hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Stop Flood Insurance Rate Hikes Act

Bill: 117-hr-7364
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2022-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: 

Stop Flood Insurance Rate Hikes Act

 
This bill allows National Flood Insurance Program policyholders to elect to pay premiums at the rate in effect prior to the implementation of Risk Rating 2.0 and to receive refunds for previously paid premiums. Risk Rating 2.0 bases premium rates on an individual property's specific flood risk instead of the flood risk of a general location and property type. 
 
Policyholders may elect to pay the previous rate until the Federal Emergency Management Agency performs several actions regarding Risk Rating 2.0, including 
 
 
publishing all data and methods used to calculate premium rates under Risk Rating 2.0, 
 
creating an online database where policyholders can see premium rates for their property using specified calculations, and
 
publishing an assessment of the economic, social, and environmental impacts of Risk Rating 2.0.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Flexibility for Workers Education Act

Bill: 117-hr-7365
Sponsor: Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-1]
Introduced: 2022-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: 

Flexibility for Workers Education Act

 
This bill excludes from hours worked certain voluntary training that occurs outside an employee's regular working hours. Such training does not count as hours worked even if it is offered by the employer, provided that an employee's working conditions are not adversely affected by choosing not to participate and the employee does not perform any productive work for the employer during the training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
No User Fees for Gun Owners Act

Bill: 117-hr-7366
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2022-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: 

No User Fees for Gun Owners Act

 
This bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing any insurance requirement, tax, user fee, or similar charge as a condition of the manufacture importation, acquisition, transfer, or continued ownership of a firearm or ammunition, with the exception of a proportionate sales tax. 
 
The bill imposes the same prohibition under the Internal Revenue Code for firearms, pistols, or revolvers, but allows for the assessment of a proportionate sales tax.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Values in Arms Export Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7367
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2022-04-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: 

Values in Arms Export Act of 2022

 
This bill restricts transferring defense articles and services to countries that violate human rights, imposes such restrictions on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and addresses related issues.
 
The bill establishes the Human Rights and Law of War Oversight Board. The board's duties shall include (1) reviewing countries that receive U.S. defense articles for strict adherence to human rights and the law of armed conflict principles, and (2) ensuring that such principles are appropriately considered in arms transfers.
 
The President, the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the board, or Congress may designate a country (except for certain exempted countries such as NATO member countries) as a country of concern. Such a designation shall last for three years, during which the country shall be barred from receiving the defense articles that led to the designation. 
 
The bill also imposes additional restrictions on a designated country that fails to improve its adherence to human rights principles. The Department of the Treasury must impose sanctions on the appropriate government officials of a country subject to such additional restrictions. 
 
The bill designates Saudi Arabia and the UAE as countries of concern. 
 
Before certain defense articles transfers, the President must provide Congress an assessment of the risk of the defense articles being used to violate human rights. 
 
The bill also requires various government agencies to monitor and report information concerning human rights violations involving U.S. defense articles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Rules, 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: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Rules, 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: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and Rules, 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: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Transforming Student Debt to Home Equity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7368
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2022-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing finance and home ownership
Intergovernmental relations
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: 

Transforming Student Debt to Home Equity Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to jointly establish and implement a pilot demonstration program to provide, to eligible applicants with federal student loan debt, assistance in purchasing eligible properties. Specifically, the program may provide for (1) discounts on the appraised value of eligible properties, (2) flexibility in certain underwriting standards, (3) the development of new mortgage products specifically targeted to eligible applicants, and (4) other appropriate assistance. The program must provide for the development of a program that uses actuarial information to determine how the repayment of federal student loans may be integrated into a mortgage repayment schedule to allow eligible applicants to accumulate home equity.
 
An eligible property is a property (1) that is designed as a dwelling for occupancy by one to four families; (2) that is safe and habitable; (3) the occupancy of which will promote community revitalization; and (4) that is owned by HUD, the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), a local land bank, the Department of Agriculture, or the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4119)
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
VENTURE Act

Bill: 117-hr-7369
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2022-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: 

Veteran Eligibility for Necessities To Undertake Rewarding Entrepreneurship Act or the VENTURE Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for self-employment assistance under the Veteran Readiness and Employment Program to include certain veterans who have a service-connected disability or employment handicap in addition to those with the most severe service-connected disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
action_date: 2022-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Student Mental Health Rights Act

Bill: 117-hr-7370
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2022-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: 

Student Mental Health Rights Act

 
This bill addresses mental health and substance use at institutions of higher education (IHEs).
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to conduct a study on mental health conditions and substance use conditions at IHEs.
 
In addition, ED must issue guidance on IHEs' (1) compliance with federal law on mental health, (2) legal obligations to students with mental health conditions and students with substance use conditions, and (3) policies that may have a discriminatory impact on such students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 Broadway in Greenlawn, New York, as the "Samuel Ballton Post Office".

