hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

Bill: 117-hr-6420
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2022-01-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-18
text: 

Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act

 
This bill expands requirements for fighting human trafficking that apply to foreign countries receiving U.S. foreign assistance. (The President is authorized to reduce assistance to, or take other actions against, countries that fail to meet such requirements and are not making significant efforts to do so.)
 
The Department of State, when evaluating whether a country has met such requirements, shall assess whether the country has made serious efforts to prohibit the purchase of commercial sex acts if the government has authority to do so, whereas currently the State Department must assess whether a country has made serious efforts to reduce such activities. The State Department shall also assess whether a country has made serious efforts to (1) educate buyers of commercial sex acts on how traffickers exploit prostituted persons, and (2) ensure that anti-trafficking training and provisions are incorporated into codes of conduct for government staff. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-18
text: Introduced in House
VA Same-Day Scheduling Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6421
Sponsor: Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

VA Same-Day Scheduling Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that when a veteran enrolled in the VA health care system contacts the VA by telephone to schedule an appointment for care or services at a VA facility, the scheduling for the appointment occurs during that telephone call.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

Bill: 117-hr-6423
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
HIGHER ED Act

Bill: 117-hr-6424
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

Helping Individuals Get a Higher Education while Reducing Education Debt Act or the HIGHER ED Act

 
This bill makes various changes to student loan forgiveness and loan repayment programs.
 
First, the bill authorizes graduate and professional students to receive subsidized Stafford Loans. These students have been ineligible to receive subsidized Stafford Loans since July 1, 2012.
 
Next, the bill allows student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy proceedings.
 
The bill also establishes refinancing programs for student loans. It allows certain borrowers to refinance their federal student loans down to lower interest rates, and it creates the Federal Direct Refinanced Private Loan to allow certain borrowers to refinance their private student loans.
 
Additionally, the bill revises the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, such as by (1) allowing certain part-time faculty to participate in the PSLF program, (2) directing the Department of Education (ED) to annually cancel 10% of the amount a borrower owes after satisfying 12 qualifying monthly payments, (3) revising the process for certification of employment, and (4) requiring ED to establish a dispute resolution process.
 
Further, the bill revises federal student loan repayment programs, including by (1) replacing existing student loan repayment plans with one income-based repayment plan and one standard 10-year repayment plan, and (2) allowing existing borrowers to lower their payments by switching to these new plans. It also establishes a process for ED to enroll a delinquent borrower in a new repayment plan.
 
The bill also requires ED to provide certain notifications to borrowers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
AID Act

Bill: 117-hr-6425
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

Achieving Independence through Degrees Act or the AID Act

 
This bill revises certain federal student-aid programs. Among other changes, the bill expands access to Pell Grants, expands loan counseling requirements, revises the Federal Work-Study Program, updates the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) process, and extends Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to certain students. 
 
The bill expands access to Pell Grants by (1) increasing the maximum award and indexing it for inflation; (2) increasing the semester eligibility limit to 15 semesters; (3) extending eligibility to certain short-term workforce training programs; (4) excluding from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received as a Pell Grant; and (5) allowing Pell Grants to be used for living and non-tuition expenses.
 
The bill revises student loan counseling requirements applicable to institutions of higher education (IHEs) by requiring annual financial counseling and expanding exit counseling.
 
Additionally, the bill permanently reauthorizes the Federal Work-Study Program and otherwise revises the program, including by allocating program funds to IHEs based on the amount of Pell Grant funds received by each IHE. It establishes a pilot program that provides work-based learning opportunities for students who demonstrate exceptional financial need.
 
The bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to allow students to complete FAFSA as independent students under special circumstances. Further, the bill prohibits ED from asking about drug-related convictions on FAFSA.
 
The bill also allows certain students, including those who have an expected family contribution of zero, to qualify for SNAP benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and 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: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Local Officials to Combat Homelessness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6426
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

Empowering Local Officials to Combat Homelessness Act of 2022

 
This bill requires every Continuum of Care board to comply with transparency guidelines regarding grant awards and to have on the board at least one member who is the chief executive officer of a local government in the area and at least one member who is a law enforcement officer with jurisdiction in the area. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct oversight of Continuum of Care boards that have violated Continuum of Care grant requirements within the past three years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Brick and Mortar Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6428
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

Brick and Mortar Small Business Tax Credit Act of 2022

 
This bill allows a new state and local general sales tax credit through 2026 for certain small businesses whose business gross receipts for the taxable year do not exceed $2 million and that were generated by a specified percentage of in-person sales. The amount of the credit is 5% of business gross receipts not exceeding $1 million.
 
