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HOME Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8360
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Housing Oversight and Mitigating Exploitation Act of 2022 or the HOME Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to carry out investigations and other activities to address market manipulation and the role of institutional investors in the pricing of rental units and single-family homes. It also makes it unlawful to rent or sell a dwelling unit or single-family home at an unconscionably excessive and exploitative price during a housing emergency declared by the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act

Bill: 117-hr-8361
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Computers and information technology
Criminal justice information and records
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Preventing Suicide Through Voluntary Firearm Purchase Delay Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish and maintain the Voluntary Purchase Delay Database.
 
In particular, the bill (1) allows individuals to voluntarily place their names to (or request removal from) the database established by this bill, and (2) makes it unlawful to sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to individuals listed in this database.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 16.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-12-07
text: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Discharged.
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Unborn Child Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-8362
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Unborn Child Support Act

 
 This bill requires states to apply child support obligations to the time period during pregnancy. This requirement is applicable retroactively based on a court order at the request of the pregnant parent and a determination by a physician of the month during which the child was conceived. Existing state requirements are applicable to these obligations, such as proof of parenthood.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Earning Experience Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8363
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Earning Experience Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to establish a pilot program that awards grants to institutions of higher education for establishing or expanding programs to provide students with work-based learning opportunities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Kids, Protecting Lunches Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8364
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Protecting Kids, Protecting Lunches Act of 2022 

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Agriculture from establishing certain requirements related to reserved spaces for biological males and females under the school meal programs. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act

Bill: 117-hr-8365
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act

 
This bill addresses issues relating to Tibet, including by establishing a statutory definition of Tibet that includes areas in Chinese provinces outside the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR). 
 
For the purposes of U.S. policies and activities relating to Tibet, this bill defines Tibet to include the TAR and the Tibetan areas of the Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces. (Generally, when China's government refers to Tibet, it means only the TAR, while Tibetan exile groups consider historical Tibet to include the TAR as well as areas in the provinces included in this bill's definition. China's government formally established the TAR in 1965.)
 
Furthermore, the objectives of the Office of the U.S. Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues shall include working to ensure that U.S. government statements and documents counter disinformation about Tibet by China's government and the Chinese Communist Party, including disinformation about Tibet's history and institutions. The bill also authorizes the office to take other actions to counter such disinformation. 
 
This bill also states that it is U.S. policy that the conflict between Tibet and China is unresolved and that Tibet's legal status remains to be determined in accordance with international law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Land Restoration and Resiliency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8366
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Land Restoration and Resiliency Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to enter into cooperative agreements with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to establish the Community Resilience and Restoration Fund at the foundation, for purposes including to
 
 
improve community safety in the face of climactic extremes through conservation and protection of restoration and resilience lands;
 
 protect, conserve, and restore restoration and resilience lands in order to help communities respond and adapt to natural threats, including wildfire, drought, extreme heat, and other threats posed or exacerbated by the impacts of global climate; and 
 
protect and enhance the biodiversity of wildlife populations across restoration and resilience lands. 
 
 
The bill defines 
restoration and resilience lands
 as fish, wildlife, and plant habitats, and other important natural areas in the United States, on public lands, private land (after obtaining proper consent from the landowner), or land of Indian tribes, including grasslands, shrublands, prairies, chaparral lands, forest lands, deserts, and riparian or wetland areas within or adjacent to these ecosystems.
 
To the extent amounts are available in the fund, the foundation shall award grants to eligible entities (e.g., a federal agency, a unit of local government, an Indian tribe, or a nonprofit organization) through a competitive grant process to carry out eligible projects and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

Bill: 117-hr-8367
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

 
This bill authorizes FY2023 appropriations for intelligence-related activities and addresses related issues. 
 

 

action_date: 2022-10-31
text: 

Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023

 
This bill authorizes intelligence activities for FY2023 and otherwise addresses matters related to the intelligence community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-10-31
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 392.
action_date: 2022-10-31
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Intelligence. H. Rept. 117-546.
action_date: 2022-10-31
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Intelligence. H. Rept. 117-546.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select).
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8368
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to establish a free on-line tax preparation and filing service and allows taxpayers to access third-party provided tax return information and information held by the IRS. 
 
The bill prohibits the IRS from entering into any agreement that restricts its legal right to provide tax return preparation services or to provide tax return filing services. 
 
The bill requires the IRS to establish and operate programs to (1) facilitate claims for the child care and the earned income tax credits, (2) provide software for the preparation and filing of individual income tax returns for taxable years beginning after 2022, (3) allow taxpayers to download third-party provided return information and IRS-held information to their tax returns, and (4) allow taxpayers to elect to have their tax returns prepared by the IRS.
 
The bill also requires verification of taxpayer identity and requires the IRS to conduct an outreach campaign to provide the public with information about this bill's programs and software.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act

Bill: 117-hr-8369
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: 

Reduce Exacerbated Inflation Negatively Impacting the Nation Act 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget and the Council of Economic Advisers to provide an inflation estimate for each executive order that is projected to cause an annual gross budgetary effect of at least $1 billion. 
 
