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Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4432
Sponsor: Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]
Introduced: 2022-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Endangered and threatened species
Reptiles
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: 

Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes the Sea Turtle Rescue Assistance Grant Program.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
Service to the Fleet Act

Bill: 117-s-4433
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2022-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: 

Service to the Fleet Act

 
This bill provides funding for improvements to the facilities of the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland, including for preparation and construction of a floating drydock and phases one through three of the Coast Guard Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan.
 
It also requires to the Coast Guard to submit to Congress a report outlining workforce development needs at the Coast Guard Yard with respect to its civilian employees and active duty members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
My Body, My Data Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4434
Sponsor: Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Introduced: 2022-06-16 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: 

My Body, My Data Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes protections, subject to certain limits, for personal reproductive or sexual health information. This includes information relating to past, present, or future surgeries or procedures, such as the termination of a pregnancy.
 
Specifically, commercial entities, including individuals, nonprofits, and common carriers, may not collect, retain, use, or disclose personal reproductive or sexual health information except (1) with the express written consent of the individual to whom such information relates, or (2) as is strictly necessary to provide a requested product or service. 
 
Commercial entities also must provide individuals with access to, and a reasonable mechanism to delete, any of their reproductive or sexual health information upon request. Further, commercial entities must maintain and publish a privacy policy describing their practices with respect to such information.
 
The bill's provisions do not apply to entities that are subject to certain existing health-related privacy regulations, such as the privacy regulations issued under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Additionally, the provisions do not apply to the disclosure of personal reproductive or sexual health information for the publication of newsworthy information of legitimate public concern.
 
The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission and by private civil actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Introduced in Senate
FIND Act

Bill: 117-s-4435
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2022-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: 

Firearm Industry Non-Discrimination Act or the FIND Act

 
This bill prohibits the federal government from entering into contracts with an entity that discriminates against firearm trade associations or businesses that deal in firearms, ammunition, or related products.
 
 Specifically, the bill requires a federal agency to include in each contract for the procurement of goods or services awarded by the agency a clause requiring the prime contractor to certify that it (1) has no policy, practice, guidance, or directive that discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association; and (2) will not adopt a policy, practice, guidance, or directive that discriminates against a firearm entity or firearm trade association during the term of the contract.
 
The bill establishes (1) a similar requirement with respect to subcontracts, and (2) penalties for violations.
 
The bill makes such prohibition inapplicable to a contract for the procurement of goods or services that is a sole-source contract.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4436
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: 

Advanced Border Coordination Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to establish at least two Joint Operations Centers along the U.S.-Mexico border. The centers shall provide centralized operations hubs for (1) coordinating operations between federal, state, local, and tribal agencies as needed; and (2) coordinating and supporting border operations, including detecting criminal activity, including activity related to transnational criminal organizations and illegal border crossings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews Tax Relief Act

Bill: 117-s-4437
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: 

Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crews Tax Relief Act

 
This bill extends the tax exclusion of the combat zone compensation of enlisted personnel and commissioned offices to include individuals operating a remotely piloted aircraft in a combat zone or providing certain intelligence with respect to such aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
Let's Get to Work Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4438
Sponsor: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: 

Let's Get to Work Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies and expands work requirements under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including by repealing the temporary suspension of work requirements due to COVID-19 that allowed participants who would have lost eligibility due to such requirements to continue to receive SNAP benefits.
 
The bill also establishes work requirements for families residing in public housing and participating in low-income housing assistance programs by applying SNAP work requirements to such programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate
SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4440
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Health care coverage and access
Health promotion and preventive care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Screening for Communities to Receive Early and Equitable Needed Services for Cancer Act or the SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2022

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 and makes changes to the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. This program provides funding to states for breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for individuals who have low incomes, are uninsured, or otherwise lack access to such services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide for peer support specialists for claimants who are survivors of military sexual trauma, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-4441
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 
This bill prescribes that a peer support specialist of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) must not be responsible for providing assistance to a veteran regarding a claim for compensation for a covered mental health condition (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder) based on military sexual trauma (MST) experienced during active service. Such specialists must only provide counseling services, guidance, and support and must not participate in the adjudication of the claim.
 
As part of the forms for claims for compensation for a covered mental health condition based on MST, the VA must include an option for a veteran to elect to be referred to a MST trauma coordinator at the VA facility closest to the veteran's residence.
 
Additionally, the VA must (1) ensure that its peer support specialists receive annual training on providing peer support regarding MST, and (2) provide annual training on the processing of claims for compensation for covered mental health conditions based on MST to its MST coordinators and peer specialists. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Public and Federally Assisted Housing Fire Safety Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4442
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing industry and standards
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Public and Federally Assisted Housing Fire Safety Act of 2022

 
This bill requires each unit of federally assisted housing to contain hardwired or tamper-resistant battery-powered smoke alarms. The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to complete a national campaign to educate the general public about health and safety requirements and how to properly use safety features in housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Informing Grandfamilies Act

Bill: 117-s-4443
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Informing Grandfamilies Act

