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To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to a local educational agency that requires any student at the schools served by the agency to wear a face covering or be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Bill: 117-hr-6456
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 
This bill prohibits a local educational agency (LEA) from receiving federal funds if the LEA requires students at public elementary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the LEA to wear face coverings or be vaccinated against COVID-19.


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
To prohibit the provision of Federal funds to a local educational agency unless in-person instruction is available to all students at the schools served by the agency.

Bill: 117-hr-6457
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 
This bill prohibits a local educational agency (LEA) from receiving federal funds unless in-person instruction is available to all students at each public elementary and secondary school under the jurisdiction of the LEA.


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
To amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement to specify an effective period of a transfer of Post-9/11 educational assistance to a dependent.

Bill: 117-hr-6458
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 
This bill removes the requirement that an individual transferring a Post-9/11 GI Bill educational assistance entitlement must specify the period for which the transfer must be effective for each dependent who is designated to receive the transfer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Government Title Equality Act

Bill: 117-hr-6459
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 

District of Columbia Government Title Equality Act

 
This bill redesignates (1) the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia as the Office of the Governor of the District, (2) the Council of the District as the Legislative Assembly of the District, and (3) the Office of the Chair of the Council of the District as the Office of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the District.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E58)
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the mandatory delay in making certain refunds.

Bill: 117-hr-6460
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 
This bill modifies provisions specifying the date for making refunds of the refundable portion of the child tax credit and the earned income tax credit to provide that no credit or refund of an overpayment resulting from such credits shall be made to a taxpayer before the earlier of the date on which the Internal Revenue Service completes a matching of information relevant to such credits and other wage information, or the 15th day of the second month after the close of the taxable year (i.e., February, for taxable years that are calendar years).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act

Bill: 117-hr-6461
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 

National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act

 
This bill requires the President to identify or appoint a Chief Resilience Officer that must (1) direct a government-wide effort to build resilience to climate change vulnerabilities in the United States in collaboration with existing federal initiatives and interagency adaptation efforts, and (2) create working groups. The officer and the working groups must jointly submit to the President and Congress a strategy for the government to address such vulnerabilities in partnership with nonfederal partners, a plan to implement the strategy, and updates by specified deadlines.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Black Lung Benefits Disability Trust Fund Solvency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6462
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 

Black Lung Benefits Disability Trust Fund Solvency Act of 2022

 
This bill extends until December 31, 2031, the excise tax on coal. The revenues from such tax provide funding for the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
MEDS Act

Bill: 117-hr-6463
Sponsor: Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 

Medical Equality and Discrimination Stoppage Act or the MEDS Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from discriminating against or providing preferential treatment to any person or group on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, or national origin. The prohibitions also apply to the administration of HHS programs, including HHS-funded programs administered by states, territories, and private entities.
 
An individual aggrieved by conduct prohibited under the bill may commence a civil action in the appropriate U.S. district court to obtain relief.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and 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 Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and 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
Hear our Heroes Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6464
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability assistance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 

Hear our Heroes Act of 2022

 
This bill provides a presumption of service-connection for hearing-related issues in certain veterans for purposes of wartime disability compensation. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 
Per the bill, certain veterans with diagnosed hearing loss, tinnitus, or both shall be presumed to have incurred or aggravated such conditions during active military, naval, or air service.
 
This bill applies to veterans who (1) served in combat, or (2) were assigned to a military occupational specialty that likely exposed them to a sufficiently high level of acoustic trauma.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to adjust the schedule of rating disabilities to establish a minimum disability rating for a veteran who requires a hearing aid because of a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
PRENDA Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6465
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 

Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2022 or the PRENDA Act of 2022

 
This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of sex-selection abortions (i.e., abortions based on the sex or gender of an unborn child).
 
It subjects a violator to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief.
 
A woman who undergoes a sex-selection abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Introduced in House
Student Loan Rehabilitation and Credit Score Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6466
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2022-01-20 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: 

Student Loan Rehabilitation and Credit Score Improvement Act of 2022

 
This bill provides for the removal of any adverse credit history related to a federal student loan from a borrower's credit history once the borrower has completed loan rehabilitation.


