hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Venezuelan Democracy Act

Bill: 117-s-5317
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 

Venezuelan Democracy Act

 
This bill requires or authorizes various actions, including sanctions, targeting the current government of Venezuela and any nondemocratic successor government. The bill also authorizes certain types of assistance for the people of Venezuela and to support democracy-building efforts. 
 
Under this bill, the President (1) must impose property-blocking sanctions on Venezuela; and (2) may withhold U.S. foreign assistance or arms-related assistance from any country that provides assistance to the government of Venezuela. The bill also prohibits U.S. persons (individuals or entities) from engaging in transactions involving (1) the debt of Venezuela's government, or (2) any digital currency issued by Venezuela's government.
 
Additionally, the Department of the Treasury must oppose Venezuela's admission to certain international financial institutions (such as the International Monetary Fund) and to withhold certain payments to such institutions if they approve loans or other assistance to Venezuela. 
 
Some of the actions required under this bill, including the imposition of sanctions, may be modified or suspended if the President determines that a transition government is in power in Venezuela. Criteria for a determination that a transition government is in power include full reinstatement of the National Assembly convened on January 6, 2016, and public commitments to organizing free and fair elections. Sanctions under this bill shall be terminated if the President determines that a democratically elected government is in power. 
 
Assistance under certain programs (such as assistance under the Food for Peace Act) may be provided to Venezuela once it has a democratically elected government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Equitable Access to School Facilities Act

Bill: 117-s-5318
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 

Equitable Access to School Facilities Act

 
This bill expands a grant program established to provide charter schools with facilities financing. Among other changes, the bill expands the allowable uses of a grant and revises the selection criteria for a grant. For example, the Department of Education must consider the extent to which the activities proposed to be carried out under a grant will increase charter schools' access to public buildings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to establish procedures for the removal of the Architect of the Capitol.

Bill: 117-s-5319
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 
This bill provides for the removal of the Architect of the Capitol through impeachment or through a joint resolution of Congress. The grounds for removal through a joint resolution are limited to permanent disability, inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or a felony or conduct involving moral turpitude.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to suspend the collection of income taxes and related interest and penalties from United States nationals who are unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad and to reimburse such nationals for any penalties paid during such a detention.

Bill: 117-s-5320
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 
This bill defers the collection of income taxes from a U.S. national who is unlawfully or wrongfully detained abroad until 180 days after such national is released from detention, returns to the United States, or departs the detaining country. It also requires the reimbursement of penalties for late payment of income taxes that become due during such detainment. 
 
The bill suspends for 270 days after the release of a U.S. national the running of a statute of limitations for the collection of income taxes deferred by this bill. 
 
The deferral allowed by this bill does not apply to social security taxes imposed on employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
DIGITAL Reservations Act

Bill: 117-s-5321
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 

Deploying the Internet by Guaranteeing Indian Tribes Autonomy over Licensing on Reservations Act or the DIGITAL Reservations Act

 
This bill grants Indian tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations exclusive rights to all available or unlicensed electromagnetic spectrum over their tribal lands and prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from taking specified actions related to spectrum licenses over tribal lands. It also requires the FCC to establish a fund to support tribal access to broadband and telecommunications services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Medical Innovation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5322
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 

Medical Innovation Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires certain drug manufacturers to make payments to fund research supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 
A drug manufacturer with over $1 billion in net income in a fiscal year that has entered into a relevant settlement agreement regarding specified violations must pay 0.75%-1.5% of its net income to the Department of Health and Human Services for each of its covered blockbuster drugs. A covered blockbuster drug is a drug that has at least $1 billion in net sales in a year and was developed, in whole or in part, through federal investments in medical research.
 
Payments are divided between the FDA and the NIH in proportion to the discretionary funding of those agencies, excluding FDA user fees. Payments are not disbursed if appropriations for the FDA or the NIH are lower than in the prior fiscal year. Priorities for payments must include advancing regulatory science for medical products and research related to diseases that disproportionately account for federal health care spending.
 
A covered blockbuster drug for which a manufacturer has not made a required payment is considered misbranded and subject to prohibitions on introducing or receiving misbranded drugs in interstate commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Aviation WORKS Act

Bill: 117-s-5324
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 

Aviation Workforce, Opportunity, Recruiting, Knowledge, and Supply Act or the
 
Aviation WORKS Act 

 
This bill extends through FY2028 and expands aviation workforce development programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
 
Specifically, the bill directs DOT to establish an aviation manufacturing development grant program to develop the aviation manufacturing and supplier workforce. It also requires DOT to develop and support the education of workers who design or produce any aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance, or a component, part, or system thereof, that (1) is produced under a production approval issued by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), (2) has been issued a design approval by the FAA, or (3) has an active application for a design approval.
 
Additionally, DOT must establish a program to provide grants for eligible projects to plan, establish, and expand workforce development partnership programs in the aviation and aerospace industry sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5325
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 

Behavioral Intervention Guidelines Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to report on best practices for behavioral and mental health intervention teams that support students who exhibit behaviors interfering with learning or who are at risk of harm to self or others in elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding the VOTE Act

Bill: 117-s-5326
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Congressional oversight
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 

Expanding the Voluntary Opportunities for Translations in Elections Act or the Expanding the VOTE Act

 
This bill expands access to voting materials for individuals with limited proficiency in the English language, including by establishing incentive grants for states and political subdivisions to provide translated voting materials. Additionally, the bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study the impact of (1) reducing the threshold requirement under Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and (2) expanding the definition of 
language minorities
 to include native speakers of additional languages.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
National Task Force on the COVID-19 Pandemic Act

Bill: 117-s-5327
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 

National Task Force on the COVID-19 Pandemic Act

 
This bill establishes a legislative branch task force to investigate the facts and circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, including preparedness for and responses to the pandemic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend terminal lakes assistance.