The bill also requires the Small Business Administration to conduct a public awareness campaign to inform small businesses of this tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
To establish certain protections for members of the Armed Forces who refuse to receive vaccinations against COVID-19, and to increase basic pay for members of the uniformed services.

Bill: 117-hr-6429
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Defense spending
Department of Commerce
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 
This bill addresses the COVID-19 vaccine for members of the Armed Forces and basic pay for members of the uniformed services. Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds to require a member of the Armed Forces to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The bill also prohibits adverse action (e.g., punishment) being taken against a member of the Armed Forces because the member refuses to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
 
The bill also increases the rate of monthly basic pay for members of the uniformed services by 2.7% starting on January 1, 2023. 
Uniformed services
 means members of the Armed Forces, the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
ICELAND Act

Bill: 117-hr-6430
Sponsor: Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development Act or the ICELAND Act

 
This bill establishes that a national of Iceland shall be eligible for an E visa (for an investor or trader who is a national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States) if Iceland provides a similar nonimmigrant status to U.S. nationals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Data Transparency and Drug Safety Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6431
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

Data Transparency and Drug Safety Act of 2022

 
This bill makes it a prohibited act under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to destroy or falsify certain records pertaining to drugs regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits falsifying, destroying, omitting. or removing records or information that (1) must be produced during the development or manufacture of a drug, (2) must be produced in an application for FDA approval for a drug or maintained after a drug is approved, or (3) is subject to FDA inspection. 
 
A person (entity or individual) that violates this provision shall be subject to civil monetary penalties. The bill also provides for additional monetary penalties in instances where the violation is not sufficiently remedied after the responsible person has received written notice from the FDA of the violation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
SNAP Second Chance Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6432
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

SNAP Second Chance Act of 2022

 
This bill limits the authority of the Department of Agriculture to exclude retailers from participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) based on an owner's past criminal conviction. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
IOC Act

Bill: 117-hr-6433
Sponsor: Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6]
Introduced: 2022-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: International organizations and cooperation
Olympic games
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: 

Irresponsible Olympic Collaboration Act or the IOC Act

 
This bill eliminates the tax exemption for any organization or entity whose primary purpose is the promotion of international, multi-sport, athletic competitions, and that has gross receipts in in excess of $100 million for any of the 3 preceding taxable years (e.g., the International Olympic Committee).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Introduced in House
To provide for the application of certain provisions of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 for fiscal year 2021.

Bill: 117-hr-6435
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Forests, forestry, trees
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 
This bill extends through FY2021 the inapplicability of the requirement for counties to elect to receive certain payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. That act provides compensation to counties for the presence of untaxable federal land within their borders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-639, Part I.
action_date: 2022-12-14
text: Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-639, Part I.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2022-02-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-02-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Workforce and Education Partnership Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6436
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 

Workforce and Education Partnership Act of 2022

 
This bill allows certain Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act grants allocated to states and local areas to be used to develop partnerships between educational institutions and employers to create or improve workforce development programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Heating and Cooling Relief Act

Bill: 117-hr-6437
Sponsor: Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy prices
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Lighting, heating, cooling
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 

Heating and Cooling Relief Act

 
This bill provides additional energy assistance to households, including heating and cooling assistance.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and revises the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Under the existing program, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) may award grants to states for assisting low-income households that pay a high proportion of their income for home energy. To be eligible under the existing program, households must have incomes which do not exceed the greater of an amount equal to 150% of the poverty level for their state or an amount equal to 60% of the state median income. The bill expands eligibility to households with incomes which do not exceed the greater of an amount equal to 250% of the poverty line as defined in the Community Services Block Grant Act or an amount equal to 80% of the state median income. In addition, the bill expands eligibility to households with a monthly energy burden of 3% or more per year.
 
It also requires states to establish procedures to protect households receiving assistance under the program from energy shutoffs and certain late fees.
 
In addition, the bill requires HHS and the Department of Energy to jointly carry out a program that awards grants to states and local governments for developing and implementing interagency plans to reduce energy burdens for eligible households with high home energy use. The plans must promote the reduction of energy from fossil fuels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House