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To amend title 10, United States Code, to codify and expand the authority for joint task forces of the Department of Defense to support law enforcement agencies conducting counter-terrorism, counter-illicit trafficking, or counter-transnational organized crime activities, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5862
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 
This bill provides authority for joint task forces of the Department of Defense that provide support to law enforcement agencies conducting counter-drug activities to also provide support in conducting counter-illicit trafficking activities (e.g., human trafficking).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1199)
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
End Palm Oil Deforestation Act

Bill: 117-hr-5863
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

End Palm Oil Deforestation Act

 
This bill modifies requirements for importing palm oil and makes other changes to address deforestation and other potential harms from cultivating and processing palm oil. For example, the bill (1) specifies that palm oil does not qualify for exclusions from importation requirements granted to common cultivars or common food crops, and (2) prohibits imported palm oil products from being treated as renewable fuel for purposes of the Renewable Fuel Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and Natural Resources, 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: 2021-11-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1197-1198)
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the withholding of Federal education funds on the basis of vaccination requirements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5864
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Higher education
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
School administration
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 
This bill prohibits withholding federal education funds from an otherwise eligible recipient (e.g., educational agencies, schools, and institutions of higher education) because the recipient does not require students or employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act

Bill: 117-hr-5866
Sponsor: Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Protection of Social Security Benefits Restoration Act

 
This bill prohibits the application of, and repeals authority for, administrative offsets to Social Security, railroad retirement, and black lung benefits. (An administrative offset is the withholding of funds payable by or held by the United States to satisfy a debt.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
End the Draft Act

Bill: 117-hr-5867
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
General Services Administration
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Military personnel and dependents
Selective Service System

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

End the Draft Act

 
This bill repeals the Military Selective Service Act, which requires most men of ages 18 through 25 years old to register with the Selective Service System in case a draft is reinstated.
 
 The assets, contracts, property, unexpended balances, and records held by the Selective Service System must be transferred to the General Services Administration upon the repeal.
 
The Office of Personnel Management must assist officers and employees of the Selective Service System to transfer to other positions in the executive branch.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop Military Selective Service Registration Act

Bill: 117-hr-5868
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Appropriations
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Military personnel and dependents
Selective Service System

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Stop Military Selective Service Registration Act

 
This bill repeals the Military Selective Service Act, which requires most men of ages 18 through 25 years old to register with the Selective Service System in case a draft is reinstated. The assets, contracts, property, unexpended balances and records held by the Selective Service System must be transferred to the Office of Selective Service Records (reestablished by this bill) upon the repeal.
 
The bill prohibits the reenactment of the Military Selective Service Act or reestablishment of the Selective Service System unless there is a vote by two-thirds of each chamber of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5869
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Mary Jo Lawyer Spano Mesothelioma Patient Registry Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, to establish a mesothelioma patient registry. (Mesothelioma is a cancer of the tissue lining the lung, chest, and abdomen areas and is generally associated with asbestos exposure.) The registry must include information relating to the incidence and prevalence of mesothelioma in the United States, including treatment outcomes and demographics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
United States-Taiwan Public Health Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-5870
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

United States-Taiwan Public Health Protection Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to establish an Infectious Disease Monitoring Center within the American Institute in Taipei, Taiwan. (The U.S.-Taiwan relationship is unofficial, and the American Institute in Taiwan office in Taipei performs many of the same functions as an embassy.)
 
The center must seek to partner with the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control to monitor infectious diseases in the region, including by regularly monitoring, analyzing, and disseminating open-source material, such as viral strains and other pathogens, from countries in the region. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
American Telecommunications Security Act

Bill: 117-hr-5871
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

American Telecommunications Security Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of certain funds to purchase, rent, lease, or otherwise obtain communications equipment or services determined to pose a national security risk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Natural Cosmetics Act

Bill: 117-hr-5872
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Natural Cosmetics Act

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a final rule defining the terms 
natural
 and 
naturally derived ingredient
 with respect to cosmetics (including personal care products). It also prohibits the sale of a cosmetic that includes these terms on its packaging or labeling unless the cosmetic meets the definitions established under this bill. 
 
The FDA must issue the final rule within two years of this bill's enactment. 
 
