hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Interchangeable Biologics Clarity Act

Bill: 117-s-4303
Sponsor: Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Interchangeable Biologics Clarity Act

 
This bill provides a statutory definition for
 first interchangeable biosimilar biological product
 and makes other technical changes with respect to the provisions that establish the corresponding periods of market exclusivity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2709-2710)
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Defending Freedom of Conscience for Cadets and Midshipmen Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4304
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Debt collection
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Higher education
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marine and inland water transportation
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Defending Freedom of Conscience for Cadets and Midshipmen Act of 2022

 
This bill provides that a cadet or midshipman at a federal service academy (e.g., the U.S. Naval Academy) may not be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition for graduation and may not be dismissed from the academy as a result of refusing to be vaccinated. 
 
Cadets and midshipmen who are prohibited from fulfilling their service agreement due to their refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination may not be subjected to repayment provisions (e.g., bonus repayment) or specified debt repayment collections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to limit the authority of the World Health Organization on the United States and to oppose amendments to the WHO Constitution that have not been approved by Congress.

Bill: 117-s-4305
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 
This bill requires U.S. representatives to the World Health Organization (WHO) to oppose any agreements between WHO member countries, including any amendments to the WHO's constitution, unless Congress has enacted a joint resolution in support of the agreement or amendment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to Behavioral Health Integration Act

Bill: 117-s-4306
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Improving Access to Behavioral Health Integration Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and expands a program that supports mental and behavioral health education and training for health care providers.
 
Specifically, the bill expands the program by establishing grants for primary care practices to hire behavioral health providers or otherwise facilitate the adoption of models to integrate behavioral health and primary care. The Department of Health and Human Services must develop reporting requirements and metrics to measure the uptake of such models by primary care practices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Kidney Health Connect Act

Bill: 117-s-4307
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Kidney Health Connect Act 

 
This bill permanently allows Medicare beneficiaries to receive telehealth services at renal dialysis facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Marriage Recognition Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4308
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family relationships
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Veterans Marriage Recognition Act of 2022

 
This bill revises the definition of a
 spouse
 and
 surviving spouse
 for purposes related to veterans' benefits, health care, and other matters. Specifically, the bill includes persons who are in same sex marriages as spouses and surviving spouses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
ACCESS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4309
Sponsor: Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Computers and information technology
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet, web applications, social media
Science, Technology, Communications
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Augmenting Compatibility and Competition by Enabling Service Switching Act of 2022 or the ACCESS Act of 20

22

 
 This bill requires large communications platform providers with more than 100 million monthly users (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) to establish interfaces (e.g., application programming interfaces [APIs]) that make user data portable and services interoperable. These interfaces must be made available for users and competitor platforms to access and transfer such user data. 
 
 Competitors accessing user data through an interface must keep the data reasonably secure and may not use it for commercial purposes. Users also may designate third parties that meet certain requirements, including registering with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to manage their user data. A communications platform may place reasonable limits on competitors' access to its interoperability interface.
 
 The bill further requires the National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop model technical standards for implementing platform interoperability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Savings Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4310
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Emergency Savings Act of 2022

 
This bill permits employer-sponsored retirement plans to offer participants a pension-linked emergency savings account (1) with a maximum account limit of $2,500, and (2) from which withdrawals are not subject to a tax penalty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
LIFT the BAR Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4311
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Disability assistance
Domestic violence and child abuse
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Health care coverage and access
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Low- and moderate-income housing
Medicaid
Medicare
Poverty and welfare assistance
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Social security and elderly assistance
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Lifting Immigrant Families Through Benefits Access Restoration Act of 2022 or the LIFT the BAR Act of 

2022

 
This bill repeals certain limits on the eligibility of noncitizens who lawfully reside in the United States for federal means-tested programs, including Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), programs funded through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) grants, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and certain nutrition and housing programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Police and Fire Health Care Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4312
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Police and Fire Health Care Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill eliminates the requirement that payments be made directly to providers of accident or health plans or qualified long-term care insurance contracts as a condition of eligibility for the tax exclusion of distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans for such health and long-term care insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Defending Americans from Authoritarian Digital Currencies Act

Bill: 117-s-4313
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2022-05-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: 

Defending Americans from Authoritarian Digital Currencies Act

 
This bill prohibits app stores in the United States from carrying or supporting any app that allows transactions using the Chinese government's Digital Currency Electronic Payment system (e-CNY). App stores also may not support or enable transactions in e-CNY in their app stores.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Public Safety Employees' Timely Retirement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4314
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Customs enforcement
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Finance and Financial Sector
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Health personnel
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Protecting Public Safety Employees' Timely Retirement Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies the eligible age (age 50) for the exemption from the retirement plan early withdrawal penalty for public safety officers. The bill establishes the age eligibility at age 50 or 25 years of service under the plan, whichever is earlier.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
PANIC Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4315
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Protecting America from Narcotics and Illicit Chemicals Act of 2022 or the PANIC Act of 2022

 
This bill expands the definition of 
major illicit drug producing country
 to include a country that is a direct source of certain drugs (or precursor chemicals for producing such drugs) that are significantly affecting the United States. 
 
