hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Earth Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9678
Sponsor: Rep. Espaillat, Adriano [D-NY-13]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Earth Act of 2022

 
This bill addresses climate change by establishing requirements concerning renewable energy, zero emission vehicles, regenerative agriculture, and tax incentives related to climate transition costs. Specifically, the bill requires that by 2030, 100% of 
 
 
electricity sold by certain retail electric suppliers must be from renewable energy resources (e.g., wind energy);
 
new motor vehicles (e.g., certain cars and trucks) sold by manufacturers must be zero emission vehicles;
 
land and livestock managed by certain publicly-traded corporations must be managed with regenerative agricultural practices.
 
 
The Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) must create grants to pay up to 50% of the costs of meeting those requirements.
 
DOE must also issue regulations regarding the sourcing, recycling, and disposal of materials used to manufacture renewable energy sources (e.g., equipment that stores renewable energy). The goals of the regulations must be to (1) eliminate the use of rare earth metals in the manufacture of those sources, and (2) ensure the recycling of all such materials.
 
USDA must issue regulations that (1) require the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from certain land or livestock corporations, and (2) ensure the well-being of animals raised for human consumption or the production of dairy products.
 
The bill also provides tax incentives for electric suppliers, vehicle manufacturers, and such corporations to meet the requirements established by this bill by allowing them to double certain tax deductions for qualified capital climate transitions costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9679
Sponsor: Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Medical Cannabis Research Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes a new, separate registration process for manufacturers of cannabis for research.
 
As a part of this process, the Drug Enforcement Administration must annually assess whether there is an adequate and uninterrupted supply of research cannabis and register additional manufacturers.
 
The bill also authorizes health care providers of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide information to veterans regarding participation in federally approved cannabis clinical trials.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Veterans' Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code to establish a flat tax, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9680
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 
This bill imposes a 15% flat tax on the taxable income of each individual taxpayer. It defines 
taxable income 
as the excess of the sum of wages, taxable retirement distributions, plus unemployment compensation, over the standard deduction.
 
The bill also imposes a 15% flat tax on business taxable income and on noncash compensation provided to employees not engaged in business activity. 
 
The bill repeals various existing tax provisions, including the alternative minimum tax, certain tax credits, and estate and gift taxes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
HEAL Act

Bill: 117-hr-9681
Sponsor: Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Holocaust Education and Antisemitism Lessons Act or the HEAL Act

 
This bill directs the Institute of Education Sciences to study and report on Holocaust education efforts in public elementary and secondary schools. Among other elements, the study must (1) identify the states and local educational agencies that require (and those that do not require) Holocaust education as part of the curriculum taught in public elementary and secondary schools, (2) assess the quality of Holocaust education provided by schools, and (3) assess the types and quality of instructional material used to teach students about the Holocaust.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Terrorist Entry Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9682
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Preventing Terrorist Entry Act of 2022

 
This bill bars non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who are former members or representatives of terrorist organizations from admission into the United States. (Current law bars current members and representatives.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Protect Against Terrorist Threats (PATT) Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9683
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Protect Against Terrorist Threats (PATT) Act of 2022

 
This bill expands, for immigration purposes, the definition of 
engaging in terrorist activity
 to include threatening, attempting, or conspiring to take certain acts considered to be terrorist activity under current law, such as gathering information on potential targets for terrorist activity. 
 
Currently, non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who engage in terrorist activity are barred from admission into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Kansas Indian Country Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9684
Sponsor: Rep. LaTurner, Jake [R-KS-2]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Kansas Indian Country Law Enforcement Improvement Act of 2022

 
This bill revises Kansas's criminal jurisdiction over offenses committed on the reservation of a covered Indian tribe. 
Covered Indian tribe
 means the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, and the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska.
 
Specifically, the bill requires affirmative consent from the governing body of a covered tribe for Kansas to have criminal jurisdiction over offenses committed on the tribe's reservation.
 
The bill authorizes federal agencies and state and local governments in Kansas to enter into cooperative agreements or compacts with the governing bodies of covered Indian tribes for specified purposes, such as reducing crime in Indian country and nearby communities. 
 
Each cooperative agreement or compact entered into under the bill must (1) authorize law enforcement officers to be deputized, (2) include requirements for reporting crimes, and (3) describe the geographic limits within the reservation and categories of criminal offenses over which Kansas may exercise its jurisdiction.
 
The Department of Justice must, upon request from the governing body of a covered Indian tribe, provide technical assistance in developing cooperative agreements or compacts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Refugee Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9685
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Refugee Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill modifies provisions related to asylum seekers and addresses related issues. 
 
