hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
FAIR Contributions Act

Bill: 117-hr-8575
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Funding Affordable Internet with Reliable Contributions Act or the FAIR Contributions Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to study and report on the feasibility of funding the Universal Service Fund through contributions from edge providers (i.e., providers of online content or services, such as search engines).
 
The fund provides support to high-cost areas, schools and libraries, rural health care facilities, and the Lifeline program (an FCC program that provides a discount on phone service for low-income consumers).
 
The report must consider (1) the type and size of firms and services on which contributions could be assessed, (2) equity issues related to current versus alternative systems for contributing to the fund, (3) the effect of any change to the contribution system on the telecommunications bills of consumers, and (4) the sustainability of the fund and how to ensure that fund disbursements are consistent and predictable over time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act

Bill: 117-hr-8576
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Travel Nursing Agency Transparency Study Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study the effects of travel nurse agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study must consider matters that include agency business and payment practices, the effects of travel nurse agency practices on workforce shortages, and the acquisition of travel nurse agencies by private equity firms.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
GREEN Appraisals Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8577
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Getting Renewable and Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Appraisals Act of 2022 or the GREEN Appraisals Act of 2022 

 
This bill requires lenders that originate federally backed residential mortgages to notify borrowers of their right to request an energy report concerning the property. 
 
The bill also requires, upon consent of the borrower, the lender to provide to an appraiser any available energy report concerning the property. The appraiser must take this report into consideration when appraising the value of the property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8578
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Energy Consumer Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill expands enforcement provisions under the Federal Power Act and the Natural Gas Act, including by allowing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to temporarily or permanently ban any person from trading in energy markets if the person (1) violates those acts by manipulating the electricity or natural gas markets, or (2) files false information regarding those markets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8579
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Retirement Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill temporarily increases the contribution limits for certain retirement accounts. It also modifies the tax credit for contributions to certain retirement accounts (i.e., the Saver's Credit). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
The LTCH Access and Stability Act

Bill: 117-hr-8580
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

The LTCH Access and Stability Act

 
This bill waives the Medicare site-neutral payment rate for inpatient services at long-term care hospitals for an additional 12 months after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must report on the effects of this waiver on hospital admissions and overall access to services, among other information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8581
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022

 
This bill restricts the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from decreasing payments for Medicare home health services based on certain adjustments until 2026.
 
Current law requires the CMS to make certain permanent and temporary payment adjustments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services based on behavioral assumptions for 2020 through 2026. The bill restricts the CMS from making adjustments that decrease payments until 2026; the CMS must also ensure that any such necessary decreases are made before 2032.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on the acquisition of single-family homes by certain large investors.

Bill: 117-hr-8582
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 
This bill imposes a 100% excise tax on the purchase of a single-family home by a specified large investor (i.e., any person, other than a tax-exempt charitable organization or a governmental entity, with assets having a fair market value exceeding $20 million). The tax does not apply if the home is used as the principal residence of the investor or the sale to the investor is pursuant to a governmental program for providing housing to low-income individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8583
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
Geography and mapping
Land transfers
Minnesota

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the exchange of certain federal lands in the Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota. 
 
The bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if Big Winnie Land and Timber, LLC, (BWLT) offers to convey identified nonfederal land to the United States, to (1) accept the offer and convey to BWLT all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the federal land; and (2) accept from BWLT all right, title, and interest of BWLT in and to the nonfederal land. 
 
The exchange shall be for equal value or the values shall be equalized by a cash payment, subject to an exception. 
 
The land acquired by USDA shall be added to and managed as part of Chippewa National Forest. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

Bill: 117-hr-8584
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Pregnancy Resource Center Defense Act

 
This bill increases criminal penalties (and authorizes additional civil remedies) for intentionally damaging or destroying the property of a facility that exclusively provides abortion-alternative services or that is a place of religious worship. It also establishes a mandatory minimum sentence for certain conduct involving fire or explosives used against such a facility or place of religious worship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act

Bill: 117-hr-8585
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Health promotion and preventive care
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

National Plan to End Parkinson's Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a project to prevent and cure Parkinson's disease (a progressive brain disorder that causes unintended or uncontrollable movements) and related conditions.
 
