hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Student Protection and Success Act

Bill: 117-s-5072
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-10-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: 

Student Protection and Success Act 

 
This bill establishes certain consequences for institutions of higher education (IHEs) that have low student loan repayment rates or high student loan balances among their students.
 
The bill makes an IHE ineligible for federal student financial aid programs for two fiscal years if a certain percentage of its students are not able to start repaying the principal of their loans by specified deadlines.
 
The Department of Education must award grants to IHEs that have a strong record of supporting low- and moderate-income students. The bill funds the grants by requiring IHEs with certain nonrepayment loan balances to make risk-sharing payments. Grants may be used to increase college access and success for the students using investments and practices such as awarding additional need-based financial aid, enhancing academic and student support services, and establishing or expanding accelerated learning opportunities. 
 
The bill also revises the types of student service expenditures and resources information collected by the National Center for Education Statistics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5073
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-10-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: 

Oral Health Literacy and Awareness Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to conduct a public education campaign to increase oral health literacy and awareness. HRSA must design the campaign to focus on children, pregnant women, parents, older adults, people with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for a temporary 1-year halt to all proposed direct commercial sales and foreign military sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia of weaponry and munitions.

Bill: 117-s-5074
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-10-11 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: 
This bill prohibits the issuing of export licenses for the transfer of defense articles to Saudi Arabia under the Arms Export Control Act for one year. This prohibition includes direct munitions containers; weapon support and support equipment; spare and repair parts; U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical and logistical support services; and other related elements of logistical and program support.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish new ZIP Codes for certain Wisconsin communities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-5075
Sponsor: Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI]
Introduced: 2022-10-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: 
This bill directs the U.S. Postal Service to designate a single, unique ZIP Code for each of Village of Somers, Village of Mount Pleasant, and Village of Caledonia, Wisconsin.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-10-11
text: Introduced in Senate
Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act

Bill: 117-s-5076
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 

Service-Disabled Veteran Opportunities in Small Business Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to provide training to relevant employees at any federal agency that awards in a fiscal year less than 3% of its prime contracts and subcontracts to small businesses owned by service-disabled veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Incorporated, is recognized as a Village Corporation under that Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-5077
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 
This bill recognizes Alexander Creek, Incorporated, as an Alaska Native village corporation, subject to certain conditions, and Alexander Creek village as an Alaska Native village.
 
Alexander Creek, Incorporated, must submit to the Department of the Interior any amendments to its state corporate charter that are necessary to convert from a group corporation to a village corporation.
 
The bill requires Interior to offer to enter into negotiations with Alexander Creek, Incorporated, to settle aboriginal land claims and any other claims against the United States. As a condition of recognition as a village corporation, Alexander Creek, Incorporated must enter into such an agreement with Interior no later than 13 months after this bill's enactment.
 
Alexander Creek, Incorporated, must notify its members that (1) they will cease to receive benefits from Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated, individually as at-large shareholders, and (2) all future resource payments shall be retained by Alexander Creek, Incorporated.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street in Vergas, Minnesota, as the "Jon Glawe Post Office".

Bill: 117-s-5078
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 East Main Street in Vergas, Minnesota, as the "Jon Glawe Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 2nd Avenue in Oklee, Minnesota, as the "Coya Knutson Post Office".

Bill: 117-s-5079
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 2nd Avenue in Oklee, Minnesota, as the "Coya Knutson Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
STOP Frontovers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5080
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 

Standards To Prevent Frontovers Act of 2022 or the STOP Frontovers Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to promulgate a federal motor vehicle safety standard that requires vehicles to be equipped with technology that enables drivers to detect and respond to objects in front of their vehicle to reduce death and injury resulting from frontovers or low-speed forward-moving vehicle incidents.
 
DOT must also update the Non-Traffic Surveillance (NTS) System of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to include an element for frontovers and backovers in the data maintained and summary reports published from such data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5081
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 

Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act of 2022

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Department of Justice's Office of Environmental Justice. It also establishes grants to improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal governments to enforce environmental laws involving environmental justice matters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6672)
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Sanction Xi Jinping for Xinjiang Atrocities Act

Bill: 117-s-5082
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 

Sanction Xi Jinping for Xinjiang Atrocities Act

 
This bill directs the President to impose sanctions on the senior Chinese Communist Party officials who directed, oversaw, monitored, or were otherwise complicit in the perpetration of genocide and other crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5083
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 

Haiti Criminal Collusion Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of State to (1) submit an annual report to Congress about ties between criminal gangs and economically or politically influential individuals in Haiti, and (2) designate those people for sanctions. The report must, for example, identify Haitian criminal gangs, identify influential Haitian individuals with ties to those gangs, and assess the implications of those ties to U.S. national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Arrest Murderers not Ministers Act

Bill: 117-s-5084
Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 

Arrest Murderers not Ministers Act

 
This bill specifies that in order for the federal government to prosecute individuals for violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (which prohibits forceful or threats of forceful interference with an individual's access to reproductive health services or exercise of religious freedom), the violation must involve intentional physical injuries or damage. Any funds that would have been used for prosecutions that are prohibited under the bill must be used to prosecute individuals who commit violent crimes or other specified offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to prohibit the government of the District of Columbia from using Federal funds to allow individuals who are not citizens of the United States to vote in any election. and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-5085
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-11-14 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to allow noncitizens to vote in any election in the District of Columbia (DC). Further, DC must certify that it does not allow noncitizens to vote in elections as a condition of receiving any federal funds.
 
