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No Pay Until Peace Act

Bill: 117-hr-7883
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

No Pay Until Peace Act

 
This bill eliminates one month of a Member of Congress's pay for each month during which a mass shooting (four or more deaths in a single incident by the use of a firearm) occurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Act

Bill: 117-hr-7884
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
North Carolina
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Tennessee

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail Act

 
This bill designates the Benton MacKaye Trail as the Benton MacKaye National Scenic Trail and adds the trail to the National Trails System. This trail extends approximately 287 miles across Georgia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act

Bill: 117-hr-7885
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Protect Veteran Students, Job Seekers, and Entrepreneurs Housing Act

 
This bill amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to treat educational assistance received by a servicemember (or an entitled spouse or child of a servicemember) as income for purposes of determining whether such an individual has a sufficient income to enter into a lease of a residential premises.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
School Watch and Tactics Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7886
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

School Watch and Tactics Act of 

2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to develop, disseminate, and publish best practices for occupation-specific education for school resource officers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7887
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

School Resource Officer Assessment Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice and the Department of Education to conduct and submit to Congress a survey of the assignment of school resource officers at public elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Bahrain Security Cooperation Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-7888
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Bahrain Security Cooperation Improvement Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to report to Congress on (1) the upgrades necessary to enable the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet to address emerging threats in its area of responsibility, and (2) DOD efforts to increase defense and law enforcement exchanges between the United States and Bahrain. (Bahrain hosts the Fifth Fleet.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Military Fitness Incentive Tuition Act

Bill: 117-hr-7889
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Military Fitness Incentive Tuition Act or the Military FIT Act

 
This bill requires the military departments to pay a monthly allowance for a gym membership to members of the Armed Forces who reside more than 10 miles from a military installation. The amount of the allowance must be determined based on the average cost of a gym membership in the military housing area in which a member resides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Defending Freedom of Conscience for Cadets and Midshipmen Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7890
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Debt collection
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Higher education
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Marine and inland water transportation
Military education and training
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Defending Freedom of Conscience for Cadets and Midshipmen Act of 2022

 
This bill provides that a cadet or midshipman at a federal service academy (e.g., the U.S. Naval Academy) may not be required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition for graduation and may not be dismissed from the academy as a result of refusing to be vaccinated. 
 
Cadets and midshipmen who are prohibited from fulfilling their service agreement due to their refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccination may not be subjected to repayment provisions (e.g., bonus repayment) or specified debt repayment collections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
TIER Act

Bill: 117-hr-7891
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Transition Improvement by Estimating Risk Act or the TIER Act

 
This bill adds additional factors for the design of the counseling pathways to address the needs of members of the Armed Forces under the Transition Assistance Program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Prohibition of Agricultural Land for the People’s Republic of China Act

Bill: 117-hr-7892
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Prohibition of Agricultural Land for the People's Republic of China Act

 
This bill requires the President to prohibit nonresident aliens, foreign businesses, and agents associated with China's government from (1) purchasing agricultural (including ranching) real estate located in the United States, or (2) participating in Department of Agriculture programs that are unrelated to food and safety regulatory requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to submit a report on helicopter and rotorcraft noise in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7893
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to submit to Congress a report containing recommendations to reduce helicopter and rotorcraft noise in the District of Columbia, including recommendations on altitude, the number of flights, flights paths, and pilot training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E562)
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Affordability is Access Act

Bill: 117-hr-7894
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Family planning and birth control
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical research
Research and development
Retail and wholesale trades
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Affordability is Access Act

 
This bill establishes several requirements relating to health insurance coverage of, and access to, over-the-counter contraceptives.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury to specify that private health insurance plans must cover over-the-counter contraceptives that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), even without a prescription. Under current law, private health insurance plans (with some exceptions) must cover FDA-approved prescription contraceptives, without cost-sharing requirements.
 
