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Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7238
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Timely Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022

 
This bill allows opioid treatment programs to admit individuals who have been addicted to opioids for less than one year for maintenance treatment (the use of medications such as methadone in treating opioid addiction).
 
Current regulations generally bar an opioid treatment program from admitting individuals for such treatment unless they have been addicted to opioids for more than one year. The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to revise its regulations to allow admission when the duration of an individual's opioid addiction is less than one year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-7241
Sponsor: Rep. Crenshaw, Dan [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Community Mental Health Services Block Grant Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 support for crisis care available under the Community Mental Services Block Grant program for adults with serious mental illnesses and children with serious emotional disturbances. The bill also requires states and territories to expend a certain percentage of their grant funds on evidence-based crisis care activities such as crisis call centers, 24/7 mobile crisis services, and crisis stabilization programs in hospitals or other licensed facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7243
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Educational facilities and institutions
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Veterans Rapid Retraining Assistance Program Restoration Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) from charging any entitlement to retraining assistance under the Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program in situations where an individual was unable to complete a course or program as a result of the closure of an educational institution or the disapproval of a program by the state approving agency or the VA. The period for which retraining assistance is not charged must be equal to the full amount of retraining assistance provided for enrollment in the program of education.
 
In the event of a closure or disapproval, the educational institution must not receive any further payments under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Pretrial Release Reporting Act

Bill: 117-hr-7244
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Pretrial Release Reporting Act

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to submit a report to Congress on individuals who are granted bail or pretrial release from state courts and are charged with violent felony offenses (e.g., murder or rape). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7245
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

PCAOB Whistleblower Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a whistleblower protection program at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Specifically, individuals reporting information to the PCAOB regarding securities law violations relating to audits (1) are protected from retaliation by an employer, and (2) could be eligible for a monetary reward. The reward program applies to individuals who voluntarily report original information that results in the PCAOB imposing civil penalties exceeding $250,000. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act

Bill: 117-hr-7246
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Student and Student Athlete Opioid Misuse Prevention Act
 
or the Student Athlete Opioid Prevention Act

 This bill authorizes a program through which the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration may award grants or other assistance for preventing and addressing the misuse of opioids and other medications used for treating pain or injury recovery among students and student athletes. Entities eligible for the grants include states, nonprofits, and drug-free community coalitions.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Apex Area Technical Corrections Act

Bill: 117-hr-7247
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Land transfers
Nevada

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Apex Area Technical Corrections Act

 
This bill makes amendments to the Apex Project, Nevada Land Transfer and Authorization Act of 1989, which provided Clark County, Nevada, with the option to acquire certain federal land referred to as the Apex Site for use as sites for industries that generate hazardous materials (including the Kerr-McGee site).
 
The Department of the Interior shall grant utility and transportation rights-of-way to the city of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Park Owners Association for the connection of existing electric power, water, natural gas, telephone, railroad, and highway facilities to the Kerr-McGee site and the other lands conveyed in accordance with this bill. 
 
 Interior shall also grant to the city of North Las Vegas and the Apex Industrial Owners Association such rights-of-way on public lands as may be necessary to support the development as a heavy use industrial zone of some or all of the lands authorized for sale by Interior within the Apex Site that lie outside the boundaries of the Kerr-McGee site.
 
Transfers by the United States of any additional lands or interests in lands within the Apex Site or rights-of-way issued pursuant to this bill shall be conditioned upon compliance with applicable federal land laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
 
The withdrawal of the lands within the Apex Site shall continue in perpetuity for all of the transferred lands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Continuing Systems of Care for Children Act

Bill: 117-hr-7248
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Continuing Systems of Care for Children Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 two behavioral health programs for children, youth, and young adults that are carried out by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Specifically, it reauthorizes (1) grants for states, Indian tribes, and localities to provide comprehensive community mental health services for children with serious emotional disturbances; and (2) a program for public and private nonprofits to provide substance use disorder treatment and early intervention services for children, adolescents, and young adults.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Anna Westin Legacy Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7249
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Anna Westin Legacy Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to maintain the National Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (NCEED). The bill specifies required activities for NCEED, including providing training for frontline health care providers and other professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Retain COPS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7250
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Retain COPS Act of 2022

