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Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

Bill: 117-s-3790
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Ultrasound Informed Consent Act

 
This bill requires abortion providers, as a condition of receiving federal funding, to conduct an ultrasound before performing an abortion.
 
Specifically, before a woman gives informed consent to any part of an abortion, the abortion provider must
 
 
perform an obstetric ultrasound on the pregnant woman;
 
display the ultrasound images and make audible (when present) the heartbeat and related cardiac sounds for the woman to view and hear while simultaneously explaining the ultrasound depiction and the cardiac sounds;
 
provide a complete medical description of the images, including the dimensions of the embryo or fetus, cardiac activity if present and visible, and the presence of external members and internal organs if present and viewable; and
 
provide the woman with a copy of the ultrasound image.
 
 
Providers are subject to civil actions and penalties for violations.
 
The bill's ultrasound requirements do not apply in cases where a physical disorder, illness, or injury caused by the pregnancy endangers a woman's life. A woman is also not required to view the ultrasound images; nor may she or the provider be penalized if she declines to do so.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3791
Sponsor: Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Digital media
Health care costs and insurance
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicaid
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Access to Prescription Digital Therapeutics Act of 2022

 
This bill provides for Medicare and Medicaid coverage of prescription digital therapeutics (i.e., software applications that are used to prevent, manage, or treat medical conditions). The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must establish a Medicare payment methodology for payments to manufacturers that takes into account certain factors (e.g., ongoing use); manufacturers must report specified information about private payors, subject to civil penalties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

Bill: 117-s-3792
Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act

 
This bill extends the Acute Hospital Care at Home Program under Medicare until two years after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (the program allows hospitals to treat certain patients from emergency departments or inpatient hospital beds at home during the emergency period). It also requires an evaluation of this program and the Hospital Without Walls program (the program allowed hospitals to transfer patients to outside facilities, such as hotels, to continue treatment during the emergency period).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Technology-Enabled Care in the Home (TECH) Act

Bill: 117-s-3793
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Technology-Enabled Care in the Home (TECH) Act

 
This bill provides for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model for furnishing at-home telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and other technology-enabled care interventions for chronically ill individuals who are enrolled in certain Medicare Advantage plans. The model must test the effect of such technology on Medicare Advantage spending and the overall quality of care for beneficiaries.
 
The bill also repeals provisions that prohibit the correction of earnings records for purposes of Social Security benefits after certain time limitations expire and determinations become final.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act

Bill: 117-s-3794
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Emergency Grant Aid for College Students Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a grant program for institutions of higher education to provide emergency financial-aid grants to students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Legacies of War Recognition and Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act

Bill: 117-s-3795
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Legacies of War Recognition and Unexploded Ordnance Removal Act

 
This bill authorizes the President to provide humanitarian aid to Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia for (1) the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and (2) assistance for survivors of the explosive remnants of war in the region. The President must annually brief Congress on such activities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Closing Health Coverage Gaps for Public Servants Act

Bill: 117-s-3796
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Closing Health Coverage Gaps for Public Servants Act

 
This bill eliminates the ability for nonfederal governmental group health plans to opt out of certain coverage requirements, such as parity in providing benefits for mental health and substance use disorder benefits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3797
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Child health
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act of 2022

 
This bill expands the scope of the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to include research and activities to prevent stillbirths.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Preempting Misguided Appeasement and Financing of Destabilizing Regimes Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3798
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Preempting Misguided Appeasement and Financing of Destabilizing Regimes Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the importation of crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, and liquefied natural gas from Venezuela and Iran. The prohibition does not apply to those products seized by the U.S. government for violations of sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Centers for Public Health Preparedness and Response Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-s-3800
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Chemical and biological weapons
Community life and organization
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Minority health
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
State and local government operations
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Centers for Public Health Preparedness and Response Reauthorization Act

 
This bill revises eligibility criteria and other aspects of a program administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that supports a network of centers for public health preparedness.
 
Specifically, the bill makes nonprofits and institutions of higher education other than schools of public health eligible to participate in the program, whereas current participation is generally limited to accredited schools of public health. Further, the bill shifts the program's focus from curricula development and training public health practitioners to other areas, such as (1) researching and disseminating evidence-based practices to inform preparedness and response activities, and (2) providing technical assistance and expertise to health departments during public health emergencies.
 
The bill also repeals a demonstration program for improving the detection of pathogens likely to be used in bioterrorism attacks. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
National Debt is National Security Act

Bill: 117-s-3801
Sponsor: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

National Debt is National Security Act

 
This bill establishes limits on the amount of public debt that may be held by foreign governments, entities, and individuals. 
 
The bill allows the President to waive the limits if the President determines and reports to Congress that an important national interest requires the waiver. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act

Bill: 117-s-3802
Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Energy prices
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Sales and excise taxes
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act

 
This bill imposes an excise tax on the windfall profits of crude oil on taxpayers who extracted and imported more than 300,000 barrels (a barrel equals 42 U.S. gallons) of taxable crude oil (i.e., crude oil, crude oil condensates, and natural gasoline) in 2019, or who extracted and imported that amount in the current calendar quarter.
 
