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Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Act

Bill: 117-s-4196
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Act

 
This bill allows the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta tribes to conduct gaming activities on their land in Texas if certain conditions are met.
 
Currently, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act prohibits the tribes from conducting gaming activities on their land if those activities are prohibited by Texas law. The bill instead prohibits the act from precluding or limiting the applicability of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). Therefore, the bill effectively makes IGRA the controlling federal statute governing gaming activities on the tribes' land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
SWAMP Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4197
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Building construction
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Maryland
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Strategic Withdrawal of Agencies for Meaningful Placement Act of 2022 or the SWAMP Act

 
This bill prohibits new construction, major renovation, leasing, or renewing a lease of certain executive agency headquarters in the District of Columbia metropolitan area and establishes a competitive bidding process for the relocation of such headquarters.
 
The General Services Administration (GSA) must (1) establish a process to allow an executive agency to request the GSA to issue a solicitation for the relocation of its headquarters or allow the GSA to issue such a solicitation without a request, if necessary; (2) allow any state to respond to a solicitation with a proposal for the relocation of the agency's headquarters; and (3) in consultation with the executive agency, select a state for the relocation of the agency's headquarters using a competitive bidding procedure based on certain considerations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4198
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Family services
Hereditary and development disorders
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Autism Family Caregivers Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a pilot program to provide training for caregivers on improving health and other outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities or delays.
 
To carry out the program, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must award grants to, among other eligible entities, health systems and nonprofits to provide the training. HRSA must also provide technical assistance to grant recipients and evaluate the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Retirement Annuity Supplement Clarity Act

Bill: 117-s-4199
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Retirement Annuity Supplement Clarity Act

 
This bill specifies that an annuity supplement payment made under the Federal Employees Retirement System must be included when dividing an annuity pursuant to a court order in a divorce or similar proceeding, unless the court order expressly provides otherwise.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Secure Research Data Network Act

Bill: 117-s-4200
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Secure Research Data Network Act

 
This bill establishes a Secure Research Data Network (SRDN) pilot program in the National Science Foundation (NSF). 
 
The NSF shall direct the SRDN to carry out specified responsibilities, including
 
 
supporting governmentwide evidence-building activities to support policymaking including implementation of agency multiyear evidence-building plans,
 
 deploying and operating a SRDN platform for authorized analysts to calculate statistics on data for evidence-building activity purposes using data assets made available by reporting entities for approved projects, and 
 
consulting with the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Task Force and considering how to integrate the Task Force's recommendations and road map for expanding access to critical artificial intelligence resources and educational tools into the SRDN. 
 
 
The NSF shall direct the SRDN to develop a plan for and operate a data quality service team who will help reporting entities evaluate their data and prepare it for use with the SRDN platform to achieve approved project goals.
 
The NSF shall establish a SRDN Advisory Board.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall conduct an evaluation of the SRDN pilot program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Digital Platform Commission Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4201
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Digital Platform Commission Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a commission to regulate digital platforms. These are online services that facilitate interactions between users and between users and entities (including online services) that offer goods and services.
 
The bill provides the commission with rulemaking, investigative, and related authorities to regulate access to, competition among, and consumer protections for digital platforms. The bill also provides for administrative and judicial enforcement of the regulations.
 
The commission must establish a council of technical experts, representatives of digital platforms, and other experts (e.g., representatives of nonprofit public interest groups and academics) to recommend standards for algorithmic processes and other policies.
 
Additionally, the commission may designate systemically important digital platforms. The bill includes criteria for the commission to use when designating a platform as systemically important (e.g., whether its operations have significant nationwide economic, social, or political impacts).
 
The bill also requires that the commission receive pre-merger notifications concerning designated platforms. The commission may provide recommendations about such mergers to the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission, and those agencies must give the recommendations substantial weight when reviewing such mergers.
 
The bill also requires the commission and any relevant federal agency to consult each other when investigating or regulating the effects of digital platforms on certain matters, including competition and consumer protection.
 
The President must appoint an independent panel to evaluate the commission after five years and recommend whether to extend the commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act

Bill: 117-s-4202
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Alzheimer's Accountability and Investment Act

 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health to annually submit, beginning in FY2024, an estimate of its budget and personnel needs for carrying out initiatives pursuant to the National Alzheimer's Project. This project supports coordination of federal planning, research, and other efforts to address Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2494-2495)
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
NAPA Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-s-4203
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Health promotion and preventive care
Neurological disorders

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

NAPA Reauthorization Act

 
This bill extends through 2035 and makes other changes to the National Alzheimer's Project. This project supports coordination of federal planning, programs, and other efforts to address Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
 
In particular, the bill incorporates a focus on promoting healthy aging and reducing risk factors associated with cognitive decline.
 
The bill also expands the membership of the Advisory Council on Alzheimer's Research, Care, and Services to include (1) a researcher with experience recruiting and retaining diverse clinical trial participants, (2) an individual diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and (3) representatives from additional federal agencies (e.g., the Department of Justice and the Office of Management and Budget).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2494-2495)
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting NEW BUSINESSES Act

Bill: 117-s-4206
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Supporting New Entrepreneurs and Workers By Undoing and Streamlining Inhibitors to Nascent Enterprises through Supporting Successful Efficiency Solutions Act or the Supporting NEW BUSINESSES Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to annually provide awards recognizing three state or local governments that implement innovative and effective policies or tools to streamline processes related to the formation of small business in their communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
COVID–19 Commuter Benefits Distribution Act

Bill: 117-s-4207
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Commuting
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

COVID-19 Commuter Benefits Distribution Act

 
This bill permits a one-time payment of unused transportation fringe benefits to a succeeding month. Under current law, such unused benefits are forfeited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Improving Access to the VA Home Loan Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4208
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Housing finance and home ownership
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Improving Access to the VA Home Loan Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to update regulations, requirements, and guidance related to appraisals for housing loans guaranteed by the VA.
 