 
This bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to be used for salary increases to retain law enforcement officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
GIRLS STEM Act

Bill: 117-hr-7251
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Getting Involved in Researching, Learning, and Studying of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Act or the GIRLS STEM Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to provide grants to local educational agencies serving underrepresented or low-income students to enable elementary and secondary schools to implement a program to (1) encourage the interest of female students in careers requiring science, mathematics, engineering, or technology (STEM) skills; and (2) prepare female students to pursue credentials needed to pursue a career in a STEM field.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-7252
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the President to include information in each budget regarding executive agency expenditures for advertising services, including expenditures for the advertising services of socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses and of women and minority-owned businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E305)
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7253
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Clarifying Remanufacturing to Protect Patient Safety Act of 2022

 
This bill specifies that entities that remanufacture medical devices in a manner that could change the performance or safety specifications or the intended use of the device must register with the Food and Drug Administration as producers of medical devices and comply with related requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Mental Health Justice and Parity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7254
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Mental Health Justice and Parity Act of 2022

 
This bill creates a grant program for mental health first responder units. It also eliminates a provision that permits nonfederal government health insurance plans that are self-funded to opt out of requirements to provide parity between coverage of medical services and mental health services.
 
Specifically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) must award grants to states and local governments to train and dispatch mental health professionals to respond, instead of law enforcement officers, to emergencies that involve people with behavioral health needs. SAMHSA must manage the program in consultation with the Department of Justice (DOJ). SAMHSA may cancel grants that increase incarceration or institutionalization. Grantees must use funds for purposes including de-escalation and anti-racism training.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services and the DOJ must evaluate this program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-7255
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Reauthorization Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 multiple suicide prevention programs and related activities with a particular focus on youth and young adults.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes
 
 
grants for statewide or tribal youth suicide prevention and early intervention strategies and for mental health and substance use disorder services for college students,
 
 a working group tasked with developing a plan to carry out a public education campaign concerning access to and reducing stigma associated with mental health services at institutions of higher education, and
 
a suicide prevention resource center that provides training and other resources regarding suicide prevention among all ages. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Expediting Temporary Ratings for Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-7256
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Expediting Temporary Ratings for Veterans Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to modify its information technology systems to provide for the automatic processing of claims for temporary disability ratings for specified veterans (i.e., those who have a service-connected disability that requires hospital treatment or observation for a period in excess of 21 days).
 
In providing for the automatic processing of claims, the VA must ensure that (1) medical evidence is obtained from its corporate data warehouse, (2) VA employees continue to determine eligibility for a temporary disability rating for the specified veterans, and (3) claims may be processed manually if the evidence of record is not sufficient to decide the claim or if the medical evidence is provided in an incompatible format.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act

Bill: 117-hr-7257
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2022-03-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: 

Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act

 
This bill imposes requirements and standards related to the care of aliens in U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody.
 
CBP must conduct an initial health screening of each individual in custody to identify those with acute conditions and high-risk vulnerabilities and to provide appropriate healthcare. CBP must conduct the screening within 12 hours of each individual's arrival at a CBP facility, and within 6 hours for certain priority individuals such as children and individuals with disabilities. 
 
The bill imposes various requirements related to providing such screenings, such as providing interpreters, chaperones, and mental health treatment when necessary.
 
CBP must ensure detainees have access to drinking water, toilets, sanitation facilities, hygiene products, food, and shelter. The bill imposes certain standards relating to such requirements, such as the minimum amount of drinking water for each detainee and the acceptable temperature range of the shelters.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must enter into memoranda of understanding with various government agencies to address instances when surge capacity is necessary. 
 
The DHS Office of the Inspector General must conduct unannounced inspections of ports of entry, border patrol stations, and detention facilities and report the results to Congress. The Government Accountability Office must assess CBP's management of such facilities, whether CBP and DHS processes are in compliance with this bill's requirements, and the behavior of CBP personnel in carrying out this bill.
 
DHS shall publicly release on its website, on a quarterly basis, aggregate data on complaints of sexual abuse at CBP facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Introduced in House