 
This bill requires states to notify kinship caregivers (e.g., grandparents or other relatives caring for a minor child) about (1) the care and placement options under federal, state, and local laws; (2) the requirements to become a foster family home; (3) whether the state has elected to make guardianship assistance payments; and (4) other policies under the state program that may assist such caregivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Safeguarding Awards for Victims and Enforcement Settlements Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4444
Sponsor: Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Safeguarding Awards for Victims and Enforcement Settlements Act of 2022 

 
This bill prohibits the federal government from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement on behalf of the United States that provides for a payment to any person or entity other than the United States that is not a party to a dispute. The bill provides exceptions to allow certain payments, including those that (1) remedy actual harm (including to the environment) caused by the party making the payment, and (2) constitute a payment for services rendered in connection with the case. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-s-4445
Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act

 
This bill modifies the Mortgage Revenue Bond (MRB) and the Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) programs of state housing finance agencies to expand the supply of affordable homes and homeownership for low- and moderate-income homebuyers.
 
The bill requires the Internal Revenue Service to annually report to the congressional banking and tax committees on the use by states of their private activity bond authority for housing investment. It also increases the MRB home improvement loan limit from $15,000 to $50,000.
 
The bill permits states to redesignate their carryforward authority and use it for housing investment and permits MRBs to be used to refinance home loans for borrowers who have incomes below 115% of median family income. 
 
The bill modifies the recapture requirement for homeowners who receive a MRB-financed mortgage or an MCC and sell their residences within the first nine years of ownership and reduces the time in which a recapture tax may be assessed from nine to five years. 
 
The bill revises the MCC benefit calculation to a simple percentage of the original loan balance. It also extends the MCC revocation period from two to four years. 
 
The bill reduces the public notice requirement for MCC issuers from 90 days to 30 days and eliminates certain MCC reporting requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Modernizing the Accelerated Approval Pathway Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4446
Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Modernizing the Accelerated Approval Pathway Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to the accelerated approval of drugs for serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions, including by requiring the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to publish its reasons when it determines a postapproval study to be unnecessary. The bill also establishes a pilot program and an FDA council to support the development of drugs for rare diseases and ensure the appropriate use of the accelerated approval pathway, respectively.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3077-3078)
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4447
Sponsor: Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2022

 
This bill requires certain newly constructed, federally assisted housing, including single-family homes and town houses, to contain at least one level that complies with specified minimum standards of accessibility for individuals with disabilities. An aggrieved person may commence a civil action with respect to a violation of this requirement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Suicide Prevention Act

Bill: 117-s-4448
Sponsor: Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Suicide Prevention Act

 
This bill establishes two grant programs to prevent self-harm and suicide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must award grants to state, local, and tribal health departments to expand surveillance of self-harm, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration must award grants to hospital emergency departments for programs to prevent suicide attempts among patients after discharge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3078)
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act

Bill: 117-s-4449
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Saving Access to Laboratory Services Act

 
This bill modifies provisions relating to Medicare payment rates for clinical diagnostic laboratory services, including by requiring payment rates for certain widely available clinical diagnostic laboratory tests to be based on a statistical sampling of private sector rates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP Act

Bill: 117-s-4450
Sponsor: Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Securing Privileged Economic, Commercial, Investment, And Legal Rights to Ensure Longstanding Atlantic Trade and Investment Opportunities and Nurture Security, Happiness, Innovation, and Prosperity Act or the SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP Act

 
This bill grants certain authorities to the President for entering into a comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom (UK).
 
Specifically, the bill directs the President to initiate negotiations with the UK regarding tariff and nontariff barriers affecting any industry, product, or service sector.
 
The bill authorizes the President to enter into a comprehensive trade agreement with the UK, with such authority expiring on July 1, 2027. Further, the President may proclaim a modification or continuance of any existing duty or continuance of existing excise or duty-free treatment to carry out an agreement, with certain limitations.
 
The bill also requires the President to consult with and notify Congress regarding the intention of the President to enter into an agreement or make a proclamation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
ENSURE Act

Bill: 117-s-4451
Sponsor: Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Ensuring National Security Using Reliable Energy Act or the ENSURE Act

 
This bill reverts certain policies under which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission processes applications for natural gas pipelines and related projects to previous policies until specified conditions for power system reliability and natural gas and electricity pricing are met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Charles W. Lindberg Post Office".

Bill: 117-s-4452
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 825 West 65th Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Charles W. Lindberg Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Martin Olav Sabo Post Office".

Bill: 117-s-4453
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South 1st Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Martin Olav Sabo Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the "Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-s-4454
Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Minnesota
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 236 Concord Exchange North in South Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the "Officer Leo Pavlak Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4455
Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA]
Introduced: 2022-06-22 in the Senate
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: 

Stop Supreme Court Leakers Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes new federal crimes for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by officers or employees of the Supreme Court. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits an officer or employee of the Supreme Court from knowingly publishing, divulging, disclosing, or making known in any manner or to any extent not authorized by law any confidential information coming to that officer or employee in the course of the employment or official duties of that officer or employee. 
 
A violation is subject to criminal penalties. Additionally, property involved in a violation or attempted violation, or which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to a violation, is subject to civil forfeiture. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-06-22
text: Introduced in Senate