hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Military STUDY Act

Bill: 117-hr-8080
Sponsor: Rep. Kahele, Kaiali'i [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Military School Temporary Uprooting Duty Year Act or the Military STUDY Act

 
This bill permits the military departments to authorize temporary duty status, and travel and transportation allowances, for members who are reassigned between duty stations within the United States for not more than one year for the purpose of participating in professional military education or training classes with orders to return to the duty station of primary residence and where the dependents of such members reside.
 
If the military department assigns permanent duty status to such a member, the member must be eligible for travel and transportation allowances at specified rates, including per diem while traveling between the permanent duty station and professional military education institution or training site.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights Act

Bill: 117-hr-8081
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to establish a policy (containing specified elements) to ensure accountability for actions taken under the authorities of the Defense Health Agency and the military departments concerning wounded, ill, and injured members of the Armed Forces during the integrated disability evaluation system process. The bill also specifies that each military department must maintain personnel authority over, and responsibility for, its members during medical evaluation board consideration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 West Washington Street in Charles Town, West Virginia, as the "Corporal Frank Buckles Post Office".

Bill: 117-hr-8082
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 West Washington Street in Charles Town, West Virginia, as the "Corporal Frank Buckles Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Assessing Chinese Special Operations Forces Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8083
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Assessing Chinese Special Operations Forces Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense's annual report on China's military strategy to include analyses, forecasts, and assessments relating to the Chinese military's special operations forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Fire Recovery Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-8084
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Fire Recovery Improvement Act

 
This bill authorizes the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the Department of Agriculture to address post-wildfire flooding in certain communities adjacent to or downstream from Forest System land.
 
 Specifically, the service may carry out watershed protection and flood prevention measures to address the effects of flooding in communities that are (1) located on land not under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service, and (2) threatened by post-wildfire flooding due to a post-wildfire burn scar on adjacent or upstream Forest Service lands. Upon receiving an independent hydraulic study that shows that severe and repetitive flooding is likely in such communities, the service may also carry out activities to mitigate potential effects of that flooding.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
DRIP Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8085
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Drought Relief through Innovative Projects Act of 2022 or the DRIP Act of 20

22

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a competitive grant program to (1) remove nonnative plant species in riparian areas that contribute to drought conditions, (2) replace those nonnative plant species with native plant species, and (3) maintain and monitor riparian areas in which nonnative plant species have been removed and replaced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Conservation Jobs Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8086
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Conservation Jobs Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Labor or the Department of Agriculture to directly hire graduates of a Job Corps Campus or a Civilian Conservation Center who successfully completed a training program focusing on forestry, wildland firefighting, or other related field.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
LEO Fair Retirement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8087
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

LEO Fair Retirement Act of 

2022

 
This bill makes a series of changes to certain retirement and premium pay calculations for federal law enforcement officers (LEOs).
 
Specifically, the bill provides that for purposes of computing the annuity of an LEO under the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System, any premium pay earned by such LEO in excess of limitations imposed on such pay shall be included in the LEO's average pay, contingent on the payment of a specified lump sum by the LEO to the Office of Personnel Management. The bill allows for a nonrefundable tax credit with respect to such lump-sum payments.
 
The bill also makes postal inspectors, federal air marshals, and other specified personnel eligible for availability pay (i.e., premium pay paid to LEOs who are criminal investigators).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Prioritizing Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation with India Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8088
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Prioritizing Clean Energy and Climate Cooperation with India Act of 2022 

 
This bill establishes the U.S.-India Climate and Clean Energy Agenda 2030 Partnership and addresses related issues. 
 
The partnership shall serve as the primary forum and funding mechanism for U.S.-India cooperation on clean energy technology matters.
 
The Department of State must report to Congress a comprehensive multiyear strategy for implementing the partnership. 
 
The bill requires programs to promote U.S.-India partnerships in (1) research and innovation for clean energy technologies, (2) initiatives for providing technical assistance for grid improvement and energy efficiency in India, and (3) initiatives to develop new renewable energy generation capacity in India.
 
The U.S. Agency for International Development must work cooperatively with India's government on integrating scientifically supported climate change risk reduction and building resilience capacities in India.
 
The State Department must report to Congress on the prospects for cooperation between U.S. states and states in India on clean energy issues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
On the Clock Act

Bill: 117-hr-8089
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

On the Clock Act

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress from soliciting campaign funds while the chamber of Congress in which the Member serves is in session (other than a pro forma session).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To reauthorize funding for the Reclamation Climate Change and Water Program.

