hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act

Bill: 117-hr-8513
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act

 
This bill raises the mandatory retirement age for pilots engaged in commercial aviation operations from 65 to 67 years of age, unless the operation takes place in (1) the territorial airspace of a foreign county where such operations are prohibited by the foreign country, or (2) international airspace where such operations are not in compliance with the Annexes to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
SWIMS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8514
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Strengthening Welfare in Marine Settings Act of 2022 or the SWIMS Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes prohibitions on capturing, importing, exporting, or breeding of orcas, beluga whales, false killer whales, or pilot whales for the purpose of public display.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from issuing any permit under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 that authorizes the taking (e.g., capturing) or importation of such orcas or whales for the purpose of public display. The bill further revises the act to make it unlawful to export such orcas or whales, unless they are being transported to marine mammal sanctuaries or for release into the wild.
 
Further, the bill makes it unlawful under the Animal Welfare Act for any person to breed or artificially inseminate such marine mammals for purposes of using their progeny for public display.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-08-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to allow for the furnishing of audio-only telehealth services.

Bill: 117-hr-8515
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 
This bill permanently allows evaluation and management and behavioral health telehealth services to be provided via audio-only technology 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
Wildfire Response Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-8516
Sponsor: Rep. Stanton, Greg [D-AZ-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Wildfire Response Improvement Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to take specified actions to address issues related to wildfire and drought.
 
Specifically, FEMA must
 
 
issue such regulations as necessary to update the categories of eligibility and timelines for the fire management assistance program under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to be the same as such categories and timelines under the Public Assistance Program;
 
 issue such regulations as necessary to update the Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide to include guidance on the wildfire-specific challenges, including debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the resulting toxicity of drinking water resources; and 
 
conduct a review of the benefit cost analysis criteria for mitigation projects under the Stafford Act to consider a broader range of factors, including carbon sequestration, improved water quality, and lessening disaster impact on traditionally underserved communities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
COCOA Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8517
Sponsor: Rep. Steil, Bryan [R-WI-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Confirmation Of Congressional Observer Access Act of 2022 or the COCOA Act of 2022

 
This bill requires states to provide designated congressional election observers with full access to observe the administration procedures of federal elections. The bill prohibits such an observer from handling ballots or elections equipment, advocating for a position or candidate, taking any action to reduce ballot secrecy, or otherwise interfering with the elections administration process.
 

Designated congressional election observer
 refers to an individual who is designated in writing by specified congressional committees to gather information with respect to an election, including in the event that the election is contested in the House of Representatives or the Senate and for other purposes permitted by Article I, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-8518
Sponsor: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act 

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out the project on coastal Texas protection and restoration in accordance with the plans and conditions laid out in the report issued by the Chief of Engineers on September 16, 2021. The report recommends plans to reduce the risks of tropical storm surge impacts and to restore degraded coastal ecosystems on the Texas Gulf Coast.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in House
E-Access Act

Bill: 117-hr-8519
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Access to Consumer Energy Information Act or the E-Access Act

 
This bill revises federal guidelines for state energy conservation plans, including by authorizing such plans to include programs that (1) enhance consumer access to, and understanding of, electric energy and natural gas usage and cost information, including consumers' own residential and commercial retail electric energy and natural gas information; and (2) facilitate the development and adoption of innovative products and services to assist consumers in managing energy consumption and expenditures.


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
INDEX Act

Bill: 117-hr-8521
Sponsor: Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Financial services and investments
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

INvestor Democracy is EXpected Act or the INDEX Act 

 
This bill establishes guidelines for passively managed funds (e.g., index funds) that vote shares on behalf of fund investors in proxy shareholder votes. Under the bill, these funds generally must vote shares on a proportional basis according to instructions from fund investors. 
 
The bill establishes an exemption for routine matters and matters requiring approval of a majority of outstanding securities. Additionally, the bill establishes a safe harbor from these requirements for investment advisers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
SIMPLE Act

Bill: 117-hr-8522
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Streamlining Income-driven, Manageable Payments on Loans for Education Act or the SIMPLE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to establish certain notification and automatic enrollment procedures for borrowers who are delinquent on federal student loans or who are rehabilitating defaulted student loans, including to automatically enroll these borrowers in income-driven repayment plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
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: 2022-07-27
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: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Promote Work and Improve Health Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8523
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Promote Work and Improve Health Act of 2022

 
This bill requires states to describe their efforts to improve mental health and well-being through promoting work and employment as part of their plans for providing mental health services under the Community Mental Health Block Grant program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8524
Sponsor: Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Sex and reproductive health
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Protect Sexual and Reproductive Health Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to undertake activities to promote access to sexual and reproductive health and well-being.
 
