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Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7633
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2022-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Infrastructure development
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: 

Hualapai Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 

2022

 
This bill modifies and ratifies the Hualapai Tribe water rights settlement agreement negotiated between the tribe, the United States, Arizona, and others, thus satisfying the tribe's claims for groundwater and surface water rights to water in Arizona, including the Verde River, the Bill Williams River, and the Colorado River. 
 
The bill outlines the tribe's water rights, including the right to divert, use, and store 4,000 acre-feet of agricultural priority water of the Central Arizona Project that was previously allocated to nontribal agricultural entities, but retained by the Department of the Interior for reallocation to tribes in Arizona pursuant to the Central Arizona Project Settlement Act of 2004.
 
Amounts deposited in an established trust fund account shall be made available to the tribe for specified purposes, including to construct the Hualapai Water Project. The project must be designed to divert, treat, and convey up to 3,414 acre-feet of water per year from the Colorado River for municipal, commercial, and industrial uses on the Hualapai Reservation. 
 
The bill authorizes Interior to take specified land into trust for the benefit of the tribe. In the future, land located outside the reservation may only be taken into trust through an act of Congress.
 
The bill outlines (1) waivers, releases, and retentions of claims by the tribe and the United States under the settlement agreement; and (2) a limited waiver of sovereign immunity by the United States and the tribe with respect to certain claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2022-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7634
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2022-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child health
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: 

Protecting Health Care for All Patients Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits all federal health care programs, including the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and federally-funded state health care programs (e.g., Medicaid) from using prices that are based on quality-adjusted life years (i.e., measures that discount the value of a life based on disability) to determine relevant thresholds for coverage, reimbursements, or incentive programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-04-28
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: 2022-04-28
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: 2022-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Introduced in House
INVESTIGAR Act

Bill: 117-hr-7635
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2022-04-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: 

Iranian Nuclear and Venezuelan Energy, Sanctions and Terrorism Investigation Government Accountability Report Act or INVESTIGAR Act

 
This bill requires the President to, no later than 14 days after reaching an agreement with Iran regarding Iran's nuclear program, report to Congress describing the possible benefits that will accrue to the regime of Nicolas Maduro as a result of the agreement. (Maduro is the president of Venezuela whose reelection in 2018 is widely condemned, including by the United States, as fraudulent.)
 
The President must update the report every 180 days. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Introduced in House
Veterans First Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7637
Sponsor: Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3]
Introduced: 2022-04-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: 

Veterans First Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from obligating or expending any amounts to provide emergency assistance in response to an emergency at the southern border directly resulting from the repeal of certain public health orders from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits such emergency assistance in response to the repeal of
 
 
the order issued on August 2, 2021, titled
 Public Health Reassessment and Order Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists
;
 
the order issued on April 1, 2022, titled
 Public Health Determination and Order Regarding Suspending the Right To Introduce Certain Persons From Countries Where a Quarantinable Communicable Disease Exists
; and
 
an order relating to the same public health concerns as the listed orders. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-28
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the "U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office".

Bill: 117-hr-7638
Sponsor: Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2022-04-29 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Florida
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2022-04-29
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the "U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office."
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: 
This act designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6000 South Florida Avenue in Lakeland, Florida, as the U.S. Marine Corporal Ronald R. Payne Jr. Post Office.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Became Public Law No: 117-307.
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Became Public Law No: 117-307.
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-12-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7282-7283)
action_date: 2022-12-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-12-13
text: Received in the Senate, read twice.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9669)
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9669)
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7638.
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9669-9670)
action_date: 2022-12-12
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
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: 2022-04-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-04-29
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-04-29
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 117-307
Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7639
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to take various actions to address transparency in contract terms and pricing in the cattle industry. 
 
Among these requirements, USDA must maintain a publicly available library or catalog of contracts entered into between meat packers and livestock producers for the purchase of cattle, including any schedules of premiums or discounts associated with the contracts and other specific details. USDA must make this information available to producers and other interested parties in a monthly report. 
 
The bill further requires USDA to establish five to seven regions encompassing the entire continental United States that reasonably reflect similar fed cattle purchase practices for processing plants and establish mandatory minimums for each region (i.e., the minimum percentage of cattle purchases that are required to be made through approved pricing mechanisms from producers that are not packers).
 
Under the bill, 
approved pricing mechanisms 
are generally purchases of fed cattle made through a negotiated purchase, through a negotiated grid purchase, at a stockyard, or through trading systems or platforms where multiple buyers and sellers can regularly make and accept bids and offers. 
 
The bill also establishes a maximum penalty for mandatory minimum violations by covered packers. Under the bill, a 
covered packer
 is a packer that has slaughtered an average of 5% or more of the number of fed cattle slaughtered nationally during the immediately preceding five calendar years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Orphan Drug Act to reauthorize a program of grants and contracts for the development of drugs for rare diseases and conditions (commonly referred to as "orphan drugs").

