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No Subsidies for Government Purchases of Electric Vehicles Act

Bill: 117-hr-3302
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

No Subsidies for Government Purchases of Electric Vehicles Act

 
This bill disallows a tax credit for qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicles that are sold to the federal government or a state government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Close the Double Subsidy Loophole for Electric Vehicles Act

Bill: 117-hr-3303
Sponsor: Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Motor vehicles
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Close the Double Subsidy Loophole for Electric Vehicles Act

 
This bill reduces the allowable amount of the tax credit for a new qualified plug-in electric drive motor vehicle by any subsidy made available by the state in which the vehicle is registered and was placed in service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
End the Threat of Default Act

Bill: 117-hr-3305
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

End the Threat of Default Act

 
This bill repeals the public debt limit, which applies to most debt held by the federal government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Uyghur SOS Act

Bill: 117-hr-3306
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Uyghur Stop Oppressive Sterilizations Act or the Uyghur SOS Act

 
This bill expands existing visa-blocking sanctions to cover certain high-ranking foreign government officials who are responsible for coercive population control policies, such as forced abortions, with a focus on those responsible for such policies against ethnic minority groups in China.
 
Specifically, the Department of State may not issue a visa to a foreign national who is a head of state, head of government, or cabinet-level minister and responsible for establishing or enforcing such policies if the policies are (1) imposed with the intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group; or (2) targeting ethnic minority groups (e.g., Uyghurs, Kazakhs, or Tibetans) or individuals peacefully expressing internationally-recognized human rights in China. (Currently, these sanctions do not apply to any foreign government officials at these higher ranks.)
 
The State Department must make a public announcement each time sanctions are imposed under this bill. 
 
The bill also requires the State Department to provide all appropriate assistance to women who belong to an ethnic minority group in China and who have experienced sexual violence, torture, or coercive population control policies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-05-18
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: 2021-05-18
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: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Help Wanted Act

Bill: 117-hr-3307
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Help Wanted Act

 
This bill eliminates federal pandemic unemployment compensation on the first Monday that is 14 days or more after the bill's enactment. Under current law, this supplementary compensation is available to claimants in participating states until September 6, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
EMPOWERS Act

Bill: 117-hr-3308
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of Labor
Employee benefits and pensions
Financial services and investments
Labor-management relations
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Encouraging More Proxy voting by Organized Workers, Employees, and Retirement Savers Act or the EMPOWERS Act

 
This bill modifies the requirements for single-employer retirement plans with respect to the fiduciaries and proxy voting procedures for such plans.
 
Specifically, it requires the assets of such plans to be held in trust by a joint board of trustees that represents the interests of the employer and the interests of the plan participants and their beneficiaries on an equal basis.
 
Additionally, the trustees of each plan must undergo training and establish proxy voting guidelines for the plan. In exercising a plan's proxy voting rights, a fiduciary may consider (1) the investment objectives of the plan participants and their beneficiaries, and (2) certain effects of negative externalities generated by portfolio companies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Service in Transportation Act

Bill: 117-hr-3310
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Promoting Service in Transportation Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to establish and administer a transportation workforce outreach program to (1) increase awareness of transportation career opportunities; and (2) increase diversity such as race, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status of professionals in the transportation sector.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Hack Your State Department Act

Bill: 117-hr-3313
Sponsor: Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-33]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Hack Your State Department Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to design, establish, and make publicly known a Vulnerability Disclosure Process to improve cybersecurity. In establishing the process, the State Department must identify which information technology should be included, determine whether the process should differentiate among and specify the types of security vulnerabilities that may be targeted, and provide a readily available form and means of reporting, among other requirements.
 
The bill also requires the State Department to establish a bug bounty pilot program, under which an approved individual, organization, or company is temporarily authorized to identify and report vulnerabilities of internet-facing information technology of the State Department in exchange for compensation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
No Land Grab Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3314
Sponsor: Rep. Mann, Tracey [R-KS-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Land use and conservation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

No Land Grab Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits from having the force and effect of law a provision of Executive Order 14008 (86 Fed. Reg. 7619), titled
 Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
, that requires the Department of the Interior to recommend steps to achieve the goal of conserving at least 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
To revise the boundaries of a unit of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System in Topsail, North Carolina, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3315
Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Gregory [R-NC-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
North Carolina
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 
This bill modifies certain boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Unit located in North Topsail Beach, North Carolina.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
National Signing Bonus Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3316
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

National Signing Bonus Act of 2021

 
This bill replaces existing Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments for unemployed individuals with two-time signing bonuses for newly employed individuals.
 
