hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
Medicaid DSH Payment Adjustment Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5015
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Medicaid DSH Payment Adjustment Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill allows for the use of a certain prior methodology relating to the calculation of Medicaid disproportionate-share hospital (DSH) payment limits. (DSHs are hospitals that receive additional payment under Medicaid for treating a large share of low-income patients.)
 
Under current law, effective October 1, 2021, costs and payments associated with services furnished to Medicaid-eligible individuals for whom Medicaid is not the primary payer are excluded from the calculation of DSH payment limits. However, for DSHs that provide a high volume of care to individuals who are entitled to Medicare and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, payment limits are calculated based on either the methodology in place as of January 1, 2020, or as in place on October 1, 2021, whichever is higher. The bill extends this option to all DSHs, not just those with a high volume of care for Medicare-SSI individuals.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Shift Back to Society Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5016
Sponsor: Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Shift Back to Society Act of 

2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a pilot program that awards matching grants to historically Black colleges and universities to provide educational programs for eligible offenders to facilitate reentry into the community.
 
An eligible offender is a convicted criminal offender who has been released from incarceration for not longer than one year or who is scheduled to be released from incarceration within one year.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on the results of the pilot program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Open App Markets Act

Bill: 117-hr-5017
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business records
Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Computers and information technology
Inflation and prices
Internet, web applications, social media
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Open App Markets Act

 
This bill establishes rules related to the operation of an app store by a covered company (i.e., the owner or controller of an app store with more than 50 million U.S. users).
 
An app is a software application or electronic service that may be run or directed by a user on a computer or mobile device. An app store is a publicly available website, software application, or other electronic service that distributes apps from third-party developers to users.
 
The bill prohibits a covered company from (1) requiring developers to use an in-app payment system owned or controlled by the company as a condition of distribution or accessibility, (2) requiring that pricing or conditions of sale be equal to or more favorable on its app store than another app store, or (3) taking punitive action against a developer for using or offering different pricing terms or conditions of sale through another in-app payment system or on another app store.
 
A covered company may not interfere with legitimate business communications between developers and users, use non-public business information from a third-party app to compete with the app, or unreasonably prefer or rank its own apps (or those of its business partners) over other apps.
 
The bill provides for enforcement of its provisions by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, as well as through suits brought by developers that are injured by reason of anything forbidden under the bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Scoring Act

Bill: 117-hr-5018
Sponsor: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Employment taxes
Income tax rates
Legislative rules and procedure
Racial and ethnic relations
Sales and excise taxes
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Fiscal Analysis by Income and Race Scoring Act or the FAIR Scoring Act

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) cost estimates for legislation to include a distributional analysis by race and income if the legislation will have a gross budgetary effect of at least 0.1% of gross domestic product in any fiscal year during the 10-year budget window.
 
CBO's analysis must show the transfers that would result by race and income level, and the effects must be shown both in dollars and as a percent change in after-tax-and-transfer-income. 
 
The bill also requires CBO to report to Congress on methods for conducting such a distributional analysis by gender.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and 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: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Creative Economy Revitalization Act

Bill: 117-hr-5019
Sponsor: Rep. Leger Fernandez, Teresa [D-NM-3]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Music
Performing arts
Photography and imaging
Television and film
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Creative Economy Revitalization Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to award grants to government and nonprofit agencies to provide programs that employ individuals and provide public access to art or arts programming.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5020
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses the provision of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grants to prevent and eliminate toxic substances, particularly in certain school environments.
 
The EPA is authorized make grants to Indian tribes (in addition to the current authority to provide grants to states) to establish and operate programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks associated with a chemical substance or mixture of which the EPA is unlikely to address during the 24-month period after the grant is made.
 
The bill also authorizes the EPA to partner with the Department of Labor (with respect to enforcement of labor standards) to provide grants to states and Indian tribes to identify, prevent, or eliminate risks associated with the presence of a chemical substance or mixture in eligible facilities (i.e., public school facilities operated by a local educational agency, facilities operated by an early childhood education program, and center-based child care facilities operated by an eligible child care provider).
 
The EPA has permanent authority to provide grants to Indian tribes (in addition to the current authority to provide such grants to states) to (1) provide technical assistance to local educational agencies, early childhood education programs, and eligible child care providers to address environmental concerns in eligible facilities; and (2) develop and implement state and tribal programs to support the remediation of toxic substances in eligible facilities.
 
Under the bill, the EPA must also provide specified outreach and guidelines related to environmental hazards in eligible facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
______ Act of ____

Bill: 117-hr-5021
Sponsor: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

This bill requires a state or jurisdiction that requires a vaccine passport or other documentation with respect to a COVID-19 vaccine to also require voter identification for federal elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
To posthumously award a Congressional gold medal to Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his contributions to the Nation by the promotion of nonviolence.

