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Expanding Student Access to Mental Health Services Act

Bill: 117-hr-787
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Health technology, devices, supplies
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Expanding Student Access to Mental Health Services Act

 
This bill authorizes state and local educational agencies to use Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants to improve mental health services available to students. Specifically, it allows funds to be used for identifying and disseminating best practices for mental health first aid, emergency planning, coordination of services, and telehealth services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authorization for Augusta Canal National Heritage Area.

Bill: 117-hr-788
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Dams and canals
Georgia
Historic sites and heritage areas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 
This bill extends through FY2036 the authority of the Department of the Interior to make any grants or provide any assistance for the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area in Georgia. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Aid and Attendance Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-789
Sponsor: Rep. Allred, Colin Z. [D-TX-32]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability assistance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Aid and Attendance Support Act
 
 
This bill increases the amount of specified Department of Veterans Affairs benefit payments for veterans (or their survivors) who require aid at home or are in nursing homes. Specifically, the bill increases such benefits by 25% until 60 days after the end of the declared emergency period resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
TABS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-790
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Appropriations
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Reserve System
Financial services and investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Taking Account of Bureaucrats' Spending Act of 2021 or the TABS Act of 2021

 
This bill eliminates provisions that fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) using transfers from the earnings of the Federal Reserve System. The transfers under current law permit the CFPB to be funded outside of the annual appropriations process, and this bill brings the CFPB into the regular process. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Tracking COVID–19 Variants Act

Bill: 117-hr-791
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food assistance and relief
Genetics
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Housing supply and affordability
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Medical research
Mental health
Minority health
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Tracking COVID-19 Variants Act

 
This bill expands viral genomic sequencing, disease surveillance, and other public health research activities.
 
Specifically, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must issue guidance on the sequencing of the virus that causes COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). Additionally, the CDC must establish a program to strengthen genomic sequencing, analytics, and disease surveillance activities. As part of this program, the CDC must provide grants and technical assistance to health departments to build their capacity to carry out such activities.
 
Furthermore, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) must carry out a demonstration program to expand an existing program that links different federal data sets for statistical public health research, including research on food insecurity, housing instability, and other social determinants of health. In particular, the program must support linkages with the National Death Index, a database of death records maintained by the NCHS.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Barriers to Suicide Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-792
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health promotion and preventive care
Mental health
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Barriers to Suicide Act of 20

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This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a program to facilitate the installation of evidence-based suicide deterrents on bridges, including suicide prevention nets and barriers. 
 
DOT may award competitive grants to states and local governments to carry out the program. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must conduct a study to identify the types of structures, other than bridges, that attract a high number of individuals attempting suicide-by-jumping and the types of nets or barriers that are effective at reducing such suicides. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act

Bill: 117-hr-795
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Coronavirus Assistance for American Families Act

 
This bill provides individual taxpayers with additional recovery rebates in 2021. The amount of such rebates is $1,400 per individual ($2,800 for married individuals filing joint tax returns) and $1,400 for each dependent of the taxpayer. The rebate is phased out for individuals whose adjusted gross income exceeds $75,000 ($150,000 for joint returns). To be eligible for the rebate, taxpayers must include a valid Social Security account number on their tax returns. 
 
The bill directs the Department of the Treasury to conduct a public awareness campaign to inform taxpayers of the availability of the rebate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Coverage for COVID–19 Treatment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-796
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Coverage for COVID-19 Treatment Act of 2021

 
This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover, without any cost-sharing requirement, medically necessary services for individuals who have been diagnosed with, or are presumed to have, COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 
 
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury must, not later than one week after this bill is enacted, jointly issue guidance specifying the applicable services. Further, HHS must reimburse insurance plans for the cost-sharing amount for such services that would otherwise have been required. The bill provides funding for this reimbursement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 24930 Washington Avenue in Murrieta, California, as the "Riverside County Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office".