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
To amend title 46, United States Code, to make certain improvements to the project selection criteria for grants under the port and intermodal improvement program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6467
Sponsor: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2022-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: 
This bill makes emission mitigation projects that support the use of land-based power sources to supply energy to passenger vessels at berth (i.e., shore power) eligible for grants through the Port Infrastructure Development Program. (This program provides competitive grants for projects to improve the safety, efficiency, or reliability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within a port.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Domestic SUPPLY Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6468
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2022-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Buy American requirements
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
Public contracts and procurement
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: 

Domestic Security Using Production Partnerships and Lessons from Yesterday Act of 2022 or the Domestic SUPPLY Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a program and sets out other requirements to promote domestic manufacturing of personal protective equipment (PPE) for infectious diseases and other public health emergencies.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must establish a program to enter into purchasing agreements for PPE produced domestically by manufacturers that are majority-owned and -operated by U.S. citizens. HHS must coordinate with the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security on this program.
 
In addition, the federal government must only procure, subject to limited exceptions, PPE that is produced domestically to prevent the transmission of an infectious disease. If using federal funds, states or localities must also procure PPE domestically.
 
Further, the bill requires HHS to consult with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on a report about changes to federal requirements for PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of those changes on health care workers who cared for patients in 2020 and 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Refund the Police Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6469
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2022-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: 

Refund the Police Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Department of Justice to make grants to state and local governments for the same purposes as grants under the Community Oriented Policing Services Program. To be eligible for a grant, a state or local government must certify that it
 
 
does not have a law requiring a heighted standard for use of force and has taken steps to expand efforts to hire and retain law enforcement officers, and
 
has not taken steps to eliminate drive-by shootings as a basis for first degree murder.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Life in Health Savings Accounts Act

Bill: 117-hr-6471
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2022-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: 

Protecting Life in Health Savings Accounts Act

 
This bill prohibits distributions from health savings accounts (HSAs) or other tax-preferred savings accounts for abortions except for abortions to terminate a pregnancy that is the result or rape or incest or to protect a women's health or life.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Courtroom Videoconferencing Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6472
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2022-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
Sound recording
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: 

Courtroom Videoconferencing Act of 2022

 
This bill allows federal courts to authorize the use of video teleconferencing for certain criminal proceedings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to publish the number of known or suspected terrorists encountered attempting to enter the United States on a monthly basis, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6473
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2022-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to publish, by the 15th day of each month, the number of known or suspected terrorists, and individuals whose identities are included in the Terrorist Screening Database, encountered attempting to enter the United States during the immediately preceding month.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism.
action_date: 2022-01-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
Health Savings Freedom Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6474
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2022-01-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: 

Health Savings Freedom Act of 2022

 
This bill revises health savings account (HSA) provisions to (1) increase the limit on contributions to such accounts for individuals and families, (2) eliminate the requirement to maintain high deductible coverage as a condition of eligibility for participation in such accounts, and (3) expand the definition of
 qualified medical expenses
 for purposes of HSAs to include medicine and drugs and certain long-term care expenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the International Financial Institutions Act to instruct certain United States Executive Directors to vote against any assistance to the People's Republic of China unless certain certifications are met, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6475
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2022-01-25 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: 
This bill requires U.S. representatives to certain international financial institutions to vote and advocate against the institutions providing assistance to China unless the Department of the Treasury makes certain certifications to Congress.
 
Specifically, Treasury must order U.S. representatives to the World Bank Group and the Asian Development Bank to oppose the relevant institution providing assistance to China unless Treasury certifies that (1) China's government (and any lenders it owns or controls) has credibly committed to taking certain actions, such as participating in multilateral debt relief initiatives on terms at least comparable to other Group of 20 governments; and (2) the assistance to China contributes significantly to a global public good that serves U.S. national interests, such as limiting the negative impacts of climate change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend the International Financial Institutions Act to provide instructions with respect to the U.S. policy on co-financing arrangements at the multilateral development banks, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6476
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: 
This bill requires U.S. representatives to vote against any program or project at a multilateral development bank (e.g., the World Bank) that includes joint or parallel financing provided by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) unless the Department of the Treasury certifies that the AIIB (1) has the authority and resources to provide grants and concessional assistance to countries eligible to borrow from the International Development Association on terms similar to those provided to these countries by the International Development Association, and (2) has a demonstrated history of providing such assistance to these countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-01-25
text: Introduced in House