hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Military Housing Readiness Council Act

Bill: 117-s-4742
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: 

Military Housing Readiness Council Act

 
This bill establishes the Department of Defense Military Housing Readiness Council to review and make recommendations to the Department of Defense (DOD) regarding policies for privatized military housing. 
 
The council must also monitor compliance by DOD with statutory improvements to policies for privatized military housing and make recommendations to improve collaboration, awareness, and promotion of accurate and timely information about privatized military housing, accommodations available through the Exceptional Family Member Program, and other support services among policymakers, service providers, and targeted beneficiaries.
 
The council must make all documents publicly available until the council ceases to exist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
AVERT Future Violence Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4743
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: 

Animal Violence Exposes Real Threat of Future Violence Act of 2022 or the AVERT Future Violence Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the National Institute of Justice within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to study the factors that contribute to acts of animal cruelty. The report must also analyze acts of animal cruelty as a predictor of future violence against humans. 
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes DOJ to establish a grant program to support the development and strengthening of detection strategies and early intervention or diversion resources to stop acts of animal cruelty and rehabilitate offenders. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act

Bill: 117-s-4744
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Infrastructure development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: 

Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant Act

 
This bill establishes programs within the Department of Transportation (DOT) to support the use of drones and other small, unmanned aircraft systems when inspecting, repairing, or constructing road infrastructure, electric grid infrastructure, water infrastructure, or other critical infrastructure.
 
Specifically, DOT must award grants to state, tribal, and local governments; metropolitan planning organizations; or groups of those entities to purchase or otherwise use drones to increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve worker and community safety, reduce carbon emissions, or meet other priorities when carrying out inspections, repairs, and construction. Grant recipients must use domestically manufactured drones that are made by companies not subject to influence or control from certain foreign entities, including China and Russia.
 
DOT must also award grants to certain institutions of higher education for training students for careers using drones and related technologies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Spotted Wing Abatement Trust Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4745
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: 

Spotted Wing Abatement Trust Act of 2022 or the SWAT Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to establish a fund for research relating to, and activities to mitigate the negative effects of, spotted wing drosophila. Spotted wing drosophila is an invasive species from East Asia that has caused significant damage to many valuable fruit crops in the United States, including raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, peaches, plums, and cherries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4746
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2022-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Congressional oversight
Iran
Middle East
Nuclear weapons
Sanctions
Terrorism
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: 

Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2022

 
This bill permanently extends certain sanctions against Iran.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Investing in Kids’ Mental Health Now Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4747
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: 

Investing in Kids' Mental Health Now Act of 2022

 
This bill temporarily increases the payment rate for pediatric mental, emotional, and behavioral health services, including telehealth services, under Medicaid. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue guidance on how states may expand such services through provider flexibilities and other regulatory pathways.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting National Access to Reproductive Care Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4748
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: 

Protecting National Access to Reproductive Care Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits state or local governments from implementing or enforcing any restriction on the use of or access to any reproductive health product. The bill defines 
reproductive health product
 as any approved drug or device that is used to diagnose, prevent, manage, treat, or terminate a pregnancy or to prevent or manage conditions of the reproductive system. The bill allows the Department of Justice to bring a civil action and establishes a private right of action for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
COPS Responsible Administration and Management Act

Bill: 117-s-4749
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-08-02 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: 

COPS Responsible Administration and Management Act

 
This bill provides for evaluations of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program with respect to its administration and effectiveness, as well as the compliance of grantees with civil rights laws. It also provides for grants and other changes to the COPS program to support (1) state and local participation in the National Use-of-Force Data Collection of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and (2) conformance of state and local law enforcement agencies with federal policies that generally prohibit chokeholds and no-knock entries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3864-3865)
action_date: 2022-08-02
text: Introduced in Senate
Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

Bill: 117-s-4750
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Restore Protections for Dialysis Patients Act

