hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Emergency Relief from Duties Act

Bill: 117-s-3812
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Emergency Relief from Duties Act

 
This bill provides for a temporary waiver of countervailing and antidumping duties relating to fertilizer or fertilizer ingredients in emergency situations.
 
Specifically, a covered party (e.g., a manufacturer, trade association, or other interested party) may petition the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) to waive countervailing or antidumping duties assessed for fertilizer or fertilizer ingredients (or renew such a waiver) in emergency situations that limit the production or supply of fertilizer or fertilizer ingredients.
 
The bill requires the USITC to (1) allow the public to submit comments on any petition for a waiver or renewal; and (2) issue, within 30 days after the close of the public comment period, a final decision concerning the waiver or renewal. Any waiver or renewal shall be for a period of one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Member Business Loan Act

Bill: 117-s-3813
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Veterans Member Business Loan Act

 
This bill excludes from credit union aggregate loan limitations member business loans made to veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing Biosurveillance Capabilities and Epidemic Forecasting Act

Bill: 117-s-3814
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Minority health
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Modernizing Biosurveillance Capabilities and Epidemic Forecasting Act

 
This bill makes changes to various biosurveillance activities and infectious disease outbreak analysis capabilities.
 
These changes include expanding reporting requirements and otherwise modifying the scope of biosurveillance activities with a specific focus on improving the integration of other sources of data (e.g., laboratory results) into applicable surveillance systems.
 
The bill also requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to continue developing infectious disease outbreak analysis capabilities to respond to public health emergencies and infectious disease outbreaks. In particular, the CDC must identify strategies to leverage the capabilities of public and private entities, including through collaborative partnerships. The CDC must report annually for five years on its efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
SAVE Consumers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3815
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Energy efficiency and conservation
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Strategic reserve, Appliance, Vehicle, and Energy efficiency for Consumers Act of 2022 or the SAVE Consumers Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses emergency energy conservation authorities and petroleum reserves, including by increasing the authorized amount of strategic petroleum reserve drawdown and sale for FY2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Marine Highway Promotion Act

Bill: 117-s-3816
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Marine Highway Promotion Act 

 
This bill directs the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to establish a United States Marine Highway Program to designate marine highway routes as extensions of the surface transportation system and provide grants and enter into contacts or agreements for marine highway services.
 
In awarding grants or entering into contracts and agreements, MARAD must give preference to marine highway services that present the most financially viable transportation services and require the lowest percentage federal share of the costs.
 
MARAD may also develop strategies to encourage the use of marine highway transportation for the transportation of passengers and cargo.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable College Textbook Act

Bill: 117-s-3818
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Affordable College Textbook Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to make grants to institutions of higher education or states to support projects that expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve savings for students while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes. An open textbook is an educational resource that either resides in the public domain or has been released under an intellectual license that permits its free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S1122-1123)
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
ARPA–H Act

Bill: 117-s-3819
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Advanced Research Project Authority for Health Act or the ARPA-H Act

 
This bill establishes within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the Advanced Research Projects Authority for Health to accelerate innovation in health and medicine by investing in high-risk, high-reward research projects. The bill also establishes an interagency advisory committee to inform the authority's activities.
 
The authority director shall be appointed by the President and report to the NIH director. The authority director must, among other duties, designate personnel to serve as program managers who select projects to support, make recommendations about terminating or continuing projects, and otherwise administer authority programs.
 
The authority may use a variety of mechanisms to support the research projects, including grants, contracts, and prize competitions. To receive funding, an applicant must demonstrate sufficient, unsuccessful attempts to secure private funding for its project and other criteria. Furthermore, the authority's budget is separate from the NIH budget. 
 
In addition, the authority must (1) develop and periodically update a strategic plan, (2) annually report on its activities, and (3) seek to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to evaluate the authority's performance.
 
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may meet with the authority and other federal partners to discuss actions to facilitate the development of medical projects and products prioritized by the authority. The authority must reimburse the FDA for the costs associated with supporting authority activities.
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on issues related to the authority's hiring and staffing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act

Bill: 117-s-3820
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse and Physician Assistant Retention and Income Security Enhancement Act or the VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act

 
This bill increases the maximum rate of basic pay for advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and registered nurses of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill making appropriations to provide emergency assistance for the Community Development Fund for disaster response and recovery for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022.

