hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act

Bill: 117-hr-8448
Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: 

No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act

 
This bill denies employers a tax deduction for any expenditures incurred for attempting to influence their employees with respect to labor organizations or labor organization activities, such as elections, labor disputes, and collective actions. 
 
The bill requires employers to report on their attempts to influence their employees with respect to labor organizations and their activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act

Bill: 117-hr-8450
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2022-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Buy American requirements
Child care and development
Child health
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Fruit and vegetables
Government studies and investigations
Grain
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Meat
Medicaid
Mental health
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
State and local finance
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: 

Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act

 
This bill reauthorizes and expands (1) child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other institutional food service programs; and (2) the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
 

action_date: 2022-11-07
text: 

Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act

 
This bill reauthorizes and expands (1) child nutrition programs, including the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other institutional food service programs; and (2) the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 394.
action_date: 2022-11-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-548.
action_date: 2022-11-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 117-548.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 20.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Public Land Search and Rescue Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8451
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2022-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: 

Public Land Search and Rescue Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to establish a program to allocate resources to remote search and rescue activities conducted on lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior.
 
DOJ may award a grant under the program to a state or a political subdivision to (1) purchase equipment and gear necessary for remote search and rescue activities, (2) reimburse such an eligible recipient for the cost of maintenance and repair of remote search and rescue equipment owned or leased by the recipient, and (3) reimburse state and local agencies responsible for remote search and rescue activities.
 
DOJ must prioritize an application from an eligible recipient who serves an area with a high ratio of visitors to residents. 
 
The federal share of assistance under the program shall be 75% of the cost of an eligible project.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8452
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2022-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: 

Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to pay for travel, childcare, and other expenses of an individual seeking access to abortion services.
 
Eligible grant recipients must be nonprofit or community-based organizations that assist individuals seeking abortion services through programs that are unbiased and medically and factually accurate.
 
The grants may not be used to pay for abortion procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Coastal State Climate Preparedness Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8455
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Coastal State Climate Preparedness Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation preparedness and response program. Under the program, Commerce must (1) assist coastal states with voluntarily developing coastal climate change adaptation plans, and (2) provide financial and technical assistance as well as training for coastal states to implement the adaptation plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Ocean Acidification Research Partnerships Act

Bill: 117-hr-8456
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Food industry and services
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Research administration and funding
Seafood

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Ocean Acidification Research Partnerships Act

 
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide grants for collaborative research projects on ocean acidification developed and conducted through partnerships between the seafood industry and the academic community. NOAA must prioritize projects that (1) address ecosystems and communities vulnerable to the impacts of ocean acidification, (2) demonstrate support from local stakeholders, or (3) utilize seafood industry assets as research and monitoring platforms. 
 
NOAA may provide grants to a partnership in which a marine-dependent industry is substituted for the seafood industry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Making College More Affordable Act

Bill: 117-hr-8457
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Making College More Affordable Act

 
This bill creates federal interest-free education loans for undergraduate students. The loans must generally have the same terms and conditions and benefits to borrowers as Federal Direct Stafford Loans. Interest on these loans may only accrue during periods when a borrower is earning taxable income, is in repayment on such loans, and is not making payments under a repayment plan.
 
The Department of Education (ED) must carry out a repayment plan program for the interest-free loans under which loan payments are automatically withheld from the wages of the borrower.
 
ED must cancel any outstanding balance of principal or interest due on those interest-free loans made to a borrower who has made 360 monthly payments.
 
The bill also allows for a tax deduction for amounts paid on these loans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To ensure eligibility for public safety officer death benefits for officers exposed to radiation at clandestine laboratories, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8458
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to specify that the definition of the term 
injury
 in a regulation for the Public Safety Officers' Benefits program specifically includes radiation exposure at a clandestine laboratory.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Russian Property Theft and Occupation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8459
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Russian Property Theft and Occupation Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the President to impose sanctions on foreign persons, acting under direct or indirect control of the Russian government, who seize, steal, or confiscate property in Ukraine for political or personal gain. The sanctions include blocking of the individual's U.S. property and ineligibility for U.S. visas, admission, or parole.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
AIM Act

Bill: 117-hr-8460
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Business records
Crimes against property
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Justice
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Freedom of information
Historical and cultural resources
Judicial review and appeals
Law enforcement administration and funding
Licensing and registrations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

ATF Improvement and Modernization Act of 2022 or the AIM Act

 
This bill removes limitations on the authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to conduct activities related to the administration of federal firearms laws.
 
