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Responsible Budgeting Act

Bill: 117-hr-6139
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: 

Responsible Budgeting Act 

 
This bill establishes new procedures and requirements for suspending the federal debt limit and considering debt reduction legislation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2021-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2021-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget, 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: 2021-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Sudan Democracy Act

Bill: 117-hr-6140
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-39]
Introduced: 2021-12-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa
Conflicts and wars
Currency
Foreign property
Human rights
Internet, web applications, social media
News media and reporting
Political movements and philosophies
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Reconstruction and stabilization
Rule of law and government transparency
Sanctions
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
Sudan
Telephone and wireless communication
Trade restrictions
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: 

This bill requires the President to impose sanctions for human rights abuses and actions to undermine democracy in Sudan.
 
Specifically, the President must impose property- and visa-blocking sanctions on any individual or entity that is responsible for, complicit in, or engaged (or attempted to engage) in various actions, including actions that (1) undermine the transition to democracy in Sudan; (2) threaten Sudan's peace, security, or stability; (3) constitute gross violations of human rights in Sudan; (4) result in the misappropriation of Sudan's state assets; or (5) disrupt access to communications or the internet in Sudan. The sanctions shall also apply to entities affiliated with such sanctioned individuals and entities, including entities formed for the purpose of evading the sanctions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2022-02-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights.
action_date: 2021-12-10
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-12-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-12-09
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-12-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Introduced in House
To make technical amendments to Public Law 93-531 relating to lands of the Navajo Nation, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6141
Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2021-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: 
This bill addresses the land settlement agreement between the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Tribe in Arizona. Among other things, the bill requires the Department of the Interior to study the impacts of relocation and federal development freezes (commonly known as the Bennett Freeze), allows the Navajo Nation to select an additional 757 acres of land, and expands the authority of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation to carry out a rehabilitation program to redress the effects of the Bennett Freeze.
 
The Bennett Freeze was issued administratively in 1966 by former Bureau of Indian Affairs Commissioner Robert Bennett to restrict the Navajo Nation from constructing and repairing their dwellings on land subject to a land dispute with the Hopi Tribe.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Buckeye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6142
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2021-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Geography and mapping
Government studies and investigations
Ohio
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: 

Buckeye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the study of the feasibility of designating the Buckeye Trail as a national scenic trail. The Buckeye Trail is a system of trails creating a loop extending approximately 1,454 miles from Lake Erie to the Ohio River, through the farmland of northwest Ohio, the hills of Appalachia, the Black Hand sandstone cliffs of the Hocking Hills region, and the Bluegrass region of southwest Ohio. 

action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

Buckeye National Scenic Trail Feasibility Study Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the study of the feasibility of designating the Buckeye Trail as a national scenic trail. The Buckeye Trail is a system of trails creating a loop extending approximately 1,454 miles from Lake Erie to the Ohio River, through the farmland of northwest Ohio, the hills of Appalachia, the Black Hand sandstone cliffs of the Hocking Hills region, and the Bluegrass region of southwest Ohio. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-578.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-578.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-02-16
text: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Discharged.
action_date: 2022-02-03
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-03
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act

Bill: 117-hr-6143
Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Cancer
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medicare
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Supporting Health Care Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act

 
This bill makes several budgetary and technical changes in relation to Medicare. 
 
Specifically, the bill continues to exempt Medicare from sequestration until March 31, 2022. (Sequestration is a process of automatic, usually across-the-board spending reductions under which budgetary resources are permanently cancelled to enforce specific budget policy goals.)
 
The bill also temporarily extends other provisions under Medicare, including a payment increase under the physician fee schedule.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and the Budget, 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: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Community Bank Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6145
Sponsor: Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Community Bank Relief Act of 2021 

 
This bill requires banking agencies to set the community bank leverage ratio between 8% and 8.5% for calendar years 2022, 2023, and 2024 for community banks seeking to satisfy simplified capital adequacy requirements. Currently, banking agencies are statutorily required to set the rate between 8% and 10% through rulemaking. Under current regulations, the rate will increase from 8.5% to 9% on January 1, 2022. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Stranded Gas Recovery and Utilization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6146
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Stranded Gas Recovery and Utilization Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a tax credit for investment in stranded gas infrastructure equal to 30% of the basis of any qualified infrastructure placed in service during a taxable year beginning after December 31, 2021, and before January 1, 2028. The term 
qualified infrastructure
 means a gas pipeline, a gas compressor station, a container used for gas storage, or equipment to store gas underground.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative Act

Bill: 117-hr-6147
Sponsor: Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural education
Agricultural practices and innovations
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Farmland
Forests, forestry, trees
Illinois
Iowa
Livestock
Minnesota
Public-private cooperation
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Driftless Area Landscape Conservation Initiative Act or the DALCI Act

 
This bill reestablishes an initiative within the Department of Agriculture to assist farmers in fighting erosion and restoring cold water stream corridors in the Driftless Area of the Midwestern United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-6148
Sponsor: Rep. Carl, Jerry L. [R-AL-1]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary and Protection Act

 
This bill designates an ancient cypress forest in the Gulf of Mexico as the Alabama Underwater Forest National Marine Sanctuary under the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972.
 
