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To amend the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 with respect to the definition of land use revenue.

Bill: 117-hr-7184
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 
This bill amends the West Los Angeles Leasing Act of 2016 to expand the definition of 
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and use revenue
 to include any funds received as compensation for an easement authorized on, above, or under lands at the Department of Veterans Affairs West Los Angeles Campus. Under current law, such revenues are then usable for purposes related to renovating and maintaining the land, facilities, and services at the campus.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act

Bill: 117-hr-7185
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Europe
Military operations and strategy
Public contracts and procurement
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 

Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act

 
This bill requires executive agencies to terminate their contracts with companies conducting business operations in Russia. This requirement ends when Russia takes steps to restore the safety, sovereignty, and condition of Ukraine.
 
The bill shall not apply to the procurement of products or services for (1) the benefit, either directly or through the efforts of regional allies, of Ukraine; or (2) humanitarian purposes to meet basic human needs.
 
The bill provides for a waiver where in the national interest of the United States.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Community Care Notification Time Adjustment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7186
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 

Emergency Community Care Notification Time Adjustment Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies the Veterans Community Care Program by requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to deem as authorized emergency care or services provided by a non-VA provider to a covered veteran if the veteran (or an individual acting on the veteran's behalf) submits an application for such authorization by a deadline determined appropriate by the VA, which may not be earlier than 72 hours following the veteran's discharge from the facility. Covered veterans are those who are enrolled in the VA health care system or those who are not enrolled but are eligible for care due to a service-connected disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology Modernization.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Yachts for Ukraine Act

Bill: 117-hr-7187
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign property
Military operations and strategy
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Russia
Sanctions
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 

Yachts for Ukraine Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine by using the assets seized from sanctions on individuals who are oligarchs of Russia or senior foreign political figures of Russia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Benefit Questionnaires Act

Bill: 117-hr-7188
Sponsor: Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 

Modernizing Department of Veterans Affairs Disability Benefit Questionnaires Act

 
This bill requires that all disability benefit questionnaire data collected by persons other than employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in the course of VA medical disability examinations must be transmitted to the VA in a machine-readable format.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
School Resource Officers Save Lives Act

Bill: 117-hr-7189
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 

School Resource Officers Save Lives Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 grants available to states and Indian tribes to address the opioid crisis. It also establishes a demonstration grant program for school districts to train school resource officers, security personnel, and school nurses to administer Narcan kits (Narcan is an opioid antagonist that temporarily reverses and blocks the effects, including overdoses, of other opioids).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Federal Gift Shop Tax Act

Bill: 117-hr-7190
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 

Federal Gift Shop Tax Act

 
This bill authorizes a state (i.e., each state of the United States, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories and possessions) to levy a sales tax on any purchase made in a gift shop located on federal property or made online through a gift shop.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E285)
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Homes for All Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-7191
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 

Homes for All Act of 
 
2021

 
This bill provides funding for the construction of new public housing units, authorizes additional assistance for the construction of new affordable housing units, and otherwise addresses housing affordability.
 
Specifically, the bill provides permanent, mandatory funding for the capital and operating funds available to public housing agencies (PHAs) and allows PHAs to use such funds to construct new public housing units. Under current law, a PHA generally may not use such funds to construct public housing units if doing so would result in a net increase of the number of public housing units owned, assisted, or operated by the PHA.
 
The bill also (1) provides annual funding through FY2032 for the construction of new public housing units; and (2) authorizes additional assistance through FY2032 from the Housing Trust Fund for the construction of new, private-market, affordable housing units. A PHA may not discriminate, with respect to the rental of a unit developed with assistance under the bill, based on an individual's criminal record or immigration status. Additionally, a PHA receiving such assistance must meet specified requirements with respect to the new units regarding other forms of discrimination, supportive services, environmental standards, and accessibility.
 
Finally, the bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a Community Control and Anti-Displacement Fund to award grants to local governments for the purpose of combatting gentrification and neighborhood destabilization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Diagnostic Device Advisory Committee Act

Bill: 117-hr-7192
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 

Diagnostic Device Advisory Committee Act

 
This bill establishes the Real World Impact of Medical Devices Panel to advise the Food and Drug Administration on the real world impact of regulatory decisions relating to medical devices, including diagnostic devices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
China Trade Relations Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7193
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2022-03-21 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: 

China Trade Relations Act of 

2022

 
This bill withdraws normal trade relations treatment from China and expands the bases of ineligibility for this treatment to include specified violations of human rights and other actions by China. 
 
Specifically, during any period in which China engages in specified activities (e.g., performing forced abortion or sterilization or operating concentration camps where people are held against their will) or does not comply with certain standards (1) products from China shall not be eligible to receive nondiscriminatory treatment (normal trade relations), (2) China may not participate in any U.S. program that extends credits or credit guarantees or investment guarantees, and (3) the President may not conclude any commercial agreement with China.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2022-03-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-21
text: Introduced in House
Employee Rights Act

Bill: 117-hr-7194
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2022-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: 

Employee Rights Act

 
 This bill makes various changes with respect to the collective bargaining process and labor relations.
 
