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Honor Our Commitment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7708
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2022-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: 

Honor Our Commitment Act of 2022

 
This bill limits the detention or removal of qualified Vietnamese nationals from the United States and contains other related provisions.
 
A national of Vietnam may not be detained or removed if that individual (1) is subject to a final order of removal, and (2) has continuously resided in the United States since July 12, 1995, or an earlier date. An otherwise qualifying alien may not receive such protections if (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) determines that the alien is directly responsible for harming U.S. national security, or (2) the alien is subject to extradition.
 
A qualified Vietnamese national shall receive authorization to work in the United States. 
DHS must notify each qualified Vietnamese national about the provisions of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Displaced Afghan Women and Girls Education Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7709
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2022-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: 

Displaced Afghan Women and Girls Education Act of 2022

 
This bill provides certain educational resources to certain displaced Afghan women and girls domiciled in the United States.
 

 
For example, the bill (1) requires such displaced Afghan women and girls to receive in-state tuition rates at public institutions of higher education, and (2) provides funding for and establishes the Displaced Afghan Women and Girls Scholarship Grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Counter Human Trafficking Research and Development Act

Bill: 117-hr-7710
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, 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: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
LIFE Act

Bill: 117-hr-7711
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: 

Promoting Healthier Lifelong Improvements in Food and Exercise Act of 2022 or the LIFE Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to carry out a national program to conduct and support activities to reduce the number of cases of overweight or obese individuals in the United States. The activities must include training health professionals, educating the public, and developing and demonstrating intervention strategies for use in workplaces and community settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E471)
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Supreme Court Families Security Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7712
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2022-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Family relationships
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Protection of officials
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: 

Supreme Court Families Security Act of 2022

 
This bill grants the Marshal of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Police the authority to protect any member of the immediate family, or employee, of the Chief Justice, any Associate Justice, or any officer of the Supreme Court if the Marshal determines such protection to be necessary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
Leak and Lose Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7713
Sponsor: Rep. Timmons, William R. IV [R-SC-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Judicial procedure and administration
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: 

Leak and Lose Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes federal criminal offenses for acts involving the concealment, removal, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion of the Supreme Court before it is published. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the willful and unlawful (1) concealment, removal, mutilation, obliteration, or destruction of an opinion or draft opinion; (2) attempt to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy an opinion or draft opinion; and (3) taking or carrying away of an opinion or draft opinion with the intent to conceal, remove, mutilate, obliterate, or destroy. 
 
An individual who violates the prohibition is subject to a $5,000 fine and, if applicable, the permanent forfeiture of his or her admission to federal courts for the practice of law.


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 Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
OUR Public Buildings Act

Bill: 117-hr-7714
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2022-05-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: 

Outlease Reform in Public Buildings Act or the OUR Public Buildings Act

 
This bill establishes requirements for outleasing certain federal buildings.
 
Specifically, the General Services Administration (GSA) must develop and require the use of standard clauses to use in any outlease agreement that
 
 
is for a public building that is at least 150,000 gross square feet; 
 
 is entered into by the GSA and a private entity; 
 
 for which the leased space totals at least 51% of the usable square feet of the building; and 
 
 for which the term of the lease, including options, is in excess of five years. 
 
 
Any such agreement must require the lessee to submit a form disclosing any foreign ownership interest in the outlease.
 
The GSA may not enter into such an outlease with the President, the Vice President, the head of an executive agency, or a Member of Congress.
 
The outlease shall not take effect if Congress enacts a joint resolution of disapproval of the outlease and such joint resolution is signed by the President.
 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4901)
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Introduced in House
SOULS Act

Bill: 117-hr-7715
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Seeking Official Uncounted Lives Statistics Act or the SOULS Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include abortions, to the extent possible, when collecting and making available data on U.S. death numbers and rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Coordinating Substance Use and Homelessness Care Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7716
Sponsor: Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Intergovernmental relations
Mental health
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Coordinating Substance Use and Homelessness Care Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to award competitive grants to improve coordination of health care and homelessness services for individuals who are homeless, have significant behavioral health issues (e.g., substance use disorders), and voluntarily seek assistance. Entities eligible for these grants include local and tribal governments, public housing agencies that administer housing choice vouchers, and certain nonprofits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 22.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
American Apprenticeship Act

Bill: 117-hr-7717
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

American Apprenticeship Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Labor to make grants to assist states in carrying out projects that defray the cost of instruction associated with pre-apprenticeship and qualified apprenticeship programs.
 
