hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Trauma-Informed Schools Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4614
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Trauma-Informed Schools Act of 2022

 
This bill provides for the use of trauma-informed practices in public elementary and secondary schools and allows states to use certain federal funds to train teachers and other staff in such practices.
 
The bill defines

 t
rauma-informed practices 
to include
 
 
evidence-based professional development that promotes a shared understanding among teachers and other staff that adverse and potentially traumatic experiences are common among students and that school-wide learning environments where all students and adults feel safe, welcomed, and supported can enable students to succeed despite such experiences;
 
adoption of disciplinary procedures and practices that utilize evidence-based restorative practices that build a culture of trust; and 
 
activities that engage teachers, other staff, and families in a process of school-based planning to help all students feel safe and connected to the school community.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Defense to seek to engage with the Ministry of Defence of the Kingdom of Jordan for the purpose of expanding cooperation of military cybersecurity activities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4615
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense, in coordination with the Department of State, to expand military cybersecurity cooperation with Jordan. 
 
These efforts may include (1) bilateral cybersecurity training activities; (2) establishing a regional cybersecurity center; (3) actively defending military networks, infrastructure, and systems; (4) eradicating malicious cyber activity; and (5) leveraging U.S. commercial and military cybersecurity technology and services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4616
Sponsor: Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Behavioral Health Coverage Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill increases oversight of the insurance coverage parity requirements for mental health and substance use disorder, including providing a process for auditing insurance providers and filing formal complaints for violations of the requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
International Financial Institutions Mobilization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4617
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

International Financial Institutions Mobilization Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes support for international financial institutions, including by authorizing contributions and loans to the Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust or the Resilience and Sustainability Trust of the International Monetary Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Seniors with Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4618
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Supporting Seniors with Opioid Use Disorder Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to conduct additional outreach regarding opioid use disorder treatment services that are covered under Medicare and to collect relevant data on the utilization of such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3696-3697)
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Access to Financial Services Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4619
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Civil actions and liability
Legal fees and court costs
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Fair Access to Financial Services Act of 2022 

 
This bill prohibits financial institutions from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex, including sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill also provides an aggrieved person with a private right of action for preventive relief. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-01
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Countering Communist China’s Financing of Russia’s War on Ukraine Act

Bill: 117-s-4620
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Countering Communist China's Financing of Russia's War on Ukraine Act

 
This bill directs the President to impose sanctions on any entity that insures or registers a vessel engaged in the shipment or transshipment of any petroleum product or liquefied natural gas product from Russia to China. The sanctions terminate when Russia has withdrawn all military and paramilitary forces from Ukraine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Next Generation Fuels Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4621
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Next Generation Fuels Act of 2022

 
This bill supports the use of biofuels (e.g., gasoline blended with ethanol) in vehicles, including by establishing a minimum octane standard for gasoline as well as making related biofuel requirements for vehicles, their fuels, and fuel infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
SAFE Advertising Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4622
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Secure And Fair Enforcement Advertising Act of 2022 or the SAFE Advertising Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the Federal Communications Commission from taking certain adverse actions against a radio or television station that advertises cannabis or hemp businesses or service providers if the station is licensed in a state where cannabis or hemp products are legal and other conditions are met. It also specifies that proceeds from transactions with legitimate businesses related to cannabis or hemp shall not be considered proceeds from an unlawful activity or require the denial of federal benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Officer Ella Grace French Task Force Support Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4624
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Officer Ella Grace French Task Force Support Act of 2022

 
This bill allows funds under the Project Safe Neighborhoods Block Grant Program to be used to support task forces that coordinate federal, state, tribal, territorial, and local efforts to investigate and disrupt illegal firearms trafficking and straw purchasing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3697)
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4625
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Tribal Nutrition Improvement Act of 2022

 
This bill expands access to free and reduced school meals in tribal areas.
 
Specifically, the bill makes a child who is an enrolled member (or who has one or more parents who are enrolled members) of an Indian tribe categorically eligible for free school breakfasts or lunches.
 
Additionally, the bill allows the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to adjust reimbursement rates for breakfasts, lunches, suppers, and supplements served in Bureau-funded schools and elementary and secondary schools on or near an Indian reservation.
 
The bill also directs USDA to establish a pilot program to award grants to 10 tribal entities for operating and implementing the National School Lunch Program, the School Breakfast Program, the Summer Food Service Program, and the Child and Adult Care Food Program in Bureau-funded schools and elementary and secondary schools on or near an Indian reservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Facilitating the Reshoring of Energy Grid Component Manufacturing Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4626
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Facilitating the Reshoring of Energy Grid Component Manufacturing Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a loan program for the production of energy grid products or components. Under the program, DOE may provide loans for activities related to projects that reequip, expand, or establish manufacturing facilities to produce energy grid products or their components. Energy grid products include large power transformers or any other electrical equipment commonly used for the transmission or distribution of electric energy by public electric utilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act

Bill: 117-s-4627
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Small Business Wildfire Smoke Recovery Act

