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PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act

Bill: 117-hr-4340
Sponsor: Rep. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI-8]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

PFAS Exposure Assessment and Documentation Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to include in various health evaluations an assessment of whether a member of the Armed Forces has been exposed to perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS.
 
Specifically, the bill requires DOD to ensure that any periodic health assessment, physical assessment for recently separated members, pre-deployment medical examination, post-deployment medical examination, and post-deployment health reassessment provided to a member of the Armed Forces includes an evaluation of whether the member has been exposed to PFAS or was based or stationed at a military installation with a known or suspected release of PFAS during the period the member was there.
 
If any of the evaluations result in a positive determination of potential exposure to PFAS, DOD must provide blood testing during the evaluation to be included in the member's health record. 
 
DOD must pay for blood testing to determine and document potential exposure to PFAS for former members of the Armed Forces or family members of such members who lived at a location identified by DOD as having a known or suspected PFAS release during the time the individuals lived there.
 
DOD must share results of the evaluations with the Department of Veterans Affairs and establish a registry of members of the Armed Forces who have been exposed to, or suspected to have been exposed to, PFAS. Members may elect to be excluded from the registry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4342
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish and implement a three-year pilot program to provide a guaranteed monthly income to individual taxpayers between the ages of 18-65. HHS must consult with the Internal Revenue Service and certain nonpartisan and nonprofit agencies or academic institutions with expertise in social science experimentation to develop and award income subsidies to eligible taxpayers and to conduct a study on the outcomes of the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Patriot Retention Act

Bill: 117-hr-4343
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Patriot Retention Act

 
This bill allows a retired service member who has more than 20 years of service, and who possesses a skill for which a critical shortage exists, to serve as a paid member of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces and concurrently receive retired pay.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act

Bill: 117-hr-4344
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2021-07-01 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: 

Salad Bars in Schools Expansion Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish and implement a plan, including through a five-year program of competitive grants, to promote the use of salad bars in schools participating in the school lunch program.
 
Priority in the award of grants may be given to entities that (1) serve schools in which at least 50% of the students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches or that are located in food deserts, or (2) provide nutrition education. 
F

ood desert
 is defined as a census tract with a substantial share of residents who live in low-income areas that have low levels of access to a grocery store or a healthy, affordable food retail outlet.
 
USDA shall revise the March 27, 2013, policy memorandum SP 31-2013, 
Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program
, in light of recommendations submitted to Congress under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Introduced in House
Analyzing the Duration of Remote Monitoring Services Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4347
Sponsor: Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]
Introduced: 2021-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: 

Analyzing the Duration of Remote Monitoring Services Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to ensure that payment for remote physiologic monitoring services under Medicare continues to be made for a minimum of two days of data collection over a 30-day period until two years after the COVID-19 emergency period ends and regardless of a beneficiary's COVID-19 status.
 
The CMS must also report on the appropriate number of days of data collection over a 30-day period that should be required with respect to payment for these and other remote monitoring services under Medicare after the emergency ends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Family Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-4348
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2021-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: 

Tribal Family Fairness Act

 
This bill revises two programs to provide tribes with additional resources for child and family services.
 
First, the bill revises the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families program by
 
 
establishing a minimum grant award for tribes, 
 
 increasing funds reserved for state court improvement grants, 
 
increasing the set-aside for tribes or tribal consortia, 
 
exempting certain plans from reporting requirements, 
 
allowing funds to be used for tribal customary adoptions, 
 
authorizing in-kind contributions to meet tribal matching requirements, and 
 
allowing tribal organizations to use the federal negotiated indirect cost rate in lieu of the administrative costs cap. 
 
 
In addition, the bill revises the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Child Welfare Services program by
 
 
modifying reporting requirements, 
 
authorizing in-kind contributions to meet tribal matching requirements, and 
 
allowing tribal organizations to use the federal negotiated indirect cost rate in lieu of the administrative costs cap. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-4349
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Right of privacy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: 

Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Authorization Act

 
This bill makes changes to the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
 
The bill expands the duties of the CRCL to include
 
 
integrating civil rights and civil liberties protections into all DHS programs and activities;
 
conducting civil rights and civil liberties impact assessments; 
 
initiating reviews, assessments, and investigations of the administration of DHS programs and activities;
 
leading the equal employment opportunity programs of DHS; 
 
engaging with individuals and communities whose civil rights and civil liberties may be affected by DHS programs and activities; and
 
leading the language access program for DHS to ensure that DHS can effectively communicate with all individuals impacted by its programs and activities.
 
 
The bill requires each operational component of DHS to designate an Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to report to the CRCL.
 
