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To require inns, hotels, motels, and other establishments that provide lodging to transient guests to include all mandatory fees and other charges in the advertised rental rates for such lodging, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7087
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2022-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: 
This bill requires inns, motels, hotels, and similar establishments to include all mandatory fees and charges in any advertised rate for lodging. The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Defenders of Ukraine Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-7088
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-03-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Europe
Military operations and strategy
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: 

Defenders of Ukraine Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to the defenders of Ukraine, collectively, in recognition of their crucial role in the defense of Ukraine against Russia's invasion. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
VET PFAS Act

Bill: 117-hr-7089
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2022-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: 

Veterans Exposed to Toxic PFAS Act or the VET PFAS Act

 
This bill provides eligibility for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital care and medical services to veterans and their family members (including those in utero) who have specified conditions and resided at a military installation where individuals were exposed to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. PFAS are man-made and may have adverse human health effects.
 
Hospital care and medical services may not be furnished for a condition that is found to have resulted from a cause other than the exposure to PFAS at a military installation.
 
The VA may provide reimbursement for hospital care or medical services provided to a family member only after the family member or provider has exhausted all claims and remedies otherwise available for payment of such care.
 
For disability compensation purposes, the bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for specified conditions in veterans who served at a military installation at which individuals were exposed to PFAS. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Eliminating Paperwork for Startups Act

Bill: 117-hr-7090
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2022-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: 

Eliminating Paperwork for Startups Act

 
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to allow the election relating to property transferred in connection with services (i.e., to include in gross income the amount of such property in the year of transfer) to be made in electronic form.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-7091
Sponsor: Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]
Introduced: 2022-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: 

Henrietta Lacks Congressional Gold Medal Act 

 
This bill awards posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Henrietta Lacks in recognition of her immortal cells which have made invaluable contributions to global health, scientific research, our quality of life, and patients' rights. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7092
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: 

Universal Prekindergarten and Early Childhood Education Act of 

2022

 
This bill authorizes through FY2027 a grant program for states to establish or expand full-day prekindergarten programs that (1) permit each three- or four-year old child in the state to be voluntarily enrolled by the child's parent, regardless of income, in the program at the public school in which the child would be enrolled for kindergarten; (2) run the length of the regular school year; and (3) are taught by teachers who possess equivalent or similar qualifications to those of teachers of other grades in the school.
 
The federal share of such a grant shall not exceed 80% of the costs of carrying out these activities. Grant funds received under the program shall be used to supplement and not supplant other federal early childhood education funds in the state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E255)
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
To withdraw certain Federal land in the San Bernardino National Forest in California from location, entry, and patent under mining laws, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7093
Sponsor: Rep. Obernolte, Jay [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2022-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: 
This bill withdraws 3,055 acres of specified land in San Bernardino National Forest in California from (1) entry, appropriation, and disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) operation of the mineral leasing, mineral materials, and geothermal leasing laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Energy Freedom Act

Bill: 117-hr-7094
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2022-03-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: 

Energy Freedom Act

 
This bill establishes requirements to provide for domestic energy production, including by 
 
 
limiting delays on oil, gas, or coal development;
 
requiring a minimum number of annual sales of leases on federal lands and waters for oil and gas development; 
 
requiring sales of leases of federal land for wind, solar, and geothermal development;
 
allowing the Department of the Interior to grant licenses for the exploration and mining of hardrock minerals on the Outer Continental Shelf.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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: 2022-03-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Agriculture, 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: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-15
text: Introduced in House
Accountable Feds Act

Bill: 117-hr-7095
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2022-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: 

Accountable Federal Employees Act or the Accountable Feds Act

 
This bill establishes and modifies requirements relating to the administration of the federal workforce, including (1) creating a new Schedule F in the excepted service for certain positions that are not normally subject to change as a result of a presidential transition; (2) specifying certain standards and principles relating to removals, grievance procedures, and adverse personnel actions; (3) placing certain restrictions on the use of union time; and (4) creating a workgroup to manage the efficiency of labor-management relations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3749)
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to enhance the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to share information with respect to merchandise suspected of violating intellectual property rights with rights holders and other interested parties.

