hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
CCP Visa Ban Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5122
Sponsor: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

CCP Visa Ban Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits the Department of State from issuing certain visas to members of the Chinese Communist Party.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the issuance of temporary visas for business (B-1 visas) or tourism (B-2 visas) to party members.
 
Further, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Bureau of Consular Affairs must cancel any such unexpired visas that have been issued to party members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Breakthrough Therapies Act

Bill: 117-s-5123
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Breakthrough Therapies Act

 
This bill provides for the classification of drugs or other substances that are part of approved breakthrough therapies as schedule II controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act. It also provides for expedited controlled substance registrations through the Drug Enforcement Administration for researchers whose work involves investigational drugs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5124
Sponsor: Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Indian lands and resources rights
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
New Mexico
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2022

 
This bill creates a buffer zone around the Chaco Culture National Historic Park in New Mexico by prohibiting certain leases on federal land for the development of mineral resources or geothermal energy within the buffer zone. Nonproducing oil and gas leases in the buffer zone are terminated. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Family Attribution Modernization Act

Bill: 117-s-5125
Sponsor: Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Family Attribution Modernization Act

 
This bill modifies family attribution rules for purposes of tax-exempt pension and profit sharing plans (e.g., 401k retirement plans) to provide that (1) community property laws shall be disregarded for purposes of determining ownership under attribution rules, and (2) attribution is eliminated for spouses and minor children under certain circumstances. The
 family attribution rule
 treats an individual taxpayer as owning property interests (e.g., stock) that are owned, directly or indirectly, by the individual's spouse, children, grandchildren, and parents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
ED ACCESS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5126
Sponsor: Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 
 
Eliminating Discrimination And Creating Corridors to Expand Student Success Act of 2022 or the ED ACCESS Act of 2022

 
This bill repeals the prohibition against granting the American Opportunity Tax Credit to students with federal or state felony drug convictions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

Bill: 117-s-5127
Sponsor: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

 
This bill requires manufacturers of internet-connected devices (e.g., smart appliances) that are equipped with a camera or microphone to disclose to consumers prior to purchase that a camera or microphone is part of the device.
 
The bill does not apply to mobile phones, laptops, or other devices that a consumer would reasonably expect to include a camera or microphone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Fertilizer SUSTAIN Act

Bill: 117-s-5128
Sponsor: Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Fertilizer Stewardship, Utilization, Sustainability, Technology, Access, Innovation, and Nourishment Act or the
 
Fertilizer SUSTAIN Act

 
This bill (1) directs the Department of the Interior to designate potash and phosphates as critical minerals, (2) revises the Federal Register and National Environmental Policy Act permitting process for mining and phosphate and potash exploration, and (3) requires the Environmental Protection Agency to allow phosphogypsum to be used in government road projects.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5129
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Geography and mapping
Kentucky
Land transfers
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Mammoth Cave National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2022

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to acquire specified acres of land for inclusion in the Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-12-01
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text: CR S6781)
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act

Bill: 117-s-5130
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Protect Camp Lejeune Victims Ensnared by Trial-lawyer's Scams Act or the Protect Camp Lejeune VETS Act 

 
This bill limits attorney's fees for claims involving individuals who were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, between August 1, 1953, and December 31, 1987. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Fair Access for Cannabis Small Businesses Act

Bill: 117-s-5131
Sponsor: Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Fair Access for Cannabis Small Businesses Act

 
This bill prohibits the Small Business Administration from declining to provide certain loans or other assistance to an otherwise eligible small business solely because the business is a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Pueblo Pintado Protection Act

Bill: 117-s-5132
Sponsor: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Pueblo Pintado Protection Act

 
This bill revises the boundary of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. Subject to the consent of the Navajo Nation, land removed from the park must be transferred from the National Park Service (NPS) to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA); land added to the park must be transferred from the BIA and the Bureau of Land Management to the NPS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
DUE PROCESS Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5133
Sponsor: Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

Deterring Undue Enforcement by Protecting Rights Of Citizens from Excessive Searches and Seizures Act of 2022 or the DUE PROCESS Act of 

2022

 
This bill makes various changes to procedures governing federal civil forfeiture cases, including by raising the evidentiary standard that applies to them. It also requires the Department of Justice to create a database of and annually audit federal civil forfeiture cases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5134
Sponsor: Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]
Introduced: 2022-11-17 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Ecology
Economic development
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Performance measurement
Research and development
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: 

United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Department of State to establish a foundation to provide grants for projects to manage protected and conserved areas in low- and middle-income countries with high levels of biological diversity or species and ecosystems of significant importance. Recipients of grants from this foundation must secure outside funding to match, at minimum, the amount of the grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Star Print ordered on the bill.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2022-11-17
text: Introduced in Senate
Protect Farmers from the SEC Act

Bill: 117-s-5135
Sponsor: Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR]
Introduced: 2022-11-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-28
text: 

Protect Farmers from the SEC Act 

 
This bill prohibits the Securities and Exchange Commission from requiring the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions related to agricultural products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-28
text: Introduced in Senate
Protecting Family Caregivers from Discrimination Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5136
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Protecting Family Caregivers from Discrimination Act of 2022

 
This bill prohibits employers from taking adverse employment actions against employees, or refusing to hire applicants, due to their family caregiver responsibilities. The bill also includes prohibitions against employer retaliation and provides for enforcement by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and private civil claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Rural Internet Improvement Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5137
Sponsor: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Internet, web applications, social media
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Rural Internet Improvement Act of 2022

 
This bill merges the pilot ReConnect Loan and Grant Program with existing loans and grants provided by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to facilitate broadband access to rural areas that lack sufficient access to broadband. Unobligated amounts available for the pilot program must be transferred and made available, without further appropriations, to this merged program. 
 