(Under current law, a country designated a 
major illicit drug producing country
 may be eligible for certain U.S. foreign assistance, including transfers of excess defense articles. However, a designated country that fails to adhere to commitments related to drug control measures may be barred from receiving other forms of foreign assistance and may also be subject to trade restrictions.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S2754)
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4316
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Ensuring Safe and Toxic-Free Foods Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to incorporate certain requirements into its regulations about Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) food substances, including specific restrictions on substances that cause cancer or human reproductive or developmental toxicity. The bill also establishes an Office of Food Chemical Safety Reassessment to reassess the safety of GRAS and other specified substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
DOD Clean Energy Act

Bill: 117-s-4317
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Depend On Domestic Clean Energy Act or the DOD Clean Energy Act

 
This bill addresses energy policy and climate resilience efforts of the Department of Defense (DOD), including by establishing in statute specified DOD clean energy targets, providing direct hire authority for DOD to appoint qualified candidates in positions that support the energy independence and climate resilience efforts, and authorizing DOD to develop charging or refueling stations for alternative fuel vehicles on its installations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
No Tax Write-offs for Corporate Wrongdoers Act

Bill: 117-s-4318
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Finance and Financial Sector
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

No Tax Write-offs for Corporate Wrongdoers Act

 
This bill denies a tax deduction for any amount paid or incurred for punitive damages in connection with any judgment in, or settlement of, any legal action. The bill also requires the gross income of a taxpayer to include any amount paid to or on behalf of the taxpayer as insurance or otherwise by reason of the taxpayer's liability (or agreement) to pay punitive damages.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Informing VETS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4319
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Informing Veterans on Education for Transitioning Servicemembers Act of 2022 or the Informing VETS Act
 
of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to regularly promote the Veteran Readiness and Employment program by (1) sending a letter to each veteran entitled to the program that explains the educational benefits of the program, and (2) providing in each letter and online a side-by-side comparison of benefits between the program and Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4320
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies various requirements pertaining to the security of U.S. diplomatic facilities. For example, each U.S. diplomatic mission must have an emergency action plan that addresses a range of threats. Currently, the plan is only required by statute to address the threat of large explosive attacks from vehicles. 

action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies various requirements pertaining to the security of U.S. diplomatic facilities. For example, each U.S. diplomatic mission must have an emergency action plan that addresses a range of threats. Currently, the plan is only required by statute to address the threat of large explosive attacks from vehicles. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 458.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act

Bill: 117-s-4322
Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Foreign Merger Subsidy Disclosure Act

 
This bill requires entities to disclose in their premerger notification filings to federal antitrust regulators content regarding any economic support they received from a foreign state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Urban Indian Health Confer Act

Bill: 117-s-4323
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Urban Indian Health Confer Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to confer with urban Indian organizations regarding health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives living in urban areas.
 
Currently, only the Indian Health Service (IHS) is required to confer with urban Indian organizations on matters relating to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. The bill requires HHS to ensure that the IHS and other agencies and offices within HHS confer with urban Indian organizations on (1) matters relating to the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, and (2) other provisions of law relating to health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion Act

Bill: 117-s-4324
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion Act

 
This bill establishes under statute that a conviction for certain crimes related to kidnapping or sexual abuse shall be grounds for (1) barring an individual from entering the United States, and (2) deportability. (Under current law, convictions for certain crimes, including crimes involving moral turpitude, are grounds for inadmissibility and deportability.)
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2754)
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Credit Union Board Modernization Act

Bill: 117-s-4325
Sponsor: Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Corporate finance and management
National Credit Union Administration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Credit Union Board Modernization Act 

 
This bill revises the frequency of meetings required to be held by a credit union's board of directors. Specifically, the bill requires monthly meetings for new credit unions during their first five years and for credit unions with a low soundness rating. All other credit unions must hold at least six meetings annually, with at least one meeting held during each fiscal quarter. Currently, all credit union boards must meet at least once a month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Stipend Act

Bill: 117-s-4326
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Collective security
Organized crime

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Stipend Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to operate Transnational Criminal Investigative Units within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The units shall be composed of vetted foreign law enforcement officials who shall cooperate with HSI to investigate and prosecute individuals involved in transnational criminal activity.

action_date: 2022-12-05
text: 

Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit Stipend Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to operate Transnational Criminal Investigative Units within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). The units shall be composed of vetted foreign law enforcement officials who shall cooperate with HSI to investigate and prosecute individuals involved in transnational criminal activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-05
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 588.
action_date: 2022-12-05
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment. With written report No. 117-229.
action_date: 2022-12-05
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment. With written report No. 117-229.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Post-Fire Flooding and Debris Flow Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4327
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-05-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: 

Post-Fire Flooding and Debris Flow Act of 2022

 
This bill makes changes to eligibility under the hazard mitigation grant program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to include mitigating and preventing post-wildfire flooding and debris flow.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the federal share of hazard mitigation assistance for mitigating and preventing post-wildfire flooding and debris flow to be not less than 75% of the cost (currently, the President may contribute up to 75% of the cost).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Introduced in Senate