Bill: 117-hr-7096
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2022-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: 
This bill authorizes U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to request assistance from any appropriate party with an interest in imported merchandise when determining whether the merchandise is imported in violation of certain trademark and copyright laws. To permit the party to conduct examination and testing, CBP must provide them with specified information that appears on the merchandise, including its packaging and packing materials (including labels).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
3T Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7097
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Intergovernmental relations
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: 

Telehealth Treatment and Technology Act of 2022 or the 3T Act of 2022

 
This bill allows a health care professional to provide, subject to scope of practice and other requirements, health services in any U.S. jurisdiction based on that individual's authorization to practice in any one state or territory.
 
Additionally, the bill provides certain related powers to health care professional regulatory bodies, such as medical boards. Specifically, a regulatory body may investigate and take disciplinary actions against a professional who provides services pursuant to this bill to a patient in that body's jurisdiction. 
The bill also requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to revise applicable privacy regulations to allow providers to use any nonpublic-facing communication product to provide telehealth services after the COVID-19 emergency ends. (Typically, communication products used to provide telehealth services must comply with federal privacy standards for personal health information. However, during the COVID-19 emergency HHS exercised enforcement discretion to allow for the use of noncompliant communication products, including applications such as Apple FaceTime, Zoom, or Skype.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
MAGNET Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7098
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2022-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: 

Magnet schools Accessibility, Growth, and Nonexclusionary Enrollment Transformation Act of 2022 or the MAGNET Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2025 and expands the Magnet Schools Assistance Program (MSAP), which provides grants to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to establish and operate magnet schools that are operated under a court-ordered or federally approved voluntary desegregation plan.
 
The bill authorizes a new grant program under MSAP to award grants to LEAs and state educational agencies for increasing diversity in magnet schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Stop Gas Price Gouging Tax and Rebate Act

Bill: 117-hr-7099
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2022-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: 

Stop Gas Price Gouging Tax and Rebate Act

 
This bill imposes an excise tax of 50% of the excess of the windfall profit of a producer of crude oil (including crude oil condensates and natural gasoline) that has an average daily worldwide production of crude oil of at least 300,000 barrels for the taxable year, and had gross receipts in excess of $1 billion for its last taxable year during 2005. The bill defines 
windfall profit 
as the excess of the adjusted taxable income of such producer for taxable year 2022 over the reasonably inflated average profit for such taxable year. 
 
The bill requires payment of energy price rebates to eligible individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
They Had Our Back We Have Theirs Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7100
Sponsor: Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2022-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: 

They Had Our Back We Have Theirs Act of 2022

 
This bill provides specified levels of educational assistance and federal student loan forgiveness to children and spouses of eligible public safety officers. An eligible public safety officer is a public safety officer who died or was permanently and totally disabled from an injury sustained in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7101
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2022-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Department of Justice
District of Columbia
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Judicial review and appeals
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Poverty and welfare assistance
Right of privacy
State and local government operations
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: 

Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits certain business mergers, modifies the procedures for reviewing mergers, and establishes procedures for reversing certain mergers.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits mergers that (1) are valued at more than $5 billion in total assets, (2) result in the acquiring entity having a market share of greater than 33% (or a share of a labor market as an employer of greater than 25%), or (3) result in market concentration levels that exceed specified thresholds.
 
The bill also expands the authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to review pending mergers, including whether a merger is likely to harm the competitive process and the effect of a merger on relevant labor markets.
 
Finally, the bill authorizes the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the DOJ to retroactively unwind mergers that are prohibited under the bill or that meet certain other anticompetitive criteria such as a merger that results in a greater than 50% share of a relevant market.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2022-03-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
American Energy for American Consumers Act

Bill: 117-hr-7102
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2022-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Conflicts and wars
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Military operations and strategy
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Trade restrictions
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: 

American Energy for American Consumers Act

 
This bill requires the President to promulgate a rule prohibiting the export of crude oil and finished motor gasoline produced in the United States. The prohibition may not end until the earlier of (1) the date that the President determines the national average price for unleaded gasoline has been, for at least 30 days, at or below the national average price for unleaded gasoline on January 1, 2022; or (2) the date that the President determines is the formal end to the conflict between Russian and Ukraine.
 
 The President may exempt from the prohibition exports of crude oil or finished motor gasoline as the President determines to be in the national interest or for national security purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Introduced in House