 
This bill specifies that private health insurers may not limit, restrict, or condition benefits for renal dialysis services for individuals with end-stage renal disease as compared to other types of benefits for other medical conditions under Medicare secondary payer rules.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to revise the definition of a broker for purposes of certain reporting requirements with respect to digital asset transfers under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4751
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 
This bill excludes certain persons from being considered a broker for tax reporting purposes. Under current law, the transfer of digital assets from a broker to a nonbroker requires the broker to file a return beginning on January 1, 2024. The bill provides that a broker does not include any person solely engaged in the business of (1) validating distributed ledger transactions, or (2) selling hardware or software for which the sole function is to permit access to digital assets on a distributed ledger.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act

Bill: 117-s-4752
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Government studies and investigations
Horticulture and plants
Lakes and rivers
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Livestock
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Railroads
Roads and highways
Water storage
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Malheur Community Empowerment for the Owyhee Act

 
This bill addresses various public land concerns in Malheur County in Oregon.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Interior to prepare a programmatic environmental impact statement for certain federal land in the county. Interior shall develop plans for areas that are ecologically degraded or most at risk of being ecologically degraded. Interior shall establish the Malheur Community Empowerment for Owyhee Group, which shall, among other things, use such statement to review projects proposed to the Bureau of Land Management by group members, ranchers holding grazing permits on the federal land, or other members of the public. 
 
The bill also
 
 
establishes a network to monitor such land, 
 
designates 1,133,481 acres of federal lands in the county as wilderness and components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, 
 
designates a 14.7-mile segment of Owyhee River as a recreational river, 
 
 establishes improvements for certain loop roads, 
 
requires separate feasibility studies concerning Owyhee Reservoir, 
 
requires improvements to existing Oregon State Parks and private camps on the shore of the Reservoir,
 
establishes a dude ranch at Birch Creek,
 
requires a feasibility study on a specified rails-to-trails project,
 
requires a feasibility study on marketing communities or portions of the county as the Gateway to the Oregon Owyhee,
 
requires a determination of the use and conditions under which the Jordan Valley Airstrip may be used to support firefighting, 
 
establishes the Native Seed Center as the primary federal native seed repository in the Western States, and 
 
requires that land be taken into trust for the benefit of the Burns Paiute Tribe.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
RECOVER Act

Bill: 117-s-4753
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Raising Expectations with Child Opportunity Vouchers for Educational Recovery Act or the RECOVER Act

 
This bill directs local educational agencies to use certain federal COVID-19 relief funds to address student learning loss by distributing direct financial assistance (i.e., Child Opportunity Scholarships) to the parent or guardian of an eligible student for certain qualified educational expenses (e.g., educational materials, tutoring, or private school tuition). 
Eligible student
 refers to a child who is a member of a household with an income that is not more than 300% of the federal poverty level.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study and submit a report on national resource adequacy, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4754
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to study the ability to meet aggregate electricity demand using supply- and demand-side resources. The study must address matters including (1) the effects of recent retirements of baseload electric generation on regional electric grids; and (2) uncertainty in future electricity demand trajectories from climate change, decarbonization, and other factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to ensure that ranchers who have grazing agreements on national grasslands are treated the same as permittees on other Federal land.

Bill: 117-s-4755
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 
This bill applies terms and conditions for grazing leases and permits currently applicable to land in national forests to all National Forest System land.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Malign Chinese Influence on Academic Institutions

Bill: 117-s-4756
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Preventing Malign Chinese Influence on Academic Institutions

 
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to disclose information regarding gifts from and contracts with China-affiliated organizations.
 China-affiliated organization
 refers to any entity that receives support directly or indirectly from the Chinese government, including certain educational institutes or programs, think tanks, and business entities.
 
Under current law, an IHE must disclose to the Department of Education (ED) a gift or contract from a foreign source that is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that foreign source in a calendar year. This bill establishes a special disclosure rule relating to China-affiliated organizations. Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to disclose a gift from or contract with a China-affiliated organization that is valued at $5,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with that organization in a calendar year.
 
