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Department of Energy Clean Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9446
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2022-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: 

Department of Energy Clean Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to conduct a program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial application of clean hydrogen and fuel cell technologies to enable production, distribution, and use of clean hydrogen and to advance the development of related hydrogen infrastructure. Under the bill, DOE must also enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to examine research pathways for hydrogen production processes with net-zero direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Terence George.

Bill: 117-hr-9447
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2022-12-06 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Provides for the relief of Terence George.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-06
text: Introduced in House
Free Speech Defense Act

Bill: 117-hr-9448
Sponsor: Rep. Clyde, Andrew S. [R-GA-9]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Free Speech Defense Act

 
This bill addresses issues relating to the federal government and social media. For example, the bill (1) terminates the Disinformation Governance Board; and (2) prohibits the federal government from encouraging a social media company to remove a user or label content as misinformation, with certain exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Homeland Security, 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: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act

Bill: 117-hr-9449
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 
 
Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, certain broadband grants made for broadband deployment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Connecting Small Businesses with Capital Act

Bill: 117-hr-9450
Sponsor: Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Connecting Small Businesses with Capital Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to publish resources about the assistance available to small businesses for raising capital from investors through crowdfunding and other limited offerings of securities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
HALOS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9451
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business investment and capital
Financial services and investments
Higher education
Marketing and advertising
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act of 2022 or the HALOS Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revise Regulation D, which exempts certain offerings from SEC registration requirements but prohibits general solicitation or general advertising with respect to such offerings. Specifically, this prohibition shall not apply to events with specified kinds of sponsors&#8212;including 
angel investor groups
 unconnected to broker-dealers or investment advisers&#8212;where presentations or communications are made by or on behalf of an issuer, if
 
 
the advertising does not refer to any specific offering of securities by the issuer; 
 
the sponsor does not provide investment recommendation or advice to attendees, engage in investment negotiations with attendees, charge certain fees, or receive certain compensation; and 
 
no specific information regarding a securities offering is communicated beyond the type and amount of securities being offered, the amount of securities already subscribed for, and the intended use of proceeds from the offering.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9452
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2022

 
This bill increases the dollar limit of certain securities offerings exempt from registration requirements from $50 million annually to $75 million annually, adjusted in future years for inflation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Coral Reef Sustainability Through Innovation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9453
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Coral Reef 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: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
DIPLOMA Act

Bill: 117-hr-9454
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
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: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9455
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season, including by applying the Reid Vapor Pressure requirements that are applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act

Bill: 117-hr-9456
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Promoting Local Management of the Lesser Prairie Chicken Act

 
This bill prohibits any population of the lesser prairie-chicken (
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
) in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado, or New Mexico from being listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). The lesser prairie-chicken is a type of grouse.
 
Currently, two distinct population segments (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken are listed under the ESA. The Southern DPS of the lesser prairie-chicken is listed as endangered and the Northern DPS is listed as threatened. The bill removes both populations from the list. 
 
In addition, the bill bans Interior from listing any population of the lesser prairie-chicken as endangered or threatened in the future.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8806)
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Crypto-Asset Environmental Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9457
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
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: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To provide temporary authority to the Secretary of Defense to appoint retired members of the Armed Forces to military health system positions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9458
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense to appoint retired members of the Armed Forces to medical or health profession positions in the civil service within the military health system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exclude qualified institutional buyers and institutional accredited investors when calculating holders of a security for purposes of the mandatory registration threshold under such Act, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9459
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 
This bill excludes certain institutional investors and buyers from inclusion as holders of a security for purposes of mandatory registration thresholds applicable to an issuer of securities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Stop Transnational Repression Act

Bill: 117-hr-9460
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

Stop Transnational Repression Act

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense related to transnational repression (e.g., activities of foreign governments to harass, intimidate, or coerce individuals in the United States).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To extend duty-free treatment provided with respect to imports from Haiti under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.

Bill: 117-hr-9461
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2022-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: 

This bill extends through FY2035 the special duty-free rules for Haiti. It also extends through FY2035 the duty-free treatment provided for apparel articles assembled in Haiti and imported from Haiti or the Dominican Republic.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Savings for Americans Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9462
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Retirement Savings for Americans Act of 2022

 
This bill provides retirement savings accounts to eligible workers without employer-sponsored retirement plans. Participants' contributions are matched (up to certain thresholds) by the government through a federal income tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House
SAT Streamlining Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9463
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Satellite And Telecommunications Streamlining Act of 2022 or the SAT Streamlining Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Federal Communications Commission to revise its regulations that govern licenses and grants of U.S. market access (and renewals and modifications of such licenses and grants) for geostationary and nongeostationary orbital satellites. Geostationary orbital satellites maintain a stationary position in orbit while nongeostationary satellites move in relation to the Earth's surface. These satellites may be used to provide broadband and other telecommunications services.
 
Matters that must be addressed in the regulations include deadlines for decisions regarding the licenses or grants of market access, space safety and orbital debris, and sharing of the electromagnetic spectrum band by licensees and grantees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Secure Space Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9464
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Spacecraft and satellites
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Secure Space Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from granting licenses or access to U.S. markets for non-geostationary orbit satellite systems to certain producers or providers of communications equipment or services. Specifically, the FCC may not grant a license or market access to an entity that produces or provides equipment or a service that the FCC determines poses an unacceptable risk to national security or the security and safety of U.S. persons (e.g., Huawei Technologies Company and China Mobile International USA Inc.). 
 
Non-geostationary satellite systems are comprised of satellites that do not maintain a stationary position but rather move in relation to the Earth's surface; they may be used to provide broadband and other telecommunications services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Civil Service Federal Employee Serving Overseas Pay Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-9465
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: 

Civil Service Federal Employee Serving Overseas Pay Equity Act

 
This bill provides for locality pay for federal employees who are teleworking overseas under a Domestic Employee Teleworking Overseas agreement, specifically the locality pay for where they would have been working in the United States or what they would receive as a member of the Foreign Service, whichever is lower.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House
Housing, Opportunity, Mobility, and Equity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9466
Sponsor: Rep. Clyburn, James E. [D-SC-6]
Introduced: 2022-12-08 in the House
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: 2022-12-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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: 2022-12-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 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: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-08
text: Introduced in House