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Ending Platform Monopolies Act

Bill: 117-hr-3825
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Competition and antitrust
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial review and appeals
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Ending Platform Monopolies Act

 
This bill prohibits large online platforms, as designated by the Department of Justice or Federal Trade Commission, from offering certain products or services from another line of business that is owned or controlled by the platform.
 
Specifically, such platforms are prohibited from owning or controlling another line of business that (1) uses the platform to sell products or services, (2) offers a product or service that the platform requires a business user to purchase or use as a condition for access to the platform, or (3) gives rise to a conflict of interest.
 
Under the bill, a conflict of interest occurs when a platform operator's ownership or control of another line of business creates an incentive and the ability for the platform to 
 
 
provide an advantage to the platform's own products or services over those of a competitor on the platform, or
 
exclude or disadvantage the products or services of a competitor on the platform.
 
 
For example, under the bill, Amazon.com, Inc. may be prohibited from offering for sale on Amazon.com privately labeled products or services (e.g., Amazon Essentials, AmazonBasics, etc.) if designated as a large online platform.
 
Finally, the bill prohibits a director, officer, employee, or agent of a platform from simultaneously serving in the same or a similar role with a formerly affiliated entity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3826
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Corporate finance and management
Digital media
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial review and appeals

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

 
This bill generally prohibits operators of covered platforms from acquiring the stock or other share capital or the assets of another person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce.
 

Covered platforms
 are online platforms that (1) have at least 50 million U.S.-based monthly active users or at least 100,000 U.S.-based monthly active business users, (2) are owned or controlled by a person with net annual sales or a market capitalization greater than $600 billion, and (3) are critical trading partners for the sale or provision of any product or service offered on or directly related to the platform.
 
The Federal Trade Commission or the Department of Justice must designate whether an entity is a covered platform, and both must carry out enforcement activities.
 
The bill provides for any person (other than a foreign state and any instrumentality thereof) who is injured by an activity forbidden under the bill to recover triple damages. (A foreign state may only recover actual damages.) 
 
Further, the bill specifies the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as the judicial venue for a covered platform's appeals related to (1) the designation as a covered platform, (2) other administrative and enforcement proceedings, or (3) a final order issued in any district court.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Protect Speech Act

Bill: 117-hr-3827
Sponsor: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Protect Speech Act

 
This bill modifies the immunity from liability of a provider or user of an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) for screening and blocking offensive content on its platform.
 
Specifically, the bill provides that this immunity shall not apply to any action taken to restrict access to or availability of material provided by another information content provider unless the action is taken in good faith based on an objectively reasonable belief that the material is (1) obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, promoting terrorism or violent extremism, harassing, promoting self-harm, or unlawful; or (2) violates the applicable terms of service or use.
 
In order to avoid liability for taking action based on either belief, certain good faith requirements must be met, such as (1) making publicly available terms of service or use that plainly state the criteria for content moderation practices, and (2) not restricting access to or availability of material on deceptive grounds.
 
Further, the bill specifies that being responsible in whole or in part for the creation or development of information includes instances in which a person or entity solicits, comments upon, funds, or affirmatively and substantively contributes to, modifies, or alters information provided by another person or entity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Advanced Technological Manufacturing Act

Bill: 117-hr-3828
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Advanced Technological Manufacturing Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 and revises the National Advanced Scientific and Technical Education Program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
CURD Act

Bill: 117-hr-3829
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act or the
 
CURD Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for a definition of 
natural cheese
. Under the bill, natural cheese is defined as cheese that is produced from animal milk or certain dairy ingredients and is produced in accordance with established cheese-making standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
SPELL Act

Bill: 117-hr-3830
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Supporting Providers of English Language Learning Act or the SPELL Act

 
This bill allows elementary and secondary school teachers who teach English learners, bilingual students, or dual language immersion students to receive additional amounts of student loan forgiveness and loan cancellation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Seniors Securing Access to Vital and Essential Prescription Drugs Act

Bill: 117-hr-3831
Sponsor: Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Medicare
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Seniors Securing Access to Vital and Essential Prescription Drugs Act

 
This bill alters certain financial standards that are used to determine eligibility for the low-income subsidy program under the Medicare prescription drug benefit. Specifically, the bill excludes certain retirement plans from income and resource determinations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-11
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: 2021-06-11
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: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3832
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

This bill places restrictions on recurring political contributions or donations.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits any person from soliciting a recurring contribution or donation for a political committee, an independent expenditure, or an electioneering communication by any method that does not require the affirmative consent of the contributor or donor. In addition, the bill prohibits a political committee, a person funding an independent expenditure, or a person funding an electioneering communication from accepting a recurring contribution or donation unless the contributor or donor gave affirmative consent. This affirmative consent cannot be a passive action by the contributor or donor, such as failing to uncheck a prechecked box.
 