In the sanctuary, the following activities are prohibited:
 
 
cutting, removing, or any kind of subsurface salvage of the cypress trees;
 
lowering certain devices (e.g., dredging) below the surface of the water; 
 
detonating explosives below the surface of the water; 
 
drilling or coring the seabed; and 
 
lowering, laying, positioning, or raising any type of seabed cable or cable-laying device.
 
 
However, the prohibitions do not apply to 
 
 
fishing, diving, mooring, or similar recreational or commercial activities;
 
necessary operations of public vessels;
 
construction or placement of artificial reef structures for the purpose of enhancing fishery resources, fishing opportunities, or recreational diving opportunities;
 
exploration, development, or production of oil or gas projects authorized before this bill's enactment; and 
 
certain other activities authorized by the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
 
 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must develop a comprehensive management plan for the sanctuary. NOAA must also establish an advisory council for the sanctuary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens and People with Disabilities through Workforce Advancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6149
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Improving Care for Vulnerable Older Citizens and People with Disabilities through Workforce Advancement Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes demonstration projects to improve care and service delivery through the use of direct care workers (e.g., nursing assistants and home health aides) for older adults and individuals with disabilities who have chronic illness or are at risk of institutional placement.
 
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) must award grants to partnerships of health care providers, long-term care facilities, and other organizations to carry out the projects.
 
Specifically, HRSA must award grants for incorporating direct care workers into interdisciplinary care coordination teams to support transitions in care and prevent unnecessary hospital readmissions. HRSA must also award grants for (1) using the abilities of direct care workers to manage and improve the health of individuals with multiple chronic conditions and long-term care needs; or (2) training direct care workers to take on greater responsibilities in managing specific diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and diabetes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Opioid QuOTA Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6150
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health programs administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Opioid Quota Openness, Transparency, and Awareness Act of 2021 or the Opioid QuOTA Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Drug Enforcement Administration to make publicly available on its website certain information regarding opioid procurement quotas.
 
The term 
opioid procurement quota
 means the maximum quantity of opioid analgesics that a registered manufacturer may procure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Highway Accident Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6151
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Highway Accident Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill makes staging a collision with a commercial motor vehicle a federal crime and modifies legal procedures for suits arising from commercial motor vehicle accidents.
 
A person who operates a motor vehicle and intentionally collides with a commercial motor vehicle (or arranges for another person to cause such a collision) is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to 20 years, or both. If the collision results in serious bodily injury or death, the prison term may not be less than 20 years.
 
With respect to legal procedures, the bill (1) requires a plaintiff in a suit concerning a bodily injury or death that involves one or more commercial motor vehicles to disclose the identity of any third party who is financing the litigation in exchange for a portion of the plaintiff's recovery, and (2) grants federal courts jurisdiction over such actions in cases where damages exceed $5 million.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

Bill: 117-hr-6152
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Government studies and investigations
Industrial policy and productivity
Infrastructure development
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to study and report on products that are in high demand across the critical infrastructure sectors. Critical infrastructure sectors are those whose assets, systems, and networks are vital to national security, the economy, public health or safety, or any combination of those matters.
 
The study must (1) identify the products in high demand across those sectors that are being imported due to manufacturing, material, or supply chain constraints; and (2) analyze the costs, benefits, and feasibility of manufacturing those products in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Common Sense Standards for Visa Applicants Act

Bill: 117-hr-6153
Sponsor: Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Common Sense Standards for Visa Applicants Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule published August 14, 2019, that made it more likely that an alien will not qualify for lawful permanent resident status due to their potential future use of public benefits. (DHS rescinded the rule in 2021.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Nuclear Innovation through Fee Reform Act

Bill: 117-hr-6154
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Anthony [R-OH-16]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

Accelerating Nuclear Innovation through Fee Reform Act

 
This bill prohibits the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from charging fees to review applications for advanced nuclear reactor licenses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
No Tax Dollars for the United Nation’s Immigration Invasion Act

Bill: 117-hr-6155
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 

No Tax Dollars for the United Nation's Immigration Invasion Act

 
This bill prohibits the federal government from making contributions to the United Nations (U.N.) International Organization for Migration, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, or the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
To express the sense of Congress on interoperability with Taiwan.

Bill: 117-hr-6156
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2021-12-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: 
This bill states that the United States should seek to support (1) improving Taiwan's asymmetric defense capabilities; (2) bolstering deterrence to preserve peace, security, and stability across the Taiwan Strait; (3) and deepening defense capability interoperability with Taiwan. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-07
text: Introduced in House