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To amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6647
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2022-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: 
This bill expands eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimbursement of emergency treatment for veterans who are treated in a non-VA facility. Specifically, the bill waives the requirement that a veteran must have received VA care within the 24-month period preceding the furnishing of emergency treatment if the veteran receives such emergency treatment within the 60-day period following their enrollment in the VA health care system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-18
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-02-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Secure America’s Borders First Act

Bill: 117-hr-6648
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-02-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Defense spending
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Latin America
Mexico
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: 

Secure America's Borders First Act

 
This bill prohibits using federal funds to provide certain military assistance to Ukraine until a border wall system along the U.S.-Mexico border is completed and operation control of such border is achieved.
 
Specifically, this prohibition shall apply to funds made available to the Department of Defense and funds made available for security assistance or security cooperation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Service Restoration Act

Bill: 117-hr-6649
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2022-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Defense spending
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: 

Service Restoration Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to require a member of the Armed Forces to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The bill also prohibits adverse action (e.g., punishment) being taken against a member of the Armed Forces solely on the basis that the member refuses to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
 
Individuals who were involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of their refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination must be reinstated in the grade they held prior to the separation. In computing retired or retainer pay, the military department concerned must include the time between the involuntary separation and reinstatement of the individual. 
 
The military department concerned must expunge adverse actions or references to involuntary separation related to the refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination from an individual's service record.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
No Chinese Communist SURPRISE Parties Act

Bill: 117-hr-6650
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2022-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Asia
China
Securities
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: 

No Chinese Communist Subterfuge via Unregistered Regime Presence Rendered Invisible to Shareholders and Equivalent Parties Act or the No Chinese Communist SURPRISE Parties Act 

 
This bill requires issuers of securities to annually disclose whether the issuer has established or maintained an organization of the Chinese Communist Party, if an organization of the Chinese Communist Party has participated in the operations of the issuer, and whether the issuer's board of directors (1) owes a fiduciary duty to the issuer and shareholders, and (2) is subject to heightened scrutiny with respect to conflicted controller transactions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Reverend Olusegun Samson Olaoye.

Bill: 117-hr-6652
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2022-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Provides for the relief of Reverend Olusegun Samson Olaoye.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Stop Funding Rioters Act

Bill: 117-hr-6653
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Stop Funding Rioters Act

 
This bill makes a person convicted of an offense relating to the assault of a law enforcement officer or a person convicted of a felony in connection with a riot that results in the destruction of a small business ineligible for any assistance or program administered by the Small Business Administration. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6655
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Disability and paralysis
Government trust funds
Law enforcement administration and funding
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
U.S. history
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Sarah Collins Rudolph Civil Rights Compensation Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes grants for victims of racial violence during the Civil Rights Movement.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes grants through the Department of Justice and the Crime Victims Fund to cover the cost of medical care for individuals who sustained injuries as a result of racial violence between 1954 and 1965. The bill defines 
racial violence
 as violence in which a victim or property was intentionally selected based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person.


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: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Foster Care Stabilization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6656
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Foster Care Stabilization Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Administration for Children and Families to award demonstration grants to foster care stabilization agencies to improve services for foster youth awaiting placement and for other emergency assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Sibling Relationships in Foster Care Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6657
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Community life and organization
Family relationships
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Protecting Sibling Relationships in Foster Care Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Administration for Children and Families to establish a competitive pilot grant program for foster care agencies to increase the placement of siblings together in foster care. The bill provides funding for the grants through FY2026.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6658
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Protecting Family and Small Business Tax Cuts Act of 2022

 
This bill makes permanent provisions affecting individual and business taxpayers that were enacted in 2017 by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. 
 
The bill makes permanent provisions that reduce individual and capital gain tax rates.
 
The bill increases the standard tax deduction for individual taxpayers. It also increases and modifies the child tax credit and raises the contribution base for the tax deduction of charitable contributions. 
 
The bill allows additional contributions to ABLE accounts (tax-exempt accounts designed to enable individuals with disabilities to save and pay for disability-related expenses). It exempts from taxation combat zone benefits of members of the Armed Forces serving in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt and the moving expenses of servicemembers. 
 