Further, any person who accepts a recurring contribution or donation must (1) provide a receipt for the initial contribution or donation and for each recurrence that clearly and conspicuously discloses all material terms, (2) provide all information needed to cancel the recurring contribution or donation in each communication with the contributor or donor, and (3) immediately cancel recurring contributions or donations upon request of the contributor or donor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3833
Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Marriage and family status
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Equal Dignity for Married Taxpayers Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies several tax provisions that refer to married couples to make the provisions equally applicable to legally married same-sex couples.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
LGBTQ Essential Data Act

Bill: 117-hr-3834
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

LGBTQ Essential Data Act

 
This bill directs the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to more frequently collect information on the sexual orientation and gender identity of deceased individuals through the National Violent Death Reporting System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
PRIME Act

Bill: 117-hr-3835
Sponsor: Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption Act or the PRIME Act 

 
This bill expands the exemption of custom slaughtering of animals from federal inspection requirements.
 
Under current law, the exemption applies if the meat is slaughtered for personal, household, guest, and employee uses. The bill expands the exemption to include meat that is
 
 
 slaughtered and prepared at a custom slaughter facility in accordance with the laws of the state where the facility is located; and 
 
prepared exclusively for distribution to household consumers in the state or restaurants, hotels, boarding houses, grocery stores, or other establishments in the state that either prepare meals served directly to consumers or offer meat and food products for sale directly to consumers in the state. 
 
 
The bill does not preempt any state law concerning (1) the slaughter of animals or the preparation of carcasses, parts thereof, meat and meat food products at a custom slaughter facility; or (2) the sale of meat or meat food products. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3836
Sponsor: Rep. McEachin, A. Donald [D-VA-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Department of Education
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Law enforcement officers
School administration
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 

2021

 
This bill prohibits the use of corporal punishment in schools that receive federal funding. 
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Education (ED) to take specified actions (e.g., withholding funds and issuing cease-and-desist orders) for schools that allow school personnel, law enforcement officers, or school security guards to subject students to corporal punishment.
 
The bill also establishes enforcement provisions, including a private right of action for a student who has been subjected to corporal punishment. 
 
Each state educational agency (SEA) that receives federal funding must submit specified information to ED, including a school climate report that describes the SEA's policies and procedures related to exclusionary and aversive discipline practices in schools.
 
Additionally, the bill authorizes ED to award three-year grants to SEAs and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies to implement positive behavioral interventions and supports to address student behavior and reduce exclusionary and aversive discipline practices.
 
ED must promulgate regulations as necessary to ensure compliance with the bill. The Department of Defense and the Department of the Interior must ensure that the schools they operate or fund also comply with these regulations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
HALT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3837
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arms control and nonproliferation
Asia
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Defense spending
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Europe
International law and treaties
Military command and structure
Military procurement, research, weapons development
North Korea
Nuclear weapons
Russia
United Nations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Hastening Arms Limitations Talks Act of 2021 or the HALT Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the obligation or expenditure of funds to conduct an explosive nuclear weapons test that produces yield unless (1) the President details any change to the condition of the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile from the previous year, and (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution approving the test.
 
Further, the bill declares it to be U.S. policy to lead international negotiations on specific arms-reduction measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed 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: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed 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: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3838
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Social Security Administration to increase an individual's monthly Social Security benefit amount in accordance with the locality-based comparability payment rate applicable to the federal locality-pay area in which the individual resides.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Notch Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3839
Sponsor: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Notch Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill increases Social Security retirement benefits for certain individuals born between 1917 and 1921, referred to as the Notch years. Currently, these individuals receive lower cost-of-living increases than individuals born in 1916 or earlier, as a result of legislative changes to Social Security benefits enacted in 1977. Under the bill, eligible individuals may elect to (1) recompute and increase their current primary insurance amount according to a specified schedule, or (2) receive lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening MSI Competitiveness in Research and Innovation Act

Bill: 117-hr-3840
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: 

Strengthening MSI Competitiveness in Research and Innovation Act

 
This bill directs the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a program to make competitive awards to eligible institutions to support the mission of the NSF and to build institutional research capacity at eligible institutions.
 
To be eligible to receive an award, an institution shall be 
 
 
a historically Black college or university;
 
a Tribal College or University;
 
a minority-serving institution; or
 
an institution of higher education with an established science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) capacity building program focused on traditionally underrepresented populations in STEM, including Native Hawaiians, Alaska Natives, and Indians.
 
 
Each eligible institution shall have not more than $50 million in annual federally-financed research and development expenditures for science and engineering as reported through the National Science Foundation Higher Education Research and Development Survey.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-11
text: Introduced in House