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Stop NEPA Expansion Act

Bill: 117-hr-7654
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Stop NEPA Expansion Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the revisions to the Code of Federal Regulations made pursuant to a final rule of the Council on Environmental Quality titled 
Update to the Regulations Implementing the Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act
 and published on July 16, 2020. Among other requirements, the rule issued regulations to modify the process for conducting reviews required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 by federal agencies in connection with proposals for agency action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Mindless Mask Mandate on Planes Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7655
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Mindless Mask Mandate on Planes Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from mandating the wearing of masks, face coverings, or other accessories during domestic air travel. It also retroactively mitigates penalties associated with refusing to comply with such a mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Within 30 days of the bill's enactment, federal agencies and private air carriers must remove from their no-fly lists any individual placed on a list solely because of a refusal to comply with a mask mandate.
 
Federal agencies must also refund within 30 days any fines issued to individuals solely based on such a refusal. An individual who does not receive a refund in that time frame may sue for compensatory and punitive damages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2022-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Stop Reckless Student Loan Actions Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7656
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Student aid and college costs
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Stop Reckless Student Loan Actions Act of 2022

 
This bill limits executive authority to (1) suspend or defer federal student loan payments or interest accrual on such loans, and (2) cancel federal student loans.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the President or the Department of Education (ED) from suspending or deferring federal student loan payments or the accrual of interest on such loans for borrowers with annual household incomes over 400% of the federal poverty line.
 
Further, ED may only suspend or defer federal student loan payments or the accrual of interest for such loans for a total of 90 days after the declaration of a national emergency by the President. ED must submit recommendations to Congress on relief necessary for recipients of student financial-aid assistance.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits the President or ED from cancelling the outstanding balances or portions of balances on student loans due to the COVID-19 national emergency or any other national emergency.
 
Executive or regulatory action to suspend or defer federal student loan payments or to cancel federal student loans shall be subject to congressional review.
 
The bill also revises the definition of 
affected individual
 for purposes of the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students (HEROES) Act of 2003 to exclude from relief under the act (1) an individual who resides or is employed in an area that is declared a disaster area in connection with a national emergency; or (2) an individual who suffered direct economic hardship as a direct result of a war, military operation, or national emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
RECOVER Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7657
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Reducing the Effects of the Cyberattack on OPM Victims Emergency Response Act of 2022 or the RECOVER Act
 
of 2022

 
This bill provides lifetime identity protection coverage for individuals affected by previous federal agency data breaches.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize the Critical Path Public-Private Partnerships.

Bill: 117-hr-7658
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 the Food and Drug Administration's Critical Path Public-Private Partnerships, which support medical product innovation, development, and safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.

Bill: 117-hr-7659
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
RAISE Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7660
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Respect, Advancement, and Increasing Support for Educators Act of 2022 or the RAISE Act of 2022

 
This bill allows eligible educators (i.e., any elementary or secondary teacher and any early childhood educator) a refundable tax credit of $1,000 plus an additional amount (based upon a specified student poverty ratio) for eligible educators employed at a qualifying school (i.e., a public elementary or secondary school that is eligible for certain federal assistance or is funded by the Bureau of Indian Education), or an early childhood education program for children receiving certain federal assistance.
 
The bill also increases the amount of the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and expands such credit to include early childhood educators. 
 
The bill provides additional funding to local educational agencies that maintain or increase the salaries of their teachers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Trigger Leads Abatement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7661
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Credit and credit markets
Housing finance and home ownership
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Trigger Leads Abatement Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits credit reporting agencies from providing a credit report not initiated by a consumer if the report is being provided on the basis that the consumer has had a credit inquiry regarding a home mortgage loan. This practice, known as producing a trigger lead, provides notice to other mortgage lenders that the consumer is seeking a mortgage loan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
My Child, My Choice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7662
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

My Child, My Choice Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits an elementary school from receiving federal education funds unless a teacher requests written parental consent prior to teaching a lesson specifically related to gender identity, sexual orientation, or transgender studies.
 
