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ATF DATA Act

Bill: 117-hr-8271
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

ATF Data and Anti-Trafficking Accountability Act or the ATF DATA Act

 
This bill directs the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to report to Congress and make publicly available certain data sets regarding firearms tracing data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
REEShore Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8272
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

Restoring Essential Energy and Security Holdings Onshore for Rare Earths Act of 2022 or the REEShore Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the inclusion of rare earth elements and certain other critical minerals in the National Defense Stockpile and sets out other requirements related to those elements and minerals.
 
Specifically, the bill requires defense contractors to disclose the provenance of permanent magnets that contain those elements or minerals and expands prohibitions that restrict the Department of Defense from procuring goods or services, including those elements and minerals, from companies affiliated with China.
 
The bill also expands the President's authorities under the Defense Production Act of 1950 to support domestic sources for those elements and minerals. (The Defense Production Act of 1950 confers on the President a broad set of authorities to influence domestic industry in order to provide essential materials and goods needed for the national defense.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8273
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 20

22

 
This bill allows a small business that is awarded a construction contract by a federal agency to request an equitable adjustment if the agency's contracting officer directs a change in the contract's performance without the agreement of the small business.
 
The agency must provide the small business with an interim partial payment to cover additional costs resulting from such a change, and the small business must pay a first tier subcontractor or supplier the portion of the partial payment that is attributable to additional costs incurred due to the change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
PASS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8274
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

Promoting Agriculture Safeguards and Security Act of 2022 or the PASS Act of 2022

 
This bill places the Secretary of Agriculture on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Further, the bill requires CFIUS to review certain agriculture-related transactions, including those related to biotechnology.
 
The bill also prohibits persons who are acting on behalf of a prohibited country (i.e., China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea) from carrying out any merger, acquisition, or takeover that could result in foreign control of a U.S. agricultural company.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Wholesale Produce Market Review Act

Bill: 117-hr-8275
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

Wholesale Produce Market Review Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to submit to Congress a report on supply chain shortfalls at (1) the five largest wholesale produce markets by annual sales and amount of goods moved for the preceding four calendar years, and (2) a representative sample of eight wholesale produce markets that are not among the largest wholesale produce markets.
 
The report must contain (1) an analysis of the supply chain shortfalls in each wholesale produce market, including the state of repair of infrastructure; (2) a description of any actions USDA recommends be taken as a result of the analysis; (3) recommendations for wholesale produce market owners and operators, and state and local entities, to improve the identified supply chain shortfalls; and (4) proposals for legislative actions and funding needed to improve the supply chain shortfalls.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Iron Pipeline Review Act

Bill: 117-hr-8276
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Firearms and explosives
Intergovernmental relations
Roads and highways
Smuggling and trafficking
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

Iron Pipeline Review Act

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to report to Congress on firearms trafficked along Interstate 95. The report must include an analysis of the firearms trafficked and contain legislative proposals to counter the firearms trafficking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Conspiracy to Obstruct the Electoral Count Act

Bill: 117-hr-8277
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

Conspiracy to Obstruct the Electoral Count Act

 
This bill prohibits the President from interfering with the determination of electoral votes and establishes penalties for violations.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the President from obstructing the certification of electoral votes by Congress or pressuring
 
 
the Vice President during such certification to discount a state-certified slate of electors or count an alternate slate of electors; 
 
a federal, state, or local official to substitute an alternate slate of electors; 
 
a federal, state, or local official to find votes; or
 
a federal, state, or local official to make false claims about a presidential election. 
 
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Attorney General to conduct a study on the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8278
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime prevention
Firearms and explosives
Government studies and investigations
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 
This bill directs the Bureau of Justice Assistance within the Department of Justice to study the efficacy of extreme risk protection orders on reducing gun violence. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Building Cyber Resilience After SolarWinds Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8279
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

Building Cyber Resilience After SolarWinds Act of 2022

 
This bill requires evaluations of the impact of the SolarWinds cyber incident and the activities of the Cyber Safety Review Board.
 
 Specifically, the bill directs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security to evaluate and report to Congress on the impact of the SolarWinds cyber incident on information systems owned and operated by federal departments and agencies and other critical infrastructure.
 
Additionally, the Government Accountability Office must evaluate the activities of the Cyber Safety Review Board and assess whether the board has the authorities, resources, and expertise necessary to carry out its mission of reviewing and assessing significant cyber incidents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Terrorist Transfers to Afghanistan Act

Bill: 117-hr-8280
Sponsor: Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

Preventing Terrorist Transfers to Afghanistan Act

 
This bill prohibits Department of Defense funds from being used to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release of any individual detained in the custody or control of the Department of Defense at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the custody or control of Afghanistan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8281
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: 

Military Housing Affordability Act of 2022

 
This bill extends certain authorities of the Department of Defense (DOD) to adjust basic housing allowances for military housing in certain areas. 
 
