hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Uncap America Act

Bill: 117-s-4590
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Uncap America Act

 
This bill generally prohibits broadband internet service providers from capping the amount of data that customers may download or upload without being subject to additional costs or reduced internet speeds. Broadband internet service providers may, however, impose a data cap if the cap is tailored primarily to address network management or congestion.
 
The Federal Communications Commission must issue regulations that define what constitutes a tailored data cap and otherwise enforce the prohibition. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

Bill: 117-s-4591
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act

 
This bill decriminalizes cannabis and removes it from scheduling under the Controlled Substances Act. It also provides for (1) a federal regulatory framework with respect to the commercial sale of cannabis and other areas, and (2) the expungement of certain federal cannabis offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4593
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish specified information on its website relating to deficiencies of Medicaid intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, including information regarding inspections, complaints, and administrative actions. The CMS must also (1) develop and publish a standardized complaint form for such facilities; and (2) convene an advisory council to recommend ways to prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation in such facilities.
 
The bill also allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information for affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
National Regulatory Budget Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4594
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

National Regulatory Budget Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the establishment of a national regulatory budget to limit the costs of federal regulations. It also establishes (1) procedures for enforcing the regulatory budget, (2) the Office of Regulatory Analysis within the executive branch, and (3) a Regulatory Analysis Advisory Board. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
AID Local Government Leadership Act

Bill: 117-s-4595
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Accessibility and Inclusion to Diversify Local Government Leadership Act or the AID Local Government Leadership Act

 
This bill establishes a community grant program for local elected or appointed officials who have disabilities.
 
Specifically, the Department of Labor must award grants to eligible entities in a state or associated with an Indian tribe to provide to local elected or appointed officials with disabilities reasonable accommodations needed to enable them to carry out their official work duties.
 
To be eligible to receive a grant an entity shall be a local government that has a local elected or appointed official with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation to carry out official work duties for a jurisdiction that (1) is in a rural area; (2) has a population of less than 10,000; or (3) has a population of 10,000 to less than 200,000 and a poverty rate of 18% or greater.
 
The reasonable accommodations may include physical adaptations, specialized software, communication supports, certain devices, and transportation services.
 
Labor must annually report on the program's impact.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4596
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits specified federal entities (e.g., the Department of Energy) from considering the social cost of carbon, methane, nitrous oxide, or greenhouse gas as part of any cost-benefit analysis required under any law or specified Executive Orders. In addition, such social costs must not be considered by such entities (1) in rulemaking, (2) in the issuance of guidance, (3) in taking other agency action, (4) or as a justification for any rulemaking, guidance document, or agency action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Removing Access Barriers to Running for Elected Office for People with Disabilities Act

Bill: 117-s-4597
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Removing Access Barriers to Running for Elected Office for People with Disabilities Act

 
This bill excludes income earned and work performed as a candidate for an elected office when determining eligibility for, or the amount of, federally financed benefits or assistance if the candidate is entitled to Social Security Disability Insurance benefits or Supplemental Security Income (a federal assistance program that provides monthly cash payments to aged, blind, or disabled individuals with limited income and resources) due to a disability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act

Bill: 117-s-4598
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisers to provide an inflation estimate for each executive order that is projected to cause an annual gross budgetary effect of at least $1 billion. 
 
The estimate must determine whether the executive order will have 
 
 
no significant impact on inflation,
 
a quantifiable inflationary impact on the consumer price index, or
 
a significant impact on inflation that cannot be quantified at the time the estimate is prepared.
 
 
The requirement does not apply to executive orders that (1) provide for emergency assistance or relief at the request of any state or local government or an official of the government, or (2) are necessary for national security or the ratification or implementation of international treaty obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to require the reimposition of sanctions with respect to the FARC.

Bill: 117-s-4600
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 
This bill directs the President to designate the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) as a foreign terrorist organization and impose sanctions on FARC and any foreign person affiliated with FARC.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in Senate
BUILD for Veterans Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4601
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2022-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: 

Build, Utilize, Invest, Learn, and Deliver for Veterans Act of 2022 or the BUILD for Veterans Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) capital asset management, including by requiring the VA to ensure that each of its medical centers has a dedicated office and sufficient staff to conduct facility planning, long-range capital planning, and other relevant functions relating to VA capital assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
No Shame at School Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4602
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: 

No Shame at School Act of 20

22

 
This bill establishes requirements for the treatment of a child who is participating in the National School Lunch Program or the School Breakfast Program and owes unpaid school meal fees. It also requires local educational agencies to certify certain children (e.g., homeless children) as categorically eligible for free lunches or breakfasts without an application. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Prince Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-s-4603
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: 

Prince Congressional Gold Medal Act 

 
This bill provides for the award, posthumously, of a Congressional Gold Medal to Prince Rogers Nelson, better known as Prince, in recognition of his achievements as a musician and contributions to the culture of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to authorize grants for eligible institutions to carry out agriculture workforce training programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4604
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: 
This bill directs the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to establish a grant program within its Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program for eligible institutions to develop and carry out agriculture workforce training programs to (1) promote the growth of the agriculture industry, (2) foster competitiveness within the industry, and (3) improve the training and retention of workers in the agriculture industry.
 