In particular, the bill requires a teacher to request written consent from the parent of each student enrolled in the class prior to teaching the lesson. If a parent does not submit written consent to the lesson, then the school must provide the student with an alternative period of learning or study hall. Further, the teacher may not teach the lesson if the principal does not receive written consent from the parents of at least 50% of the students enrolled in the class.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Act

Bill: 117-hr-7663
Sponsor: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Great Lakes Agricultural Stewardship Act 
 
 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish a Great Lakes basin initiative for agricultural nonpoint source pollution prevention. Nonpoint source pollution comes from diffuse sources and is caused by precipitation moving over or through the ground and carrying pollution. 
 
In implementing the initiative, USDA must
 
 
 provide grants to Great Lakes states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin) for education and outreach, technical assistance, and voluntary verification programs regarding nonpoint source pollution from agricultural activities;
 
establish a funding priority within the Great Lakes basin for payments to producers that participate in the initiative to achieve verification through a state verification program; and 
 
use existing data where it is available.
 
 
In carrying out the initiative, states may collaborate with entities that have agricultural or environmental expertise, including academic or nonprofit organizations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
FEMA Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-7668
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]
Introduced: 2022-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: 

Federal Emergency Management Advancement of Equity Act or the FEMA Equity Act

 
This bill addresses equity in federal disaster assistance policies and programs.
 
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must develop and implement a process to ensure equity in the provision of federal assistance and throughout all FEMA programs and policies. Additionally, FEMA must establish metrics to measure the efficacy of the process and seek input from relevant representatives of state, regional, local, and tribal governments; community-based organizations; subject matter experts; and individuals from underserved communities impacted by disasters.
 
FEMA must designate a senior official as an equity advisor. The bill establishes in FEMA an Equity Enterprise Steering Group.
 
The chief executive officer of an affected county may submit a request for a presidential declaration that a major disaster exists if (1) the governor of the state or territory in which the county is located does not request such a declaration, (2) the affected county is not included in a request for assistance made by such governor, or (3) the affected county communicates with that governor about the disaster or potential request for a major disaster declaration before the relevant period has lapsed.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall issue a report describing the factors that FEMA considers when evaluating a request from a governor to declare that a major disaster or emergency exists and to authorize specified assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2022-05-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Drug Shortages Shelf Life Extension Act

Bill: 117-hr-7669
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2022-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: 

Drug Shortages Shelf Life Extension Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue or revise guidance to address issues relating to extending drug expiration dates.
 
Specifically, the guidance must address recommendations to drug companies relating to (1) submitting stability testing data in applications for market approval for drugs or biological products; (2) establishing on drug labels the longest feasible expiration date scientifically supported by such data, taking into consideration how extended expiration dates may help prevent or mitigate drug shortages and affect product quality; and (3) using innovative approaches to stability modeling to support initial product expiration dates and expiration date extensions. 
 
The FDA must also periodically report to Congress certain information about requests to change the expiration date on a drug label, including the number of such requests from the FDA to the manufacturer and the rationale for each request.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House
WOSB Program Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-7670
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2022-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: 

Women-Owned Small Business Program Transparency Act or the WOSB Program Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to report information about the number and total dollar amount of contracts awarded under the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting program.

action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 

Women-Owned Small Business Program Transparency Act or the WOSB Program Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to report information about the number and total dollar amount of contracts awarded under the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting program.

action_date: 2022-06-08
text: 

Women-Owned Small Business Program Transparency Act or the WOSB Program Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to report information about the number and total dollar amount of contracts awarded under the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 19 (Roll no. 251). (text: 06/07/2022 CR H5256-5257)
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 402 - 19 (Roll no. 251).
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5400-5401)
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7670.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5256-5258)
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 117-331.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 117-331.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Airborne Act

Bill: 117-hr-7671
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2022-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: 

Airborne Act

 
This bill allows owners of commercial or public properties a tax credit for the cost of an indoor air quality assessment and an air filter or qualified HVAC upgrade to such properties. The bill also directs the Department of Energy to establish a voluntary certification program for property owners to certify that their properties are in compliance with the indoor air quality standards added by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Student Services In Schools Today Act

Bill: 117-hr-7672
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2022-05-06 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: 

Advancing Student Services In Schools Today Act or the ASSIST Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to, among others, local educational agencies to increase the number of mental health and substance use disorder care providers in schools and school-based health centers. It also increases the federal government's share of Medicaid costs for behavioral health services furnished in those settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-06
text: Introduced in House