For example, the bill (1) eliminates the statutory time limit for applying for asylum (currently one year after arriving in the United States), (2) establishes stateless protected status for individuals who are not considered a national by any country under that country&rsquo;s law, and (3) requires the goal for refugee admissions for any given fiscal year to be no fewer than 125,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Foreign Affairs, 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: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Assault Weapon Financing Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-9686
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Assault Weapon Financing Accountability Act

 
This bill makes it a crime to offer or accept certain short-term loans for the purchase of specified semiautomatic assault weapons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Medical Innovation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9687
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Medical Innovation Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires certain drug manufacturers to make payments to fund research supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
 
A drug manufacturer with over $1 billion in net income in a fiscal year that has entered into a relevant settlement agreement regarding specified violations must pay 0.75%-1.5% of its net income to the Department of Health and Human Services for each of its covered blockbuster drugs. A covered blockbuster drug is a drug that has at least $1 billion in net sales in a year and was developed, in whole or in part, through federal investments in medical research.
 
Payments are divided between the FDA and the NIH in proportion to the discretionary funding of those agencies, excluding FDA user fees. Payments are not disbursed if appropriations for the FDA or the NIH are lower than in the prior fiscal year. Priorities for payments must include advancing regulatory science for medical products and research related to diseases that disproportionately account for federal health care spending.
 
A covered blockbuster drug for which a manufacturer has not made a required payment is considered misbranded and subject to prohibitions on introducing or receiving misbranded drugs in interstate commerce. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
People Over Long Lines Act (POLL Act)

Bill: 117-hr-9688
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 
 

People Over Long Lines Act (POLL Act)

 
This bill sets forth provisions related to voting and the administration of federal elections.
 
Specifically, the bill requires states to ensure that voters wait no more than 30 minutes at any polling place to cast their vote in a federal election, establishes a private right of action for voters who experience longer waiting times, and directs the Election Assistance Commission to make payments to eligible states to prevent unreasonable waiting times.
 
Next, the bill requires each state to provide for the minimum required number of voting systems, poll workers, and other election resources for each polling location on the day of any federal election and each day of early voting. The Department of Justice must issue uniform standards regarding the minimum number and distribution of such systems, workers, and other resources. 
 
The bill also prohibits a chief state election administration official from taking an active part in political management or in a political campaign with respect to any federal election over which the official has supervisory authority, with certain exceptions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Know Your Body Act

Bill: 117-hr-9689
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2022-12-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: 

Know Your Body Act

 
This bill directs the Office on Women's Health of the Department of Health and Human Services to create educational materials with respect to covered disorders for elementary and secondary school students. 
Covered disorders
 refer to uterine, ovarian, and related hormonal and menstrual disorders, such as endometriosis, uterine fibroids, and polycystic ovary syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-22
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: 2022-12-22
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: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-22
text: Introduced in House
Blocked Rail Crossings Safety Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-9690
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2022-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: 

Blocked Rail Crossings Safety Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses safety and congestion along railroad right-of-way and highway-rail grade crossings.
 
For example, the bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to provide grants to (1) assist state, local, and tribal governments in funding the cost of highway-rail grade crossing separation projects; and (2) help nonprofit organizations carry out public information and education programs to help prevent and reduce rail-related pedestrian, motor vehicle, and other incidents, injuries, and fatalities, and to improve awareness along railroad right-of-way and at highway-rail grade crossings.
 
Additionally, the bill prohibits railroad carriers from obstructing travel at public highway-rail crossings for more than 10 minutes, except under limited circumstances (e.g., safety issues).
 
Further, DOT must (1) establish a national blocked crossings database for the public to report blocked crossing incidents; (2) conduct a comprehensive review of the national highway-rail crossing inventory; and (3) revise its regulations, guidance, or other relevant agency documents to include the number of suicides on a railroad crossing or railroad right-of-way in the total number of rail fatalities it reports each year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1356)
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
Justice For Journalists Act

Bill: 117-hr-9691
Sponsor: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2022-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: 

Justice For Journalists Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct a criminal investigation of each nonnatural death of a U.S. journalist in a foreign country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-23
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: 2022-12-23
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: 2022-12-23
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1356-1357)
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
Congressional Budget Office Termination Act

Bill: 117-hr-9692
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2022-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: 

Congressional Budget Office Termination Act

 
This bill abolishes the Congressional Budget Office. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
Lobbying Disclosure Reform Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-9693
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2022-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: 

Lobbying Disclosure Reform Act of 

2022

 
This bill makes a series of changes to requirements relating to registered lobbyists, including by requiring unique identification numbers for lobbyists, clients, and providers of strategic lobbying services, and by requiring additional disclosures and reporting with respect to such individuals and activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Jan van Hoek.

Bill: 117-hr-9694
Sponsor: Rep. Franklin, C. Scott [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2022-12-23 in the House
Policy area: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Provides for the relief of Jan van Hoek.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-23
text: Introduced in House
Platform Integrity Act

Bill: 117-hr-9695
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2022-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: 

Platform Integrity Act

 
This bill specifies that providers and users of interactive computer services (e.g., social media) may be held liable for third-party content if they promote or otherwise recommend the content.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Defense to provide certain resources to implement the Department of Defense policy on civilian harm in connection with United States military operations, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-9696
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2022-12-27 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to assign personnel to specified offices and commands to be responsible for providing guidance related to the prevention of harm to civilians.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-12-27
text: Introduced in House