Labor shall (1) establish performance measures and an evaluation system for such grant program; and (2) identify in-demand occupations that lack the use of apprenticeships, analyze the use of the qualified apprenticeship program model in those occupations, and report on such analysis to states and Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Formula Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7718
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Formula Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to work through established processes to review and update internationally recognized standards for infant formula to ensure that such standards are consistent with standards applied to importing infant formula into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Unborn Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-7719
Sponsor: Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Unborn Protection Act

 
 This bill creates new federal crimes related to the performance of an abortion on an unborn child based on the results of a laboratory developed prenatal test. The term 
laboratory developed prenatal test
 means a type of in vitro diagnostic test that is designed, developed, manufactured, validated, or performed within a single laboratory and is not cleared or approved by the Food and Drug Administration
 
It subjects a violator to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both.
 
It also authorizes civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief.
 
A woman who undergoes such an abortion may not be prosecuted or held civilly liable.


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: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
SWAMP Act

Bill: 117-hr-7720
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
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: 2022-05-11
text: 

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

 
This bill prohibits new construction or major renovation 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: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Hermit’s Peak Fire Assistance Act

Bill: 117-hr-7721
Sponsor: Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Hermit's Peak Fire Assistance Act

 
This bill provides for monetary compensation to the victims of the prescribed fire burn in the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico that became a wildfire known as the Hermit's Peak Fire or the Hermit's Peak Fire/Calf Canyon Fire.
 
Each victim of the Hermit's Peak Fire shall be entitled to receive monetary compensation from the United States, including for personal injury, loss of property, business loss, or financial loss.
 
An Office of Hermit's Peak Fire Claims is established within the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to receive, process, and pay claims to victims of the fire.
 
FEMA or the independent claims manager (which FEMA may appoint) shall, on behalf of the United States, investigate, consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, grant, deny, or settle any claim for money damages asserted by a victim of the Hermit's Peak Fire.
 
Any claimant aggrieved by a final decision of FEMA concerning compensation may, not later than 60 days after the date on which the decision is issued, bring a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico, to modify or set aside the decision.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Unleashing American Resources Act

Bill: 117-hr-7722
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Unleashing American Resources Act

 
This bill directs the Forest Service to reissue the final environmental impact statement for the Resolution Copper Project and Land Exchange (a copper mining project in Arizona) that was withdrawn on March 5, 2021. The bill also specifies that the reissued statement meets certain environmental requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to extend the availability of paid leave for Federal employees for purposes relating to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7723
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Transportation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government trust funds
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 
This bill extends paid leave relating to COVID-19 (e.g., medical, caregiver, and immunization leave) for federal employees until December 31, 2022. The bill applies retroactively to October 1, 2021. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Homeland Security, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Homeland Security, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Homeland Security, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Homeland Security, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
RUSSIA Act

Bill: 117-hr-7724
Sponsor: Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Europe
Foreign and international banking
Foreign property
Government liability
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Reconstruction and stabilization
Russia
Ukraine
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Reparations for Ukraine through Sovereign nation Support and Integration Act or the RUSSIA Act

 
This bill directs the President to seek to enter into an agreement with other countries that have frozen the assets of Russia's central bank to (1) transfer the frozen assets into a single account at an international financial institution, and (2) distribute such assets to provide for the reconstruction of Ukraine after the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Preserving Border Integrity Act

Bill: 117-hr-7725
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2022-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: 

Preserving Border Integrity Act

 
This bill imposes restrictions on non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) seeking asylum in the United States. Under this bill, a non-U.S. national may not, except in certain situations, seek asylum if the individual (1) entered (or attempted to enter) the United States through the northern or southern border, and (2) did not apply for protection from persecution or torture in at least one country that the individual transited through to reach the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Introduced in House