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Local Water Protection Act

To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to nonpoint source management, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Local Water Protection Act 2. Nonpoint source management programs Section 319(j) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1329(j) subsections (h) and (i) not to exceed fiscal year 1991 subsections (h) and (i) $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 May 28, 2021 Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Summary: Local Water Protection Act This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 grants to states for (1) programs that manage and control nonpoint source pollution (e.g., runoff from a variety of sources) added to navigable waters, and (2) groundwater quality protection activities to advance state implementation of such programs.
Outdated AUMF Repeal Act

To repeal certain outdated authorizations for the use of military force, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Outdated AUMF Repeal Act 2. Repeal of authorization for use of military force against Iraq resolution of 2002 The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 ( Public Law 107–243 50 U.S.C. 1541 3. Repeal of authorization for use of military force against Iraq resolution The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution ( Public Law 102–1 50 U.S.C. 1541 4. Repeal of resolution to promote peace and stability in the Middle East The joint resolution entitled A joint resolution to promote peace and stability in the Middle East Public Law 85–7 22 U.S.C. 1961

Summary: Outdated AUMF Repeal Act This bill repeals the authorizations for the use of military force against Iraq (dated January 14, 1991, and October 16, 2002) and repeals a joint resolution authorizing the provision of military assistance in the general area of the Middle East (dated March 9, 1957).
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2021

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget and behind schedule, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2021 2. Annual report (a) Definitions In this section— (1) the term covered agency (A) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; and (B) an independent regulatory agency, as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code; (2) the term covered project (A) that is more than 5 years behind schedule; or (B) for which the amount spent on the project is not less than $1,000,000,000 more than the original cost estimate for the project; and (3) the term project 2 U.S.C. 900(c) (b) Requirement Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance requiring covered agencies to include, on an annual basis in a report described in paragraph (2) of section 3516(a) of title 31, United States Code, or a consolidated report described in paragraph (1) of such section, information relating to each covered project of the covered agency, which shall include— (1) a brief description of the covered project, including— (A) the purpose of the covered project; (B) each location in which the covered project is carried out; (C) the contract or award number of the covered project, where applicable; (D) the year in which the covered project was initiated; (E) the Federal share of the total cost of the covered project; and (F) each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the covered project; (2) an explanation of any change to the original scope of the covered project, including by the addition or narrowing of the initial requirements of the covered project; (3) the original expected date for completion of the covered project; (4) the current expected date for completion of the covered project; (5) the original cost estimate for the covered project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (6) the current cost estimate for the covered project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; (7) an explanation for a delay in completion or an increase in the original cost estimate for the covered project, including, where applicable, any impact of insufficient or delayed appropriations; and (8) the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the covered project.

Summary: Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2021 This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance requiring federal agencies to report annually to Congress regarding certain federally funded projects that are (1) more than five years behind schedule, or (2) have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate for the project.
To amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to include certain services in the definition of critical services for purposes of repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities.

To amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to include certain services in the definition of critical services for purposes of repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities. 1. Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities Section 20601 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–123 , and including, for purposes of this section, solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care, for the duration

Summary: This bill expands the definition of critical services in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care.
SALT Fairness Act of 2021

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on deduction for State and local taxes, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the SALT Fairness Act of 2021 2. Repeal of limitation on deduction for State and local, etc. taxes (a) In general Section 164(b) is amended by striking paragraph (6). (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in section 11042 of Public Law 115–97

Summary: SALT Fairness Act of 2021 This bill repeals the temporary restrictions in taxable years 2018 through 2025 on the deductibility of state and local taxes.
American Dream Employment Act of 2021

To provide that individuals who are beneficiaries of deferred action, deferred enforced departure, or temporary protected status shall be treated in the same manner as citizens of the United States for purposes of determining the eligibility of such individuals to serve as officers or employees of Congress. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Dream Employment Act of 2021 2. Eligibility of beneficiaries of deferred action or temporary protected status for employment in Congress (a) Treatment in same manner as citizens of United States For purposes of determining the eligibility of an individual described in subsection (b) to serve as an officer or employee of an office of Congress, the individual shall be treated in the same manner as an individual who is a citizen of the United States. (b) Individuals described An individual described in this subsection is an individual— (1) who has been issued an employment authorization document under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children (2) whose employment is authorized pursuant to a grant of deferred enforced departure; or (3) who has temporary protected status under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S. 1254a). (c) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2022 and each succeeding fiscal year.