 
This bill includes smoke within the definition of a disaster for the purpose of providing economic injury disaster loans to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, and most private nonprofit organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act

Bill: 117-s-4628
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act

 
This bill revises various statutes with respect to violent crimes and establishes new criminal offenses. For example, the bill (1) increases the statutory maximum penalty for carjacking, and (2) establishes enhanced criminal penalties for certain federal drug offenses involving the manufacture or distribution of candy-flavored controlled substances or similar products for minors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Espionage Act Reform Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4630
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
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: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4631
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Lakes and rivers
Massachusetts
Vermont
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Deerfield River Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2022

 
This bill designates the Deerfield River in Massachusetts and Vermont for potential addition to the national wild and scenic rivers system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
ECON Act

Bill: 117-s-4632
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Economic and Commercial Opportunities and Networks Act of 2022 or the ECON Act

 
This bill addresses economic issues in foreign relations and intellectual property (IP) infringement.
 
The bill expands the criminal offense of trade secrets theft to include the unauthorized modifying or developing of a product in a way that would not be possible without another party's trade secret. This offense shall apply to non-U.S. conduct if the offender attempts to import the product into the United States. 
 
Furthermore, the President may impose sanctions against a foreign person (individual or entity) that has committed a significant theft of IP belonging to a U.S. person. The President must also establish or designate a multiagency committee to (1) review petitions alleging such acts of IP theft, and (2) recommend whether to impose sanctions for the alleged theft. 
 
The bill also prohibits foreign state-owned entities in international commerce from engaging in predatory pricing, defined in the bill as setting prices for a good below the average variable cost in a manner that may foreseeably harm competition. An injured party may sue in federal court. In deciding such cases, the court may consider the economic support and government subsidies provided by the entity's foreign state owner.
 
Furthermore, the Department of State must establish a pilot program to create economic defense response teams to provide targeted support for countries facing an urgent or specific coercive economic threat from a U.S. adversary. The State Department must establish another pilot program to assist developing partner countries with identifying trade barriers and facilitating trade.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to improve outcomes for Medicaid beneficiaries with major depressive disorder or other mental health conditions.

Bill: 117-s-4633
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug therapy
Medicaid
Mental health
Prescription drugs
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to issue guidance for state Medicaid programs on best practices to support individuals with major depressive disorder or other mental health conditions, including options that include pharmacogenetic testing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to administer polygraph examinations to certain foreign nationals with access to nonpublic areas or information of the National Laboratories.

Bill: 117-s-4634
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to administer polygraphs to foreign nationals of countries of particular concern (as designated by the State Department based on the country's violations of religious freedom) as a condition of their employment at or internal access to the department's national laboratories.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Comprehensive Care for Dual Eligible Individuals Act

Bill: 117-s-4635
Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Comprehensive Care for Dual Eligible Individuals Act

 
This bill provides states with the option to establish a separate health care program for individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid. Programs must provide a core package of covered benefits to address the individualized medical, behavioral, long-term care, and social needs of enrollees, including all basic Medicare and Medicaid benefits. States may receive federal matching payments in accordance with a specified formula; the bill provides funds for the Federal Coordinated Health Care Office to implement the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Asylum Accountability Act

Bill: 117-s-4636
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Asylum Accountability Act

 
This bill permanently bars a non-U.S. national (
alien
 under federal law) from receiving certain immigration-related relief if that individual is ordered removed from the United States after failing to appear at a removal proceeding, unless that failure to appear is due to exceptional circumstances. (Currently, this bar from relief is for 10 years.) 
 
Under this bill, such an individual shall be permanently barred from receiving discretionary relief under specified immigration provisions, such as (1) cancellation of removal and adjustment to lawful permanent resident status, (2) being allowed to voluntarily depart from the United States, or (3) being allowed to change from one nonimmigrant classification to another. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Asylum Integrity Act

Bill: 117-s-4637
Sponsor: Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Asylum Integrity Act

 
This bill establishes under statute a framework for determining whether an asylum seeker has filed a frivolous application. Under this bill, an asylum application shall be considered frivolous if the application was knowingly filed and (1) includes a fabricated material element, (2) is premised on false or fabricated evidence, (3) was filed without regard to the merits of the claims, or (4) is clearly foreclosed by law. 
 
(Currently, regulations provide for a similar, but not identical, framework for asylum applications filed on or after January 11, 2021.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act

Bill: 117-s-4638
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to prioritize review of supplemental applications for over-the counter oral contraceptives that are intended for routine use.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
North American Grasslands Conservation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4639
Sponsor: Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

North American Grasslands Conservation Act of 2022

 
This bill sets forth requirements to establish councils, a conservation strategy, and programs to conserve and restore grasslands in North America, such as a grant program to support voluntary grasslands conservation projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4640
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-07-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: 

Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Labor and the Department of Education, to establish a comprehensive nationwide program to improve education and workforce development for jobs in energy-related industries, with emphasis on increasing the number of skilled individuals from underrepresented groups trained to work in those jobs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Introduced in Senate