Bill: 117-hr-5022
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 
This bill directs Congress to present a Congressional Gold Medal to Mahatma Gandhi in recognition of his promotion of nonviolence. The Department of the Treasury must design and produce the medal and is authorized to sell bronze duplicates. The Smithsonian Institution shall display the medal and make it available for research.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
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: 2021-08-13
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: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
WEBS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5023
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Website for Economies of Business-friendly States Act of 2021 or the WEBS Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish a website that provides relevant information about the business environment of each state for a person considering establishing a business in the state or relocating a business to the state.
 
 The website must include information such as descriptions of (1) state business income and payroll taxes, (2) incentives for establishing or relocating a business to the state, (3) minimum wage requirements of the state, and (4) job training programs available in the state.
 
Commerce must also promote the website to foreign persons who may be considering relocating a business to or otherwise investing in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow for payments to certain individuals who dye fuel, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5024
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Motor fuels
Sales and excise taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 
This bill allows payments, in lieu of tax credits, to individuals who remove from a terminal eligible indelibly dyed diesel fuel or kerosene.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase and extend the authorization of appropriations for homeless veterans reintegration programs.

Bill: 117-hr-5025
Sponsor: Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 
The bill extends through FY2025 the authority for appropriations for homeless veterans reintegration programs and increases the amount authorized to be appropriated annually for such programs from $50 million to $75 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Panama Canal Zone Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5026
Sponsor: Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Panama Canal Zone Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a presumption of service-connection for specified conditions associated with active duty service in or near the Panama Canal Zone (zone) from January 1, 1958, through the latter of December 31, 1999, or the date on which the last service member departed from duty in the zone. Under a presumption of service-connection, specific conditions diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded.
 
The presumption of service-connection applies to illnesses listed in the bill (e.g., Hodgkin's disease) or those that (1) have a positive association with exposure to an herbicide agent that is known or presumed to be associated with service in the zone during the specified time period, and (2) become manifest in a veteran who served in the zone during the specified time period and was exposed to an herbicide agent during such service.
 
The Department of Veterans Affairs must prescribe regulations providing for a presumption of service-connection whenever there is a determination that a positive association exists between the exposure to an herbicide agent known or presumed to be associated with service in or near the zone and the occurrence of an illness in humans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Automatic Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Major Disasters and Critical Events Act

Bill: 117-hr-5027
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Disaster relief and insurance
Judicial review and appeals
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Automatic Relief for Taxpayers Affected by Major Disasters and Critical Events Act

 
This bill modifies the mandatory extension of certain tax filing and other tax-related deadlines for taxpayers affected by federally declared disasters and rules for postponing certain tax filing or payment requirements due to service in a combat zone or a contingency operation. It also tolls the deadline for filing a petition in the Tax Court if the location for filing the petition is inaccessible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
ISAAC Alerting Act

Bill: 117-hr-5028
Sponsor: Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Information Sharing And Advanced Communication Alerting Act or the ISAAC Alerting Act

 
This bill requires the Technological Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to submit a report that identifies measures, barriers, and recommendations for implementing a 9&#8211;1&#8211;1 disability alerting system.
 
The alerting system must allow an individual to register and create a profile associated with an individual who has a disability that includes information such as whether the individual is a wandering risk, nonverbal, or physically limited. The alerting system then transmits such information to public safety answering points to be conveyed to first responders.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Expanding the Families of Veterans Access to Mental Health Services Act

Bill: 117-hr-5029
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Health care coverage and access
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Expanding the Families of Veterans Access to Mental Health Services Act

 
The bill expands eligibility for readjustment counseling and related mental health services, including through a Vet Center, to family members of a veteran or member of the Armed Forces who died by suicide.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Subcommittee on Health Discharged.
action_date: 2021-10-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-09-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act

Bill: 117-hr-5031
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text:  
 

Parental Bereavement Act of 2021 or the Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act

 
This bill entitles an eligible employee to up to 12 workweeks of leave during any 12-month period because of the death of a son or daughter.
 
 Such an employee may substitute any available paid leave for any leave without pay.
 
The bill applies the same leave entitlement to federal employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
Territory Economic Development Tax Credit Act

Bill: 117-hr-5032
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2021-08-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Caribbean area
Corporate finance and management
Employee benefits and pensions
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Puerto Rico
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: 

Territory Economic Development Tax Credit Act

 
This bill establishes a new tax credit for wages and tangible investments made by U.S. domestic corporations with branches operating in U.S. territories. It requires that 80% of credible income must be derived from a territory during a 3-year period, and 75% must come from an active trade or business in a territory. The credit is equal to 40% of eligible wages and benefits paid or provided to employees in the territory, subject to certain limitations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-13
text: Introduced in House