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Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7556
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Government lending and loan guarantees
Intergovernmental relations
Lawyers and legal services
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2022

 
This bill implements programs and policies related to veterans' benefit claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Department of the Treasury Officer Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7557
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

Department of the Treasury Officer Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill allows a law enforcement officer who is employed by the Department of the Treasury to carry a service weapon home and store it in his or her residence while off duty. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2022-04-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E395-396)
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Breastfeeding Mothers Jury Duty Exclusion Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7558
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

Breastfeeding Mothers Jury Duty Exclusion Act of 2022 

 
This bill allows breastfeeding women to be excused from jury duty in federal or D.C. court upon request by the individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2022-04-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E393)
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7559
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

Prescription Information Modernization Act of 2022

 
This bill allows health care providers to receive prescribing information for drugs electronically rather than in paper form from manufacturers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Sexual Harassment Independent Investigations and Prosecution Act

Bill: 117-hr-7560
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

Sexual Harassment Independent Investigations and Prosecution Act

 
This bill provides for the inclusion of sexual harassment as an offense subject to the authority of special trial counsel under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and sets forth requirements related to independent investigations of sexual harassment under the UCMJ.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
BAH Restoration Act

Bill: 117-hr-7561
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

BAH Restoration Act

 
This bill increases the monthly amount of the basic housing allowance for members of the uniformed services inside the United States. Specifically, the monthly amount of allowance for a member must be the amount of the monthly cost of adequate housing in the area, as determined by the Department of Defense, for members of the uniformed services serving in the same pay grade and same dependency status as the member.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
BAH Calculation Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-7562
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Housing supply and affordability
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

BAH Calculation Improvement Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to submit to Congress a report on the basic allowance for housing for members of the uniformed services that includes elements related to the calculation of such allowance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Homeownership for Servicemembers Act

Bill: 117-hr-7563
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

Increasing Homeownership for Servicemembers Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to seek to enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center or nonprofit entity to study and report on the barriers to home ownership for members of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
Building More Housing for Servicemembers Act

Bill: 117-hr-7564
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

Building More Housing for Servicemembers Act

 
This bill addresses the availability and quality of housing for members of the Armed Forces.
 
First, the bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress on the housing shortage for members of the Armed Forces.
 
DOD must prescribe guidance for eligible entities and landlords regarding acceptable housing standards for privatized military housing. Under the bill, an 
eligible entity
 is any private person, corporation, firm, partnership, company, or state or local government that is prepared to enter into a contract for the construction of housing units and ancillary supporting facilities.
 
DOD must establish a five-year pilot program to assess the feasibility of using the rental partnership programs of the Armed Forces to assure tenants for eligible entities to secure financing to construct privatized military housing.
 
Additionally, DOD must coordinate with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to develop a five-year pilot program to provide financial incentives to eligible entities to build privatized military housing, or to purchase or lease existing facilities, to house members of the Armed Forces and their dependents and low-income individuals and families.
 
Finally, DOD and HUD may jointly operate a grant program through the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation within DOD to build housing for members of the Armed Forces and their dependents, and low-income individuals and families. Household income limits for eligible entities to receive a grant must not differ based on whether a household includes a member of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-21
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: 2022-04-21
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: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
NIH IMPROVE Act

Bill: 117-hr-7565
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2022-04-21 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: 

NIH Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone Act of 2022 or the NIH IMPROVE Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for an initiative of the National Institutes of Health that supports research on improving maternal health outcomes with a particular emphasis on mitigating maternal health disparities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-21
text: Introduced in House
NTZ Act

Bill: 117-hr-7566
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Introduced: 2022-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crimes against children
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Human trafficking

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: 

Stop Human Trafficking in School Zones Act

 
This bill establishes an enhanced penalty&#8212;an additional prison term of up to five years&#8212;for certain human trafficking offenses that occur in a school zone or on or within 1,000 feet of a premises on which a school-sponsored activity is taking place.

action_date: 2022-09-19
text: 

