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RETURN Act

Bill: 117-hr-6754
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Conflicts and wars
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Europe
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military operations and strategy
Transportation costs
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Russians Engaged in Threating Ukraine Refuge Now Act or the RETURN Act 

 
This bill prohibits the U.S. government from charging U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents for their evacuation related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 
 
Specifically, the Department of State must waive repayment for travel expenses incurred on behalf of such an individual as part of the evacuation from Ukraine. Similarly, no federal employee may solicit or accept funds from such an individual as a condition of using government-provided transportation to repatriate the individual to the United States.
 
No traveler may be denied State Department-sponsored air travel related to such an evacuation due to a failure to provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test or recovery from COVID-19. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
CAPTURE Act

Bill: 117-hr-6755
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Cooperation Among Police, Tech, and Users to Resist Exploitation Act or the CAPTURE Act

 
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report to Congress on cooperation between social media companies and law enforcement to address illegal content and activity online.
 
The report must include legislative recommendations to improve cooperation, as well as recommendations to require social media companies to establish a single point of contact in every state for federal, state, and local law enforcement entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Workforce Opportunity for Returning Citizens Act

Bill: 117-hr-6756
Sponsor: Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn [D-GA-7]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Workforce Opportunity for Returning Citizens Act or the WORC Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to local workforce development boards, colleges, area career and technical education schools, or other entities to develop or expand education or workforce training programs that (1) lead to employment opportunities for incarcerated and previously incarcerated (i.e., incarcerated at any time during the preceding 36-month period) individuals; and (2) reduce recidivism. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Insulin Savings for Patients Act

Bill: 117-hr-6757
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Insulin Savings for Patients Act

 
This bill requires 100% of negotiated price concessions for covered insulin products under the Medicare prescription drug benefit to be reflected at the point of sale by 2024. The Government Accountability Office must annually report on the effects of the bill's implementation, including with respect to insulin prices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Fair Calculations in Civil Damages Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6758
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Economic theory
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Evidence and witnesses
Government studies and investigations
Judges
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Fair Calculations in Civil Damages Act of 

2022

 
This bill prohibits courts from awarding damages to plaintiffs in civil actions using a calculation for projected future earning potential that takes into account a plaintiff's race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or actual or perceived sexual orientation.
 
The bill requires the Department of Labor to develop guidance for economists to develop future earnings tables that do not rely on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, or actual or perceived sexual orientation. Additionally, Labor and the Department of Justice must develop guidance for states on how to calculate future earnings in state tort proceedings in a manner that is free of such biases. 
 
The Judicial Conference of the United States must report on damages awarded under federal law for personal injury, employment discrimination, tort damages, and cases involving protected classes of individuals sharing a common characteristic or identity who are legally protected against discrimination. The Administrative Office of the United States Courts must submit recommendations to ensure that future earnings calculations that take into account age and disability do not conflict with federal equal protection laws.
 
The bill requires the Federal Judicial Center to train federal judges on how to implement this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6759
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Child health
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Employment and training programs
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Environmental technology
Government information and archives
Intergovernmental relations
Minority health
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Environmental Justice Air Quality Monitoring Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to implement a pilot program to award, on a competitive basis, grants or contracts to state, local, and tribal air agencies to carry out specified projects for hyperlocal air quality monitoring systems in environmental justice communities (i.e., communities with significant representation of communities of color, low income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities that experience, or are at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects).
 
A project carried out using a grant or contract awarded under the pilot program may not exceed five years in duration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6760
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Made in America Manufacturing Communities Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes the Manufacturing Communities Support Program to provide financial and technical assistance to support investments in U.S. manufacturing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require certain Tennessee Valley Authority employees to include their annual salary in annual disclosure reports, and for the other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6761
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 
This bill requires certain Tennessee Valley Authority officers and employees to include their total annual compensation in annual financial disclosure reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Special Inspector General for Law Enforcement Act

Bill: 117-hr-6762
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Special Inspector General for Law Enforcement Act

 
This bill establishes the Office of the Special Inspector General for Law Enforcement. The bill sets forth the duties of the office, including investigating 
 
 
racial profiling, officer misconduct, use of force, use of deadly force, or pattern or practice of unconstitutional misconduct involving federal law enforcement agencies or officers; and
 
use-of-deadly-force cases referred by state and local law enforcement agencies. 
 
 
 The bill requires a state or local government that receives funding under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program or the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to have in effect a law establishing a process by which use-of-deadly-force cases can be referred to the office for investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Relief Act

Bill: 117-hr-6763
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Small Business Tax Relief Act

 
This bill establishes a graduated corporate tax rate for corporations whose taxable income does not exceed $5 million. The rate of such tax is 18% of taxable income not exceeding $400,000, and 21% of taxable income that equals or exceeds $400,000. 
 
The bill also modifies the tax treatment of carried interest, which is compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity or hedge fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits. (Under current law, carried interest is taxed as investment income rather than at ordinary income tax rates.)
 