Bill: 117-hr-7640
Sponsor: Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2027 the Food and Drug Administration's Orphan Products Grants Program, which supports clinical research and product development for rare diseases and conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Free Speech Act

Bill: 117-hr-7641
Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Protecting Free Speech Act

 
This bill terminates the Disinformation Governance Board of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and prohibits using DHS funding for the activities of any other entity that is substantially similar to the board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Transportation Assistance for Olympic Cities Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7642
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Transportation Assistance for Olympic Cities Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes through FY2034 the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prioritize providing grants for surface transportation projects relating to international Olympic, Paralympic, and Special Olympics events, including for temporary facilities, equipment, operations, and maintenance that meet the extraordinary needs associated with hosting such events.
 
DOT must take all reasonable efforts to provide assistance for such events, including by developing intermodal transportation plans and expediting federal review of requests with regards to the events.
 
Authority under the bill to provide grants and assistance terminates on September 30, 2034.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
FAITH Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7643
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Fueling Affordable Insurance for Today's Homeowners Act of 2022 or the FAITH Act of 2022 

 
This bill establishes the Natural Disaster Risk Reinsurance Program within the Department of the Treasury. States may voluntarily participate in the program. 
 
The program provides payments to states for damages from a natural disaster not covered by the National Flood Insurance Program for amounts in excess of trigger amounts. These trigger amounts are calculated by the National Academy of Sciences. 
 
States must present a plan that ensures the coverage of losses by insurers not exceeding the trigger amount. States must also pledge to repay the full amount provided by the program within 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Pride in Mental Health Act

Bill: 117-hr-7644
Sponsor: Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Pride in Mental Health Act

 
This bill expands programs that prevent and treat child abuse and neglect to address issues facing youth who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, nonbinary, or gender-variant members of indigenous communities (e.g., Two Spirit). Specifically, these programs include (1) research and reporting requirements, (2) providing technical assistance, (3) grants to states and local agencies to train child-welfare personnel, and (4) community-based prevention-service grants.
 
The bill also establishes a grant program to provide mental and behavioral health resources for such youth, including trauma-informed care.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
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: 2022-05-03
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: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Rental Assistance Accountability and Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7645
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Emergency Rental Assistance Accountability and Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury to conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds made available under the emergency rental assistance program pursuant to the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and recoup misused funds. The bill provides funding for these activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Emerging Signals Modernization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7646
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Emerging Signals Modernization Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes certain requirements relating to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) public notices on the potential new risks of approved medical devices (i.e., emerging signals), including with respect to the standards of evidence needed for such notices. The FDA must update its current guidance on emerging signals to align with the bill's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7647
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Federal appellate courts
Federal district courts
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Lawyers and legal services
Public participation and lobbying
Specialized courts
Supreme Court

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency Act of 2022

 
This bill provides for the establishment of a code of conduct for Supreme Court Justices, judges of the courts of appeals, judges of the district courts, and judges of the Court of International Trade. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
action_date: 2022-05-11
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to establish a Disinformation Governance Board.

Bill: 117-hr-7648
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of Homeland Security
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of Department of Homeland Security funds to establish or fund the activities of a Disinformation Governance Board.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to open a public docket for the submission of public comments regarding factors that should be taken into consideration when reviewing a proposed modification to an approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategy, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-7649
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration to solicit public comment on factors that should be taken into account when considering proposed modifications to approved risk evaluation and mitigation strategies for drugs. The Government Accountability Office must report on the number of proposed modifications that have been granted and the related effects on patient access or provider administration with respect to such drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Manufactured Housing Affordability and Energy Efficiency Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7651
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Manufactured Housing Affordability and Energy Efficiency Act of 2022

 
This bill provides that certain requirements must be met in order for energy conservation standards for manufactured housing (promulgated by the Department of Energy) to become effective.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Guarantee Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7652
Sponsor: Rep. Mooney, Alexander X. [R-WV-2]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Social Security Guarantee Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to issue certificates to Social Security beneficiaries that guarantee them the full monthly benefit amount to which they are entitled and at least an annual cost-of-living increase to their benefits. It also provides additional mandatory funding for those benefits. 
 
Currently, Social Security beneficiaries are entitled to their benefits, but benefits are primarily funded through a payroll tax (including assets derived from the tax held in reserve). Actuarial projections reported by the Social Security Board of Trustees indicate that in 2035 there will be insufficient tax revenue and reserved assets to cover the full amount of benefit payments. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-7653
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2022-05-03 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: 

Modern Authentication of Pharmaceuticals Act of 2022

 
This bill requires each dose of a pharmaceutical product that is a controlled substance and that is taken orally in solid form (i.e., pills) to include a physical chemical identifier. The bill applies to products manufactured on or after January 1, 2026.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-05-03
text: Introduced in House