Specifically, the bill allows states to provide up to two direct payments to individuals who are eligible for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation prior to commencing employment with a new employer. The individual must continue employment with the new employer for at least four weeks before July 4, 2021, to be eligible for the first $1,212 payment under the bill and for at least eight weeks before July 4, 2021, to be eligible for the final $1,212 payment.
 
The bill otherwise eliminates federal reimbursement for Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
ASAP Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3317
Sponsor: Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Public transit
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

All Station Accessibility Program Act of 2021 or the ASAP Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to award grants to states or localities for improving the accessibility of commuter rail systems that have stations or facilities for passengers and that were in operation before the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (which occurred on July 26, 1990).
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2802)
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Equity Act

Bill: 117-hr-3318
Sponsor: Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government lending and loan guarantees
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Railroads
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Equity Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to refund credit risk premiums under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan program upon the satisfaction of a loan's obligations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
First Responders’ Equipment Access Act

Bill: 117-hr-3319
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
First responders and emergency personnel
Law enforcement administration and funding
Manufacturing
Motor vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

First Responders' Equipment Access Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise regulations that exempt certain engines and equipment from emission standards for national security purposes. For example, the bill directs the EPA to expand the regulations to include exemptions for engines or equipment intended to be used by governmental agencies for providing law enforcement, disaster relief, search and rescue, or emergency medical services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3320
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allied health services
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Hearing, speech, and vision care
Higher education
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical education
Minority education
Minority employment
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Allied Health Workforce Diversity Act of 2021

 
This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants to accredited education programs to increase diversity in the physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, audiology, and speech-language pathology professions. Grants may be used to provide scholarships or to support recruitment and retention of students from underrepresented groups.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 155.
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-214.
action_date: 2021-12-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 117-214.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-11-17
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote .
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Credit for Caring Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3321
Sponsor: Rep. Sánchez, Linda T. [D-CA-38]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Income tax credits
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Credit for Caring Act of 2021

 
This bill allows an eligible caregiver a tax credit of up to $5,000 for 30% of the cost of long-term care expenses that exceed $2,000 in a taxable year. The bill defines 
eligible caregiver
 as an individual who has earned income for the taxable year in excess of $7,500 and pays or incurs expenses for providing care to a spouse or other dependent relative with long-term care needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3322
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Contracts and agency
Federal preemption
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Medicare
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Medicare Patient Empowerment Act of 

2021

 
This bill allows any Medicare beneficiary to enter into a contract with an eligible professional, regardless of whether the professional is a participating or non-participating physician or practitioner, for any item or service covered by Medicare. 
 
Such beneficiaries may submit a claim for Medicare payment in the amount that would otherwise apply, except that, where the professional is considered to be non-participating, payment shall be paid as if the professional were participating. An eligible professional is a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, certified registered nurse anesthetist, certified nurse-midwife, clinical social worker, clinical psychologist, registered dietitian or nutrition professional, physical or occupational therapist, qualified speech-language pathologist, or qualified audiologist.
 
A Medicare beneficiary must agree in writing in such a contract to (1) pay the eligible professional for a Medicare-covered item or service; and (2) submit, in lieu of the eligible professional, a claim for Medicare payment. However, a beneficiary may negotiate, as a term of the contract, for the eligible professional to file such claims on the beneficiary's behalf.
 
The bill preempts state laws from limiting the amount of charges for physician and practitioner services for which Medicare payment is made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-18
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: 2021-05-18
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: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
Incentivize Residential Energy Efficiency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3324
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25]
Introduced: 2021-05-18 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Energy efficiency and conservation
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: 

Incentivize Residential Energy Efficiency Act of 2021
 
 
This bill permanently extends the tax credit for nonbusiness energy property, which applies to certain expenditures for energy-efficient improvements or residential energy property expenditures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Introduced in House