No Trafficking Zones Act or the NTZ Act

 
This bill establishes an enhanced penalty&#8212;an additional prison term of up to five years&#8212;for certain interstate human trafficking offenses or coercion of sexual activity that occurs in a school zone or on or within 1,000 feet of a premises on which a school-sponsored activity is taking place or of a premises owned by an institution of higher education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-20
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7914)
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7566.
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7914-7922)
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Ms. Jackson Lee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 369.
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-475.
action_date: 2022-09-19
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-475.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To amend chapter 77 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify certain due process rights of Federal employees serving in sensitive positions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7567
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: 
This bill permits the Merit Systems Protection Board to review an agency's determination that an employee (or applicant) is ineligible to hold a sensitive position that does not require a security clearance or access to classified information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E398)
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Bill: 117-hr-7568
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: 

District of Columbia Courts and Public Defender Service Employment Non-Discrimination Act

 
This bill provides for coverage of certain employees of the District of Columbia under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act of 1977. The act prohibits discrimination in the District on the basis of certain protected characteristics (e.g., race) in a variety of settings, including employment.
 
The bill specifies that nonjudicial employees of the District of Columbia courts and employees of the District of Columbia Public Defender Service shall be considered to be employees, and the courts and public defender service shall be considered to be employers, under the act. 
 
The bill also excludes complaints of discrimination that are filed against the courts or public defender service from the District's procedures for handling complaints of governmental discrimination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E401-402)
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To establish certain protections for individuals involuntarily separated from the Armed Forces solely on the basis of refusing to receive vaccinations against COVID-19.

Bill: 117-hr-7570
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2022-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: 
This bill requires the reinstatement of individuals who were discharged or dismissed from the Armed Forces solely because they refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Specifically, such individuals must be reinstated, at their request, in the same rank and grade they held at the time of their separation from the Armed Forces.
 
The discharge or dismissal of such individuals must be characterized as honorable.
 
Such individuals may not be denied retired or retainer pay or any benefits through the Department of Defense or Department of Veterans Affairs solely on the basis they refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Administer of the Small Business Administration to consider certain applications under certain EIDL COVID-19 relief programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7571
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2022-04-25 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee leave
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Poverty and welfare assistance
Small business
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to continue considering applications for certain economic injury disaster loans submitted prior to the application deadline for such loans until (1) all available funding for the loans is expended or (2) all eligible applicants have received assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-25
text: Introduced in House
University Centers for Growth, Development, Prosperity (GDP) Act

Bill: 117-hr-7572
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2022-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: 

University Centers for Growth, Development, Prosperity (GDP) Act

 
 This bill requires the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to establish in each state a university center at an institution of higher education that must, to the extent possible, collaborate with economic development districts, provide technical assistance and business development services to area businesses, and conduct research and analysis relating to economic development. In selecting such centers, the EDA must prioritize Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and other minority-serving institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-04-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Defense Budget Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7574
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2022-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: 

Defense Budget Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill requires research and specified action related to pass-through budgeting for military departments.
 Pass-through budgeting
 refers to the practice by which certain funds allocated for a military department are subject to the authority of other departments and agencies of the federal government but are included in the overall budget of the military department despite the department's lack of authority over the funds.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to seek to enter a contract with an independent research organization to conduct a study on the effects of pass-through budgeting on the Department of the Air Force and other DOD organizations and elements.
 
For each fiscal year beginning with FY2024, the budget justification materials submitted in support of the DOD budget must include separate line items for each military department to clearly identify any amounts requested that are subject to pass-through budgeting.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Green Jobs and Opportunity Act

Bill: 117-hr-7575
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2022-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: 

Green Jobs and Opportunity Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to address current and future workforce shortages within the clean energy technology sector. 
 
Labor must monitor trends and shortages within the sector, recommend ways to prepare the workforce to meet the demands of a clean energy economy, and provide grants to establish training programs for occupations or fields of work with such shortages.
 
Labor must also establish a National Advisory Committee on the Clean Energy Technology Workforce to provide advice on preparing the workforce to transition to a clean energy economy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Introduced in House
Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7576
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2022-04-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Manufacturing
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: 

Securing Semiconductor Supply Chains Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the SelectUSA program to solicit comments from state economic development organizations regarding federal efforts to increase foreign direct investment in semiconductor-related manufacturing and production. SelectUSA must then report to Congress on such comments and the strategies that SelectUSA may employ to increase such investment and to secure the U.S. semiconductor supply chain. SelectUSA is a Department of Commerce program established to coordinate federal efforts to attract and retain business investment in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-26
text: Introduced in House