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Beryllium Testing Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-4928
Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Beryllium Testing Fairness Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for a compensation program for individuals who developed a beryllium-related illness or sensitivity and who were exposed to beryllium while working at certain Department of Energy facilities or for beryllium vendors. (Beryllium is a metal with various industrial applications, including in the production of nuclear weapons; inhalation of beryllium dust or fumes can have adverse health effects.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4929
Sponsor: Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Medical education
Medical research
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act of 2022

 
This bill requires entities that acquire or transfer human bodies or body parts for education, research, or the advancement of medical, dental, or mortuary science to register with the Department of Health and Human Services.
 
Registered entities must comply with record-keeping, labeling, packaging, and disposition requirements. The registration and related requirements do not apply to (1) the acquisition or transfer of human bodies or body parts for use in human transplantation, or (2) the preparation, transportation, and final disposition of human bodies or body parts by funeral service professionals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act

Bill: 117-s-4930
Sponsor: Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Europe
Military operations and strategy
Public contracts and procurement
Russia
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Trade restrictions
Ukraine

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act

 
This bill requires executive agencies to terminate their contracts with companies conducting business operations in territory internationally recognized as Russia. This requirement ends when Russia takes steps to restore the safety, sovereignty, and condition of Ukraine.
 
The bill makes exceptions for (1) good faith efforts by a contractor to comply, (2) business operations in Russia authorized by a license issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control or the Bureau of Industry and Security or otherwise allowed to operate notwithstanding the imposition of sanctions or export controls, and (3) contracts related to the operation and maintenance of U.S. Government consular offices and diplomatic posts in Russia.
 
The bill shall not apply to the procurement of products or services for (1) the benefit, either directly or through the efforts of regional allies, of Ukraine; or (2) humanitarian purposes to meet basic human needs.
 
The bill provides for a waiver where in the national interest of the United States.
 
 

action_date: 2022-12-15
text: 

Federal Contracting for Peace and Security Act

 
This bill requires executive agencies to terminate their contracts with entities conducting business operations in territory internationally recognized as Russia, with certain exceptions. This requirement ends when Russia takes steps to restore the safety, sovereignty, and condition of Ukraine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 665.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-266.
action_date: 2022-12-15
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 117-266.
action_date: 2022-09-28
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act

Bill: 117-s-4931
Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

NRCS Wetland Compliance and Appeals Reform Act 

 
This bill revises provisions related to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), including by (1) revising the appeals process of the NRCS for wetland certification requests, (2) requiring USDA to establish oversight committees in each state that will oversee the appeals of wetland determinations, and (3) prohibiting the NRCS from acquiring any permanent easement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
American Music Fairness Act

Bill: 117-s-4932
Sponsor: Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Intellectual property
Licensing and registrations
Music
Small business
Sound recording
Telecommunication rates and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

American Music Fairness Act

 
This bill establishes that the copyright holder of a sound recording shall have the exclusive right to perform the sound recording through an audio transmission and addresses other related issues. (Currently, the public performance right only covers performances through a digital audio transmission in certain instances, which means that nonsubscription terrestrial radio stations generally do not have to secure a license to publicly perform a copyright-protected sound recording.)
 
Under the bill, a nonsubscription broadcast transmission must have a license to publicly perform such sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board must periodically determine the royalty rates for such a license. When determining the rates, the board must base its decision on certain information presented by the parties, including the radio stations' effect on other streams of revenue related to the sound recordings. 
 
Terrestrial broadcast stations (and the owners of such stations) that fall below certain revenue thresholds may pay certain flat fees, instead of the board-established rate, for a license to publicly perform copyright-protected sound recordings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4972)
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4933
Sponsor: Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Washington State

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Puyallup Tribe of Indians Land Into Trust Confirmation Act of 2022

 
This bill takes approximately 17.264 acres of specified lands in Pierce County, Washington, into trust for the benefit of the Puyallup Tribe of the Puyallup Reservation. Lands taken into trust shall be part of the tribe's reservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Domestic Reinvestment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4934
Sponsor: Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Tariffs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Domestic Reinvestment Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or any other person from requiring any repayment, recoupment, or offset of certain antidumping and countervailing duties. The bill also requires DHS, within 90 days, to (1) refund any repayment or recoupment of these payments, and (2) fully distribute any antidumping or countervailing duties withheld as an offset by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
More Hasty Response to Firefighting Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4935
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Emergency planning and evacuation
Employment and training programs
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Forests, forestry, trees
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

More Hasty Response to Firefighting Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses initial responses to wildfires on certain public lands, including by authorizing certain persons to take aggressive action to put out such a fire and eliminating such a person's liability for that action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4936
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Arts, Culture, Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

National Council on African American History and Culture Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes within the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) a National Council on African American History and Culture.
 
The council shall
 
 
prepare an annual report to be submitted to NEH on the work of NEH to preserve and celebrate African-American history and culture;
 
gather timely and authoritative information concerning historical developments and cultural trends in African-American history and culture and take other specified steps;
 
evaluate the various programs and activities of NEH to determine the extent to which such programs and activities are contributing to the successful preservation and celebration of African-American history and culture and make recommendations to the President;
 
develop and recommend national policies to foster and promote the understanding and preservation of African-American culture and the celebration of African Americans as contributors to the country's success; and
 
make and furnish such studies, reports thereon, and recommendations with respect to matters of cultural preservation and African-American history.
 