Bill: 117-s-5328
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-12-20 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Farmland
Intergovernmental relations
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Watersheds
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 
This bill extends through October 1, 2025, authority to provide terminal lakes assistance.

action_date: 2022-12-20
text: 
This bill extends through October 1, 2025, authority to provide terminal lakes assistance.

action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 
This bill extends through October 1, 2025, authority to provide terminal lakes assistance.

action_date: 2023-01-05
text: 
This act extends through October 1, 2025, authority to provide terminal lakes assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 117-361.
action_date: 2023-01-05
text: Became Public Law No: 117-361.
action_date: 2023-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2023-01-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-12-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-12-28
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10011)
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 5328.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H10011-10012)
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Ms. Spanberger moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9612-9613; text: CR S9612-9613)
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 117-361
Stateless Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5330
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Stateless Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill provides protections for stateless persons (a person who is not considered a national of any state by that state's law). For example, the bill establishes stateless protected status, which shall provide protections against deportation and other benefits to certain stateless persons present in the United States who meet certain criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Campaign Finance Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-5331
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Campaign Finance Transparency Act

 
This bill revises provisions regarding the Federal Election Commission (FEC), including to (1) modify the process for the FEC to initiate an investigation, (2) extend permanently the FEC's administrative penalty authority, and (3) provide statutory authority for limitations on ex parte communications as applied to FEC members and employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Election Security Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5332
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Election Security Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses election security through grant programs and requirements for voting systems and paper ballots. Among other provisions, the bill (1) establishes requirements for voting systems, including that systems use individual, durable, voter-verified paper ballots; (2) directs the Election Assistance Commission to award grants to states for specified activities, including replacing voting systems and improving the security of the systems; and (3) requires states and jurisdictions to carry out postelection audits for all federal elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Advancing Skills-Based Hiring Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5333
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Advancing Skills-Based Hiring Act of 2022

 
This bill allows employers to submit to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) evidence that a competency-based skills test or other employment selection process is consistent with lawful employment practices.
 
The EEOC must review each submission and determine whether the procedure is job-related and consistent with a business necessity, or provide technical assistance to the employer about potential changes that would allow the EEOC to make such a determination.
 
Such a determination may be used by the employer to satisfy the burden of proof under the disparate impact analysis with respect to a claim of an unlawful discrimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
FACE IT Act

Bill: 117-s-5334
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Facial, Accountability, Clarity, and Efficiency in Technology Act or the FACE IT Act

 
This bill establishes requirements with respect to the federal use of facial recognition technology.
 
For example, the National Institute for Standards and Technology and the Department of Homeland Security must develop minimum accuracy requirements specific to each federal agency for use in cases of facial recognition technology in the government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Redistricting Reform Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5335
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Redistricting Reform Act of 2022

 
This bill outlines criteria for congressional redistricting and generally prohibits mid-decade redistricting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5336
Sponsor: Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

PREEMIE Reauthorization Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 research, health care provider education, and other activities focused on preventing and treating preterm birth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for supportive services for very low-income veteran families to include former members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-5337
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 
This bill makes eligible under the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program former members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces who have retired or separated from service after serving a term of enlistment. This includes families in which the head of household or spouse of the head of household is a former member of a reserve component who has retired or separated from service after serving a term of enlistment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5338
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Healthy Climate and Family Security Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by establishing a program that caps the emissions of carbon dioxide and auctions carbon permits to producers or importers of crude oil, domestic or foreign coal operations, or certain natural gas entities. The bill also establishes the Healthy Climate Trust Fund for the proceeds of the auctions to be distributed as dividend payments to U.S. individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Platform Accountability and Transparency Act

Bill: 117-s-5339
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Platform Accountability and Transparency Act

 
This bill increases access to the data of large technology platforms (i.e., platforms with at least 50 million unique monthly users in the United States) in order to facilitate research concerning activities on those platforms, particularly by requiring platforms to disclose data to researchers who participate in a research program jointly established by the National Science Foundation and the Federal Trade Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Stablecoin TRUST Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5340
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Stablecoin Transparency of Reserves and Uniform Safe Transactions Act of 2022 or the Stablecoin TRUST Act of 2022 

 
This bill establishes a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins (digital assets which an issuer must directly convert to fiat currency). Specifically, the bill only allows the following entities to issue stablecoins 
 
 
a money transmitting business, a non-depository trust company, or any other person that is authorized by a state banking supervisor to issue payment stablecoins; 
 
a national limited payment stablecoin issuer; 
 
a depository institution; or 
 
a national trust bank. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Reserve Accountability Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5341
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2022-12-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: 

Federal Reserve Accountability Act of 2022

 
 This bill reduces the number of Federal Reserve districts from 12 to 5, requires Senate confirmation for Federal Reserve bank presidents, and makes other changes to the operation of the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve banks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-21
text: Introduced in Senate