hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
CREST Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9318
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies Act of 2022 or the CREST Act of 2022

 
This bill expands the current research and development programs of the Department of Energy (DOE) for capturing and storing carbon dioxide to include methods that harness natural processes, such as the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and its storage in geological, biobased, or ocean reservoirs. In addition, the bill establishes a five-year pilot program under which DOE must purchase from certain facilities carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere or upper hydrosphere.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Theft Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9319
Sponsor: Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

SNAP Theft Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish criteria for state agencies to identify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits stolen by identity theft or typical skimming practices and provide for the reissuance of stolen SNAP benefits to households that meet such criteria.
 
USDA must periodically review and modify its regulations to take into account evolving technology and the threat landscape to better protect against theft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Education, Achievement, and Opportunity Act

Bill: 117-hr-9320
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 
 
Education, Achievement, and Opportunity Act 

 
This bill allows a new refundable tax credit for the qualified education expenses of a taxpayer's child, up to $10,000 for each child. These expenses include tuition and fees for attendance at a public or private elementary or secondary school, and up to $1,500 of expenses for computers and educational software, tutoring, special needs services, transportation services, and academic testing services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Independent Drug Value Assessment Act

Bill: 117-hr-9321
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Independent Drug Value Assessment Act

 
This bill requires the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation to contract with outside entities to conduct independent value assessments of approved drugs (i.e., economic analysis of the benefits to patients and the health care system).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations treatment) to the products of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.

Bill: 117-hr-9322
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to extend nondiscriminatory treatment (i.e., normal trade relations treatment) to products of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
Lifting American Children From Poverty Act

Bill: 117-hr-9323
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2022-11-16 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Lifting American Children From Poverty Act

 
This bill establishes a temporary interagency task force to develop a strategic plan to reduce child poverty, particularly in states that experience higher than average poverty rates. Members of the task force include representatives from relevant federal agencies, state and local governments, advocacy organizations, the private sector, and other experts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the "Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-hr-9324
Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4400 East Paisano Drive in El Paso, Texas, as the "Enedina Sanchez Cordero Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
EQUAL Defense Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9325
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Ensuring Quality Access to Legal Defense Act of 2022 or the EQUAL Defense Act of 2022 

 
 This bill establishes and modifies certain programs that support the delivery of public defense services (i.e., legal services for criminal defendants who cannot afford counsel).
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to award grants to state and local governments, tribal organizations, and public defender offices for public defense. A grant recipient must use the grant to establish a data collection process, develop workload limits, and satisfy specified compensation requirements (e.g., pay parity between public defenders and prosecutors).
 
The bill also directs DOJ to award grants to nonprofits and government organizations to train public defenders, court-appointed attorneys, and contract attorneys.
 
Additionally, a state that receives Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program funds must annually submit to DOJ information related to the legal representation of defendants in criminal cases.
 
Finally, it reauthorizes through FY2026 the student loan repayment program for prosecutors and public defenders and otherwise revises the program, including by increasing the maximum benefit amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act

Bill: 117-hr-9326
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Enhancing Electric Grid Resilience Act

 
This bill modifies requirements under the Federal Power Act to allow certain interstate or offshore wind transmission facilities to charge their customers fees that are commensurate with the estimated anticipated benefits provided by the facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Older Workers’ Bureau Act

Bill: 117-hr-9327
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Older Workers' Bureau Act

 
This bill establishes an Older Workers' Bureau in the Department of Labor. The bureau must promote employment opportunities and inclusive workplaces for older workers through research, policy development, outreach, and grant programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Mental and Physical Health Care Comorbidities Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9328
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Mental and Physical Health Care Comorbidities Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a demonstration program to test hospital innovations that support low-income or uninsured individuals with serious mental and physical health comorbidities and to identify appropriate payment reforms under Medicare and Medicaid. Participating hospitals must (1) have a proportionally high number of Medicare or Medicaid patients, and (2) develop a plan and related quality metrics for innovations to provide coordinated care and address social determinants of health for individuals with serious mental illness or emotional disturbance and physical comorbidities (e.g., chronic conditions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Establishment Registration Waiver Act