Additionally, the bill
 
 
lowers to $750,000 the amount of mortgage debt eligible for an interest expense tax deduction; 
 
 excludes from the gross income of student borrowers income attributable to the discharge after 2025 of loan debt due to death or disability;
 
makes permanent the limitation on the tax deduction for state and local taxes and denies a deduction for foreign real property taxes; 
 
 makes permanent the tax deduction of the income of certain pass-through business entities;
 
repeals the tax deduction for personal tax exemptions and the exclusion of employer-provided bicycle commuter fringe benefits;
 
terminates certain miscellaneous itemized tax deductions;
 
doubles the estate and gift tax exemption amount; and 
 
makes permanent the increase of the alternative minimum tax exemption amount for individual taxpayers. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-6659
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Africa
Air quality
Asia
Bahrain
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Djibouti
Egypt
Fires
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Hospital care
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Middle East
Military operations and strategy
Nursing
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Solid waste and recycling
Somalia
Syria
United Arab Emirates
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Yemen

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act

 
This bill updates policies and procedures related to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care and benefits for veterans who have been exposed to toxic substances.
 
Specifically, the bill extends the eligibility period for VA hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care for combat veterans who served after September 11, 2001, and were exposed to toxic substances, radiation, or other conditions, including those who did not enroll to receive VA care during the eligibility period.
 
The VA must incorporate into its existing health care screening a screening to help determine potential exposures to toxic substances during military service.
 
Among other requirements, the VA must also
 
 
provide annual training to health care and benefits personnel with respect to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances;
 
analyze total and respiratory disease mortality in veterans who served in specified locations on specified dates;
 
conduct an epidemiological study on the health trends of veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001;
 
conduct a study to determine trends in the rates of the incidence of cancer in veterans;
 
 publish a list of VA resources for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances, families and caregivers of such veterans, and survivors of such veterans who are receiving death benefits; and
 
report on the data quality of the Individual Longitudinal Exposure Record and its usefulness in supporting veterans in receiving VA health care and benefits.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-6660
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Libraries and archives
Military history
Racial and ethnic relations
Rhode Island
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

First Rhode Island Regiment Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to the First Rhode Island Regiment, collectively, in recognition of their dedicated service during the Revolutionary War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San Bernardino, California, as the "Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-hr-6661
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1663 East Date Place in San Bernardino, California, as the "Dr. Margaret B. Hill Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
EVs for All Act

Bill: 117-hr-6662
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Low- and moderate-income housing
National and community service
Public housing
Service industries
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Electric Vehicles for All Act or the EVs for All Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to provide grants to eligible entities (i.e., public housing agencies, local governments, and certain non-profit organizations) to facilitate electric vehicle sharing services operated at public housing projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Fleet Reserve Association 100th Anniversary Act

Bill: 117-hr-6663
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Fleet Reserve Association 100th Anniversary Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar clad coins in recognition and celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Fleet Reserve Association. All sales of coins issued under this bill shall include a surcharge which shall be paid to the Fleet Reserve Association. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6664
Sponsor: Rep. Burchett, Tim [R-TN-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill revises the duties of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Board of Directors to include holding public meetings. The board must provide public notice at least six days before such a meeting, unless the meeting is designated as an emergency. The TVA provides low-cost electricity in seven southeastern states. It also provides flood control, navigation, and land management for the Tennessee River system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
USB Act

Bill: 117-hr-6665
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Conflicts and wars
Europe
International Affairs
Latin America
Mexico
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Russia
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Ukraine and Southern Border Act or the USB Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to ensure that the number of members of the Armed Forces who are deployed because of the situation in Ukraine does not exceed the number of members of the Armed Forces who are deployed to the southern border of the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6666
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Higher Education Access and Success for Homeless and Foster Youth Act
 
of 2022

 
This bill requires certain actions to support access to higher education for children and youth who are homeless or in foster care.
 
Among other provisions, the bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) participating in financial aid programs to give priority to these students for any on-campus housing during and between academic terms. Further, the bill requires IHEs to designate a staff liaison to assist these students with support services, programs, and community resources in a variety of areas, including financial aid and housing.
 
The bill also requires these students to receive in-state tuition rates at public IHEs. Under current law, some states offer these students in-state tuition or provide them with tuition waivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Fresh Start Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6667
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Fresh Start Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a federal statutory process to expunge records related to certain nonviolent criminal offenses.
 
The bill defines the nonviolent offenses eligible for expungement; it establishes qualifications for an eligible offender; and it sets forth procedures for filing an expungement petition.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Can’t Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6668
Sponsor: Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Can't Cancel Your Own Debt Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits a Member of Congress from receiving student loan cancellation for time served in Congress or from a student loan program established or amended by an act of Congress, or set forth by an executive order or agency action, during the period in which the individual is serving as a Member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House