The program must be implemented by January 31, 2024.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4605
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: 

Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2022

 
This bill restricts the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from decreasing payments for Medicare home health services based on certain adjustments until 2026.
 
Current law requires the CMS to make certain permanent and temporary payment adjustments under the Medicare prospective payment system for home health services based on behavioral assumptions for 2020 through 2026. The bill restricts the CMS from making adjustments that decrease payments until 2026; the CMS must also ensure that any such necessary decreases are made before 2032.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4606
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Smuggling and trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: 

Preventing Illegal Weapons Trafficking Act of 2022

 
This bill requires federal agencies to develop a strategy to address the trafficking of firearm modification devices that are used to convert weapons into machine guns. It also requires specific reporting on these devices, and it provides for the seizure and forfeiture of proceeds relating to machinegun trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act

Bill: 117-s-4607
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2022-07-25 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: 

Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-07-25
text: Introduced in Senate
Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-4608
Sponsor: Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Currency
Digital media
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Virtual Currency Tax Fairness Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, a limited amount of gain from the sale or exchange of virtual currency, unless such sale or exchange is for cash or cash equivalents, property used in the active conduct of a trade or business, or property held for the production of income. The exclusion does not apply if the total value of the sale or exchange exceeds $50, or the total gain exceeds $50 (both amounts adjusted annually for inflation).
 
 The bill defines 
virtual currency
 as a digital representation of value that functions as a unit of account, a store of value, or a medium of exchange, and is not a representation of the U.S. dollar or any foreign currency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-28
text: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act

Bill: 117-s-4609
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act 

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Food and Energy Security Act

Bill: 117-s-4610
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Food and Energy Security Act 

 
This bill provides requirements for specified federal financial agencies when regulating activity that could impact the extension of capital or investments to agricultural- or energy-related businesses. 
 
Specifically, an agency must analyze the economic impact of any such regulation. If the analysis estimates that the regulation would increase prices, and if the consumer price index exceeds a certain level, the agency is prohibited from implementing the regulation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text: CR S3696)
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act

Bill: 117-s-4611
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 
This bill establishes a program within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to provide outreach and training to HSI employees and partners who have been exposed to various forms of trauma in working with victims of human trafficking.
 
The bill also provides statutory authority for the HSI Victim Assistance Program.

action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

IMPACTT Human Trafficking Act

 
This bill establishes a program within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) to provide outreach and training to HSI employees and partners who have been exposed to various forms of trauma in working with victims of human trafficking.
 
The bill also provides statutory authority for the HSI Victim Assistance Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 600.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-236.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-236.
action_date: 2022-08-03
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Right to Contraception Act

Bill: 117-s-4612
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Family planning and birth control
Federal preemption
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Right to Contraception Act

 
This bill sets out statutory protections for an individual's right to access and a health care provider's right to provide contraception and related information. 
Contraception
 refers to an action taken to prevent pregnancy, including the use of contraceptives (i.e., a device or medication used to prevent pregnancy), fertility-awareness based methods, and sterilization procedures.
 
Generally, the bill prohibits measures that single out and impede access to contraception and related information. However, a party may defend against a claim that a measure violates the bill's prohibitions by demonstrating, through clear and convincing evidence, that the measure significantly advances the safety of contraception and cannot be achieved through less restrictive means. The bill also specifies that the prohibition preempts inconsistent state and local laws and applies in spite of other federal laws, including the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
 
The Department of Justice, individuals, or health care providers may bring a lawsuit to enforce this bill, and states are not immune from suits for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: Introduced in Senate
Maximize Americans' Retirement Security Act

Bill: 117-s-4613
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN]
Introduced: 2022-07-26 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-26
text: 

Maximize Americans' Retirement Security Act

 
This bill revises the fiduciary duties for a retirement or employee benefit plan that is regulated under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
 
The bill generally requires a fiduciary to select and maintain investments for a plan based solely on pecuniary factors. Under the bill, a 
pecuniary factor 
is a factor that is expected to have a material effect on the risk or return of an investment based on appropriate investment horizons that are consistent with the plan's investment objectives and funding policy.
 
A fiduciary may only use nonpecuniary factors if the fiduciary is unable to distinguish between investment alternatives on the basis of pecuniary factors alone. In such a case, the fiduciary must provide specified documentation to the plan's participants and beneficiaries, including an explanation of how the chosen nonpecuniary factors are consistent with their interests.


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