Bill: 117-hr-8090
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Government studies and investigations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2033 the Bureau of Reclamation's water cycle, drought, and climate change program, which Reclamation implements through the WaterSMART Basin Study Program.
 
This program is authorized to coordinate with other appropriate agencies to assess global climate change with respect to water resources in the eight major reclamation river basins in the western United States. The program must also ensure watershed and aquifer system strategies are developed to address potential water shortages, conflicts, and other impacts to water.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
FORESTS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8091
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Forests, forestry, trees
Public contracts and procurement
Roads and highways
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Fostering Opportunities for Resources and Education Spending through Timber Sales Act of 2022 or the FORESTS Act of 2022 

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to designate an area of each national forest for production of material to provide revenue for payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-06-15
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: 2022-06-15
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: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Right to Trial Act

Bill: 117-hr-8092
Sponsor: Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Right to Trial Act

 
This bill addresses the constitutional right to a jury trial, including by (1) outlining additional factors that a court shall consider when imposing a sentence, and (2) authorizing a court to impose a sentence below the mandatory minimum.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Human Trafficking Awareness Act

Bill: 117-hr-8093
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Increasing Human Trafficking Awareness Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to expand its Blue Campaign to increase the public's awareness of the signs of human trafficking by displaying appropriate signage throughout airports (including at airport security screening checkpoints), including indicator cards, fact sheets, pamphlets, posters, and brochures. The Blue Campaign is a program that coordinates DHS efforts to identify and prevent human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Independent and Objective Oversight of Ukrainian Assistance Act

Bill: 117-hr-8094
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2022-06-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government studies and investigations
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 

Independent and Objective Oversight of Ukrainian Assistance Act

 
The bill establishes the Office of the Special Inspector General for Ukrainian Military, Economic, and Humanitarian Aid. The office's duties shall include conducting and coordinating audits and investigations of the handing of funds made available for aid to Ukraine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2022-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and 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: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Federal Grant Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-8095
Sponsor: Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
Introduced: 2022-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: 

Federal Grant Accountability Act

 
This bill limits the indirect costs that are allowable under federal research awards to institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
Specifically, the total amount of indirect costs allowable under a federal research award may not exceed the total amount of indirect costs allowable under private research awards. The Office of Management and Budget must determine the average indirect cost rate applicable to private research awards.
 
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must study and report on (1) the indirect cost rates allowable under federal research awards to IHEs, including awards made by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and other such organizations; and (2) the indirect cost rates allowable under private research awards to IHEs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in House
PREA Rights Enforcement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8096
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2022-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: 

PREA Rights Enforcement Act of 2022 

 
This bill allows a person to file a civil action against the United States for violations in a federal prison of established national standards for the detection, prevention, reduction, and punishment of prison rape. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in House
Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act

Bill: 117-hr-8097
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2022-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: 

Cleaner, Quieter Airplanes Act

 
This bill directs the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an initiative to research, develop, and demonstrate new technologies and concepts to reduce emissions and noise from aviation. Emissions to be addressed include carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), water vapor, black carbon, and sulfate aerosols.
 
The goals and objectives of the initiative shall include
 
 
ensuring U.S. leadership in research and technology innovation leading to substantial reductions in aviation noise and greenhouse gas emissions, 
 
a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from new aircraft by at least 50% as compared to the highest-performing aircraft technologies in service as of December 31, 2021,
 
net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft by 2050, and 
 
 demonstrating new technologies developed pursuant to the initiative on regional aircraft intended to enter into service by 2030 and single-aisle aircraft designed to accommodate more than 125 passengers intended to enter into service by 2040.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in House
To limit eligibility for public service loan forgiveness to borrowers of Federal student loans with incomes below a certain maximum threshold, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8098
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2022-06-16 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: 
This bill limits eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program to borrowers with adjusted gross incomes below a certain maximum threshold.
 
Under the current PSLF program, the Department of Education must cancel the balance of interest and principal due on a borrower's Federal Direct Loans after the borrower makes 120 monthly loan payments while employed in a public service job and, at the time of loan forgiveness, the borrower is employed in a public service job. This bill specifies that, in order to count as a qualifying monthly loan payment under the PSLF program, the borrower must have an adjusted gross income that does not exceed $173,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in House