hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Arlington Cemetery Marker Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-6790
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Arlington Cemetery Marker Fairness Act
 
 
This bill requires that headstones other than standard white uniform military grave markers be permitted in certain sections of Arlington National Cemetery. The bill places limits on certain aspects of the headstones, including limitations on size. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
John White Ensuring Timely Black Lung Benefits Act

Bill: 117-hr-6791
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

John White Ensuring Timely Black Lung Benefits Act

 
This bill requires payment of black lung benefits to eligible individuals within 60 days of their eligibility determination.
 
Black lung disease (or pneumoconiosis) is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of coal dust. Coal miners and certain other workers (and their survivors) are eligible for benefits for disability or death caused by black lung disease arising out of coal mine employment. Generally, operators of underground coal mines are responsible for the payment of black lung benefits for their workers.
 
Under this bill, if operator liability has not been determined within 60 days of a worker's eligibility determination, the Department of Labor must pay the worker's benefits from the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund. (Typically, that fund pays benefits in cases where the responsible operator either no longer exists and has no successor operator or is unable to pay benefits.)
 
Operators that are subsequently found liable for the benefits must reimburse the fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Passport Sanity Act

Bill: 117-hr-6792
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Passport Sanity Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of State from issuing a passport, passport card, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad with an unspecified (X) gender designation. The State Department must also ensure that applications for such documents include only male and female gender designations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 28, United States Code, to include a Federal Public or Community Defender as a nonvoting member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6793
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

This bill adds one nonvoting member to the U.S. Sentencing Commission and requires the new member to be a public defender.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act

Bill: 117-hr-6794
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Integrating New Technologies to Empower Law Enforcement at Our Borders Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress a plan to identify and deploy emerging and advanced technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence, automation, and optical radar) to achieve greater situational awareness along the northern and southern U.S. borders between ports of entry. The report shall contain information including assessments of (1) how Customs and Border Protection is currently using such technologies, (2) how such technologies can address border security capability gaps, and (3) the cost of acquiring such technologies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Short-Term Detention Standards Act

Bill: 117-hr-6795
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Short-Term Detention Standards Act

 
This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to make every effort to ensure that apprehended individuals are given access to appropriate temporary shelter, bathrooms and shower facilities, water, appropriate nutrition, hygiene, personal grooming items, and sanitation needs. Currently, CBP is only required to make every effort to provide food and water.
 
The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office must carry out regular and unannounced inspections of CBP processes and share such information with Congress. CBP may not prevent Members of Congress or staff from accessing CBP facilities for oversight purposes, nor may CBP make temporary modifications to alter what a visiting Member of Congress may observe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2022-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6796
Sponsor: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act of 2022

 
 This bill establishes the Bureau of Digital Services Oversight and Safety within the Federal Trade Commission to provide oversight for content moderation by online platforms (e.g., social media companies). Content moderation includes actions taken by a platform to detect and address user content that is illegal or incompatible with the platform's community standards.
 
 Specifically, the commission and the bureau may conduct investigative studies concerning the dissemination of illegal content or goods through the platforms, discrimination of individuals by the platforms, and the risk of harm caused by the malfunction or intentional manipulation of the platforms. The bill also provides whistleblower protections for individuals who assist with federal investigations related to such platforms.
 
 Further, platforms must include in their community standards the policies and procedures for content moderation, and they must publish transparency reports about the platform's content moderation.
 
 Additionally, platforms with at least 10 million average monthly users must provide a complaint-handling system that allows users to appeal content moderation actions by the platform.
 
 Platforms with at least 66 million average monthly users must conduct risk assessments and report on the measures taken to minimize the risk of the potential widespread dissemination of illegal content or content that violates the platform's community standards. The bill also provides for the regulation of automated content recommendations to users of these large platforms.
 
 The bill provides for enforcement by the commission.
 
 The bill also provides for various research activities related to online content moderation.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Citizenship Services for Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-6797
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Strengthening Citizenship Services for Veterans Act

 
This bill directs U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to ensure that various naturalization-related services are available at a U.S. port of entry, embassy, or consulate that is accessible to noncitizen veterans. Specifically, USCIS must ensure that naturalization examinations, biometric collections, and naturalization ceremonies are available at such locations for noncitizen veterans. 
 