Specifically, the bill removes provisions that
 
 
limit the use of firearms tracing data; 
 
prohibit consolidating or centralizing records maintained by federal firearm licensees, or FFLs (e.g., gun dealers); 
 
prohibit imposing a requirement that gun dealers conduct a physical inventory; 
 
require national instant criminal background check records to be destroyed within 24 hours; 
 
limit the disclosure of data under the Freedom of Information Act; 
 
 prohibit the ATF from altering the definition of a curio or relic firearm; 
 
 prohibit the denial of a federal firearms license due to lack of business activity; 
 
 prohibit transferring the ATF's functions, missions, or activities to other agencies or departments; 
 
 prohibit the electronic retrieval of information gathered from firearm transaction records of FFLs that go out of business; and 
 
 prohibit the ATF from denying an application to import certain shotguns. 
 
 
Additionally, the bill
 
 
raises the liability standard for denying or revoking a federal firearms license from a willful violation to a knowing violation of federal firearms laws or regulations, and 
 
removes the de novo standard of judicial review for appealing the denial or revocation of a federal firearms license. 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act

Bill: 117-hr-8461
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Promoting Free and Fair Elections Act

 
This bill prohibits federal agencies from using funds made available for salaries and expenses to solicit or enter into agreements with nongovernmental organizations to conduct voter registration or voter mobilization activities on the agency's property or website. 
 
The bill also requires federal agencies to delay carrying out certain activities pursuant to Executive Order 14019 (which established requirements for expanding access to voter registration and election information) until various conditions are met, such as the agency submitting reports to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act

Bill: 117-hr-8462
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

SEC Disclosure Effectiveness Testing Act 

 
This bill requires the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to assess the usefulness of certain disclosure rules to retail investors. Specifically, the SEC must make these assessments regarding both current and new securities rules and regulations that require the disclosure of documents or information to retail investors. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
To require certain agencies in the executive branch of the Federal government to conduct a study on duplicative functions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-8464
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 
This bill requires specified agencies in the executive branch of the federal government to conduct a study on duplicative functions.
 
Specifically, such agencies (which include the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Transportation, and the Environmental Protection Agency) must
 
 
identity functions that duplicate the functions of other specified agencies;
 
 calculate the annual cost of such duplicative functions; and 
 
 analyze solutions for eliminating such duplicative functions, including identifying which agency is best suited to have sole responsibility for such functions. 
 
 
Such agencies must jointly submit a consolidated report to Congress on the results.
 
 
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Euro-Atlantic Solidarity and Major Democratic Ally Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8465
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Euro-Atlantic Solidarity and Major Democratic Ally Act of 2022

 
 
 
This bill establishes a new category under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
major democratic allies
, giving certain countries a priority status in U.S. transfers of defense articles. The bill also requires the State Department to appoint a Special Advisor for Major Non-NATO Allies and Major Democratic Allies and requires U.S. representatives to NATO to advocate for the accession of Ukraine and Georgia to NATO.
 
 
 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

Bill: 117-hr-8467
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

 
This bill revises methods for calculating various aspects of Social Security benefits, eliminates the cap on compensation subject to Social Security taxes, and extends eligibility for Social Security benefits during the month of a beneficiary's death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Education and Labor, 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: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8468
Sponsor: Rep. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ-7]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Preventing Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Americans Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to publish specified information on its website relating to deficiencies of Medicaid intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities, including information regarding inspections, complaints, and administrative actions. The CMS must also (1) develop and publish a standardized complaint form for such facilities; and (2) convene an advisory council to recommend ways to prevent abuse, neglect, and exploitation in such facilities.
 
The bill also allows Medicaid and Medicare providers (e.g., skilled nursing facilities) to access, through the National Practitioner Data Bank, disciplinary information for affiliated physicians and other health care practitioners, as reported by state licensing authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
CHATS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8469
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Combating Harmful Actions with Transparency on Social Act of 2022 or the CHATS Act of 2022

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice to modify the Uniform Crime Reporting Program in the Federal Bureau of Investigation to include data on any internet platform used in connection with criminal offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
Investing in American Defense Technologies Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-8470
Sponsor: Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6]
Introduced: 2022-07-21 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: 

Investing in American Defense Technologies Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to implement a five-year pilot program to accelerate the development of advanced technology for national security by creating incentives for trusted private capital to invest in domestic small businesses or nontraditional businesses that are developing technology that DOD considers necessary to support the modernization of DOD and national security priorities. DOD must brief Congress on the implementation and outcomes of the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-07-21
text: Introduced in House