Bill: 117-hr-9329
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Small Business Establishment Registration Waiver Act

 
This bill allows the Food and Drug Administration to waive annual establishment registration fees for small businesses for which such fees present a financial hardship.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act

Bill: 117-hr-9330
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Budget process
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act

 
This bill requires each federal agency to develop assessments of their software inventories and software licenses and a plan to reduce costs by consolidating licenses and adopting enterprise license agreements to the greatest extent practicable. The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget and the Government Accountability Office to report on various government-wide issues relating to federal software licenses and inventories. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
ED ACCESS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9331
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 
 
Eliminating Discrimination And Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success Act of 2022 or the ED ACCESS Act of 2022

 
This bill repeals the prohibition against granting the American Opportunity Tax Credit to students with federal or state felony drug convictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To conform Federal tax law with the Texas Constitution to allow for the continued benefit to the fullest extent possible from the financial leverage of the Permanent University Fund to the State of Texas.

Bill: 117-hr-9332
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 
This bill updates the effective date of the arbitrage rules for the Permanent University Fund of the state of Texas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9333
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Communications, Video, and Technology Accessibility Act of 2022

 
This bill expands, and establishes new, requirements to increase the accessibility of communications technologies for individuals who are blind or deaf or have other disabilities, including by requiring closed captioning for online video programming and audio descriptions for both online and televised video programming.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Quantum in Practice Act

Bill: 117-hr-9334
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Quantum in Practice Act

 
This bill expands the National Quantum Initiative to specifically include quantum modeling and simulation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 410 Franklin Street in Appleton, Wisconsin, as the "Mitchell F. Lundgaard Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-hr-9335
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 410 Franklin Street in Appleton, Wisconsin, as the "Mitchell F. Lundgaard Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act

Bill: 117-hr-9336
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Increasing Access to Lung Cancer Screening Act

 
This bill provides for coverage without prior authorization requirements of annual lung cancer screenings under Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance for individuals for whom screenings are recommended under U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines. It also expands Medicaid coverage of counseling and pharmacotherapy for cessation of tobacco use to all individuals, rather than only pregnant women. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8677)
action_date: 2022-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring America’s Critical Infrastructure Act

Bill: 117-hr-9337
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Ensuring America's Critical Infrastructure Act

 
This bill expands the definition of 
critical infrastructure
 under the Critical Infrastructures Protection Act of 2001 in the USA PATRIOT Act. The term currently means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, or national public health or safety.
 
The bill includes certain sectors as part of the existing definition, including communications, dams, emergency services, energy, financial services, food and agriculture, healthcare, information technology, transportation systems, and water and wastewater systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require fairness and diversity in opportunity zone investment and to require minimum investment in controlled-environment agriculture.

Bill: 117-hr-9338
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 
This bill modifies requirements relating to opportunity zone investment (i.e., investment in economically distressed areas) to require its funds to meet specified investment advisory board, diversity, and affordable housing requirements. It also requires that at least 5% of a fund's qualified opportunity zone property is controlled-environment agriculture property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
Interactive Federal Review Act

Bill: 117-hr-9339
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Interactive Federal Review Act

 
This bill revises the environmental review process for federal-aid highway projects.
 
Specifically, the Department of Transportation (DOT) must
 
 
encourage recipients of federal highway funding to utilize interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms when carrying out environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA); 
 
select at least 10 federal-aid highway projects to demonstrate the use of interactive, digital, cloud-based platforms in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes under NEPA; and
 
 publish technology-neutral best practice guidance to encourage sponsors of projects that receive federal funds from DOT to use an interactive, digital, cloud-based platform in carrying out the environmental impact analysis and community engagement processes required under NEPA.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in House