Specifically, the bill extends to December 31, 2024, DOD's authority to increase the rates of basic housing allowance in areas of a declared major disaster or areas containing one or more military installations that are experiencing a sudden increase in the number of members assigned to the installation.
 
The bill also extends to September 30, 2024, DOD's authority to prescribe a temporary adjustment to basic housing allowance rates if DOD determines the costs of adequate housing for civilians in that military housing area differs from the current allowance rates by more than 20%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Student Debt Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-8283
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2022-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: 

Federal Employee Student Debt Transparency Act

 
This bill requires (1) Senior Executive Service and Schedule C federal employees to annually disclose any federal student loan debt, and (2) the Office of Government Ethics to annually report the total amount owed by such employees and any employees who failed to comply with the bill's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
Don Young American Grown Act

Bill: 117-hr-8284
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2022-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: 

Don Young American Grown Act

 
This bill prohibits the official display of a cut flower or green in any public area of a building of the Executive Office of the President, the Department of State, or the Department of Defense unless it is produced in the United States.
 
The prohibition does not apply to any cut flower or green used by a federal officer or employee for personal display.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
Vehicle Innovation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8285
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2022-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
Materials
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Performance measurement
Public transit
Research and development
Solid waste and recycling
Technology assessment
Technology transfer and commercialization

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: 

Vehicle Innovation Act of 20

22

 
This bill authorizes through FY2027 the Department of Energy (DOE) to research, develop, and commercialize innovative vehicle technologies.
 
Among other things, the bill requires DOE to 
 
 
conduct a program on materials, technologies, and processes with the potential to substantially reduce or eliminate petroleum use and the emissions of U.S. passenger and commercial vehicles, including in the areas of natural gas and hydrogen vehicle technologies, electrification of vehicle systems, and hydraulic hybrid technologies; 
 
implement a program of advanced vehicle manufacturing technologies and practices, including innovative processes to increase the production rate and decrease the cost of advanced battery and fuel cell manufacturing; and 
 
seek opportunities to leverage resources and support initiatives of state and local governments in developing and promoting advanced vehicle technologies, manufacturing, and infrastructure.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
To take certain Federal land in the State of Washington into trust for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8286
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Gambling
Geography and mapping
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: 
This bill takes approximately 1,082.63 acres of specified lands in the state of Washington into trust for the benefit of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Lands taken into trust shall be part of the Lower Elwha Reservation.
 
Further, the bill prohibits gaming on the land taken into trust.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-07-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act

Bill: 117-hr-8287
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: 

District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments Act 

 
This bill authorizes the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the District of Columbia to establish a voluntary separation incentive payments program for nonjudicial employees of the District's courts substantially similar to that for certain federal employees and members of the uniformed services, except that the maximum payment amount to any individual may not exceed $25,000.
 
Additionally, the District's Public Defender Service may establish such a program for its employees, again limiting the maximum payment amount to any individual to $25,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E693)
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
LAUNCHES Act

Bill: 117-hr-8288
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Intergovernmental relations
Radio spectrum allocation
Space flight and exploration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: 

Leveraging American Understanding of Next-generation Challenges Exploring Space Act or the LAUNCHES Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to facilitate access to specified broadband spectrum frequencies for commercial space launches and reentries.
 
Under current law, commercial missions launching from the United States to space must use government-owned spectrum to communicate with the rockets during launch, and private companies must apply to the FCC to receive special temporary authority to use such spectrum. On June 28, 2021, the FCC issued a final rule adopting a nonfederal secondary allocation of the 2200-2290 megahertz frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum for use during commercial space launches and reentries.
 
The bill requires the FCC to adopt service rules for access to additional frequencies for commercial space launches and reentries and complete associated rulemaking activities (e.g., those that set technical specifications and eligibility requirements) to implement the allocation of the frequencies.
 
The FCC must also streamline the process for access authorizations, providing for (1) authorizations to access specified frequencies for multiple commercial space launches and reentries from one or more launch or reentry sites, (2) authorizations for multiple uses of such frequencies for a commercial space launch or reentry, (3) automation of the FCC's review process for access applications, and (4) increased coordination between the FCC and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to speed the review of such applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-05
text: Introduced in House