The bill includes provisions that 
 
 
set forth a special rule for the inclusion in gross income of partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services,
 
 treat as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to an investment services partnership interest except to the extent such gain is attributable to a partner's qualified capital interest, 
 
 exempt income from investment services partnership interests from treatment as qualifying income of a publicly traded partnership, 
 
 exempt certain family partnerships from the application of this bill, 
 
 increase the penalty for underpayments of tax resulting from failure to treat income from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income, and
 
 include income and loss from an investment services partnership interest for purposes of determining net earnings from self-employment and applicable self-employment taxes.
 
 
The bill defines 
investment services partnership interest
 as any interest in a partnership held by a person who provides services to a partnership by (1) advising the partnership about investing in, purchasing, or selling specified assets; (2) managing, acquiring, or disposing of specified assets; or (3) arranging financing with respect to acquiring specified assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6764
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Preventing Violence Against Female Inmates Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a framework to prohibit correctional institutions at the federal and state levels from using gender identity to house inmates of one biological sex with inmates of the other biological sex.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
FUELS Act

Bill: 117-hr-6765
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental regulatory procedures
Farmland
Motor fuels
Oil and gas
Pollution liability
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act

 
This bill increases thresholds for requiring a farm to have a plan to address oil spills.
 
Currently, regulations require a farm to have an oil spill control and prevention plan that is certified by a professional engineer if the farm's aboveground oil storage capacity is above a certain threshold or if the farm has a reportable oil discharge history. A farm with lower aboveground storage capacity and no reportable history is either allowed to self-certify its plan or not required to have a plan at all, depending on the farm's storage capacity. 
 
Under the bill, the Environmental Protection Agency must require a farm to have a professionally certified plan if the farm has an aggregate aboveground oil storage capacity of 40,000 gallons or more, whereas the current threshold is 20,000 gallons. The bill also raises the aggregate capacity thresholds at which a farm with no reportable oil discharge history may self-certify its plan or is not required to have a plan. 
 
The bill also limits when a farm's aboveground oil storage containers on separate parcels shall count toward the farm's oil storage capacity for the purposes of these thresholds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6766
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Federal district courts
Judges
Lawyers and legal services
Members of Congress
New York City
New York State
Racial and ethnic relations
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Congressional Tribute to Constance Baker Motley Act of 2022

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Constance Baker Motley in recognition of her contributions and service to the United States in advancing civil rights as an attorney, elected official, and judge.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act

Bill: 117-hr-6767
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Portable Benefits for Independent Workers Pilot Program Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants for FY2022, on a competitive basis, to states, local governments, or nonprofit organizations to support broad innovation and experimentation with respect to portable benefits. 
 
Portable benefits are work-related benefits that are provided to workers who are not traditional full-time employees in a manner that allows the worker to maintain the benefits upon changing jobs. 
 
The grants must be used for (1) the evaluation, or improvement to the design or implementation, of existing models or approaches for providing portable benefits; or (2) the design, implementation, and evaluation of new models or approaches for providing such benefits. The grants may not be used for a model or approach that provides only retirement-related benefits. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate and report to Congress on the outcome of the grants awarded pursuant to this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 to reauthorize the First Responder Network Authority.

Bill: 117-hr-6768
Sponsor: Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 
This bill repeals provisions terminating the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and the Government Accountability Office reporting requirement for such termination. The FirstNet mission is to deploy, operate, maintain, and improve the first high-speed, nationwide wireless broadband network for first responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
Pro Codes Act

Bill: 117-hr-6769
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes Act or the Pro Codes Act

 
This bill modifies copyright protections for works that have been adopted by reference into law.
 
Specifically, if a work that is otherwise subject to copyright protection has been adopted or incorporated by reference, in full or in part, into any law or regulation, the original work shall be protected under copyright only if the copyright owner makes the work available for free on a publicly accessible website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
PACE Plus Act

Bill: 117-hr-6770
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2022-02-18 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: 

Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly Plus Act or the PACE Plus Act

 
This bill modifies requirements and establishes programs regarding Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). PACE is a program under Medicare and Medicaid that provides in-home and community services for certain individuals as an alternative to nursing home care. 
 
The bill allows Medicare beneficiaries to enroll in a PACE program at any time and provides states with the option to allow Medicaid beneficiaries to do the same. Entities may also apply to become PACE providers at any time, upon specified assurances relating to staffing and other requirements. States that provide Medicaid coverage of long-term care may also choose to expand PACE eligibility for Medicaid beneficiaries who are unable to perform at least two activities of daily living and who meet other specified criteria.
 
Additionally, the bill establishes and provides funds for grant programs for (1) public or nonprofit PACE providers in rural or underserved urban areas for planning, administrative, capital, and other expenses that are necessary for site development; and (2) states that do not have PACE providers for expenses deemed necessary for program establishment. The bill also allows the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model for expanded PACE eligibility that targets high-need and high-cost populations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Introduced in House