The bill specifies eligibility criteria and other requirements that apply to the merged program. For example, the bill limits funds from the merged program to projects in areas where at least 90% of the households lack sufficient access to broadband services, which is currently required under the pilot program. 
 
Other changes in the bill address procedures for contesting the accuracy of broadband maps that are used to identify eligible areas. It also requires efforts to increase coordination concerning broadband initiatives between USDA, the Federal Communications Commission, and the National Telecommunications Information Administration.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5138
Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Industrial Agriculture Accountability Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes additional requirements for larger animal feeding operations (AFOs) owned or controlled by industrial operators and increases handling requirements for livestock and poultry.
 
Specifically, the bill establishes the Office of High-Risk AFO Disaster Mitigation and Enforcement within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and requires such industrial operators to register with the office and submit annual disaster mitigation plans (e.g., for public health emergencies and major disasters). In addition, industrial operators must pay annual disaster mitigation maintenance fees to the office and are liable for costs associated with disaster events or depopulation (the rapid destruction of animals in response to urgent circumstances).
 
 Industrial operators are restricted from using specified methods of depopulation; any person may sue an industrial operator or USDA over a violation. Further, USDA must establish depopulation standards that rapidly induce unconsciousness and death with minimal pain and distress.
 
The Department of Labor must enforce minimum labor standards for industrial operators regarding covered workers or affected contract growers in disaster mitigation events, including whistleblower protections and health insurance requirements. Further, industrial operators may not use incarcerated workers in these events.
 
The bill also includes provisions on the handling of livestock and poultry, such as
 
 
requiring USDA to set additional standards for animal transport;
 
including poultry in the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 and creating a USDA grant program to transition processing facilities to a different slaughter method;
 
requiring USDA to promulgate certain regulations regarding the humane treatment, euthanasia, and disposition of nonambulatory livestock; and
 
 terminating programs that allow for slaughter speeds that exceed existing limits or reduce the use of federal inspectors. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Hide No Harm Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5139
Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Hide No Harm Act of 2022

 
This bill establishes criminal penalties for corporate officers who fail to inform federal agencies, their employees, or affected individuals of any serious physical danger that is associated with their products or services. It also prohibits retaliatory action against whistleblowers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A bill to provide for rental assistance for homeless or at-risk Indian veterans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-5140
Sponsor: Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Tribal HUD-VASH program, which provides rental assistance and supportive services to Indian veterans who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and living in or near an area where a tribe or tribally designated housing entity provides assistance for affordable housing. 
 
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must use at least 5% of rental assistance amounts under the HUD-VASH program, which provides housing assistance to homeless veterans, for the Tribal HUD-VASH program. The Tribal HUD-VASH program must be carried out by HUD in conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs.
 
Under the program, grants must be made to entities eligible for housing assistance block grants. HUD may make renewal grants to entities that have received prior program grants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Corporate Crime Database Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5141
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Corporate Crime Database Act of 2022

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to establish a public database of enforcement actions taken by federal agencies against businesses for corporate offenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Healthcare for Our Troops Act

Bill: 117-s-5142
Sponsor: Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Healthcare for Our Troops Act

 
This bill addresses TRICARE Reserve Select coverage and eligibility for Selected Reserve members of the Ready Reserve and their families. Among other elements, the bill provides eligibility for TRICARE Reserve Select to Selected Reserve members of the Ready Reserve who are eligible for or enrolled in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Veterans Patient Advocacy Act

Bill: 117-s-5143
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Veterans Patient Advocacy Act

 
This bill requires the Office of Patient Advocacy within the Veterans Health Administration to ensure (1) there is not fewer than one patient advocate for every 13,500 veterans enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system, and (2) highly rural veterans may access the services of patient advocates. The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the implementation of such policies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act

Bill: 117-s-5144
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Driver Reimbursement Increase for Veteran Equity Act or the DRIVE Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to adjust the mileage rate for beneficiary travel to or from a VA facility in relation to vocational rehabilitation, required counseling, or for the purpose of examination, treatment, or care. Such rate must be adjusted to be at least equal to the mileage reimbursement rate for vehicles that are privately owned by government employees on official business.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5145
Sponsor: Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act

 
This bill amends the Clean Air Act to address the limitations on Reid Vapor Pressure (a measure of gasoline's volatility) that are placed on gasoline during the summer ozone season, including by applying the Reid Vapor Pressure requirements that are applicable to gasoline blended with 10% ethanol (E10) to gasoline blended with more than 10% ethanol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Clean Start Act of 2022

Bill: 117-s-5146
Sponsor: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2022-11-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: 

Clean Start Act
 
of 2022

 
This bill establishes a process to seal records related to a nonviolent criminal offense committed by an individual whose substance use disorder is a substantial contributing factor in the commission of the offense. A nonviolent criminal offense is a federal criminal offense that is not a violent offense, a sex offense, a serious drug offense, or an offense with a victim under the age of 18.
 
To be eligible for sealing, an individual who is convicted of a nonviolent criminal offense must, among other things, complete a substance use disorder treatment program or recovery program and complete service in a substance use disorder peer mentorship program.
 
This bill also allows the Department of Justice to give preference to a Community Oriented Policing Services program grant applicant from a state that has in effect (1) a substantially similar law related to sealing adult records, or (2) a law that allows an individual who successfully seals a criminal record to be free from civil and criminal perjury laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-11-29
text: Introduced in Senate
Senator James L. Buckley Seashore Designation Act

Bill: 117-s-5147
Sponsor: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2022-11-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2022-11-30
text: 

Senator James L. Buckley Seashore Designation Act

 
This bill designates the Staten Island Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area in New York as the Senator James L. Buckley Seashore.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
action_date: 2022-11-30
text: Introduced in Senate