Specifically, such regulations or requirements must specify when an appraisal is required, how an appraisal is to be conducted, and who is eligible to conduct an appraisal for such loans. 
 
The VA must also provide additional guidance for desktop appraisals, which are performed remotely using information gathered by third parties with whom a VA-approved appraiser has entered into an agreement for such appraisal. In updating such guidance, the VA must specifically take into account situations where (1) desktop appraisals provide cost savings for borrowers, and (2) a traditional appraisal requirement could cause time delays and jeopardize the completion of a transaction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding America's Pacific Diplomatic Presence Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4209
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Expanding America's Pacific Diplomatic Presence Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress an assessment of the feasibility of establishing new diplomatic posts in Pacific Island countries and territories that currently do not have a U.S. diplomatic post.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2495)
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4210
Sponsor: Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Patents for Humanity Act of 2022

 
This bill provides statutory authority for a program to award certificates that may be used to accelerate certain proceedings and applications at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). The program established under this bill shall be treated as the successor to the existing Patents for Humanity program.
 
Under this bill, the PTO must hold a competition at least once every two years to award certificates to eligible entities that submit a patent application that addresses a humanitarian issue.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
PIONEER Act

Bill: 117-s-4211
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Promoting Innovation and Offering the Needed Escape from Exhaustive Regulations Act or the PIONEER Act

 
This bill establishes a federal regulatory sandbox program to allow businesses to apply for a temporary waiver from a federal regulation, guidance document, or any other document issued by an agency. 
 
The bill establishes the Office of Federal Regulatory Relief to administer the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Mother and Baby Formula Safety Act

Bill: 117-s-4212
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Mother and Baby Formula Safety Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to publish on its website guidelines for individuals unable to obtain commercially available baby formula. The guidelines must include (1) instructions for preparing safe baby formula at home, (2) resources on how to find baby formula alternatives, and (3) other suggested alternatives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
FABRIC Act

Bill: 117-s-4213
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change Act or the FABRIC Act

 
This bill requires garment industry employers to pay at least the hourly minimum wage and prohibits piece rate pay. Garment manufacturers and contractors also must register with the Department of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4214
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Business expenses
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Civil disturbances
Conflicts and wars
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Electric power generation and transmission
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government information and archives
Inflation and prices
Labor-management relations
Military operations and strategy
Natural disasters
Retail and wholesale trades
Securities
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022 

 
This bill generally makes it unlawful to sell or offer for sale a good or service at an unconscionably excessive price during an exceptional market shock.
 
The bill also provides additional funding to the Federal Trade Commission. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Give Kids a Chance Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4215
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Give Kids a Chance Act
 
of 2022

 
This bill authorizes the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take various actions regarding pediatric cancer treatments, such as requiring pediatric cancer trials involving a combination of drugs when an applicant seeks market approval for a new drug (or biological product). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-4217
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Aviation and airports
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Energy prices
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Lighting, heating, cooling
Motor fuels
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Transportation Fuel Market Transparency Act

 
This bill expands prohibitions against manipulating fuel markets, establishes a body within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to monitor fuel markets to ensure competitiveness, and addresses related issues.
 
Prohibitions against the manipulation of wholesale fuel markets or reporting false (or misleading) information shall apply to actions related to crude oil and transportation fuel, defined in this bill to include gasoline, distillate fuels, jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel. Currently, such prohibitions only apply to crude oil, gasoline, and petroleum distillates. 
 
The bill further expands the prohibition on reporting false information to include such information that (1) concerns the supply of, operational actions related to, or output related to wholesale fuel markets; (2) is not required to be reported by law; or (3) affects the analyses or data compiled by a private sector price-reporting agency. 
 
The bill also increases the maximum civil penalty for violating these prohibitions from $1 million to $2 million for each day of the violation.
 
Furthermore, the bill establishes within the FTC the Transportation Fuel Monitoring and Enforcement Unit. The unit must continuously and comprehensively collect and analyze fuel market data to support competitive market practices, identify market manipulation and other unfair methods of competition, and facilitate enforcement of competition-related statutes. 
 
The Energy Information Administration within the Department of Energy must collect data to facilitate transparent and competitive transportation fuel markets, determine adherence to sanctions, and protect consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Failed to report favorably.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Support Ukraine Through Our Tax Code Act

Bill: 117-s-4218
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Belarus
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Europe
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
International law and treaties
Military operations and strategy
Russia
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
Transportation costs
U.S. and foreign investments
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Support Ukraine Through Our Tax Code Act

 
This bill denies the foreign tax credit and the tax deduction for income, war profits, and excess profits taxes paid to Russia and Belarus.
 
The bill also denies certain other tax benefits in connection with the invasion of Ukraine, including any tax treaty benefits and exemptions from withholding requirements. 
 
The bill suspends tax information exchanges for Russia and Belarus under a tax treaty or an intergovernmental agreement during the period of the Ukraine invasion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate
Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4219
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-05-12 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: 

Employee and Retiree Access to Justice Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits employers from including certain mandatory arbitration clauses, class action waivers, representation waivers, or discretionary clauses in employee benefit plans. It also prohibits these provisions from being enforced with respect to claims brought by plan participants or beneficiaries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Introduced in Senate