Summary: American Dream Employment Act of 2021 This bill establishes that, for the purposes of eligibility to be an officer or employee of an office of Congress, an individual shall be treated as a U.S. citizen if that individual has (1) employment authorization under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, (2) employment authorization under a grant of deferred enforced departure, or (3) temporary protected status. (Generally, these programs and statuses allow eligible aliens to remain and work in the United States.)
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the transfer of intangible property from controlled foreign corporations to United States shareholders.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the transfer of intangible property from controlled foreign corporations to United States shareholders. 1. Special rules for transfers of intangible property from controlled foreign corporations to United States shareholders (a) In general Subpart F of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 966. Transfers of intangible property to United States shareholders (a) In general If a controlled foreign corporation holds intangible property on the date of the enactment of this section and thereafter distributes such property to a domestic corporation which is a United States shareholder with respect to such controlled foreign corporation— (1) for purposes of part I of subchapter C and any other provision of this title specified by the Secretary, the fair market value of such property on the date of such distribution shall be treated as not exceeding the adjusted basis of such property immediately before such distribution, and (2) if any portion of such distribution is not a dividend— (A) no gain shall be recognized by such United States shareholder with respect to such distribution, and (B) the adjusted basis of such property in the hands of such United States shareholder immediately after such distribution shall be the adjusted basis of such property in the hands of such controlled foreign corporation immediately before such distribution reduced by the amount (if any) of gain not recognized by reason of subparagraph (A) (determined after the application of paragraph (1)). (b) Intangible property For purposes of this section, the term intangible property (1) patent, copyright, license, invention, formula, process, design, pattern, know-how, or format, (2) method, program, system, procedure, campaign, survey, study, forecast, estimate, or technical data, (3) computer software (as defined in section 197(e)(3)(B)), or (4) any similar item, which has substantial value independent of the services of any individual. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Section 197(f)(2)(B)(i) of such Code is amended by inserting 966(a), 731, (2) The table of sections for subpart F of part III of subchapter N of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following new item: Sec. 966. Transfers of intangible property to United States shareholders. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to distributions made in taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after December 31, 2021, and to taxable years of United States shareholders in which or with which such taxable years of foreign corporations end.

Summary: This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, gains from distributions of intangible property by controlled foreign corporations to U.S. domestic corporations. The bill defines intangible property to include patents, copyrights, licenses, formulas, computer software, and similar items with substantial value.
Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to mental health services under the Medicare program. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021 2. Improved access to mental health services under the medicare program (a) Access to clinical social workers Section 1833(a)(1)(F)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(1)(F)(ii) 75 percent of the amount determined for payment of a psychologist under clause (L) 85 percent of the fee schedule amount provided under section 1848 (b) Access to clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities (1) In general Section 1888(e)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395yy(e)(2)(A)(ii) clinical social worker services, qualified psychologist services, (2) Conforming amendment Section 1861(hh)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(2) and other than services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility which the facility is required to provide as a requirement for participation (c) Access to the complete set of clinical social worker services Section 1861(hh)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(hh)(2) for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses (other than services (including services for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses or services for health and behavior assessment and intervention (identified as of January 1, 2021, by HCPCS codes 96150 through 96161 (and any succeeding codes)), but not including services (d) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2022.

Summary: Improving Access to Mental Health Act of 2021 This bill increases the Medicare reimbursement rate for clinical social worker services. The bill excludes clinical social worker services from the prospective payment system in which predetermined amounts form the basis for payment under Medicare. Additionally, the bill alters the definition of clinical social worker services as it relates to Medicare. Under current law, such services (1) include services performed for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and (2) exclude services furnished to an inpatient of a skilled nursing facility as a condition of the facility's participation in the Medicare program. The bill repeals these provisions and instead specifies that such services include certain types of health behavior assessment and intervention.
Saving Us from Pandemic Era Resistance by Building a Unified Global Strategy Act of 2021

