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Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6669
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Fostering Success in Higher Education Act of 

2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to provide formula grants to states for activities to improve college access, retention, and completion rates for foster and homeless youth. States that receive such grants must award subgrants to institutions of higher education to carry out these activities in partnership with child welfare agencies and organizations serving homeless youth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Schedules That Work Act

Bill: 117-hr-6670
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Child care and development
Civil actions and liability
Congressional agencies
Department of Labor
Employee leave
Employment and training programs
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Family relationships
Food industry and services
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Labor standards
Labor-management relations
Library of Congress
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Retail and wholesale trades
Wages and earnings
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Schedules That Work Act
 

 This bill provides employees with the right to request changes to their work schedules related to the number of hours they are required to work or be on call, the location of the work, the amount of notification about work schedule assignments, and fluctuations in work hours. 
 
 Employers must negotiate in good faith with employees who make such requests and comply with certain work schedule notice and split shift pay requirements for retail, food service, cleaning, hospitality, or warehouse employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, Oversight and Reform, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to ensure that a member of the Armed Forces, granted a general discharge under honorable conditions on the sole basis that such member failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19, is eligible for certain educational assistance administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 117-hr-6671
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 
This bill ensures that members of the Armed Forces who were granted a general discharge under honorable conditions (on the sole basis that the members failed to obey a lawful order to receive a vaccine for COVID-19) are eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty and Post-9/11 GI Bill programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13.
action_date: 2022-07-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
VSO Support Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6672
Sponsor: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federally chartered organizations
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

VSO Support Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement a grant program for eligible veterans service organizations to offset costs relating to the COVID-19 pandemic that were incurred between April 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
BOSS Act

Bill: 117-hr-6673
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Border Operations Strengthened by Stonegarden Act or the BOSS Act 

 
This bill provides statutory authorization for the Operation Stonegarden program from FY2022 through FY2025. (Operation Stonegarden provides grants to enhance the border security capabilities of state, local, and tribal governments.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from requiring individuals to submit biometric information or geolocation information to access online services, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6674
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from (1) establishing or maintaining any verification process for access to online accounts of the Internal Revenue Service that uses biometric or geolocation information from mobile network operators; or (2) collecting, storing, or sharing such biometric or geolocation information without either express consent from the taxpayer to whom such information belongs or a court order.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Independent VA Audit Act

Bill: 117-hr-6675
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Independent VA Audit Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to seek to enter into an agreement with a nongovernmental entity to audit the VA's health care system, including with respect to the timeliness of available appointments for veterans to receive hospital care and medical services. The VA must submit the audit to Congress not later than December 31, 2023.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Parental Rights Act

Bill: 117-hr-6676
Sponsor: Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Protecting Parental Rights Act

 
This bill establishes a new federal criminal offense for administering a COVID-19 vaccine to a minor without the prior consent of a custodial parent or legal guardian of the minor. A violation is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 to modify the eligibility requirements for entities collaborating with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide case management services to homeless veterans under the Veterans Affairs supported housing program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Bill: 117-hr-6677
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Sara [D-CA-53]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 
This bill creates additional eligibility requirements for entities to enter into contracts or agreements with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide case management services to certain veterans participating in the Department of Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. In addition to existing requirements, an eligible entity must have demonstrated experience in providing case management services to veterans for obtaining suitable housing at varying locations nationwide, or in the area or areas similar to where the services will be provided under the relevant contract or agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6678
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
House Committee on Ethics
Members of Congress
Securities
Senate Select Committee on Ethics

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Bipartisan Ban on Congressional Stock Ownership Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits Members of Congress and their spouses from owning or trading stocks, bonds, commodities, futures, or any other form of security. Each current Member must divest within 180 days after the bill is enacted and each new Member must divest within 180 days after becoming a Member. However, Members and their spouses have 5 years to divest from specified complex investment vehicles. The bill does not apply to certain investments, such as investments in widely held investment funds that are diversified and do not present a conflict of interest and investments held in government employee retirement plans. 
 
A Member or spouse who violates the bill may be subject to a fine of up to $50,000 for each violation. The bill permits a Member or spouse who is required to divest property under the bill to avoid recognizing gain for income tax purposes from the sale of that property to the extent that the Member or spouse purchases permitted bonds or diversified investment funds within 60 days of the divestiture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act

Bill: 117-hr-6679
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Scholarship for Service: The Building Better Americans Act

 
This bill establishes a scholarship-for-service program for students who served at least two years in the military, an emergency medical service, or a police force, or as a teacher's assistant or firefighter, and who submit a certification of such service prior to enrolling as an undergraduate in an institution of higher education (IHE). An eligible undergraduate student may receive a grant in the amount equal to the cost of attendance at the IHE in which the student enrolls for two academic years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Blue Energy Innovation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6680
Sponsor: Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy research
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Materials
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Blue Energy Innovation Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish and implement the Integrated Blue Economy and Blue Energy Technologies Program to provide funding for research and development of blue energy technologies for specified purposes (e.g., developing new blue energy market opportunities). Blue energy technologies are technologies that (1) derive or generate energy from a renewable energy resource or capture, remove, and sequester greenhouse gases; and (2) are located in an aquatic environment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 117-hr-6681
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial Commemorative Coin Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 500,000 $1 coins in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Lincoln Memorial. All sales of coins issued under this bill shall include a surcharge which shall be paid to the Trust of the National Mall for the purpose of restoring and preserving the Lincoln Memorial. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Protecting VA Employees Act

Bill: 117-hr-6682
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Protecting VA Employees Act

 
This bill repeals certain provisions related to procedures for the removal, demotion, or suspension of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct. The bill also restores certain provisions regarding disciplinary and grievance procedures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
ACTION for National Service Act

Bill: 117-hr-6683
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

America's Call To Improve Opportunities Now for National Service Act or the ACTION for National Service Act

 
This bill (1) converts the Corporation for National and Community Service into the AmeriCorps Administration and revises its membership, leadership, and authority; (2) reauthorizes programs carried out by the administration; (3) establishes a National Service Foundation to accept and administer gifts on behalf of the administration; (4) modifies the calculation of national service educational awards; and (5) otherwise modifies provisions related to national and volunteer service programs.
 
Additionally, the bill creates an interagency Civilian Climate Corps, operated by the administration, to conduct service projects addressing climate change.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2022-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Hire Student Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-6684
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Hire Student Veterans Act

 
This bill expands the work opportunity tax credit to allows employers a credit for hiring veterans who are receiving educational assistance under programs provided by the Department of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
Spent Fuel Prioritization Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6685
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2022-02-09 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: 

Spent Fuel Prioritization Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to prioritize the acceptance of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel from decommissioned or decommissioning nuclear power reactors located in areas (1) with large populations, (2) with high earthquake hazards, and (3) where the continued storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel poses a significant national security concern.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2022-02-09
text: Introduced in House