Such services must be available to a noncitizen veteran who has been removed from the United States or is inadmissible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Transparency for Malign Chinese Investments in Global Port Infrastructure Act

Bill: 117-hr-6798
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Transparency for Malign Chinese Investments in Global Port Infrastructure Act

 
This bill requires the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to submit a report to Congress documenting all Chinese investment in port infrastructure globally since January 1, 2012, and the commercial and economic implications of such investments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
John P. Parker House Study Act

Bill: 117-hr-6799
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

John P. Parker House Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, which was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1997. 
 
In conducting the study of the house, Interior must (1) evaluate the national significance of the house, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the house as a unit of the National Park System.

action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

John P. Parker House Study Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of the John P. Parker House in Ripley, Ohio, which was recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1997. 
 
In conducting the study of the house, Interior must (1) evaluate the national significance of the house, and (2) determine the suitability and feasibility of establishing the house as a unit of the National Park System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 436.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-603.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-603.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
IRS PRIORITIES Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6800
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Internal Revenue Service Processing Returns Instead Of Removing Innocent Taxpayers' Income Every Season Act of 2022 or the IRS PRIORITIES Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from hiring new enforcement personnel (i.e., special agents in the criminal investigation division, revenue officers, or revenue agents) until all individual tax returns for 2019 and 2020 are processed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Negating Neighborhood Noise Act

Bill: 117-hr-6801
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Negating Neighborhood Noise Act 

 
This bill permits the use of funds from the Highway Trust Fund to construct certain Type II noise barriers along federal-aid highways.
 
The bill also makes the planning, design, preservation, or construction of such noise barriers eligible for surface transportation block grant program funding.
 
The Department of Transportation must ensure such noise barriers may be used as multipurpose noise barriers.
 Multipurpose noise barrier
 is defined as any noise barrier that provides a secondary beneficial use, including a barrier that hosts or accommodates renewable energy generation facilities, electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure, or broadband infrastructure and conduits.
 A project sponsor constructing or preserving such noise barriers must consider the aesthetics of the proposed noise barrier, consistent with the latest version of the Noise Barrier Design Handbook published by the Federal Highway Administration.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Racial Profiling in Lending Act

Bill: 117-hr-6802
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Preventing Racial Profiling in Lending Act 

 
This bill prohibits a federal agency from requiring any person or entity to estimate a borrower's race or ethnicity through visual observation or surname when extending credit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Alaska Tourism Restoration Extension Act

Bill: 117-hr-6803
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Alaska
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marine and inland water transportation
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Alaska Tourism Restoration Extension Act

 
This bill extends for one year the authority for specified foreign-owned and -flagged cruise ships to transport passengers directly between ports in the states of Washington and Alaska without stopping in Canada. Under current law, these ships cannot transport passengers from one U.S. port to another without stopping in a foreign country. 
 
The bill applies to any foreign voyage that begins any date prior to February 28, 2023, on which Canada prohibits a vessel from berthing or docking in Canadian waters of the Pacific Coast due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Oli Mohammed.

Bill: 117-hr-6804
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Provides for the relief of Oli Mohammed.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-6805
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2022-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Department of the Interior
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Monuments and memorials
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Research administration and funding
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: 

African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to establish the United States African-American Burial Grounds Preservation Program within the National Park Service (NPS). 
 
In carrying out the program, Interior may make grants to other federal agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; other public entities; educational institutions; historic preservation groups; and private nonprofit organizations for
 
 
the identification of historic African-American burial grounds,
 
the preservation and restoration of African-American burial grounds,
 
the interpretation of African-American burial grounds, and
 
related research and documentation for historic African-American burial grounds.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Introduced in House
No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6806
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: 

No Tax Subsidies for Stadiums Act of 2022

 
This bill denies an exclusion from tax of the interest on professional stadium bonds (i.e., bonds used to finance or refinance capital expenditures for a stadium or arena used for professional sports exhibitions, games, or training).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Introduced in House