Bill: 117-hr-7371
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2022-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 55 Broadway in Greenlawn, New York, as the "Samuel Ballton Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
SNACK Act

Bill: 117-hr-7373
Sponsor: Rep. Walorski, Jackie [R-IN-2]
Introduced: 2022-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: 

Securing Nutrition for American Communities and Kids Act of 2022 or the
 
SNACK Act

 
This bill extends the authority of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to waive certain requirements for the school meal programs and the Child and Adult Care Food Program to address COVID-19, including by extending authority through September 30, 2022, for USDA to grant waivers related to the summer food service program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Jumpstart Act

Bill: 117-hr-7374
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2022-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
User charges and fees
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: 

Jumpstart Our Legal Immigration System Act or the Jumpstart Act

 
This bill makes unused employment-based and family-based immigrant visas from FY1992 through FY2021 available in subsequent fiscal years. It also makes diversity immigrant visas available to individuals who were selected for such a visa between FY2017-FY2021 but were unable to receive the visa due to certain (1) executive actions, or (2) limitations related to COVID-19. 
 
The bill also establishes supplemental fees for certain immigration-related applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update the payment system of the Department of Veterans Affairs to allow for electronic fund transfer of educational assistance, administered by the Secretary, to a foreign institution of higher education.

Bill: 117-hr-7375
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2022-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Foreign and international banking
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to update its payment system to allow for electronic fund transfer of VA educational assistance to a foreign institution of higher education that provides an approved course of education to eligible recipients and does not have an employer identification number or an account with a domestic bank.

action_date: 2022-05-17
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to update its payment system to allow for electronic fund transfer of VA educational assistance to a foreign institution of higher education that provides an approved course of education to eligible recipients and does not have an employer identification number or an account with a domestic bank.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-18
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 15 (Roll no. 205). (text: 05/16/2022 CR H5000)
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 15 (Roll no. 205).
action_date: 2022-05-17
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5084-5085)
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7375.
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5000)
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Mr. Trone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-04-06
text: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity Discharged.
action_date: 2022-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Therapeutic Equivalence Rating Determination Act

Bill: 117-hr-7377
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2022-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: 

Modernizing Therapeutic Equivalence Rating Determination Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide a therapeutic equivalence rating for certain new drug applications if the applicant requests such a rating. 
 
Upon request in the application, the FDA must provide such a rating for a new drug application that relies on information from studies not conducted by the applicant and that the applicant does not have a right to reference or use (commonly referred to as a 505(b)(2) application). The FDA must provide the rating no later than 30 days after the application's approval. 
 
(A drug is a therapeutic equivalent of another if they produce the same clinical effect and have the same safety profile. Typically, for certain generic drugs, the FDA rates the therapeutic equivalence of that generic drug to another drug, such as the brand name version. Currently, an applicant seeking approval of a drug through a 505(b)(2) application typically only receives an equivalence rating by requesting one from the FDA in a separate petition.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make permanent the State plan amendment option to provide medical assistance for certain individuals who are patients in certain institutions for mental diseases, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7378
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2022-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: 
This bill permanently allows state Medicaid programs to receive federal payment for substance-use disorder services that are provided at institutions for mental diseases (IMDs) for individuals aged 21 to 64. The bill also extends the maximum length of stay over a 12-month period from 30 days to 45 days.
 
In addition, the bill provides statutory authority for a 2018 letter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that provided for Medicaid demonstration programs for IMD mental health services for adults and children; the bill similarly increases the average length of stay under such programs to 45 days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Military Vehicle Fleet Electrification Act

Bill: 117-hr-7379
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2022-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: 

Military Vehicle Fleet Electrification Act

 
This bill requires that not less than 75% of the total number of contracted non-tactical vehicles purchased, leased by, or for use of the Department of Defense (DOD) must be electric or zero emission vehicles (or a federally authorized alternative) and use a charging connector type that meets applicable industry accepted standards for interoperability and safety.
 
The bill also authorizes DOD to furnish electric vehicle charging stations at a commissary store or military exchange for commercial use by individuals authorized to access such facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E352)
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Cartel Haven Sanction Act

Bill: 117-hr-7380
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2022-04-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: 

Cartel Haven Sanction Act

 
This bill requires the President to prohibit remittances from the United States to Mexico until a physical wall on the U.S.-Mexico border has been constructed and is fully operational. 
 
The bill also authorizes the President to use amounts derived from imposing sanctions on individuals associated with illegal drug cartel or human trafficking organizations in Mexico for various purposes to benefit U.S. citizens.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
YouthBuild for the Future Act

Bill: 117-hr-7381
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2022-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: 

YouthBuild for the Future Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and revises the YouthBuild program, including by (1) extending from 12 to 24 months the permissible period during which program participants may receive supportive services after completing training, and (2) allowing grantees to count YouthBuild funds toward the matching requirement for National and Community Service grant programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
Supply Chain Disruptions Relief Act

Bill: 117-hr-7382
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2022-04-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Income tax deferral
Motor vehicles
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: 

Supply Chain Disruptions Relief Act

 
This bill modifies the treatment of liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified LIFO (last in first out accounting method) inventory. It allows new motor vehicle dealers to elect to wait until the end of 2025 to replace their inventory for purposes of determining income attributable to the sale of such inventory during 2020 and 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Introduced in House