 
The bill terminates the council 10 years after its enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act

Bill: 117-s-4937
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Non-Recognition of Russian Annexation of Ukrainian Territory Act 

 
This bill prohibits any federal agency from taking any action or extending any assistance that recognizes or implies recognition of Russia's sovereignty over any internationally recognized territory of Ukraine, including its airspace and territorial waters. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
CVV Act

Bill: 117-s-4938
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 
 
Codification of Verified Values Act or the CVV Act

 
This bill requires a contributor to political organizations who uses a credit card to make online contributions to such organizations to disclose the credit verification value of such credit card at the time a contribution is made. A credit verification value is a series of numbers on a credit card (usually on the back of the card) that provides additional security for a transaction by credit card.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Ending Duplicative Subsidies for Electric Vehicles Act

Bill: 117-s-4939
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 
 
Ending Duplicative Subsidies for Electric Vehicles Act 

 
This bill prohibits duplicative subsidies (i.e., loans, grants, or tax credits) for manufacturers of new clean electric vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text: CR S4972)
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4940
Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Hunting and fishing
Land use and conservation
Metals
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Protecting Access for Hunters and Anglers Act of 2022

 
This bill bars the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture from prohibiting or regulating the use of lead ammunition or tackle on federal land or water that is under the jurisdiction of such departments and made available for hunting or fishing. The bill makes exceptions for specified existing regulations and where the applicable department determines that a decline in wildlife population at the specific unit of federal land or water is primarily caused by the use of lead in ammunition or tackle, based on the field data from such unit, and the state approves the regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
CREAATE Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4941
Sponsor: Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Cultivating Revitalization by Expanding American Agricultural Trade and Exports Act of 2022 or the
 
CREAATE Act of 2022

 
This bill expands and extends through FY2029 the Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Cooperator Program of the Department of Agriculture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Watershed Restoration Initiative Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4942
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Ecology
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Higher education
Research administration and funding
Utah

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Watershed Restoration Initiative Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the establishment of a Southwest Ecological Restoration Institute (SWERI) in Utah. Such institutes currently exist in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado and promote the use of adaptive ecosystem management to reduce the risk of wildfires and restore the health of forest and woodland ecosystems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act

Bill: 117-s-4943
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Preserving the Gulf Test Range to Ensure Military Readiness Act

 
This bill establishes a moratorium on energy development (e.g., offshore wind development) in specified areas of the Gulf of Mexico until June 30, 2032. 
 
Until that date, the Department of the Interior may not conduct certain energy development activities in any area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico. The moratorium also applies to other areas of the Outer Continental Shelf&#8212;the South Atlantic Planning Area, the Straits of Florida Planning Area, or any area west of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico&#8212;if energy exploration, leasing, or development in that area has been identified as having any adverse effect on national security, military readiness, or the Department of Defense's testing capabilities.
 
However, Interior may issue leases in those areas for environmental conservation purposes, including the purposes of shore protection, beach nourishment and restoration, wetlands restoration, and habitat protection.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Firewood Banks Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4944
Sponsor: Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Firewood Banks Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy, in collaboration with the Department of the Interior and the Forest Service, to establish a pilot program to provide heat energy for residences of low-income and disabled individuals with wood-burning stoves. Under the program, trees on federal land shall be made available to firewood banks and federal land may be made available for firewood banks. The bill also directs the Forest Service, using certain funds made available by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to provide financial assistance for operating firewood banks. Cooperatives, nonprofit organizations, and state, local, or tribal governments may apply for financial assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4945
Sponsor: Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Emergency planning and evacuation
Fires
Forests, forestry, trees
Watersheds
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Forest Service to establish a pilot program to implement treatments and conduct related fire-suppression activities in areas of the National Forest System that are (1) west of the 100th meridian, and (2) near communities that may benefit from such treatments and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-29
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Payments Modernization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-4946
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Payments Modernization Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Federal Reserve Board to create a real-time payment system that allows funds to be available to any end user immediately at any time, including funds deposited at a depository institution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Defense EXPORTS Act

Bill: 117-s-4947
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2022-09-22 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: 

Defense Export Promotion Of Relevant Technology and Supplies Act or the Defense EXPORTS Act

 
This bill provides funding to (1) develop program protection strategies for Department of Defense systems that may be exported, (2) design and incorporate exportability features into such systems during the research and development phases of such systems, and (3) integrate design features that enhance interoperability of such systems with those of friendly foreign countries.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-09-22
text: Introduced in Senate
Empowering States to Deport Illegal Immigrants Act

Bill: 117-s-4948
Sponsor: Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Introduced: 2022-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: 

Empowering States to Deport Illegal Immigrants Act

 
This bill authorizes states to take actions to enforce federal immigration law.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes states to authorize state and local law enforcement to enforce certain provisions of federal immigration law, including provisions relating to unlawful entry and employing unauthorized non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law). State prosecutors must prosecute every case brought by a state under this bill. 
 
The bill also abrogates a 2012 Supreme Court ruling that invalidated an Arizona law that made it a crime for unauthorized non-U.S. nationals to work in the state. Specifically, the court ruled that the Arizona law was preempted by federal immigration law. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the "Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-s-4950
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-09-27 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4110 Bluebonnet Drive in Stafford, Texas, as the "Leonard Scarcella Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-09-27
text: Introduced in Senate