When developing the definitions, the FDA must (1) consider how each ingredient in a cosmetic is processed; (2) consider any impurities that would adversely impact human health; and (3) base the definitions on relevant scientific data, including data on consumers' understanding of such terms when applied to cosmetics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Improving Part-Time Workers Access to Retirement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5873
Sponsor: Rep. Manning, Kathy E. [D-NC-6]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Improving Part-Time Workers Access to Retirement Act of 2021

 
This bill shortens the maximum time, from three consecutive 12-month periods of at least 500 hours of service to two such periods, that an employer may require before a part-time employee is eligible for participation in certain employer-sponsored retirement plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
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: 2021-11-04
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: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5874
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act of 2021 

 
This bill revises several aspects of patent law. 
 
The bill changes the U.S. patent system back to a first-to-invent system, in which the first inventor to conceive of an invention is entitled to a patent. Currently, the first person to file an application that meets all the necessary requirements is entitled to the patent. 
 
Several types of administrative patent challenge proceedings are abolished, as well as the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) body that decides those proceedings.
 
The bill relaxes the standard for what constitutes patent-eligible subject matter. The only ineligible inventions shall be those that exist in nature independent or prior to human activity or that exist solely in the human mind. 
 
The bill also makes it easier for a patent owner that has won an infringement case in court to secure a permanent injunction against the infringing defendant. Specifically, there shall be a presumption that further infringement would cause irreparable harm to the prevailing patent owner, and the burden shall be on the infringer to prove otherwise. (Currently, a prevailing patent owner seeking a permanent injunction must prove, among other things, that further infringement would cause irreparable harm.)
 
The bill limits what types of publications shall be treated as prior art that could be used to make an invention be considered to be anticipated or obvious (and therefore not patentable).
 
The bill authorizes the PTO to keep and spend all the fees that it collects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Rural Health Training Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5875
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Rural Health Training Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Health Resources and Services Administration to establish a grant program for rural hospitals, health clinics, and community health centers to provide training to employees who are nonphysician clinicians or health care support staff. As a condition of receiving grant-funded training, a trainee must continue working for the grantee for at least five years.
 
The bill also expands the allowable uses of funding to include a trainee's childcare or transportation expenses.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the impact of the grants on health care workforce retention at rural health care facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Affordable and Reliable Energy in Developing Countries Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5876
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Supporting Affordable and Reliable Energy in Developing Countries Act of 2021

 
This bill bans federal agencies and governmental corporations from implementing climate finance plans that would prohibit, or have the effect of prohibiting, the financing of certain projects to construct facilities that use fossil fuels or nuclear energy to generate electricity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial 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: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Pension Risk Transfer Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5877
Sponsor: Rep. Mrvan, Frank J. [D-IN-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Pension Risk Transfer Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to (1) review the fiduciary standards that apply to the selection of an annuity provider for certain defined benefit pension plans, and (2) assess any risk to plan participants from such standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
End Gun Violence Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5878
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

End Gun Violence Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the sale or disposition of a firearm or ammunition to a person who has been convicted in any court of a violent misdemeanor within the preceding five years.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 to modify the enforceability date for certain provisions, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5880
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Arizona
Congressional oversight
Government trust funds
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Lakes and rivers
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 
This bill extends the deadline, from 2023 to 2025, for the Department of the Interior to publish a statement of findings required by the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010. In particular, the bill repeals the settlement agreement on May 1, 2025, if Interior does not publish by April 30, 2025, a statement of findings that specified conditions have been fulfilled (including that Interior has entered into appropriate contracts for water rights).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-11-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
Transparency in Cybersecurity Initiatives for Small Contractors Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5881
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Transparency in Cybersecurity Initiatives for Small Contractors Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to report on the effects of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework on small business concerns.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
SHELTER Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5882
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2021-11-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: 

Safeguarding Homes by Ensuring Licensing and Transparency with Eligibility Requirements Act of 2021 or the SHELTER Act of 2021

 
This bill imposes certain requirements on applicants for certain Office of Refugee Resettlement grants to open or fund shelter facilities for unaccompanied alien children.
 
Specifically an applicant for such a grant must (1) disclose in the application any adverse action (generally an adverse criminal or regulatory action relating to a government contract or the care of children) taken against the applicant in the five-year period before the application, and (2) be licensed under state law to operate the facility in question.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must collaborate with state agencies to review state databases for information about adverse actions taken against such applicants.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Introduced in House