Bill: 117-s-3821
Sponsor: Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 
This bill provides FY2022 appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Community Development Fund, which primarily funds the Community Development Block Grant program. The bill provides the funding for activities related to disaster relief and recovery. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Energy Regulations Certainty Act

Bill: 117-s-3822
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Alliances
Army Corps of Engineers
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Canada
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Department of the Interior
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Federal Reserve System
Gulf of Mexico
Indian lands and resources rights
Judicial review and appeals
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Montana
Oil and gas
Pipelines
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Energy Regulations Certainty Act

 
This bill restricts implementation of specified executive orders, air quality and emission standards, and other actions that affect costs and other aspects of energy development until Russian troops are withdrawn from Ukraine. The bill also authorizes construction of the TransCanada Keystone Pipeline for importing oil from Canada to the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Into the Light for MMH and SUD Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3824
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: 

Into the Light for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Act of 2022 or the Into the Light for MMH and SUD Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 a program that addresses maternal depression and, among other changes, expands its scope to include mental health and substance use disorders. It also requires the Department of Health and Human Services to maintain a national hotline to provide mental health and substance use disorder resources to pregnant and postpartum women and their families.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the "Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-s-3826
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the "Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building."
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building.

action_date: 2022-12-02
text: 
This act designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1304 4th Avenue in Canyon, Texas, as the Gary James Fletcher Post Office Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-02
text: Became Public Law No: 117-217.
action_date: 2022-12-02
text: Became Public Law No: 117-217.
action_date: 2022-12-02
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-12-02
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-11-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-11-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8488)
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 3826.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8488-8489)
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2679; text: CR S2679)
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 326.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-03-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 117-217
Teacher Loan Forgiveness Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3827
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: 

Teacher Loan Forgiveness Improvement Act of 

2022

 
This bill modifies the Teacher Loan Forgiveness program by increasing the amount of loan forgiveness available for certain qualified teachers who have federal student loans. The program provides loan forgiveness for teachers who are highly qualified, teach full-time in a low-income school or educational service agency, and complete five years of consecutive service.
 
Specifically, the bill increases from $5,000 to $15,000 the amount of available loan forgiveness for an elementary or secondary school teacher in any subject.
 
It also increases from $17,500 to $30,000 the amount of available loan forgiveness for a secondary school math or science teacher and for a special education teacher.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act

Bill: 117-s-3828
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of the Treasury
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health personnel
Higher education
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Student aid and college costs
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: 

Student Loan Forgiveness for Frontline Health Workers Act

 
This bill establishes temporary programs to provide federal and private student loan forgiveness to certain frontline health care workers. Frontline health care workers are those individuals who have made significant contributions to the medical response (e.g., patient care, medical research, or testing) to the COVID-19 national emergency.
 
Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must carry out a program to forgive the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on federal student loans for borrowers who are frontline health care workers. 
 
Additionally, the Department of the Treasury must carry out a program to repay in full the outstanding balance of principal and interest due on certain private student loans for borrowers who are frontline health care workers.
 
ED and Treasury must coordinate to ensure that eligibility determinations are consistent across both programs and that frontline health care workers who are eligible for both programs may apply for loan forgiveness with a single application. Further, such programs must be available to frontline health care workers who were borrowers of eligible loans and who died as a result of COVID-19.
 
The bill specifies the notification requirements related to the availability of these programs.
 
ED, Treasury, and the Department of Health and Human Services must jointly establish an intergovernmental working group to assist with the administration of these programs, including the development of the application process.
 
The bill also excludes discharged student loan debt under these programs from an individual's gross income.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Flood Insurance Pricing Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-3829
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: 

Flood Insurance Pricing Transparency Act 

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to publish all formulas used by FEMA to calculate mitigation credits available to properties insured under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). (Under current NFIP rating methodology, individuals can receive premium credits for mitigation activity on their property such as installing flood openings, elevating the structure, and elevating machinery and equipment above the lowest floor.) FEMA must also develop a publicly available tool that estimates NFIP premium rates based on user inputs, including the change in rates as a result of mitigation activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Repair Act

Bill: 117-s-3830
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: 

Fair Repair Act

 
This bill requires an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to make diagnostic, maintenance, and repair equipment available to independent repair providers and owners.
 
Specifically, for digital electronic equipment manufactured by or otherwise supplied by an OEM, an OEM shall make documentation, parts, and tools available in a timely manner and on fair and reasonable terms.
 
The bill provides for enforcement of its provisions by the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Apply the Science Act 2.0

Bill: 117-s-3831
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: 

Apply the Science Act 2.0

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to seek to contract with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to study COVID-19 immunity, including the durability of immunity resulting from an infection, a vaccine, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Origin Disclosure Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3832
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: 

COVID-19 Origin Disclosure Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to publish information about the origin of COVID-19 and its potential links to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Save American Baseball Act

Bill: 117-s-3833
Sponsor: Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Introduced: 2022-03-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: 

Save American Baseball Act

 
This bill removes the limited exemption from the antitrust laws for persons in the business of organized professional baseball. For purposes of this bill, the term 
antitrust laws
 means laws to protect against unlawful restraints and monopolies (Clayton Act) and to protect against unfair methods of competition (Federal Trade Commission Act).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-03-14
text: Introduced in Senate