hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Advancing Nuclear Regulatory Oversight Act

Bill: 117-hr-8471
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Advancing Nuclear Regulatory Oversight Act

 
This bill requires the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to report to Congress about changes to its regulation of nuclear reactors and materials during the COVID-19 public health emergency and actions (e.g., the use of risk-informed, performance-based procedures) that may be implemented to enhance the efficiency of oversight and inspection programs.
 
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must conduct a review of the commission's office and other facility space requirements and recommend ways to reduce office and facility costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
LOAN Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8472
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Leveraging Opportunities for Americans Now Act of 2022 or the LOAN Act of 

2022

 
This bill revises interest rates and repayment plans for federal student loans.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to set the interest rate on federal student loans made on or after July 1, 2022, at 0% and replace the interest with a one-time financing fee.
 
Further, the bill permits ED to credit or refund borrowers who pay the balance of their loan earlier than required by their repayment plan with the amount of the financing fee.
 
In addition, the bill establishes an income-dependent education assistance repayment plan as the default repayment plan for federal student loans. A borrower may select either this new plan or a 10-year fixed repayment plan.
 
ED must calculate annual repayment amounts and provide annual statements to borrowers. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must transmit tax information to ED as necessary to determine a borrower's repayment obligations and financing fee adjustments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
FABRIC Act

Bill: 117-hr-8473
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Fashioning Accountability and Building Real Institutional Change Act or the FABRIC Act

 
This bill requires garment industry employers to pay at least the hourly minimum wage and prohibits piece rate pay. Garment manufacturers and contractors also must register with the Department of Labor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Second Chance at Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act

Bill: 117-hr-8474
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Second Chance at Public Service Loan Forgiveness Act

 
This bill makes changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. Among other changes, the bill (1) allows a borrower who obtained an eligible Federal Direct Loan on or after January 1, 1994, to receive loan forgiveness under the PSLF program; (2) provides additional relevant definitions, including to specify that full-time employment is at least 30 hours a week; and (3) allows an eligible teacher to use the same teaching service to qualify for both the Teacher Loan Forgiveness program and the PSLF program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide emergency relief to producers of livestock with herds adversely affected by Mexican gray wolves, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8475
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to provide emergency relief to producers of livestock with herds adversely affected by Mexican gray wolves.
 
Additionally, the bill increases the indemnity compensation that producers are provided for reimbursement from 75% to 100% of the market value of the affected livestock.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Housing Inspections Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-8476
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Housing industry and standards
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Housing Inspections Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to jointly report on failed property inspections of housing projects that receive rental assistance through programs administered by HUD or USDA. HUD and USDA must also make information about failed housing inspections available through a public database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
No Shame at School Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8477
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

No Shame at School Act of 20

22

 
This bill establishes requirements for the treatment of a child who is participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and owes unpaid school meal fees. It also requires local educational agencies to certify certain children (e.g., homeless children) as categorically eligible for free lunches or breakfasts without an application. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Credit Reporting Accuracy After a Legal Name Change Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8478
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Credit Reporting Accuracy After a Legal Name Change Act of 2022 

 
This bill prohibits, upon a consumer's request, a credit reporting agency from including on a consumer credit report a consumer's prior name after a legal name change. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Desert Lands Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-8479
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Desert Lands Protection Act

 
This bill revises a provision regarding the California Desert Conservation Area to specify that the prohibition on activities contrary to the conservation purposes of the area only applies within the area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Turn OFF THE TAP Act

Bill: 117-hr-8480
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Turn Off Federal Funding of Threatening Entities that Thwart American Prosperity Act or the Turn OFF THE TAP Act

 This bill prohibits federal contracts with or provision of federal funds to designated entities. Designated entities include those subject to specified U.S. sanctions, entities that have a relationship with China's military-industrial complex, and entities that produce communications equipment or services that pose unacceptable risks to U.S. national security. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Improving DATA in Public Health Act

Bill: 117-hr-8481
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Improving Data Accessibility Through Advancements in Public Health Act or the Improving DATA in Public Health Act

 
This bill addresses the collection and reporting of public health data with a particular focus on electronic health information.
 
Specifically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must designate data and technology standards for public health data systems no later than two years after enactment of this act. These standards must, among other requirements, align with standards designated by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC). In addition, the ONC must study matters concerning the use of standards for certain laboratory information.
 
