hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Preserving Options for Everglades Restoration and National Defense in the Straits of Florida Act

Bill: 117-hr-8381
Sponsor: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Preserving Options for Everglades Restoration and National Defense in the Straits of Florida Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Air Force from entering into an agreement that would provide for or permit the joint use of Homestead Air Reserve Base in Homestead, Florida, by the Air Force and civil aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8382
Sponsor: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2022 

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to remove certain aliens from the United States while such an alien's application for admission is pending. 
 
Specifically, if an alien arrived by land from a foreign country bordering the United States and the alien is not clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to admission into the United States, DOJ must return that alien to that bordering foreign country while the alien's application for admission is pending. (Currently, DOJ may choose to detain such an alien or return the alien to the bordering foreign country while the application for admission is pending.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to improve provisions relating to the development of hydropower at Corps of Engineers facilities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8383
Sponsor: Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to (1) assess opportunities to increase hydroelectric power at its projects (e.g, dams and locks), and (2) create a new program manager position for nonfederal hydroelectric power development.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Standing with Moms Act

Bill: 117-hr-8384
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Standing with Moms Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to disseminate information about pregnancy-related resources.
 
Specifically, HHS must maintain a public website (life.gov) that lists such resources that are available through federal, state, and local governments and private entities.
 
Additionally, HHS must maintain on its website a portal that provides a user, based on the user's responses to a series of questions, tailored information about pregnancy resources available in the user's zip code and risks related to abortion. HHS must develop a plan to conduct follow-up outreach to users of the portal (if the user consents to the outreach). States must recommend resources that meet criteria set by HHS for including through the portal. HHS may award grants to states to establish or support a system that aggregates resources to include on the portal.
 
Further, the Health Resources and Services Administration must share information about life.gov and the portal through the Maternal Mental Health Hotline.
 
HHS must also ensure that the life.gov website and hotline are available to families who speak languages other than English.
 
The bill excludes from life.gov, the portal, and the hotline resources provided by entities that (1) perform, induce, refer for, or counsel in favor of abortions; or (2) financially support such entities.
 
The bill also requires HHS to report on traffic to life.gov and the portal, gaps in services available to pregnant and postpartum individuals, and related matters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To require the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness to conduct a study on the benefits of licensure reform for the hiring of military spouses.

Bill: 117-hr-8385
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 
This bill requires the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness within the Department of Defense to study the benefits of licensure reform for the hiring of military spouses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish internship programs relating to behavioral health, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8386
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish paid predoctoral and postdoctoral internship programs for the purpose of training licensed officials (e.g., licensed professional counselors) to work as VA behavioral health providers at VA medical facilities.
 
As a condition of participating in such an internship program, the participant must enter into an agreement with the VA to work on a full-time basis as a behavioral health provider for a period of time that is at least equivalent to the period of participation in the internship program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act

Bill: 117-hr-8387
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Indian social and development programs
Intergovernmental relations
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act

 
This bill treats certain tribal law enforcement officers as federal law enforcement officers under specified circumstances.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the law enforcement officers of any Indian tribe that has contracted or compacted any or all federal law enforcement functions through the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to enforce federal law within the tribe's jurisdiction if those officers meet certain qualifications. These qualifications include completing training and passing an adjudicated background investigation.
 
Further, the bill deems a tribal law enforcement officer who is acting under an authorized contract or compact as a federal law enforcement officer for the purposes of certain federal laws, including for injury and death, retirement, and pension benefits.
 
The Department of the Interior must (1) develop procedures for credentialing tribal officers to confirm these officers meet minimum certification standards and training requirements for Indian country peace officers, and (2) promulgate guidance to implement this bill.
 
 The bill also requires the Department of Justice to coordinate and provide oversight for its functions and programs to ensure a coordinated approach for public safety in Indian communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

Bill: 117-hr-8388
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Empowering Employer Child and Elder Care Solutions Act

 
This bill excludes the value of employer-funded child or dependent care from being used in calculating an eligible employee's overtime pay rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Great Salt Lake Recovery Act

Bill: 117-hr-8389
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Great Salt Lake Recovery Act 

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study the hydrology of saline lake ecosystems in the Great Basin, including the Great Salt Lake, Utah, as well as to investigate the feasibility of a project for ecosystem restoration and drought solutions in the Great Salt Lake. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To require the Department of Defense to share best practices with, and offers training to, State and local first responders regarding how to most effectively aid victims who experience trauma-related injuries.

Bill: 117-hr-8390
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to ensure that it shares best practices with, and offers training to, state and local first responders regarding how to most effectively aid victims who experience trauma-related injuries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
CONNECT Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8391
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

CONtinuity in Necessary Evaluative Crisis Treatment Act of 2022 or the CONNECT Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to award grants to certain crisis centers for providing follow-up care to individuals who receive suicide prevention and crisis intervention services.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Stronger Schools Act

Bill: 117-hr-8392
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Stronger Schools Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to make physical improvements at elementary and secondary schools.
 