Federal law bars noncitizens from voting in federal elections; however, the DC Council passed a bill on October 18, 2022, that allows noncitizens who meet residency and other requirements to vote in local elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5086
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Stop Subsidizing Childhood Obesity Act
 
of 2022

 
This bill denies a tax deduction for advertising or marketing directed at children (age 14 or under) for food of poor nutritional quality or a brand primarily associated with food of poor nutritional quality. The bill also denies a deduction for related expenses, including
 
 
 travel; 
 
goods or services constituting entertainment, amusement, or recreation; 
 
gifts; or 
 
other promotion expenses.
 
 
The Department of the Treasury must enter into a contract with the National Academy of Medicine to develop procedures to evaluate and identify food of poor nutritional quality and brands that are primarily associated with such food.
 
The bill authorizes additional funding to carry out the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthcare Enrollment Reform Modernization and Navigation Act

Bill: 117-s-5088
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Healthcare Enrollment Reform Modernization and Navigation Act

 
This bill establishes and otherwise modifies requirements relating to coordinated coverage between employer health insurance and Medicare. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits employer-sponsored health plans for certain smaller employers from reducing benefits for employees who are eligible for Medicare but have not yet enrolled. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
GUARD VA Benefits Act

Bill: 117-s-5089
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
User charges and fees
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Governing Unaccredited Representatives Defrauding VA Benefits Act or the GUARD VA Benefits Act

 
This bill imposes criminal penalties and/or fines on individuals for directly or indirectly soliciting, contracting for, charging, or receiving any unauthorized fee or compensation with respect to the preparation, presentation, or prosecution of any claim for Department of Veterans Affairs benefits. The attempted commission of such offenses is also punishable by fine or imprisonment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Cargo Preference Reporting Act

Bill: 117-s-5090
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Cargo Preference Reporting Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Maritime Administration to make public and submit to Congress a report regarding cargo preference data on an annual basis.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Fixing Our Country Roads Act

Bill: 117-s-5091
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Fixing Our Country Roads Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish the total number of miles that may be authorized for the expansion of the Appalachian development highway system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
ARC Relocation Act

Bill: 117-s-5092
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

ARC Relocation Act

 
This bill provides for the relocation of the headquarters of the Appalachian Regional Commission (an economic development agency focused on the Appalachian region) from the District of Columbia to West Virginia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Behavioral Health Network and Directory Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-5093
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Behavioral Health Network and Directory Improvement Act

 
This bill increases oversight of health insurance plans' provider directories and revises the network adequacy standards with respect to the accessibility of mental health and substance use disorder providers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Resilient Transit Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5094
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Resilient Transit Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide grants to assist states and local governments in financing public transportation resilience improvement projects that increase the resilience of public transportation systems from the impacts of changing conditions, such as sea level rise, flooding, wildfires, extreme weather events, and other natural disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Tools for Ensuring Access to Meals Act

Bill: 117-s-5095
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Aging
Food assistance and relief
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Tools for Ensuring Access to Meals Act or the TEAM Act

 
This bill requires the Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation Center for the Aging Network to carry out and evaluate a pilot program to address food insecurity and hunger among older adults and adults with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5096
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Aging
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Senior Nutrition Task Force Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a task force to identify ways to increase access to healthy foods and otherwise address hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition among older adults and adults with disabilities. Members of the task force include representatives from relevant federal agencies, advocacy organizations, and affected populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
SLAP Act

Bill: 117-s-5097
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Stop Looting American Pensions Act of 2022 or the SLAP Act 

 
This bill revises certain bankruptcy requirements, including by providing additional protections for employee pay and pensions in the event of a bankruptcy. 
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
revises the bankruptcy priority requirements of claims for wages and contributions to employee benefit plans, including by increasing the cap of these payments and by eliminating the time period limitation for which unpaid wages and contributions may be claimed;
 
 increases the bankruptcy priority of minimum funding contributions towards employee pension benefit plans and withdrawal liability and requires companies to continue making these payments during bankruptcy; 
 
expands restrictions on executive pay;
 
places restrictions on the sale of property in bankruptcy proceedings, including by requiring reasonable payment; and
 
extends look back periods regarding fraudulent transfers from two years to six years.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate
Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5098
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-11-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Education
Subjects: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: 

Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program Act of 2022

 
This bill expands access to study abroad for U.S. undergraduate students. It revises the Increase and Diversify Education Abroad for U.S. Students program (commonly known as the IDEAS program) and formally renames the program as the Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6697-6698)
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Introduced in Senate