 For example, the bill permits an employer to refuse to collectively bargain with a union within 90 days prior to the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement if the employer receives evidence that the majority of the employees in the bargaining unit do not support the union.
 
 The bill requires support from a majority of the employees in the bargaining unit (not just a majority of the employees voting) when electing union representation. The bill also requires unions to provide bargaining unit employees with the right to vote by secret ballot, including when voting whether to engage in a strike or refusal to work.
 
 Further, union dues, fees, assessments, and other contributions may be used for only collective bargaining or contract administrative functions.
 
 Additionally, the bill establishes a process for nullifying executive orders that the Office of Management and Budget determines are likely to result in an employer ordering a plant closure or mass layoff.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2022-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3954)
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Rules, 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: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Rules, 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: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Rules, 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: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To provide for certain whistleblower incentives and protections.

Bill: 117-hr-7195
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2022-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: 
This bill revises the management of whistleblower incentive awards for individuals providing original information relating to illegal monetary transactions, money laundering, or other financial crimes. Specifically, the bill establishes a minimum award for whistleblowers of not less than 10 percent of the collected monetary sanctions. 
 
Further, the bill establishes the Financial Integrity Fund for the payment of such awards. The fund is comprised of collected monetary sanctions and investments of the fund.

action_date: 2022-07-20
text: 
This bill revises the management of whistleblower incentive awards for individuals providing original information relating to illegal monetary transactions, money laundering, or other financial crimes. Specifically, the bill establishes a minimum award for whistleblowers of not less than 10 percent of the collected monetary sanctions. 
 
Further, the bill establishes the Financial Integrity Fund for the payment of such awards. The fund is comprised of collected monetary sanctions and investments of the fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 329.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-423.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-423.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7196
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2022-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: 

Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness Act of 2022

 
This bill allows grants awarded under the ongoing Continuum of Care program to include grants for projects in rural areas for short-term emergency lodging; repairs to unfit housing for homeless individuals; and staff training, development, and retention.

action_date: 2022-07-20
text: 

Flexibility in Addressing Rural Homelessness Act of 2022

 
This bill allows grants awarded under the ongoing Continuum of Care program to include grants for projects in rural areas for short-term emergency lodging; repairs to unfit housing for homeless individuals; and staff training, development, and retention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 330.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-424.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-424.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act

Bill: 117-hr-7197
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2022-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Endangered and threatened species
Military facilities and property
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: 

Armed Forces Endangered Species Exemption Act

 
This bill establishes exemptions from the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) for defense-related purposes.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes exemptions from the ESA for (1) operations related to national defense, and (2) military personnel engaged in such operations. For example, the bill allows such personnel to take (e.g., harm or kill) endangered or threatened species.
 
In addition, the bill expands restrictions on the Department of the Interior designating defense-related areas as critical habitat. It also exempts the Department of Defense from certain requirements to consult with Interior about critical habitats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Chattahoochee River Act

Bill: 117-hr-7198
Sponsor: Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn [D-GA-7]
Introduced: 2022-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: 

Chattahoochee River Act

 
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to provide design and construction assistance for water-related resource protection and restoration projects that affect the Chattahoochee River Basin. The basin is located in Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. 
 
Specifically, the bill requires USACE to provide assistance to state and local agencies and tribal entities for projects that include (1) sediment and erosion control, (2) ecosystem restoration, (3) protection of essential public works, and (4) the beneficial uses of dredged material. 
 
Further, the bill requires USACE, stakeholders, and state and local agencies to develop a comprehensive Chattahoochee River Basin restoration plan. The plan must give priority to eligible projects that will also improve the quality or quantity of the water or that use natural hydrological features and systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate pre-pandemic in-office work policies at the Department of the Interior in order to receive certain supplemental emergency relief funds, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7199
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2022-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of the Interior
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: 
This bill bars the use of any of the unobligated COVID-19 relief funds made available to the Department of the Interior until Interior reinstates the telework policies, practices, and levels of telework as in effect at Interior on December 31, 2019.
 
No later than 30 days after the enactment of this bill, Interior shall submit to Congress a plan for opening the offices of Interior for in-office work in a manner consistent with the policies, practices, and levels of telework as in effect on December 31, 2019. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats Act

Bill: 117-hr-7200
Sponsor: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2022-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: 

No Pensions for Lying Bureaucrats Act

 
This bill bars federal employees convicted of making false statements while employed by the federal government from receiving certain federal retirement benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
Earn Your Keep Act

Bill: 117-hr-7201
Sponsor: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2022-03-24 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Labor-management relations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: 

Earn Your Keep Act

 
This bill requires each executive agency to reinstate the telework policies that were in effect on December 31, 2019. Employees who do not comply with the reinstated policies must be removed from the civil service, and their positions must be eliminated. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the locality pay and geographic location of employees who were teleworking during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-03-24
text: Introduced in House