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Black Farmers and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers Increased Market Share Act

Bill: 117-hr-4169
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative remedies
Agricultural marketing and promotion
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Assault and harassment offenses
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congressional oversight
Department of Agriculture
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Income tax credits
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Public contracts and procurement
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Black Farmers and Socially Disadvantaged Farmers Increased Market Share Act
 
 
This bill addresses ways to increase market access for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and to ensure civil rights accountability for Department of Agriculture (USDA) employees. (
Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers
 are those who have been subjected to racial or ethnic prejudice because of their identity as members of a group without regard to individual qualities.)
 
Specifically, USDA must establish a program to make grants to support new or expanding food hubs designed to increase market access for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
 
USDA shall establish a process to prioritize the purchase of agricultural food products from socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. That process must account for barriers to market entry faced by socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers while maintaining the integrity of the purchasing process.
 
The bill also establishes an agriculture hub income tax credit, which shall be an amount equal to 25% of the qualified food hub expenses for the taxable year.
 
USDA must (1) ensure that its officials and employees are held accountable for engaging in discriminatory or retaliatory actions, harassment, civil rights violations, or related misconduct; and (2) bear the burden of proving by substantial evidence that an adverse decision was valid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4170
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Immigration status and procedures
Marriage and family status
Mining
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protection of officials
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social security and elderly assistance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Amend the Code for Marriage Equality Act of
 
2021
 
 
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, the Social Security Act (SSAct), and other federal laws to replace (1) references to 
wife 
or
 husband
 with references to 
spouse
, and (2) references to 
husband and wife
 or 
husband or wife
 with references to 
married couple 
 or 
married person.

 
For purposes of federal laws or regulations, 
marriage
 is defined as a legal union between two people as spouses. The bill eliminates a definition of 
spouse
 that refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
 
Requirements concerning compensation to a surviving wife after the disability or death of a person employed at a military, air, or naval base outside the United States are revised to make surviving spouses eligible for such compensation.
 
The bill makes similar revisions to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977.
 
The bill revises title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the SSAct to consolidate separate provisions for a wife's insurance benefits and a husband's insurance benefits into a single standard for a spouse's insurance benefits.
 
Criminal penalties that currently apply to persons who threaten to kill, kidnap, or inflict bodily harm upon a former President's wife or widow are revised to apply to threats made to a former President's spouse or surviving spouse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act

Bill: 117-hr-4171
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Essential Skills and Child Care for Health Professions Act

 
 This bill requires recipients of grants that provide low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations to make foundational skills training (e.g., English language proficiency training) and affordable child care available to participants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Tax-Free Pell Grant Act

Bill: 117-hr-4173
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Computers and information technology
Education of the disadvantaged
Educational technology and distance education
Higher education
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Tax-Free Pell Grant Act

 This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any amount received as a federal Pell Grant. It also expands the definition of 
qualified tuition and related expenses
 under the American Opportunity and Lifetime Learning tax credit to include computer or peripheral equipment (up to a maximum of $1,000), child and dependent care expenses, and course materials.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4174
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Expand American Educational Opportunity Act of 2021

 
This bill replaces the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning tax credits with a modified American Opportunity Tax Credit that (1) allows an income tax credit of up to $2,500 of the qualified tuition and related expenses of a student who is carrying at least one half of a normal course load, (2) allows a lifetime dollar limitation for the credit of $15,000 for all taxable years, and (3) increases the refundable portion of the credit to a maximum of $1,500. 
 
The bill defines 
qualified tuition and related expenses 
as tuition, fees, computer or peripheral equipment, child and dependent care expenses, and course materials for the taxpayer, the taxpayer's spouse, and dependents at certain postsecondary educational institutions. 
 
The bill also allows an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of any amount received as a Federal Pell Grant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
United States and Republic of Korea Alliance Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-4175
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
China
Collective security
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Europe
Japan
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Russia
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

United States and Republic of Korea Alliance Support Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Defense (DOD) from reducing below 22,000 the number of active-duty service members deployed to South Korea unless DOD makes specified reports and certifications, including that such a reduction is in the interest of national security.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Opportunity Zones Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4177
Sponsor: Rep. Hagedorn, Jim [R-MN-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Expanding Opportunity Zones Act of 2021

 
This bill revises provisions relating to tax-exempt opportunity zones to increase the number of low-income communities that may be designated as qualified opportunity zones, and to extend the periods of election and deferral of gain invested with respect to such zones.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authority to collect Shasta-Trinity Marina fees through fiscal year 2027.