The bill renames HHS's Office of Population Affairs as the Office of Sexual and Reproductive Health and modifies its responsibilities. Among other activities, the office must develop and implement a strategy to promote sexual and reproductive health and well-being. This strategy must include recommendations to integrate sexual and reproductive health equity and reproductive justice into federal programs.
 
HHS must also award grants for improving access to sexual and reproductive health care to nonprofit or community-based organizations that assist individuals seeking abortion services through programs that are unbiased and medically and factually accurate. Grant funds may not be used to pay for abortion services.
 
Additionally, HHS and the Director of the White House Gender Policy Council must jointly establish an interagency task force to coordinate and promote federal programs and activities related to sexual and reproductive health and well-being.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Delivering Equity and Justice for Disaster Survivors Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8525
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Delivering Equity and Justice for Disaster Survivors Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish, as a subcommittee of the National Advisory Council, the Disaster Equity and Justice Subcommittee.
 
The subcommittee must develop recommendations for improving equitable and just policy and program delivery before, during, and after disasters, including recommendations related to 
 
 
the accessibility, utilization, and receipt of FEMA grants and assistance by underserved, under resourced, and underrepresented populations and communities;
 
strategies and policy recommendations to address the inequitable delivery of disaster assistance, grant programs, technical assistance, and training; and
 
strategies to address any disparate impacts climate change will have on culturally, socially, or economically vulnerable communities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Office of Disaster Recovery Act

Bill: 117-hr-8526
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Troy [D-LA-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Office of Disaster Recovery Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to establish an Office of Disaster Recovery.
 
The office must direct and implement the Economic Development Administration's post-disaster economic recovery responsibilities and economic recovery support function activities as directed under the National Disaster Recovery Framework.
 
Additionally, the bill increases the federal share for a project for economic recovery in response to a major disaster or emergency declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience Program Act

Bill: 117-hr-8527
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural insurance
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Congressional oversight
Farmland
Government information and archives
Soil pollution

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Conservation Opportunity and Voluntary Environment Resilience Program Act or the
 
COVER Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture to establish a Good Steward Cover Crop Program to provide producers additional premium subsidies when they plant cover crops.
 
Additionally, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation must carry out a pilot program under which a producer who uses innovative soil health practices may receive additional premium subsidies on multi-peril crop insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 East Alexander Street in Three Rivers, Texas, as the "Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 117-hr-8529
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 110 East Alexander Street in Three Rivers, Texas, as the "Private Felix Z. Longoria Veterans' Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Property Tax Reduction Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8530
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Property Tax Reduction Act of 

2022

 
This bill reduces federal Medicaid funding beginning in FY2025 for certain states that require political subdivisions to contribute funds towards medical assistance. Specifically, the bill applies to states that received, for FY2022, disproportionate share hospital (DSH) allotments greater than six times the national average. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)
 
Excepted from the bill are contributions that: (1) are required from a political subdivision that has a population greater than 5 million and imposes a local income tax upon its residents, or (2) were required for administrative expenses as of January 1, 2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8531
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against the defendant in a federal criminal case. The term 
creative or artistic expression
 means the expression or application of creativity or imagination in the production or arrangement of forms, sounds, words, movements, or symbols, including music, dance, performance art, visual art, poetry, literature, film, and other such objects or media.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
ACRA Act

Bill: 117-hr-8532
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Atrocity Crimes, Relief and Accountability Act or the ACRA Act

 
The bill requires the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development to provide assistance to suspected victims, survivors, and witnesses of war crimes; establishes a Ukraine victims trust fund; and establishes a Ukraine atrocity crimes rewards fund. The bill also allows the International Criminal Court to conduct limited activities in the United States relating solely to foreign nationals suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
Espionage Act Reform Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8533
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Espionage Act Reform Act of 2022 

 
This bill limits the scope of certain criminal offenses relating to classified information. 
 
Under the bill, the offense of disclosing classified information to an unauthorized person may be committed only by an individual who is authorized to receive the classified information and has signed a nondisclosure agreement regarding such classified information (i.e., a covered person), whereas under current law any individual may be charged with this offense. Under the bill, this offense shall not apply to disclosures of information to any Member of Congress, a federal court, an inspector general in the intelligence community, or certain bodies such as the Federal Trade Commission. 
 
Similarly, under the bill, certain offenses related to gathering, transmitting, or losing defense information may be committed only by a covered person or a foreign agent, whereas currently such offenses may be committed by any person. Under the bill, an individual who is not a foreign agent may not be criminally charged for such offenses unless the individual meets certain requirements, such as having committed a felony under federal law in the course of committing the offense.
 
An offense related to obtaining and copying a document connected with the national defense shall apply only to an unlawfully obtained nonpublic document, whereas the current statute does not limit the scope of this offense to such documents.
 
An offense related to dispensing certain public property of value shall apply only to tangible things, whereas the current statute does not limit the scope of this offense to tangible things.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in House