Further, the CDC may require, subject to some limits, additional reporting of public health and health care data by health care providers, health departments, and other entities for public health surveillance. The CDC must establish a committee to advise on the implementation of this reporting.
 
Additionally, the bill addresses agreements regarding access to, exchange of, and use of public health data, including for public health preparedness and response activities. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must develop or update interagency agreements while the CDC and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response may develop and update agreements with health departments and other nonfederal entities.
 
The bill also requires HHS to award grants and other support for developing and disseminating best practices to collect electronic health information. Entities eligible for the awards include state, tribal, and local governments; health care providers; and nonprofits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Collateral Requirements for Disaster Loans Act

Bill: 117-hr-8482
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Collateral Requirements for Disaster Loans Act

 
This bill makes permanent the increased threshold limits for the minimum major-disaster loan amount for which the Small Business Administration may require collateral.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Wildfire Insurance Coverage Study Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8483
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Wildfire Insurance Coverage Study Act of 2022 

 
This bill requires studies and reports regarding wildfire risk and damage. Specifically, the Federal Emergency Management Agency must report on trends in wildfire declarations, mitigation practices, state and federal programs regarding wildfire risk, and the need for a national map of wildfire risks. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on (1) the availability and cost of wildfire insurance coverage for homes and commercial property, (2) state regulatory responses to increasing costs of coverage, and (3) impediments to private wildfire insurance coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank’s International Development Association Act

Bill: 117-hr-8484
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Multilateral development programs
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Aligning SEC Regulations for the World Bank's International Development Association Act 

 
This bill exempts from securities regulations any securities issued by the International Development Association of the World Bank. The association provides loans and grants to developing countries. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Access to Credit through Consumer-Permissioned Data Act

Bill: 117-hr-8485
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Housing finance and home ownership

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-22
text: 

Expanding Access to Credit through Consumer-Permissioned Data Act 

 
This bill requires the consideration of additional credit information by a mortgage lender when evaluating a consumer's creditworthiness if a consumer requests that this information be considered. This additional information includes current payment and transaction information such as bank statements and rental payment history. 
 
Mortgage lenders must provide notice to mortgage applicants of their rights under this bill. 
 
Additionally, federal agencies that insure, guarantee, supplement, assist, or underwrite federally backed mortgage loans must also comply with these requirements. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 23.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Child Nutrition Technical Assistance Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8486
Sponsor: Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-22 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-22
text: 

Child Nutrition Technical Assistance Act of 2022

 
This bill revises food and nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) by directing USDA to provide for technical assistance relating to nutrition standards for the school meal programs, including by awarding competitive grants to assist food service personnel in meeting the nutrition standards under such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-22
text: Introduced in House
Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act

Bill: 117-hr-8488
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Asia
China
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Protecting America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act

 
This bill prohibits the sale and export of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to China. Specifically, the bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from selling petroleum products (e.g., crude oil) from the SPR to any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party. Further, DOE must require as a condition of any sale of crude oil from the SPR that the oil not be exported to China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Greater Access to Telehealth Act

Bill: 117-hr-8489
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Greater Access to Telehealth Act

 
This bill modifies the extension of certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. 
Specifically, the bill provides that certain flexibilities continue to apply until December 31, 2026, if the emergency period ends before that date. The bill allows 
 
 
beneficiaries to continue to receive telehealth services at any site, regardless of type or location (e.g., the beneficiary's home); 
 
occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and audiologists to continue to furnish telehealth services;
 
 federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to continue to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner);
 
evaluation and management and behavioral health services to continue to be provided via audio-only technology; and
 
hospice physicians and nurse practitioners to continue to complete certain requirements relating to patient recertifications via telehealth.
 
 
The bill also delays implementation of certain in-person evaluation requirements for mental health telehealth services until January 1, 2027, or the first day after the end of the emergency period, whichever is later. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
PARENT Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8490
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Protecting an Alien child's Reasonable Expectation of No Trafficking Act of 2022 or the PARENT Act of 2022

 
This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to transfer custody of an unaccompanied alien child only to the Department of Health and Human Services or the child's parent or legal guardian.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand eligible practitioners to furnish telehealth services.

Bill: 117-hr-8491
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 
This bill permanently allows occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and audiologists to provide telehealth services under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Social Workers and Health Professionals from Workplace Violence Act

Bill: 117-hr-8492
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Protecting Social Workers and Health Professionals from Workplace Violence Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations for providing safety measures to social workers, health workers, and human services professionals who perform services in high-risk and potentially dangerous situations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House