Bill: 117-hr-797
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 24930 Washington Avenue in Murrieta, California, as the "Riverside County Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Home Safety Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-798
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Minority health
Product development and innovation
Product safety and quality
Travel and tourism
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

COVID-19 Home Safety Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to report, and publish, information about injuries and deaths from consumer products during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The report must be submitted every three months for the duration of the emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Tax Identity Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-799
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Tax Identity Protection Act

 
This bill directs the Internal Revenue Service to report on the Taxpayer Identification Number Perfection Program, including an explanation of the extent to which program information could be used to identify individuals receiving wages without work authorization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Preference for Local Veteran Contractors Act

Bill: 117-hr-800
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Building construction
Department of Veterans Affairs
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Preference for Local Veteran Contractors Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to give preference to local contractors for purposes of awarding contracts for the construction or maintenance of a VA facility or for services provided to a particular VA facility or campus. Local contractors are those who submit a bid or proposal and have principal offices or locations within a 60-mile radius of the VA facility covered by the contract. Per the bill, the VA must publish a public notice explaining why a local contractor was not awarded a contract if another contractor is selected.
 
The bill also updates the order of priority for awarding contracts to small business concerns to include priority for local contractors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Medical Education Act

Bill: 117-hr-801
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Building construction
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Minority education
Minority employment
Rural conditions and development
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Expanding Medical Education Act

 
This bill authorizes the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to award grants to institutions of higher education, or consortia of such institutions, to establish or expand medical schools.
 
In awarding these grants, HRSA must prioritize minority-serving institutions or those that propose to establish or expand schools in medically underserved communities or areas with shortages of health professionals where no such schools exist.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H335)
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Tax Assistance for Crumbling Foundations Act

Bill: 117-hr-802
Sponsor: Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Life, casualty, property insurance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Tax Assistance for Crumbling Foundations Act

 
This bill repeals the tax rule in effect through 2025 that limits the deduction for personal casualty losses to losses attributable to a federally declared disaster. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
FAMILY Act

Bill: 117-hr-804
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Adult day care
Advisory bodies
Child care and development
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employee leave
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Employment taxes
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Railroads
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
Transportation employees
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act
 
or the FAMILY Act

 
This bill entitles every employee to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) monthly benefit payment of two-thirds of the employee's regular pay, limited to a maximum of $4,000, for not more than 60 days of qualified caregiving. The bill establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration to administer the FMLI program.
 
An FMLI benefit payment must be coordinated with any periodic benefits received under a state or local temporary disability insurance or family leave program.
 
The bill imposes a tax on employers, employees, and self-employed individuals to fund FMLI benefits. It also establishes the Federal Family and Medical Leave Insurance Trust Fund to hold tax revenues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Layoff Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-805
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: State and local government operations
Temporary and part-time employment
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Layoff Prevention Act of 2021 

 
This bill extends temporary funding to reimburse states for making short-time compensation (STC) payments under existing or new STC programs for weeks of unemployment ending on or before five years and six months after enactment of this bill. (STC, also known as work sharing, is a program that provides prorated unemployment compensation to workers whose hours have been reduced in lieu of a layoff.) Under current law, this reimbursement is available for weeks of unemployment ending on or before September 6, 2021.
 
 The bill also extends funding to support STC payments by states that do not have STC programs under state law through 2 years and 13 weeks after enactment of this bill. Under current law, this assistance applies to weeks of unemployment ending on or before September 6, 2021. 
 
Finally, the bill increases funding to the Department of Labor for awarding grants to states to (1) implement, or improve administration of, STC programs; or (2) promote, and enroll employers in, STC programs. In addition, the bill modifies the formula used to allocate such grants. Labor may not award a grant with respect to an application submitted after December 31, 2026. Such changes are retroactive to March 27, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Invest in Child Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-807
Sponsor: Rep. Eshoo, Anna G. [D-CA-18]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Customs enforcement
Domestic violence and child abuse
Emergency communications systems
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Law enforcement administration and funding
Missing persons
Pornography
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Invest in Child Safety Act

 
This bill modifies the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children.
 
The bill establishes within the Executive Office of the President a new office&#8212;the Office to Enforce and Protect Against Child Sexual Exploitation&#8212;to coordinate federal efforts to prevent, investigate, prosecute, and treat victims of child exploitation.
 
Additionally, it establishes the Child Sexual Exploitation Treatment, Support, and Prevention Fund to make grants and fund federal efforts to treat and support victims of child sexual exploitation and evidence-based programs and services to prevent child sexual exploitation. 
 
Finally, the bill makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each involved individual and increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House