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Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation, and Military Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5243
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Northern Nevada Economic Development, Conservation, and Military Modernization Act of 2021
 
 
This bill provides for the designation, withdrawal, conveyance, exchange, sale, or disposal of certain federal and nonfederal lands in Nevada, including land associated with the Fallon Range Training Complex, a naval training installation.
 
The bill designates the Fox Peak, Grimes Point, and Pistone-Black Mountain National Conservation Areas.
 
The bill also designates specified parcels of federal land as wilderness and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
 
The bill establishes a federal complex for specified Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Reclamation, and Bureau of Indian Affairs offices or headquarters in Nevada. 
 
The bill requires the issuance of corrective patents for private lands adjacent to public land in White Pine County when (1) a cloud on the title demonstrates that the private land had been patented before 1976, and (2) the correction is for five acres or less.
 
The bill includes additional provisions, including ones resolving certain tribal claims.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-09-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Agriculture, 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: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
AFTER Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5244
Sponsor: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Animal Freedom from Testing, Experiments, and Research Act of 2021 or the AFTER Act of 2021

 
This bill requires federal research facilities to facilitate the adoption or nonlaboratory placement of certain warm-blooded animals (e.g., dogs, cats, monkeys, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits) with animal rescue organizations, animal sanctuaries, animal shelters, or individuals. In order to be adopted or placed, the animals must (1) no longer be needed for research; (2) be suitable for release; (3) not be birds, rats, or mice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Gun Trafficker Detection Act

Bill: 117-hr-5245
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Gun Trafficker Detection Act

 
This bill requires gun owners to report the theft or loss of a firearm to law enforcement. It imposes civil monetary penalties on a violator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5246
Sponsor: Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Expanding Markets for State-Inspected Meat Processors Act of 202

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This bill allows meat and meat food products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold in interstate commerce. Under the inspection program, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and meat food products. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5247
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Congressional oversight
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Nutrition and diet
Physical fitness and lifestyle
Preschool education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Reducing Obesity in Youth Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in coordination with the Administration for Children and Families, to award grants to nonprofits, institutions of higher education, or consortia of these entities to promote healthy eating and physical activity and address food insecurity among children in early care and education settings.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
TRIAGE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5248
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Personnel records
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Temporary Responders for Immediate Aid in Grave Emergencies Act of 2021 or the TRIAGE Act of 2021

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Provider Bridge Program, a technology platform funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to facilitate the provision of health care services via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic and future public health emergencies.
 
The bill also authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states for expediting the reactivation of expired licenses or the issuance of temporary authorizations for health care professionals who volunteer to provide services through the Provider Bridge Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Small Farm to School Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5249
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Small Farm to School Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to award three-year grants to eight states or tribal organizations to provide school food authorities with an increased reimbursement for free and reduced price lunches that include at least one component that is comprised entirely of locally-produced and unprocessed foods procured directly from certain agricultural producers.
 
USDA must select at least one state or tribal organization located in each of the following regions: (1) the Mid-Atlantic Region, (2) the Midwest Region, (3) the Mountain Plains Region, (4) the Northeast Region, (5) the Southern Region, (6) the Southwest Region, and (7) the Western Region.
 
USDA must give the highest priority to applications that propose to carry out certain projects, including projects that (1) serve a high proportion of children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, and (2) increase the availability of locally-produced foods to children. Additionally, priority must be given to states or tribal organizations with a high quantity and variety of growers of local fruits and vegetables on a per capita basis, and with a demonstrated commitment to farm-to-school activities.
 
Each state or tribal organization that receives a grant must provide, from nonfederal sources, an amount equal to 100% of the awarded grant amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Human Spaceflight Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5250
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Astronomy
Congressional oversight
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
International scientific cooperation
Public-private cooperation
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Space flight and exploration
Spacecraft and satellites

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Advancing Human Spaceflight Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes programs and policies pertaining to human presence in space.
 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shall
 
 
establish a program to develop next-generation space suits and associated technologies,
 
establish an outpost in orbit around the Moon as described in this bill, and 
 
 submit a plan for achieving a power supply on the Moon.
 
 
The bill declares that it is U.S. policy to continuously maintain the capability for a continuous human presence in low-Earth orbit through and beyond the useful life of the International Space Station (ISS) and that such capability shall 
 
 
maintain U.S. global leadership and relations with partners and allies,
 
contribute to the general welfare of the United States, and
 
leverage commercial capabilities to promote affordability so as not to preclude a robust portfolio of other human space exploration activities. 
 
 
NASA shall ensure that the ISS remains a viable and productive facility capable of potential U.S. use through at least FY2030.
 
NASA must submit a strategy that includes how it will transition to a successor platform to the ISS. 
 
The Office of Science and Technology Policy shall conduct a study on the manner in which NASA funds missions of national need.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Military Service in Homebuying Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5251
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Honoring Military Service in Homebuying Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the uniform residential loan application to include a military service question.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Connecting Students to Great Jobs Act

Bill: 117-hr-5252
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Connecting Students to Great Jobs Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Labor and the Department of Education (ED) to award career pathway grants and provide assistance for career pathway programs.
 