Bill: 117-hr-4178
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: California
Lakes and rivers
Sports and recreation facilities
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 
This bill extends through FY2027 the authority of the Department of Agriculture to collect fees for a marina in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest in California.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-03-01
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4179
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Improving Opportunities for New Americans Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to study and report on the factors affecting employment opportunities for immigrants and refugees with professional credentials obtained in other counties, including policy recommendations for assisting those individuals in obtaining skill-appropriate employment in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Keeping Pets and Families Together Act

Bill: 117-hr-4180
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Mammals

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Keeping Pets and Families Together Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a grant program to support animal shelters, pounds, or humane societies implanting microchips into dogs and cats in their care before allowing the animals to be adopted, returned to their owners, or sold to dealers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Stop Inflationary Spending Act

Bill: 117-hr-4181
Sponsor: Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Inflation and prices

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Stop Inflationary Spending Act

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to provide inflation projections for bills that Congress considers using the budget reconciliation process. 
 
Specifically, the CBO must estimate the impact on inflation that will occur from implementing each reconciliation bill, including the impact on inflation that will occur during each of the first five years after the enactment of the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3151)
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Extinction Crisis Emergency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4182
Sponsor: Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Extinction Crisis Emergency Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the President to declare the global wildlife extinction crisis a national emergency and to take certain actions to restore wildlife.
 
Specifically, the President shall direct the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service to 
 
 
 review all species that are identified as critically imperiled, critically endangered, endangered, or vulnerable, and to use all authorities to propose and finalize protections for all species that may warrant protection; and 
 
establish new national wildlife refuges and new marine protected areas.
 
 
The Departments of Commerce and the Interior must, after accepting public comment, conduct annual reviews of every nation's compliance with any international fishery conservation program or international program for endangered or threatened species, and take specified actions.
 
The President must enlist all federal agencies to help fight the wildlife extinction crisis by directing each federal agency to take specified actions to prioritize the recovery of endangered species and to rebuild healthy wildlife and plant populations, including by fully integrating climate change concerns into the conservation and recovery of endangered species.
 
The President must direct the Department of Defense to prioritize the protection of endangered species and rare habitats on U.S. military installations around the world.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Armed 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: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Armed 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: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Natural Resources, and Armed 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: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Public Transportation Accessibility Study Act

Bill: 117-hr-4183
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Public Transportation Accessibility Study Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to report on the accessibility of public transportation to residents of areas of concentrated poverty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4184
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government studies and investigations
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
State and local taxation
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Taxpayer Protection and Preparer Proficiency Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Department of the Treasury to regulate tax return preparers, including by sanctioning preparers for incompetence and disreputable behavior and by establishing minimum competency standards for preparers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Escuadrón 201 Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-4185
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Latin America
Mexico
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Escuadr&oacute;n 201 Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to the members of Escuadr&oacute;n 201 in recognition of their valor and value to the Allied forces during World War II.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
Patriotic Corporations of America Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4186
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-25 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: 

Patriotic Corporations of America Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes new requirements for federal contracts, including Department of Defense contracts, with respect to issues of labor, environmental sustainability, taxes, and private equity firms.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits an executive agency from awarding a contract unless the offeror, among other requirements
 
 
 pays employees wages that meet certain minimums;
 
 agrees to sign a neutrality agreement with respect to efforts to form a labor organization and an agreement not to hire replacement workers in any strike;
 
submits to the agency an actionable plan to address natural disasters and health crises, including policies and plans for paid family and medical leave and for whistleblower protections; and
 
submits to the agency an actionable plan to recruit and promote people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and veterans.
 
 
The bill sets forth additional provisions to assure that the offeror meets specified requirements with respect to the payment of environmental penalties, federal income tax liability and financial performance, and a controlling private equity firm meeting certain labor and environmental requirements.
 
The bill establishes specified contract preferences (e.g., in favor of an offeror that does not outsource jobs outside the United States and that has a collective bargaining agreement with employees).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2021-06-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 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: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-25
text: Introduced in House