The CRCL must make certain information regarding its investigations publicly available.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall report to Congress within two years of this bill's enactment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-10-26
text: Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability Discharged.
action_date: 2021-07-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
Health Providers Training Act

Bill: 117-hr-4351
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: 

Health Providers Training Act

 
This bill makes hospitals eligible for grants that provide low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
Uranium Seawater Extraction Research and Development Act

Bill: 117-hr-4353
Sponsor: Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-6]
Introduced: 2021-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: 

Uranium Seawater Extraction Research and Development Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to support research and development of technology for the extraction of uranium from seawater. In addition, DOE must conduct demonstrations of such technology in order to further performance enhancement and reduce costs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
Child Care Flexibility for Working Families Act

Bill: 117-hr-4354
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-02 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: 

Child Care Flexibility for Working Families Act

 
This bill modifies the tax credit for employer-provided child care to (1) allow the credit for the reimbursement of costs necessary for an employee's employment, and (2) allow an increased credit for certain small businesses (i.e., businesses with gross receipts not exceeding $25 million and with not more than 50 employees in a taxable year). 
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to complete a study that examines certain aspects of the tax credit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-02
text: Introduced in House
OPEN Act

Bill: 117-hr-4359
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2021-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: 

Openness in Political Expenditures Now Act or the OPEN Act

 
This bill requires each corporation that submits regular and periodic reports to shareholders to (1) include information about certain political activities during the time period covered by the report, and (2) provide copies of reports disclosing political activities to the Federal Election Commission. 
 
The bill also prohibits an organization from obtaining tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code if its expenditures on covered political activities exceed certain thresholds in a taxable year. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4360
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2021-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Congressional oversight
Housing discrimination
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Housing industry and standards
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Photography and imaging
Public housing
Right of privacy
Technology assessment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: 

No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits owners of certain federally assisted rental units from using facial recognition, physical biometric recognition, or remote biometric recognition technology in any units or in any building or on any grounds containing such a unit.
 
Within one year, the Department of Housing and Urban Development must report on any known use of such technology in federally assisted rental units in the preceding five years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the issuance of F or J visas to researchers affiliated with the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

Bill: 117-hr-4361
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2021-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
Australia
Canada
China
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
Foreign labor
Government information and archives
Immigration status and procedures
New Zealand
Oceania
Research administration and funding
United Kingdom
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: 
This bill bars individuals affiliated with the Chinese military from entering the United States on visas for students (F visa) or work-and-study exchange (J visa).
 
The President shall publish a list identifying research, engineering, and scientific institutions affiliated with or funded by China's People's Liberation Army. Aliens who are or were previously employed, sponsored, or funded by any institution on the list shall be subject to the bar. 
 
When a Chinese national applies for an F or J visa for an academic field related to an item on the Commerce Control List (a list of items subject to export controls), the consular officer handling the application shall request a special background check on the applicant.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Curbing China’s Vaccine Diplomacy Act

Bill: 117-hr-4362
Sponsor: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2021-07-06 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign aid and international relief
Health care coverage and access
Human rights
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latin America
Taiwan

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: 

Curbing China's Vaccine Diplomacy Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State, in carrying out the international distribution of COVID-19 vaccine doses, to prioritize distribution to and ensure that at least 25% of such doses are reserved for Taiwan and certain Latin American allies.
 
The State Department may not make such distribution until the Administration determines that all Americans have been afforded ample opportunity to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Further, the State Department must ensure that at least 25% of COVID-19 vaccine doses intended for international distribution are reserved for and distributed to Taiwan and Latin American allies, and it may not distribute any doses internationally to any recipient or country until Taiwan and Latin American allies receive their first shipment of such doses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
To redesignate Gravelly Point Park, located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia, as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-4364
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2021-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: 
This bill redesignates as the Nancy Reagan Memorial Park the Gravelly Point Park located along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Arlington County, Virginia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
Chaplains Memorial Preservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-4365
Sponsor: Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-06 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cemeteries and funerals
Monuments and memorials
Religion
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: 

Chaplains Memorial Preservation Act

 
This bill authorizes the National Conference on Ministry to the Armed Forces (NCMAF) to update and make corrections to certain memorials in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
 
Specifically, NCMAF may
 
 
update the memorial to Protestant chaplains with a granite, marble or other stone base to host the bronze plaque of the memorial;
 
add another plaque to such base that includes the name of each chaplain who died while on active duty since the original memorial was placed;
 
make updates and corrections to the memorials to Catholic chaplains and Jewish chaplains as needed; and
 
make other updates as needed.
 
 
Additionally, NCMAF is authorized to verify the names of chaplains with their respective military branch for memorialization in Arlington National Cemetery.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Introduced in House