Labor must award competitive grants to eligible institutions of higher education and vocational institutions to develop, offer, improve, and provide educational or career pathway programs for workers. Grant funds must be used for specified purposes, including for career pathway programs that provide relevant job training to meet the needs of employers in high-skill, high-wage, or in demand sectors or occupations and that may include registered apprenticeship programs.
 
 The bill requires ED to carry out a program to award START federal Pell Grants to students in short-term programs that prepare participants for employment opportunities in high-skill, high-wage, or in demand sectors or occupations in a geographic area in which the programs are offered.
 
 The bill also directs ED to (1) award grants to states to establish statewide career pathways coalitions, (2) establish a career pathways innovation grant program to support career pathways in high school and career exploration in the middle grades, and (3) provide technical assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Fossil Free Finance Act

Bill: 117-hr-5253
Sponsor: Rep. Jones, Mondaire [D-NY-17]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Fossil Free Finance Act 

 
This bill requires large bank holding companies to develop and implement emission reduction plans. Such a plan must include strategies for a company to equitably reduce and eventually eliminate financed greenhouse gas emissions by January 1, 2050, and to discontinue specified fossil fuel projects and financing. The bill also prohibits the use of carbon offsets in such a plan, sets forth technological requirements for reductions, and requires the prioritization of specified social impacts. 
 
Plans must be submitted to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for approval every two years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
SEED Act

Bill: 117-hr-5254
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Supporting Early-childhood Educators' Deductions Act or the SEED Act

 
This bill expands the tax deduction for the expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to include early childhood educators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To amend section 7014 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to advance toward full Federal funding for impact aid, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5255
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 certain activities under the Impact Aid Program. The program provides funding to local educational agencies that have lost property tax revenue due to the presence of tax-exempt federal property or to those that have experienced increased expenditures due to enrollment of federally connected children (e.g., children living on Indian lands or military bases).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Flood History Information Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5256
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Flood History Information Act of 2021 

 
This bill provides for the sharing of National Flood Insurance Program policy and claim information. Specifically, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) may share this data through an agreement with certain private insurance providers for the purposes of policy underwriting, establishing premium rates, and adjusting claims. Additionally, FEMA must provide specified flood insurance information to a purchaser, lessee, or current owner of a property upon request. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Device Access for Every American Act

Bill: 117-hr-5257
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Device Access for Every American Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a program that provides a $400 voucher to a low-income individual for the purchase of a connected device (i.e., a desktop, laptop, or tablet computer) for which the FCC shall reimburse the retailer.
 
The FCC must (1) collaborate with retailers to ensure the wide acceptance of vouchers and the wide availability of covered devices, (2) establish a website that links to offerings by retailers of eligible connected devices, (3) establish a catalog of such offerings that is accessible to consumers without internet access, and (4) advertise the availability of the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Improved Access to Trade Adjustment Assistance Act

Bill: 117-hr-5258
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Improved Access to Trade Adjustment Assistance Act

 
This bill expands eligibility for trade adjustment assistance, which is federal aid provided to workers who lose their jobs or whose hours of work and wages are reduced as a result of increased imports.
 
Specifically, the bill makes workers of a firm with sales or production that failed to increase or will decrease absolutely due to a scheduled or imminently anticipated, long-term decrease in or reallocation of the production capacity of the firm eligible for trade adjustment assistance. Currently, this assistance is only available if a firm's sales or production have decreased absolutely.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-5259
Sponsor: Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: California
Defense spending
Military education and training
Military facilities and property

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego Protection Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to close or relocate Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, in California, or to conduct any planning or other activity related to such closure or relocation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Paws Off Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5261
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

Paws Off Act of 2021

 
This bill forbids the sale of food that contains xylitol unless the food's label contains a warning about the toxic effects of xylitol for dogs if ingested.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing Military Base Resilience And Conserving Ecosystems through Stormwater Management Act

Bill: 117-hr-5262
Sponsor: Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Ecology
Floods and storm protection
Infrastructure development
Military facilities and property
National Guard and reserves
Roads and highways
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 

EMBRACE Stormwater Management Act or the Enhancing Military Base Resilience And Conserving Ecosystems through Stormwater Management Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Defense and each military department to implement stormwater management projects on or related to military installations. 
 
Specifically, such projects are authorized for the purpose of (1) protecting nearby waterways and stormwater-stressed ecosystems, and (2) improving military installation resilience or the resilience of a defense access road or other essential civilian infrastructure supporting the installation.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
To expand eligibility for certain burial benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Bill: 117-hr-5264
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-09-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: 
This bill specifies that the requirement for the Department of Veterans Affairs to furnish a headstone or marker for the grave of a veteran who is buried in a private cemetery applies to any veteran who dies on or after December 30, 1960.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Introduced in House