Grant funds must be used to ensure that each elementary and secondary school served by the LEA (1) hires a school resource officer who carries a firearm, and (2) establishes a single point of entry that includes a locked anteroom with metal detectors and bulletproof windows and where the school resource officer inspects all guests prior to entry into another area of the school.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Lawrence v. Texas Codification Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8394
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2022-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: 

Lawrence v. Texas Codification Act of 2022

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the right of individuals of the same sex to engage in private, consensual sexual conduct.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits any state from enacting a law or regulation that infringes on any individual's right to enter into a consensual sexual relationship in the confines of their home and private life, including with respect to individuals of the same sex. (The Supreme Court held that state laws criminalizing private, consensual sexual relationships between individuals of the same sex were unconstitutional in 
Lawrence v. Texas
 in 2003.)
 
The bill allows the Department of Justice to bring a civil action for violations. It also establishes a private right of action through Section 1983 lawsuits (Section 1983 is a federal statute that allows individuals to sue state or local government actors for violations of constitutional rights).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
EPA Regulatory Authority Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8395
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2022-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: 

EPA Regulatory Authority Act of 2022

 
This bill provides that in identifying the best system of emission reduction for purposes of a standard performance under the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency may include measures that apply beyond an individual stationary source or category of stationary sources. Additionally, the bill provides that each determination in the Clean Power Plan (i.e., the final rule titled 
Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units
 published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2015) with respect to a best system of emission reduction is deemed as authorized.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Loving v. Virginia Codification Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8396
Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2022-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: 

Loving v. Virginia Codification Act of 2022

 
This bill provides statutory authority for interracial marriages. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits any state from enacting a law or regulation that infringes on the right to marry or not marry a person of another race. (The Supreme Court held that state laws barring interracial marriages were unconstitutional in 
Loving v. Virginia
 in 1967.) 
 
The bill allows the Department of Justice to bring a civil action for violations. It also establishes a private right of action through Section 1983 lawsuits (Section 1983 is a federal statute that allows individuals to sue state or local government actors for violations of constitutional rights).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
National Mesonet Authorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-8397
Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: 

National Mesonet Authorization Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the National Mesonet Program of the National Weather Service (NWS). 
 
The program shall obtain observations from observing platforms in all geographic environments to improve understanding of and forecast capabilities for atmospheric events, with a prioritization on leveraging available commercial, academic, and other nonfederal weather data to enhance coordination across the private, public, and academic sectors of the U.S. weather enterprise.
 
The program must carry out specified activities, including improving environmental observations used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the NWS to support baseline forecasts and warnings that protect the nation's citizens, businesses, military, and government agencies and enable such individuals and entities to operate in safe, efficient, and orderly manners.
 
NOAA shall ensure the program has an active advisory committee of subject matter experts to identify, implement, procure, and track data needed to supplement the program, and recommend improvements, expansions, and acquisitions of available data.
 
The advisory committee shall establish partnerships with one or more institutions of higher education to identify, evaluate, and recommend potential partnerships, regional or subregional consortia, and collaborative methods that would expand the number of participants and volume of data in the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
DRIVE Act

Bill: 117-hr-8398
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2022-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: 

Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act or the DRIVE Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to adjust the mileage rate for beneficiary travel to or from a VA facility in relation to vocational rehabilitation, required counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Such rate must be adjusted to be at least equal to the mileage reimbursement rate for vehicles that are privately owned by government employees on official business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the National Firearms Act.

Bill: 117-hr-8399
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: 
This bill repeals the National Firearms Act as codified in the Internal Revenue Code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
WING Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8400
Sponsor: Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: 

Weather Innovation for the Next Generation Act of 2022 or the WING Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the National Weather Service to establish a research, development, test, and evaluation program to ensure that weather radar detection and prediction capabilities continue to perform with physical obstructions in their line of sight.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
Transit Oriented Development Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8401
Sponsor: Rep. Kahele, Kaiali'i [D-HI-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: 

Transit Oriented Development Act of 2022

 
This bill increases the low-income housing tax credit for buildings in transit-oriented development areas. The bill defines a
 transit-oriented development area
 as a designated area located within 1/2 mile from a rail, bus, harbor, or waterway station and zoned for high density. It also provides for an increase in the credit for buildings in high cost areas in non-contiguous states (i.e., Alaska and Hawaii) and U.S. possessions. 
 
The bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to study cost-of-living differences throughout the United States based on geographic location and proximity and accessibility to transit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
DOE Appliance and Equipment Standards Reform and Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-8402
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2022-07-15 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: 

DOE Appliance and Equipment Standards Reform and Consumer Protection Act

 
This bill modifies the process by which the Department of Energy amends, revokes, or implements energy conservation standards for certain consumer products (other than automobiles), such as household appliances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Introduced in House