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A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the "Bob Krueger Post Office".

Bill: 117-s-5197
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 651 Business Interstate Highway 35 North Suite 420 in New Braunfels, Texas, as the "Bob Krueger Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Local Assistance Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-5198
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Local Assistance Fairness Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund to revenue-sharing consolidated governments. (The Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund is a general revenue enhancement program that provides additional assistance to eligible counties and tribal governments for any governmental purpose except lobbying.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Coral Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5199
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Coral Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes the federal agencies on the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, which includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to carry out prize competitions that promote coral reef research and conservation. The prize competitions must be designed to help the United States achieve its goal of developing new and effective ways to advance the understanding, monitoring, and sustainability of coral reef ecosystems.
 
Priority is given to establish programs that address communities, environments, or industries that are in distress due to the decline or degradation of coral reef ecosystems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7035-7036)
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Expanding Home Loans for Guard and Reservists Act

Bill: 117-s-5200
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Expanding Home Loans for Guard and Reservists Act

 
This bill revises a provision that makes full-time National Guard members who serve for a specified period eligible for home loans from the Department of Veterans Affairs to instead make any individual who performed active service for the specified period eligible for the loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5201
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Helen Keller National Center Reauthorization Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 the Helen Keller National Center for Youths and Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Adult Education WORKS Act

Bill: 117-s-5202
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Adult Education Workforce Opportunity and Reskilling for Knowledge and Success Act or the Adult Education WORKS Act

 
This bill expands adult education and literacy activities provided through state and local workforce development programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: S7036)
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Bring Our Heroes Home Act

Bill: 117-s-5203
Sponsor: Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Bring Our Heroes Home Act

 
This bill establishes at the National Archives a collection of records that relate to the fate or status of missing Armed Forces personnel. 
 
Each government office must identify and locate such records in its possession and transmit them to the Archives.
 
The bill establishes a temporary board to ensure and facilitate the review, transmission, and public disclosure of such records.

 
The bill generally makes such records public, with specified exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
DIPLOMA Act

Bill: 117-s-5204
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Developing Innovative Partnerships and Learning Opportunities that Motivate Achievement Act or the DIPLOMA Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to states and, through them, subgrants to consortia of local educational agencies and community partners to address school readiness and achievement. Subgrants may be used for activities including early learning, academic support services, parent-education programs, and teacher training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

Bill: 117-s-5205
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Abandoned Well Remediation Research and Development Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a research, development, and demonstration program with respect to (1) data collection on the location of abandoned oil or gas wells; (2) the plugging, remediation, reclamation, and repurposing of the wells; and (3) strategies to mitigate potential environmental impacts of documented and undocumented abandoned wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Dignity Act

Bill: 117-s-5206
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Dignity Act

 
This bill provides for visitation between federal prisoners who are primary caretaker parents and their family members, in accordance with specified procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Supporting Innovation in Public Safety Act

Bill: 117-s-5207
Sponsor: Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Supporting Innovation in Public Safety Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to award competitive grants to at least 100 state, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to perform demonstration projects that support programs and policies to improve public safety, including those that improve mental health crisis response. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Aviation Workforce Development Act

Bill: 117-s-5208
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Aviation Workforce Development Act 

 
This bill expands the aviation workforce development grant programs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by increasing annual funding for aircraft pilot development and the development of the aviation maintenance workforce.
 
It also directs the FAA to establish a national strategic plan for addressing projected shortages of aviation workers in the aviation industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Student Loan Literacy Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5209
Sponsor: Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Student Loan Literacy Act of 2022

 
This bill provides funding for and establishes a grant program for community-based nonprofit student loan consumer assistance programs.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to states for establishing, expanding, or providing support for community-based nonprofit student loan consumer assistance programs. These programs must provide assistance to borrowers of federal student loans, including by educating borrowers about their rights and responsibilities with respect to federal student loans.
 
ED must (1) make publicly available through its website a list of programs receiving grant funds; and (2) ensure that each holder, servicer, and collector of federal student loans provides at least one federal student loan liaison to communicate with such assistance programs on various issues, including the handling of borrower complaints.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5210
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes greenhouse gas emission reporting and related requirements for certain crypto-asset (e.g., Bitcoin) mining operations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in Senate
Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act

Bill: 117-s-5211
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Interdiction for the Protection of Child Victims of Exploitation and Human Trafficking Act

 
This bill expands the scope of grants that are awarded through the Department of Justice for specialized human trafficking training and technical assistance for service providers to include Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs that build law enforcement capacity to address human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
I CAN Act

Bill: 117-s-5212
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Blood and blood diseases
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug therapy
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Sex and reproductive health
Surgery and anesthesia
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Improving Care and Access to Nurses Act or the I CAN Act

 
This bill allows other health care providers besides physicians (e.g., nurses) to provide certain services under Medicare and Medicaid. 
 
