Safe Equitable Campus Resources and Education Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3471
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: 

Safe Equitable Campus Resources and Education Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires the annual campus security report provided by institutions of higher education to current and prospective students and employees to address the needs of individuals with disabilities. Among other requirements, the report and its related materials must (1) be made available free of charge, in a timely manner, and in accessible formats to individuals with disabilities; (2) include current campus policies that ensure that their needs are included in emergency response and evacuation procedures; and (3) include an assurance that campus security personnel and others receive training about working with these individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Bear Poaching Elimination Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3472
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: 

Bear Poaching Elimination Act of 2022

 
This bill makes it unlawful for a person to knowingly import, export, sell, purchase, possess, transport, deliver, or receive bear viscera or related products except for limited acts carried out solely to enforce wildlife protection laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Innovation in Aging Act

Bill: 117-s-3473
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: 

Innovation in Aging Act

 
This bill reauthorizes for FY2022 activities carried out by the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center for the Aging Network (which conducts research, evaluates programs, and identifies best practices related to programs and services for older adults).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act

Bill: 117-s-3474
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: 

Honoring Civil Servants Killed in the Line of Duty Act

 
This bill increases benefits to survivors of federal employees who die in the line of duty.
 
Specifically, the bill increases the death benefit for federal employees from $10,000 to $100,000 and increases the funeral benefit from $800 to $8,800. Both amounts must be adjusted annually for inflation. The bill also excludes the death benefit from gross income for purposes of federal taxation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill for the relief of Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez.

Bill: 117-s-3475
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Provides for the relief of Cesar Carlos Silva Rodriguez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
SUPPORT Act

Bill: 117-s-3476
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: 

Securing Uninterrupted Pandemic Preparation Of Resources and Therapies Act or the SUPPORT Act

 
This bill expressly incorporates the provision of mental health and substance use disorder services during public health emergencies into the authorities and other activities of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
 
Additionally, SAMHSA must report to Congress about recommendations to improve the provision of such services during public health emergencies.
 
The Government Accountability Office must also report on SAMHSA's programs and activities for supporting the provision of such services during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
PREVENT Medical Device Shortages Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3477
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: 

Planning, Reporting, and Enabling Voluntary Expansion of Notifications Targeting Medical Device Shortages Act of 2022 or the PREVENT Medical Device Shortages Act of 2022

 
This bill expands existing requirements for manufacturers of certain medical devices to alert the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of supply disruptions and addresses related issues.
 
Under this bill, a manufacturer of a medical device that is critical to public health during a declared public health emergency must notify the FDA as soon as practicable of any circumstance that is likely to lead to a meaningful disruption to the supply of the device in the United States. Currently, the manufacturer is only required to notify the FDA of supply disruptions stemming from manufacturing issues. 
 
The bill also authorizes the FDA to receive notifications from manufacturers of medical devices that are critical to public health about manufacturing issues that are likely to lead to a meaningful disruption to the U.S. supply of the device.
 
Each manufacturer of a medical device that is critical to the public health must develop and implement a redundancy risk management plan in each manufacturing facility for the device. Such a plan shall be subject to FDA inspection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
GAIN TOOLS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3478
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: 

Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now Through Opening Opportunities to Leverage Science Act of 2022 or the GAIN TOOLS Act of 2022

 
This bill expands the definition of a qualified infectious disease product (QIDP) to include eligible biological products. Under current law, the first application (or supplement) for a specific product and indication to be designated a QIDP shall receive priority review for market approval by the Food and Drug Administration. 
 
Generally, a biological product designated as a QIDP is one that acts on bacteria or fungi and is intended to treat a serious or life-threatening infection.
 
However, a biological product with a QIDP designation shall not receive the market exclusivity extension currently available to drugs that receive the designation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Building a Sustainable Workforce for Healthy Communities Act

Bill: 117-s-3479
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Minority health
Nutrition and diet
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: 

Building a Sustainable Workforce for Healthy Communities Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and revises a program carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that supports the use of community health workers to improve health outcomes in medically underserved communities.
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the effectiveness of and other matters concerning the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the use of funds to reduce the nuclear forces of the United States.

Bill: 117-s-3480
Sponsor: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2022-01-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Defense spending
International law and treaties
Nuclear weapons
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration from using funds for FY2022-FY2027 to reduce the nuclear forces of the United States.
 
Specifically, no such funds may be obligated or expended to reduce (1) the total quantity of strategic delivery systems below the quantity of such systems as of January 1, 2021, (2) the quantity of deployed or non-deployed strategic delivery systems below quantities described as the 
Final New START Treaty Force Structure
, or (3) the size of the nuclear weapons stockpile below the size of the stockpile as of January 1, 2021.
 
Such prohibition does not apply to
 
 
reductions made to ensure the safety, security, reliability, and credibility of the nuclear weapons stockpile and strategic delivery systems;
 
temporary reductions in the quantity of nuclear weapons or deployed strategic delivery systems to facilitate the fielding of modernized replacements;
 
nuclear weapons that are retired or awaiting dismantlement as of January 1, 2021; or
 
reductions made pursuant to a treaty with respect to which the Senate has provided its advice and consent.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 250.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
action_date: 2022-01-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3481
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2022-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: 

Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a framework to prohibit correctional institutions at the federal and state levels from using gender identity to house inmates of one biological sex with inmates of the other biological sex.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3493 Burnet Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the "John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun Post Office".

Bill: 117-s-3482
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3493 Burnet Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the "John H. Leahr and Herbert M. Heilbrun Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3483
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2022-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Neurological disorders
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: 

Justice for ALS Veterans Act of 2022

 
This bill extends increased dependency and indemnity compensation to the surviving spouse of a veteran who dies from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease) regardless of how long the veteran had such disease prior to death. Under current law, such compensation is paid for a service-connected disability that was rated totally disabling for a continuous period of at least eight years immediately preceding death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-3484
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
Congressional oversight
Due process and equal protection
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Floods and storm protection
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Navigation, waterways, harbors
New Jersey
New York State
Outdoor recreation
Public-private cooperation
Seashores and lakeshores
Water Resources Development
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: 

New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to establish the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Program, a nonregulatory program, to coordinate restoration and protection activities among government entities and conservation partners throughout the watershed. The bill also establishes the New York-New Jersey Watershed Restoration Grant Program, a voluntary grant and technical assistance program, to provide competitive matching grants to certain entities to implement restoration and protection activities for the watershed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate
SERVIS Act

Bill: 117-s-3485
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-01-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability assistance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: 

Securing Enfranchisement and the Rights of Voters regardless of Inoculation Status Act or the SERVIS Act

 
This bill prohibits requiring voters to present vaccine passports or other information regarding their COVID-19 vaccination status, and also restricts masking requirements, for voting in federal elections.
 
Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful for any state or political subdivision to require a voter to present a vaccine passport or other information regarding the voter's COVID-19 vaccination status.
 
Further, a state or political subdivision may require a voter to wear a mask in order to enter a polling location only under certain circumstances. In particular, the state or political subdivision must (1) make masks readily available and at no cost to the voter and to an individual who accompanies the voter, and (2) provide reasonable accommodation from such masking requirement to an individual with a disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2022-01-12
text: Introduced in Senate