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DATA Privacy Act

Bill: 117-hr-5807
Sponsor: Rep. Vela, Filemon [D-TX-34]
Introduced: 2021-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Consumer affairs
Employee hiring
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Research administration and funding
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: 

Digital Accountability and Transparency to Advance Privacy Act or the DATA Privacy Act

 
This bill establishes information security requirements for businesses that collect, process, store, or disclose information relating to at least 50,000 people in a 12-month period. The bill applies to information that may be linked to a specific individual or a device associated with a specific individual. It does not cover data related to employment or publicly available government records.
 
 Specifically, covered businesses must 
 
provide consumers with accessible notice of the business's privacy practices with respect to such information; and
 
if meeting a certain revenue threshold, appoint a privacy officer to oversee compliance with the business's privacy practices.
 
 
The bill further requires the Federal Trade Commission to promulgate rules requiring covered businesses to
 
 
limit the purpose and amount of consumer data collection to reasonable business purposes, provide consumers with clear methods to opt-in and opt-out of such collection, and refrain from using such data for discriminatory purposes;
 
provide consumers with a method to access, revise, transmit, and delete collected information; and
 
establish information security standards based on the sensitivity and level of identifiability of the collected data, risk of exposure of such data, widely-accepted practices of securing such data, and cost and impact of implementing such practices.
 
 
Finally, the bill requires the National Science Foundation, and other agencies, to support research of technology that increases the privacy and confidentiality of collected data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Introduced in House
New Parents Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5808
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2021-11-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: 

New Parents Act of 2021

 
This bill allows parents to use a portion of their Social Security benefits for up to three months of paid parental leave after the birth or adoption of a child. To receive the parental leave benefit, parents must choose to either increase their retirement age or temporarily receive a reduction in Social Security benefits upon retirement, as specified.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the transfer to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas of certain materials for the construction of the border wall, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5810
Sponsor: Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to transfer to Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas unused materials obtained for constructing a border wall in each respective state. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and 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: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
No Vaccine Mandate Act

Bill: 117-hr-5811
Sponsor: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-4]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

No Vaccine Mandate Act

 
This bill prohibits certain funding made available for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies from being used for implementing or enforcing a rule that requires a COVID-19 vaccine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
National Patient ID Repeal Act

Bill: 117-hr-5812
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

National Patient ID Repeal Act

 
This bill repeals the requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services adopt a standard unique health identifier for each individual, employer, health plan, and health care provider.
 
The provision has not been implemented to date because language included in annual appropriations acts has prohibited the use of federal funds for developing a unique identifier. However, some appropriations bills introduced in recent years have not included this funding restriction.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
NOSHA Act

Bill: 117-hr-5813
Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Nullify Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act or the NOSHA Act

 
This bill abolishes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA, which is part of the Department of Labor, sets and enforces workplace safety and health standards and provides related training, outreach, education, and assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting Unrealized Capital Gains Taxation Act

Bill: 117-hr-5814
Sponsor: Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Prohibiting Unrealized Capital Gains Taxation Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury or any other federal official from imposing a tax on unrealized capital gains (i.e., not sold or otherwise disposed of).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Honest Census Communications Act

Bill: 117-hr-5815
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Honest Census Communications Act

 
This bill prohibits certain deceptive practices in relation to a census.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits communicating census-related information, or producing census-related information for communication, knowing the information to be materially false and with the intent to impede or prevent another person from participating in any census.
 
The bill sets criminal and civil penalties for violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 16.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
National Informed Consent Exemption (NICE) Act

Bill: 117-hr-5816
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Due process and equal protection
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family relationships
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

National Informed Consent Exemption (NICE) Act

 
This bill restricts the federal government and federally funded entities from mandating that U.S. citizens receive a vaccination or a test for an infectious disease in order to participate in federal programs or activities such as travel. It also specifies that laws, regulations, or policies that discriminate on the basis of a citizen's vaccination status are unenforceable, subject to limited exceptions.
 