Among other components of the project, HHS must (1) implement and periodically update a national plan to coordinate and guide efforts to prevent and cure the disease; (2) improve diagnosis, treatment, and care of those with the disease; and (3) address health and other disparities related to the disease. HHS must also conduct annual assessments on the preparation for and response to the increased burden of Parkinson's disease.
 
In addition, the bill establishes a council, comprised of federal and nonfederal stakeholders, to advise HHS on and make recommendations concerning the prevention and cure of Parkinson's disease.
 
The bill's provisions terminate at the end of calendar year 2035.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
EFFECTIVE Act

Bill: 117-hr-8586
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Ensuring the FDA Fully Examines Clinical Trial Impact and Vitalness before Endorsement Act or the EFFECTIVE Act

 
This bill specifies that the Food and Drug Administration may deny an application for a new opioid analgesic drug upon a determination that the drug does not provide a significant advantage or clinical superiority compared to other drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
INFANT Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8587
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2022-07-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: 

Improving Newborn Formula Access for a Nutritious Tomorrow Act of 2022 or the
 
INFANT Act of 2022

 
This bill revises the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to require state agencies that use a competitive bidding system for infant formula contracts to award such contracts to at least two manufacturers. Additionally, it prohibits states from contracting more than 70% of their WIC infant formula from one manufacturer within a year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing the proposed rule titled "The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors", and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8589
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 
This bill prohibits the Securities and Exchange Commission from finalizing the rule proposed on April 11, 2022, and titled 
The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors
. The proposed rule requires registrants to disclose their climate-related risks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Small Family Farmer And Rancher Relief Act

Bill: 117-hr-8590
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Small Family Farmer And Rancher Relief Act 

 
This bill increases premium and insurance subsidies for certain small family farmers and ranchers, creates a program to provide relief to small producers when cattle prices and values exceed a specified threshold level, and establishes a grant program to assist cattle producers to market and add value to beef products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
To amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health shall conduct research on programs to educate workplace professionals on the prevention of impairment from the use of cannabis, opioids, and other drugs, and the risks resulting from individuals working while impaired, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8591
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 
This bill requires the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health to develop a workplace training program on how impairment from using cannabis, opioids, and other drugs effects job safety and ways to prevent, recognize, and respond to such impairment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
GRAIN for America Act

Bill: 117-hr-8592
Sponsor: Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Guaranteeing Robust Agricultural Independence and Nutrition for America Act or the
 
GRAIN for America Act 

 
This bill establishes a one-year moratorium on the enrollment of land in the Conservation Reserve Program, with a specified exception for land that is already subject to a contract under the program. It also prohibits the Department of Agriculture from enrolling prime farmland in the program.
 
Additionally, the bill allows a participant who has entered into a contract under the program to terminate the contract at any time during the one-year period preceding the date on which the contact would expire.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Territories Statistics Collection Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-8593
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Territories Statistics Collection Equity Act

 
This bill requires implementation of a plan for federal agencies to collect and publish statistics regarding the U.S. territories in the same manner as statistics are collected and reported for the states.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy to publish a list and assessment of existing federal statistical programs that collect and publish data for the U.S. territories comparable to the states.
 
The council must submit to Congress a plan to collect and publish statistics regarding the territories in the same manner as statistics are collected and reported by federal agencies for the states.
 
The council, in coordination with agencies, must implement the plan no later than four years after enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

Bill: 117-hr-8594
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

 
This bill specifies that private health insurers may not limit, restrict, or condition benefits for renal dialysis services for individuals with end-stage renal disease as compared to other types of benefits for other medical conditions under Medicare secondary payer rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
ACE Act

Bill: 117-hr-8595
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Airspace Clearinghouse Enhancement Act or the
 
ACE Act 

 
This bill addresses structures interfering with air commerce or national security near military installations.
 
Specifically, the bill requires
 
 
the Department of Defense to elicit written testimony from the base commander of each military installation within a certain radius of a structure or sanitary landfill when making a determination of whether the construction, alteration, establishment, or expansion of such a facility will result in an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security; and
 
any person that submits an application for an energy project near a military installation to disclose if they have a relationship with a foreign principal or an agent of a foreign principal.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
Biochar Research Network Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8596
Sponsor: Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-29 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: 

Biochar Research Network Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a biochar research network of not more than 20 research stations or facilities to test the impact of biochar across various soil types, application methods, and climates to learn more about its potential to benefit farmers and the environment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: Introduced in House