The bill also prohibits retailers from interfering with an individual's access to oral contraceptives that are meant for routine, daily use and are FDA-approved for use without a prescription.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and 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: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Combating Excessive Student Debt Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7895
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Combating Excessive Student Debt Act of 2022

 
This bill generally prohibits new Federal Direct PLUS Loans from being made to student loan borrowers on or after July 1, 2023. Additionally, the bill limits the percentage of institutional revenue that may be derived from these loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
No ESG at TSP Act

Bill: 117-hr-7896
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

No ESG at TSP Act

 
This bill prohibits investments under the Thrift Savings Plan in mutual funds that are based on environmental criteria (e.g., emissions standards), social criteria (e.g., company diversity), political criteria (e.g., political affiliations), or corporate governance criteria that differ from the standards that currently apply under law.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
PFAS Reference Standards Act

Bill: 117-hr-7897
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

PFAS Reference Standards Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to require manufacturers of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, to submit an analytical reference standard for each PFAS it has manufactured since ten years prior to the enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Federal Firefighters Workforce Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-7898
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Federal Firefighters Workforce Support Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to ensure that members of the Armed Forces and employees of defense agencies who provide fire protection services to military installations comply with the National Consensus Standards developed by the National Fire Protection Association. 
 
DOD must also ensure the minimum staffing requirement for any firefighting vehicle responding to a structural building emergency at a military installation is not less than four firefighters per vehicle and the minimum requirement for such vehicle responding to an aircraft or airfield incident is not less than three firefighters per vehicle.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 75 Commerce Drive in Grayslake, Illinois, as the "Army Specialist Joseph 'Joey' W. Dimock II Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-hr-7899
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Illinois
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 75 Commerce Drive in Grayslake, Illinois, as the "Army Specialist Joseph 'Joey' W. Dimock II Post Office Building."
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: 
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 75 Commerce Drive in Grayslake, Illinois, as the Army Specialist Joseph &quot;Joey&quot; W. Dimock II Post Office Building.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-15
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8485)
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7899.
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8485-8486)
action_date: 2022-11-14
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Support Ukraine Through Our Tax Code Act

Bill: 117-hr-7901
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Belarus
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Employee benefits and pensions
Europe
Foreign and international banking
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
International law and treaties
Military operations and strategy
Russia
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income
Transportation costs
U.S. and foreign investments
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Support Ukraine Through Our Tax Code Act

 
This bill denies the foreign tax credit and the tax deduction for income, war profits, and excess profits taxes paid to Russia and Belarus.
 
The bill also denies certain other tax benefits in connection with the invasion of Ukraine, including any tax treaty benefits and exemptions from withholding requirements. 
 
The bill suspends tax information exchanges for Russia and Belarus under a tax treaty or an intergovernmental agreement during the period of the Ukraine invasion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Freight RAILCAR Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7902
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Congressional oversight
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Manufacturing
Railroads
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Freight Rail Assistance and Investment to Launch Coronavirus-Era Activity and Recovery Act of 2022 or the Freight RAILCAR Act of 2022

 
This bill provides a new tax credit through 2024 for 10% of freight railcar fleet modernization expenses (i.e., railcar replacement and modernization expenses for meeting fuel efficiency and performance standards). The bill provides that no more than 2,000 freight railcars per taxpayer may be taken into account for purposes of determining the credit in a taxable year. 
 
The Department of the Treasury must report to Congress on the credit to provide information on the number of times the credit was claimed and the number of railcars scrapped or built as a result of the credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7904
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2022-05-27 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: 

Multiple Firearm Sales Reporting Modernization Act of 2022

 
This bill expands reporting requirements with respect to sales or dispositions of multiple firearms. 
 
Currently, a federal firearms licensee (e.g., a gun dealer) must report multiple sales or dispositions of pistols or revolvers to the same person within five business days. This bill requires a federal firearms licensee to report multiple sales or dispositions of any firearms to the same person within five business days.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Introduced in House