The bill establishes a national vaccination exemption that may be exercised by any individual, including on behalf of the individual's children or dependents. Further, the bill prohibits vaccinating a child without the consent of each parent or guardian. One parent or guardian may consent if the other parent or guardian received, at least three days prior, written notice of the child's vaccination appointment.
 
The bill's provisions do not apply (1) to lawfully incarcerated or institutionalized individuals, (2) to a specific individual subject to an individualized court order that meets due process protections, or (3) during declared emergencies if the jurisdiction's governing authority formally applies to the President for an exception to the national vaccination exemption that meets specified standards.
 
An aggrieved individual may enforce the bill through a private right of action. Additionally, an entity that provides false information to influence an individual's decision about receiving a vaccine shall be liable for damages resulting from the vaccination.
 
The Surgeon General must establish an independent commission to evaluate the safety of COVID-19 vaccines and other vaccines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
NCAA Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5817
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

NCAA Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes due process and notice requirements for the investigations carried out by certain intercollegiate athletic associations and related organizations.
 
Specifically, the requirements apply to interstate athletic associations, conferences, or other organizations with authority over intercollegiate athletics or that administer intercollegiate athletics and that have at least 900 member institutions. Such organizations must establish and administer due process requirements for the investigation of any member institution, student athlete enrolled in such member institution, or other individual for infractions of the athletic association's bylaws or failure to meet the conditions and obligations of membership.
 
The Department of Justice must establish procedures for (1) individuals and entities to file complaints, (2) the investigation of complaints that have a substantial probability of validity, and (3) the investigation of other violations of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6074)
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5818
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Department of Health and Human Services
Government information and archives
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Home and outpatient care
Medicare
Surgery and anesthesia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Outpatient Surgery Quality and Access Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes and modifies certain requirements relating to Medicare payments for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services.
 
Specifically, the bill (1) requires the payment system for ASC services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revises quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), when excluding requested procedures from the list of those approved to be performed in ASCs, to cite specified reasons for doing so.
 
With respect to excluding procedures from the approved list for ASCs, the CMS may not cite as a basis for exclusion that a procedure can only be reported using an unlisted surgical procedure code. (Physicians sometimes use unlisted codes when performing new procedures or services if no existing code is adequately descriptive.)
 
The bill also limits the copayment amount for ASC services under Medicare to that of the inpatient hospital deductible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-5819
Sponsor: Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Inflation and prices
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act

 
This bill increases the maximum amount authorized under the Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) grant program to $10,000 for veterans with a service-connected disability and $5,000 for those with disabilities that are not service-connected. The HISA grant program provides medically necessary improvements and structural alterations to veterans' (or service members') primary residence for specified purposes (e.g., allowing for entrance to their home).
 
The bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase the dollar amount of the grant in accordance with inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of certain Federal funds to facilitate mandatory vaccination programs, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5820
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 
This bill prohibits a state, territory, or locality from using federal funds to facilitate its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
American Energy Worker Opportunity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5821
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

American Energy Worker Opportunity Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Office of American Energy Workers in the Department of the Treasury to provide displaced coal workers with wage replacement, health care premiums, retirement savings contributions, and educational assistance. The bill also provides educational assistance for the children of displaced coal workers and provides an incentive for clean energy employers to hire displaced coal workers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
To extend Federal recognition to the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5822
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 
This bill extends federal recognition to the Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina.
 
Specifically, the bill makes the tribe and its members eligible for services and benefits provided to federally recognized tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. The delivery area for services and benefits shall be determined in coordination and consultation with the Department of the Interior.
 
Next, the bill sets forth requirements for the tribe regarding its membership roll, governing documents, and governing body.
 
Upon request of the tribe, Interior (1) must take into trust certain land in Dorchester and Colleton counties in South Carolina for the benefit of the tribe, and (2) may take into trust land in specified counties for the benefit of the tribe. Land taken into trust shall be considered part of the tribe's reservation.
 
Further, the bill prohibits the tribe from conducting gaming activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House