Additionally, the bill requires an IHE that receives federal grants to annually file a report with ED that identifies any activities conducted pursuant to a contract or other agreement between the IHE and a China-affiliated organization, including any joint research or academic exchanges. Such a contract or other agreement must be made available on a publicly accessible website of the IHE.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
TICKER Act

Bill: 117-s-4757
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Trading and Investing with Clear Knowledge and Expectations about Risk Act or the TICKER Act 

 
This bill requires the identification of consolidated variable interest entities on securities exchanges. Specifically, the symbol used on the exchange must identify these entities as consolidated variable interest entities. (A consolidated variable interest entity is a business structure where an investor holds a controlling interest in an entity through contractual agreements rather than having a majority of voting rights.) 
 
In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission must require brokers and dealers to warn investors in these entities that those investors may lack legal recourse with respect to these investments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
RAMP Act

Bill: 117-s-4758
Sponsor: Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Returning American Manufacturing Potential Act or RAMP Act

 
This bill provides for enhanced domestic content requirements in federal procurement.
 
Specifically, the bill requires that more than 60% (currently, 55%) of the value of the components of products that the federal government purchases be made in the United States. Such requirement increases to 65% at the start of 2024 and 75% at the start of 2029.
 
Such requirements shall not apply to manufactured articles that consist wholly or predominantly of iron, steel, or a combination of iron and steel.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes price preferences for domestic goods that the federal government designates as critical to U.S. supply chains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Bill: 117-s-4759
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

 
This bill provides FY2023 appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and related agencies. 
 
The bill provides appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military construction for
 
 
the Army; 
 
the Navy and Marine Corps; 
 
the Air Force; 
 
Defense-wide agencies and activities; 
 
the Army and Air National Guard; and 
 
the Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves. 
 
 
The bill also provides appropriations to DOD for
 
 
 the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program; 
 
the Base Closure Account;
 
Construction and Operation and Maintenance of Family Housing for the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide agencies and activities;
 
 the Family Housing Improvement Fund; and 
 
the Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund. 
 
 
Within the VA budget, the bill provides appropriations for 
 
 
the Veterans Benefits Administration, 
 
the Veterans Health Administration, 
 
the National Cemetery Administration, 
 
Departmental Administration, and
 
the Cost Of War Toxic Exposures Fund.
 
 
The bill provides appropriations for related agencies and programs, including
 
 
the American Battle Monuments Commission, 
 
the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 
 
Cemeterial Expenses of the Army, and
 
the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
 
 
The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4760
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Commodities markets
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Currency
Digital media

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022 

 
This bill grants exclusive jurisdiction to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over activity involving digital commodities as specified by the bill. 
 
The bill defines digital commodities as fungible digital forms of personal property that can be transferred person-to-person without an intermediary. Excluded from this definition are securities, interests in physical commodities, and U.S.-backed digital currencies. The commission does not have jurisdiction over digital commodities used solely for the purchase or sale of a good or service. 
 
Digital commodity platforms (including brokers, custodians, dealers, and trading facilities) must register with the commission and comply with risk management and good governance procedures. The bill also sets forth recordkeeping requirements, conflict of interest standards, and other consumer protections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-15
text: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Community Mentors for Moms Act

Bill: 117-s-4761
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Family planning and birth control
Family services
Government studies and investigations
Mental health
Performance measurement
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Community Mentors for Moms Act

 
This bill requires the Health Resources & Services Administration to make grants for demonstration projects that provide community-based maternal mentoring, which may include dedicated individual mentors and networks of peer and community support groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate
Foster Care Stabilization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4762
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2022-08-03 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: 

Foster Care Stabilization Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Administration for Children and Families to award demonstration grants to foster care stabilization agencies to improve services for foster youth awaiting placement and for other emergency assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Introduced in Senate