To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to formulate a strategy for entering into agreements with foreign countries to develop and commercialize new drugs to address pandemics, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Saving Us from Pandemic Era Resistance by Building a Unified Global Strategy Act of 2021 SUPER BUGS Act of 2021 2. International strategy for development of new drugs to address pandemics (a) Strategy (1) In general Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall— (A) formulate a strategy for entering into agreements with foreign countries to help to develop and commercialize (including through contracts with the private sector) new drugs to address pandemics, including antimicrobial drugs; and (B) submit such strategy to the Congress. (2) Contents The strategy under paragraph (1) shall— (A) provide for the harmonization of agreements and contracts described in paragraph (1)(A); (B) allow such countries to emphasize national or regional issues of importance; and (C) provide for collaboration among such countries, so as to allocate joint or individual responsibility across such countries for the development and commercialization of particular drugs. (b) Agreements with foreign countries The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall seek to enter into agreements with foreign countries to implement the strategy under subsection (a). (c) Definition In this section, the term antimicrobial drug (1) an antibiotic drug, as defined in section 201(jj) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ( 21 U.S.C. 321(jj) (2) a biological product, as defined in section 351(i) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 262(i)

Summary: Saving Us from Pandemic Era Resistance by Building a Unified Global Strategy Act of 2021 or the SUPER BUGS Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to seek to enter into agreements with foreign countries to develop and commercialize new drugs to address pandemics. HHS shall report to Congress a strategy for achieving this goal.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time duty.

To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand eligibility for Post-9/11 Educational Assistance to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time duty. 1. Expansion of eligibility for Post-9/11 educational assistance to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time duty Section 3301(1)(C)(ii) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (not including training) title 32 (2) by striking for the purpose of responding to a national emergency declared by the President and supported by Federal funds

Summary: This bill expands eligibility for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits to members of the National Guard who perform certain full-time service at the request of the President or the Secretary of Defense (i.e., full-time National Guard duty). Specifically, the bill eliminates the existing requirement that eligible full-time service must be in response to a declared national emergency. The bill also specifies that training is not included as full-time service for purposes of eligibility for these members.
Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021

To designate methamphetamine as an emerging threat, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021 2. Declaration of emerging threat (a) In general Congress declares methamphetamine an emerging drug threat, as defined in section 702 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 ( 21 U.S.C. 1701 (b) Required emerging threat response plan Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall establish and implement an Emerging Threat Response Plan that is specific to methamphetamine in accordance with section 709(d) of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 ( 21 U.S.C. 1708(d)

Summary: Methamphetamine Response Act of 2021 This bill designates methamphetamine as an emerging drug threat (a new and growing trend in the use of an illicit drug or class of drug). It also directs the Office of National Drug Control Policy to implement a methamphetamine response plan.
Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2021

To amend the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 to extend the provision of assistance for critical services with respect to certain disasters, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2021 2. Repair, restoration, and replacement of damaged facilities (a) In general Section 20601 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–123 (1) by striking , and (2) by inserting , and including, for purposes of this section, solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care, for the duration (3) by inserting , and any subsequent major disaster (as such term is defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) declared under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands on or before September 30, 2022 to— (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in section 20601 of Public Law 115–123

Summary: Resiliency Enhancement Act of 2021 This bill extends the provision of disaster assistance for critical services to solid waste management, stormwater management, public housing, transportation infrastructure, and medical care. Such assistance is also extended to any major disaster in Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands subsequent to Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Maria on or before September 30, 2022.
Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021

To amend part D of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 2. Negotiation of lower covered part D drug prices on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries (a) Negotiation by secretary Section 1860D–11 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–111 (i) Negotiation of Lower Drug Prices (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall negotiate with pharmaceutical manufacturers the prices (including discounts, rebates, and other price concessions) that may be charged to PDP sponsors and MA organizations for covered part D drugs for part D eligible individuals who are enrolled under a prescription drug plan or under an MA–PD plan. (2) No change in rules for formularies (A) In general Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed to authorize the Secretary to establish or require a particular formulary. (B) Construction Subparagraph (A) shall not be construed as affecting the Secretary's authority to ensure appropriate and adequate access to covered part D drugs under prescription drug plans and under MA–PD plans, including compliance of such plans with formulary requirements under section 1860D–4(b)(3). (3) Construction Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as preventing the sponsor of a prescription drug plan, or an organization offering an MA–PD plan, from obtaining a discount or reduction of the price for a covered part D drug below the price negotiated under paragraph (1). (4) Semi-annual reports to Congress Not later than June 1, 2022, and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a report on negotiations conducted by the Secretary to achieve lower prices for Medicare beneficiaries, and the prices and price discounts achieved by the Secretary as a result of such negotiations. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall first apply to negotiations and prices for plan years beginning on January 1, 2022.

Summary: Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2021 This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies regarding prices for drugs covered under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Current law prohibits the CMS from doing so.