Among other changes, the bill (1) allows a nurse practitioner or physician assistant to fulfill documentation requirements for Medicare coverage of special shoes for diabetic individuals; (2) expedites the ability of physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and clinical nurse specialists to supervise Medicare cardiac, intensive cardiac, and pulmonary rehabilitation programs; and (3) allows nurse practitioners to certify the need for inpatient hospital services under Medicare and Medicaid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
No Tax Subsidies for E-Cigarette and Tobacco Ads Act

Bill: 117-s-5213
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

No Tax Subsidies for E-Cigarette and Tobacco Ads Act

 
This bill denies a tax deduction for expenses relating to direct-to-consumer advertising of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Methane Emissions Research Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5214
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Methane Emissions Research Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a methane research pilot study to quantify methane emissions from infrastructure used for the production, gathering and boosting, processing, transmission, and storage of oil and natural gas in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Collaborative Modifications to Aging Infrastructure Projects Act

Bill: 117-s-5215
Sponsor: Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Collaborative Modifications to Aging Infrastructure Projects Act 

 
This bill allows the Bureau of Reclamation to modify project features for transferred works to increase public benefits as part the bureau's extraordinary operation and maintenance work on aging infrastructure projects. The bill also allows the reimbursable and nonreimbursable costs of these projects to be advanced from the Aging Infrastructure Account. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act

Bill: 117-s-5216
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act 

 
This bill limits or repeals tax and royalty relief provisions that benefit certain large oil companies. It modifies foreign tax credit rules applicable to such companies and limits deductions for intangible drilling and development costs, percentage depletion, enhanced oil recovery, and other tax preferences. 
 
The bill repeals the outer Continental Shelf deep water and deep gas royalty relief provisions. 
 
Any savings resulting from this bill must be used for federal budget deficit reduction or, if there is no current budget deficit, for reducing the federal debt.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Use it or Lose it Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5217
Sponsor: Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Use it or Lose it Act of 2022

 
This bill requires holders of certain offshore and onshore oil and gas leases to diligently develop their leases. The Department of the Interior may assess an annual fee against a leaseholder who fails to appropriately develop a lease.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Clarifying Civil Rights Remedies Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5218
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Clarifying Civil Rights Remedies Act of 2022

 
This bill specifies that damages in certain civil rights lawsuits may include all types of compensatory damages, including for emotional harm.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Restaurant Revitalization Tax Credit Act

Bill: 117-s-5219
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Restaurant Revitalization Tax Credit Act 

 
This bill allows certain restaurants affected by the COVID-19 pandemic a credit against payroll tax liability up to 100% of the wages paid to their employees, not to exceed $25,000 in any calendar quarter.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5220
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Small Business Administration Reauthorization and Modernization Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies and reauthorizes various Small Business Administration programs, including the Women's Business Center program, the Small Business Development Center program, the SCORE business mentoring program, and the State Trade Expansion Program. It also provides for business ownership and entrepreneurship training to veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
STEP Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5221
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Performance measurement
Small Business Administration
State and local finance
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

STEP Improvement Act of 202

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This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Small Business Administration's (SBA) State Trade Expansion Program, which provides foreign trade assistance to small businesses, and it revises provisions related to the administration of the program.
 
Specifically, the SBA must establish a time frame for, and provide certain information related to, the application process, and it must conduct an annual survey to solicit feedback on the program. The SBA must collect data on certain performance metrics such as the (1) total number of small businesses assisted by the program, (2) total dollar amount of export sales by participating small businesses, and (3) number of small businesses that have created new jobs through their participation in the program.
 
The bill also requires applicants for participation to include a budget plan that outlines their intended use of funds awarded under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5222
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 
 
Maintaining and Enhancing Hydroelectricity and River Restoration Act of 2022

 
This bill allows a new investment tax credit for 30% of the basis of any hydropower improvement property. The bill defines such property as property that, amount other things (1) adds or improves fish passage at a qualified dam (i.e., a hydroelectric dam licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or legally operating without such a license before the enactment of this bill); (2) maintains or improves the quality of the water retained or released by such a dam; (3) promotes downstream sediment transport processes and habitat maintenance for such a dam; (4) removes an obsolete river obstruction; or (5) places into service an approved remote dam (i.e., a hydroelectric dam that services certain communities and does not contribute to atmosphere pollution).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5223
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses zoning policies, housing affordability, and economic security.
 
Specifically, the bill requires each state or local government that receives a Community Development Block Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development or a Surface Transportation Block Grant from the Department of Transportation to develop and implement a strategy to support zoning policies or regulatory initiatives that create a more affordable, elastic, and diverse housing supply.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes a tax credit for individuals who spend more than 30% of their adjusted gross income on rent and requires the Department of the Treasury to make advance payments of this credit to eligible taxpayers who elect that option.
 
The bill also requires Treasury to establish a Rainy Day Savings Program to allow an eligible taxpayer to defer 20% of the amount that would otherwise be refunded to the taxpayer. Treasury must invest the deferred amount and later disburse that amount, along with any interest, to the taxpayer.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5224
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 
 
Family Farmer and Rancher Tax Fairness Act of 2022 

 
This bill excludes from the gross income of certain farmers, ranchers, and forest land owners who are at financial risk payments for debt relief and for remedying past discrimination against such individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate