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A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to replace equipment provided to Ukraine by certain member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Bill: 117-s-4059
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Collective security
Conflicts and wars
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Russia
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to transfer available equipment and relevant defense articles to certain NATO member countries to replace equipment that such countries provided to Ukraine to defend against Russia's aggression and malign influence. The bill requires the transfers to NATO member countries with a gross domestic product per capita that is less than $30,000, as of April 1, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Food and Fuel Family Savings Act

Bill: 117-s-4060
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Food and Fuel Family Savings Act

 
This bill allows an individual taxpayer an inflation rebate for the first taxable year beginning in 2022. The amount of such rebate is $600 ($1,200 for joint returns), plus $600 for each of the taxpayer's dependents. The amount of the rebate is reduced for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds certain levels. 
 
The bill imposes a 5% surcharge on individuals whose modified adjusted gross income exceeds $10 million and a 3% surcharge for incomes exceeding $25 million. It also imposes surcharges on certain high income estates and trusts. 
 
The bill increases the maximum corporate income tax rate to 26.5% for corporate taxable income exceeding $5 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2096)
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the definition of water heater under energy conservation standards, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4061
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Manufacturing
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 
This bill modifies the definition of 
water heater
, otherwise revises energy conservation standards, and sets forth labeling requirements for water heaters. In addition, it directs the Department of Energy to determine whether electric storage water heaters should possess demand response capabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
HOUSES Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4062
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Geography and mapping
Housing supply and affordability
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Low- and moderate-income housing
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Helping Open Underutilized Space to Ensure Shelter Act of 2022 or the HOUSES Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes the sale of certain federal land to states and units of local government for projects to provide housing. 
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes a state or unit of local government to nominate, for consideration for conveyance by the Department of the Interior, one or more tracts of public lands within the boundary of the state or unit of local government to carry out an eligible project to provide housing.
 
Interior may not offer to convey to a unit of local government such a tract until it receives from the governor of the state approval for the conveyance. 
 
Interior may not convey to a state or unit of local government such a tract until the state or unit of local government has in effect any ordinances, statutes, or regulations that are necessary to ensure compliance with the project proposal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
No Free TRIPS Act

Bill: 117-s-4063
Sponsor: Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

No Free TRIPS Act

 
This bill prohibits the U.S. government from negotiating or concluding any withdrawal from or modification to the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) without explicit authorization from Congress. 
 
The TRIPS Agreement is one of several international agreements that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In October 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, several WTO members proposed a waiver of some TRIPS obligations, including obligations related to national patent laws. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
International Nuclear Energy Act

Bill: 117-s-4064
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advanced technology and technological innovations
Alliances
Asia
Buy American requirements
China
Civil actions and liability
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Energy
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Energy research
Europe
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign and international corporations
Government lending and loan guarantees
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Metals
Nuclear power
Public-private cooperation
Radiation
Radioactive wastes and releases
Research and development
Russia
Strategic materials and reserves
Technology transfer and commercialization
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

International Nuclear Energy Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses cooperation with ally or partner nations on nuclear energy-related issues. For example, the bill requires (1) the Department of State to meet with ally or partner nations with the aim of enhancing nuclear energy cooperation, (2) the Department of Energy to establish fast-track procedures to authorize nuclear energy-related exports to qualifying countries, and (3) the State Department to award grants to qualifying countries that are developing civil nuclear programs.

action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

International Nuclear Energy Act

 
This bill addresses cooperation with other nations on nuclear energy-related issues. For example, the bill requires (1) the President to launch an international initiative to modernize outreach to embarking civil nuclear energy nations, which may include establishing cooperative financing relationships for the export of civil nuclear technology and materials; (2) the Department of State to meet with ally or partner nations with the aim of enhancing nuclear energy cooperation; and (3) the State Department to provide financial assistance to embarking civil nuclear energy nations for the development of civil nuclear energy programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 604.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Opportunity Zones Transparency, Extension, and Improvement Act

Bill: 117-s-4065
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Economic development
Financial services and investments
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Opportunity Zones
 
Transparency,

 Extension, and Improvement Act

 
This bill revises rules and reinstates reporting requirements relating to qualified opportunity zones (economically distressed communities where new investments, under specified conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment).
 
Specifically, the bill terminates the designation of zones that are disqualified due to median family income exceeding 130% of national median family income and permits states to identify and expand terminations of such zones. 
 
The bill also reinstates reporting requirements for qualified opportunity zones and imposes penalties for noncompliance with such requirements, extends the opportunity zones temporary deferral period for qualifying capital gain through 2028, and establishes a State and Community Dynamism Fund to support public and private investment in qualified opportunity zones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Fueling Our Nuclear Future Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4066
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Europe
Government trust funds
Nuclear power
Research and development
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Fueling Our Nuclear Future Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies provisions under the Energy Act of 2020 concerning high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU), including by directing the Department of Energy (DOE) to (1) establish a program to accelerate the availability of commercially produced HALEU in the United States, and (2) accelerate or initiate activities to make HALEU available from DOE's inventories for use by advanced nuclear reactors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
John Lewis Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4067
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health care quality
Medicaid
Medicare
Mental health
Minority health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

John Lewis Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a payment model that addresses social determinants of health and health disparities, particularly with respect to minorities, underserved areas, and high-risk individuals. The bill also generally incorporates consideration of such factors into the selection, implementation, and evaluation of other models, including the decision as to whether to expand a model's duration and scope.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Hispanic Educational Resources and Empowerment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4068
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Hispanic Educational Resources and Empowerment Act of 

2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to (1) award grants to Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education (IHEs) to improve and expand innovative collaboration agreements between local educational agencies and IHEs to better serve Hispanic and Latino students, (2) provide technical assistance to such IHEs, and (3) contract with a third party to conduct an independent evaluation of grant activities.
 
Such grants must be used for specific activities, such as improving school-based and institutional practices to prepare students for postsecondary education and addressing nonacademic needs of students that are barriers to college enrollment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2096-2097)
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Pistol Brace Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-4069
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Pistol Brace Protection Act

 
This bill removes certain brace-equipped firearms from regulation under certain federal firearms laws. 
 
Specifically, under the bill, a pistol that that is equipped with an attachable stabilizing brace (or arm brace) that allows the pistol to be fired with one hand is not a rifle or shotgun subject to regulation (e.g., registration requirements) under the National Firearms Act. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Samya Rose Stumo National Air Grant Fellowship Program Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4070
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Congressional tributes
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Samya Rose Stumo National Air Grant Fellowship Program Act of 2022

 
This bill commemorates the lives lost as a result of Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane crashes.
 
In particular, the bill changes the name of the National Air Grant Fellowship Program to the Samya Rose Stumo National Air Grant Fellowship Program in honor of a public health advocate who died in one of the crashes. (The fellowship provides graduate students in aerospace engineering and related fields with aviation policy experience.)

action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Samya Rose Stumo National Air Grant Fellowship Program Act of 2022

 
This bill commemorates the lives lost as a result of Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane crashes.
 
In particular, the bill changes the name of the National Air Grant Fellowship Program to the Samya Rose Stumo National Air Grant Fellowship Program in honor of a public health advocate who died in one of the crashes. (The fellowship provides graduate students in aerospace engineering and related fields with aviation policy experience.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-04-11
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-04-08
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2082; text: CR S2082)
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2082; text: CR S2082)
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4071
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to the approval of drugs for rare diseases and conditions, including by requiring regular reporting on the number and types of applications received and the extent to which external experts are consulted during the review process.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4072
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Empowering States' Rights To Protect Consumers Act of 
 
2022

 
 This bill limits the annual percentage rate applicable to any consumer credit transaction (other than a residential mortgage transaction), including any associated fees, to the maximum rate permitted by the laws of the state in which the consumer resides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Uyghur Policy Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4073
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Albania
Asia
Canada
China
Congressional oversight
Congressional tributes
Department of State
Detention of persons
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Germany
Government information and archives
Human rights
International exchange and broadcasting
International organizations and cooperation
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Turkey
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Uyghur Policy Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of State to take various actions concerning the treatment of Uyghurs and other minority groups in China. For example, the bill requires the State Department to (1) support human rights advocates representing such groups speaking at public diplomacy forums, including in Muslim-majority countries; (2) ensure that Uyghur language training is available to Foreign Service officers; and (3) support the appointment of a special rapporteur or working group at the United Nations to monitor and report on human rights violations and abuses in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4074
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural trade
Animal and plant health
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Birds
Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Ecology
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Endangered and threatened species
Fishes
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
Forests, forestry, trees
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Livestock
Meat
Nutrition and diet
Smuggling and trafficking
Trade restrictions
United Nations
Veterinary medicine and animal diseases
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses issues related to the commercial trade in live wildlife for human consumption in other countries.
 
For example, the bill requires the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development to work with foreign governments, multilateral organizations, and nongovernmental organizations to carry out activities to (1) close wildlife markets and prevent associated commercial trade in live wildlife, (2) improve regulatory oversight and eliminate practices that contribute to zoonotic spillover and emerging pathogens, and (3) offer alternative livelihood and worker training programs to individuals and communities currently engaged in the commercial trade in live wildlife for human consumption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate
KLEPTO Act

Bill: 117-s-4075
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-04-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business records
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Licensing and registrations
Marine and inland water transportation
Motor vehicles
Real estate business
Sanctions
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: 

Kleptocrat Liability for Excessive Property Transactions and Ownership Act or the KLEPTO Act 

 
This bill expands anti-money laundering reporting requirements for certain transactions involving real estate, aircraft, and other vehicles. 
 
Specifically, real estate professionals must report to the Department of the Treasury beneficial owner information (e.g., the identity of an individual behind a corporate entity) for each commercial and residential real estate transaction involving a covered entity (i.e., a nonnatural person, association, or arrangement, including any trust, partnership, foundation, corporation, limited liability company, or other public or private entity). Real estate professionals must also report suspicious transactions, establish anti-money laundering programs and due diligence policies, and develop procedures to identify beneficial owners. 
 
Additionally, Treasury must implement a state-level pilot program to design and test a digital ledger of real estate transactions. This ledger must provide real-time information and integrate with other databases that track beneficial ownership, sanctions, and other business and real estate registries. 
 
An entity must identify each beneficial owner prior to registering an aircraft. Existing registrants must submit this information not later than 180 days after the date of this bill's enactment. 
 
A business engaged in vehicle sales (including automobile, airplane, and boat sales) must report suspicious transactions, establish anti-money laundering programs and due diligence policies, and develop procedures to identify beneficial owners.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-07
text: Introduced in Senate