The estimate must determine whether the executive order will have 
 
 
no significant impact on inflation,
 
a quantifiable inflationary impact on the consumer price index, or
 
a significant impact on inflation that cannot be quantified at the time the estimate is prepared.
 
 
The requirement does not apply to executive orders that (1) provide for emergency assistance or relief at the request of any state or local government or an official of the government, or (2) are necessary for national security or the ratification or implementation of international treaty obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 415 High Street in Freeport, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Joseph Rodney Chapman Post Office".

Bill: 117-hr-8370
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15]
Introduced: 2022-07-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Pennsylvania
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 415 High Street in Freeport, Pennsylvania, as the "Corporal Joseph Rodney Chapman Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-09-20
text: Request to order reported by unanimous consent failed.
action_date: 2022-09-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-13
text: Introduced in House
Border Bonds for America Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8371
Sponsor: Rep. Palazzo, Steven M. [R-MS-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Border Bonds for America Act of 2022 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to issue up to $5 billion in bonds in a fiscal year, with proceeds going into a trust fund for the construction of reinforced fencing, physical barriers, and related infrastructure for the southwest border with Mexico. Treasury may issue such bonds for 30 years from the bill's enactment date.
 
The bill also authorizes Treasury to accept gifts of money for the same purpose. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Multilateral Leadership Act

Bill: 117-hr-8372
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Multilateral Leadership Act

 
This bill prohibits the President from exercising authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to regulate or prohibit financial transactions of United Nations programs, funds, agencies, or entities, or to block the property of persons working for the United Nations and its related organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To establish the Prairie du Rocher French Colonial National Historical Park in the State of Illinois, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8375
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 
This bill establishes the Prairie du Rocher French Colonial National Historical Park in Illinois. The park is established in order to assist in the preservation and interpretation of and education concerning Prairie du Rocher and the French Colonial Historic District. 
 
The historical park shall consist of certain lands and specified structures.
 
The Department of the Interior shall manage the park in such a manner as will preserve resources and cultural landscapes related to the history of the historic district and to enhance public understanding of the cultural heritage of the historic district.
 
The bill authorizes Interior to 
 
 
construct on federal land or lease space to operate and to maintain an interpretive visitor center complex to provide for the general information and orientation needs of the park and the historic district and serve the needs of the park;
 
enter into cooperative agreements for the development of the interpretive visitor center complex, educational programs, and other materials to facilitate public use of the park and historic district; and 
 
 acquire lands and interests within the park's boundaries by donation, purchase with donated or appropriated funds, and exchange, except that lands and interests within the park that are owned by Illinois or any political subdivision of Illinois may be acquired only by donation or exchange.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Peggy Frank Memorial Act

Bill: 117-hr-8376
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Peggy Frank Memorial Act

 
This bill requires, by three years after this bill's enactment, that any delivery vehicle owned or leased by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) be modified to include a climate control unit.
 
The USPS may not purchase or lease any delivery vehicle unless that vehicle has a climate control unit.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the Attorney General to use forfeited property for remediation purposes when the offenses underlying the forfeitures have a substantial connection to the United States efforts to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8377
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to retain or transfer certain forfeited property (i.e., property that is forfeited because the underlying offense has a substantial connection to U.S efforts to counter Russian aggression in Ukraine).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Protect S.T.A.T.E. Lines Act

Bill: 117-hr-8378
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Protect Statutory Termination of Abortions from Taxpayer-funded Excursions Lines Act or the Protect S.T.A.T.E. Lines Act

 
This bill prohibits, subject to some exceptions, the use of federal funds to pay for an individual's interstate travel for an abortion. The funding prohibition does not apply to abortions performed in cases of rape or incest or when necessary to resolve a pregnancy-related physical condition that endangers the individual's life.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Flying Mission Oversight and Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-8379
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Flying Mission Oversight and Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense, prior to the relocation or elimination, to submit a report describing the justification for its decision to relocate or eliminate any flying mission with respect to an active or reserve component of the Army, Navy, or Air Force.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8380
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Federal-Indian relations
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Illinois
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Indian social and development programs
Land transfers
Land use and conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: 

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act of 

2022

 
This bill provides for the settlement of claims by the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation relating to the Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation in northern Illinois. The reservation consists of 1,280 acres and, due to a sale in 1849, is currently occupied by the tribe and nontribe entities, including the State of Illinois, the Dekalb County government, and corporate entities.
 
In particular, the bill recognizes the tribe's ownership of 130 acres of land within the reservation. Further, the bill extinguishes the tribe's title to the remainder of the reservation.
 
Additionally, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to pay the tribe a specified amount as partial settlement of the tribe's claims for the tribe to promote economic development and land acquisition. The bill also outlines a process for subsequent payments to the tribe.
 
The tribe may use these settlement funds to acquire up to 1,151 acres of land within or near the reservation.
 
 The bill authorizes the tribe to enter into agreements with the State of Illinois and local governments. It requires land that is located within the boundaries of the reservation and owned by state and local governments to be managed to protect any human or cultural remains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-14
text: Introduced in House