The bill requires rebates of the tax collected to be paid to individual taxpayers. The bill establishes the Protect Consumers from Gas Hikes Fund to finance such rebates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Prosperity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3803
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Rural Prosperity Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses social, economic, and community well-being and resilience in rural communities.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes, within the Executive Office of the President, the Office of Rural Prosperity to promote and support social and economic prosperity in rural areas. The office, among other duties, must develop (1) a strategy for rural development, and (2) metrics to measure the effectiveness of federal programs on rural areas.
 
Additionally, the bill sets up a council that includes representatives from federal agencies and White House policy offices to ensure collaboration across federal agencies and with other stakeholders concerning the needs of rural areas.
 
The bill also requires the Department of Agriculture to develop, and report on the implementation of, a rural prosperity action plan that addresses structural challenges that affect rural communities.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1233 North Cedar Street in Owasso, Oklahoma, as the "Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-s-3804
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Oklahoma
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1233 North Cedar Street in Owasso, Oklahoma, as the "Technical Sergeant Marshal Roberts Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
United States-Colombia Strategic Alliance Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3805
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

United States-Colombia Strategic Alliance Act of 2022

 
This bill requires and authorizes various activities related to Colombia. For example, the bill requires the Department of State to develop and implement strategies to (1) engage with Colombia's government to combat corruption and the misuse of public resources, (2) support the efforts of Colombia's government in countering narcotics trafficking and transnational organized crime, and (3) support the efforts of Colombia's government to provide assistance to various groups that have been affected by natural disasters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Hydrogen for Trucks Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-3806
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infrastructure development
Motor carriers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Hydrogen for Trucks Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide grants for the funding of capital projects to purchase heavy-duty fuel cell vehicles and related equipment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
SHIP IT Act

Bill: 117-s-3807
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Stopping Hindrances to Invigorate Ports and Increase Trade Act or the
 
SHIP IT Act 

 
This bill temporarily waives various requirements and makes other changes to address congestion at U.S. ports.
 
For example, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration must waive the hours of service limits (i.e., the number of hours a driver may operate a truck or motor carrier in a set period of time) and minimum age requirements that apply to commercial driver's licenses for individuals transporting cargo directly to or from a U.S. port.
 
Additionally, the Coast Guard may temporarily allow foreign-built, -owned, and -crewed vessels to transport cargo between U.S. ports and engage in certain ship-to-ship transfers of cargo. Current coastwise law, commonly known as the Jones Act, generally requires that vessels transporting cargo domestically be U.S.-built, -owned, and -crewed.
 
The Department of Defense must (1) inventory its intermodal equipment (e.g., trailers and chassis used to transport shipping containers) to identify equipment available for loan to trucking companies to relieve congestion at U.S. ports, and (2) establish a process to allow trucking companies to request the loan of such equipment.
 
The Maritime Administration and the Federal Maritime Commission must jointly convene a meeting to discuss the long-term feasibility of, and strategies for, using land or property under the jurisdiction of U.S. inland ports for the storage and transfer of cargo containers.
 
The Government Accountability Office must submit to Congress a report describing the adoption of technology at U.S. ports as compared to foreign ports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Restoring Offshore Wind Opportunities Act

Bill: 117-s-3808
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Restoring Offshore Wind Opportunities Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to grant leases on the Outer Continental Shelf for activities that produce or support production, transportation, or transmission of energy from sources other than oil and gas (e.g., wind energy) in certain areas of the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic and Straits of Florida Planning Areas.
 
In September of 2020, presidential memorandums placed a moratorium on all energy leases in those areas for a 10-year period. This bill allows energy leases from such sources in those areas during that time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Apply the Science Act

Bill: 117-s-3809
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Apply the Science Act

 
This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to study matters related to COVID-19 immunity, including variation in immunity resulting from prior infection, vaccination, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act

Bill: 117-s-3810
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government liability
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Countermeasure Injury Compensation Fund Amendment Act

 
This bill modifies a program that compensates individuals for injuries experienced due to medical countermeasures (e.g., vaccines) delivered during certain public health emergencies, including with respect to compensation for COVID-19 vaccine injuries.
 
The bill aligns award determination procedures and other aspects of the program with requirements under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, which provides compensation for injuries or deaths associated with routinely administered vaccines.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes a temporary commission to identify injuries caused by receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) must list all identified injuries in a table of conditions that are presumed to be caused by a COVID-19 vaccine, provided there is sufficient scientific evidence linking the injury to the vaccine. If HHS does not include an identified injury in the table, it must publish an explanation of that decision.
 
The bill also allows individuals to resubmit their COVID-19 vaccine compensation claims, including the amounts of previously approved claims, for reconsideration under the provisions set out in the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate
Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022

Bill: 117-s-3811
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-03-10 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Appropriations
Collective security
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Department of Agriculture
Department of Commerce
Department of Defense
Department of Energy
Department of Justice
Department of State
Department of the Treasury
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Food assistance and relief
Foreign aid and international relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
U.S. Agency for Global Media
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: 

Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022

 
This bill provides FY2022 supplemental appropriations for various activities related to Ukraine, including funding for the Department of Energy to respond to the situation in Ukraine, assistance for refugees from Ukraine, and assistance to Ukraine through the Foreign Military Financing Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2022-03-10
text: Introduced in Senate