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Rural MOMS Act

Bill: 117-hr-769
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Medical education
Mental health
Minority health
Nursing
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
Sex and reproductive health
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Telephone and wireless communication
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Rural Maternal and Obstetric Modernization of Services Act or the Rural MOMS Act

 
This bill expands initiatives to address maternal health in rural areas.
 
The bill provides funding through FY2026 for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to establish rural obstetric networks. These networks must foster collaboration to improve birth outcomes and reduce maternal morbidity in rural areas. HRSA also must award demonstration grants to medical schools and other health professional training programs to support education and training on maternal health in rural areas.
 
In addition, the bill incorporates maternal health services in certain telehealth grant programs. It also revises various research and other activities of the Department of Health and Human Services that pertain to maternal health.
 
Furthermore, the Government Accountability Office must report on maternal health topics, including health inequities and data issues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-770
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Architecture
Building construction
Congressional oversight
First Amendment rights
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government studies and investigations
Homeland security
Public participation and lobbying
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act of 

2021

 

This bill establishes the United States Commission on an Open Society with Security to study how the government may provide for both security in, and public access to, federal buildings and other federal property and sites. 
 
 The commission shall examine (1) government and private security practices and proposals, building design, public space management, counterterrorism needs, and refurbishment of existing federal facilities; (2) the effect of access to public facilities and spaces on constitutional rights and civil liberties, economies of affected jurisdictions, architectural aesthetics, traffic and congestion, and employee job performance; (3) technology to augment or replace traditional modes of security; and (4) methods of assessing the risks posed by terrorism, balanced against the needs and values of open access. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-02-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E95-96)
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
SOS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-771
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Nursing
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Sending Outside Support Act of 2021 or the SOS Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to distribute funds to allow states to establish strike teams that may be deployed to skilled nursing facilities and nursing facilities with cases of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to help with clinical care, infection control, or staffing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-773
Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Consumer credit
Debt collection
Health care costs and insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Medical Debt Relief Act of 2021 

 
This bill modifies requirements related to the reporting of medical debt. Specifically, a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from adding medical debt information to a consumer credit report if the debt 
 
 
was fully paid or settled, or 
 
is less than a year old. 
 
 
Additionally, a debt collector must notify the consumer prior to reporting medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Spotlight Act

Bill: 117-hr-774
Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of the Treasury
Government information and archives
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Labor-management relations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Spotlight Act 

 
This bill renders null and void final Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations published on May 28, 2020, relating to the reporting requirements of tax-exempt organizations.
 
The bill requires tax-exempt organizations that fall under sections 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), and 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (e.g., social welfare organizations, labor organizations, business leagues) to disclose the names and addresses of all substantial contributors (persons who contribute more than $5,000 per year to such organizations) on their information returns.
 
The bill also eliminates the authority of the IRS to provide exceptions to the disclosure requirements for tax-exempt organizations. This provision does not apply to determinations made by the IRS before July 16, 2018. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Disability Voting Rights Act

Bill: 117-hr-775
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Disability and health-based discrimination
Disability and paralysis
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Disability Voting Rights Act

 
This bill requires each state to allow individuals with disabilities to use absentee registration procedures and to vote by absentee ballot in federal elections.
 
The bill requires each state to
 
 
accept and process any otherwise valid voter registration and absentee ballot applications from individuals with disabilities if the applications are received within the deadline for the federal election;
 
establish procedures for individuals with disabilities to request, and for the state to send, voter registration and absentee ballot applications by mail and through electronic means; 
 
create procedures for securely transmitting blank absentee ballots by mail and through electronic means to individuals with disabilities; 
 
designate a single office to provide information on voter registration and absentee ballot procedures for individuals with disabilities; and
 
specify a means of electronic communication for individuals with disabilities to request, and for the state to send, voter registration and absentee ballot applications.
 
 
Further, each state must transmit a validly requested absentee ballot to an individual with a disability within 45 days of an election. However, the bill establishes a procedure for a state to apply to the Department of Justice for a waiver of this requirement. 
 
 The bill also permanently reauthorizes and expands a program under which the Department of Health and Human Services makes payments to eligible states and units of local government to assure voting access for individuals with disabilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Dropbox Access Act

Bill: 117-hr-776
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Disability assistance
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal-Indian relations
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Public transit
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Dropbox Access Act

 
This bill requires each state to provide in each county secured drop boxes at which individuals may drop off their completed absentee ballots for federal elections.
 
Specifically, the bill requires these drop boxes to be (1) available beginning 45 days before the election; (2) accessible to individuals with disabilities and individuals with limited proficiency in the English language; (3) accessible by public transit; (4) available during all hours of the day; and (5) located in all communities within the county, including rural communities and on tribal lands. States must also post the requirements for absentee ballots to be counted and tabulated in the election. 
 
Further, the bill outlines additional requirements that a state must meet in determining the number and location of drop boxes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020

Bill: 117-hr-777
Sponsor: Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Protecting Our Election Workers Act of 2020

 
This bill makes it a crime to intimidate, threaten, or coerce (or attempt to do so) an individual (i.e., an election official or a poll worker) for the purpose of interfering with their duties in administering elections.
 
Violators are subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term of up to one year, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-778
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Performance measurement
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Secure Data and Privacy for Contact Tracing Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes grants for state, tribal, and territorial health departments to incorporate digital contact tracing technology in COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) contact tracing programs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must award the grants.
 
Any technology developed or procured with these grants must meet privacy, security, and other conditions. Grantees that acquire technology that does not meet these conditions lose eligibility for this, and future, funding for COVID-19 contact tracing technology.
 
In addition, federal privacy standards for personal health information expressly apply to information transmitted or maintained by grant-funded programs. Current law restricts the use and disclosure of personal health information by health care providers, health plans, health clearinghouses, and their business associates. However, there is an exception to these standards for information used by, or disclosed to, a public health authority.
 
The bill also prohibits the use of data derived from the contact tracing technology in legal proceedings or for immigration enforcement.
 
The Government Accountability Office must evaluate this program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
TRUE EQUITY Act

Bill: 117-hr-779
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Preschool education
School administration
Special education
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Transformational Reforms and Updates to Ensure Educational Quality and Urgent Investments in Today's Youth Act of 2021 or the TRUE EQUITY Act

 
This bill establishes various grant programs to address educational inequities in elementary and secondary schools.
 
Specifically, the bill creates grant programs related to (1) early childhood education, (2) high-quality and diverse teachers and leaders, (3) college and career readiness pathways, and (4) additional resources for at-risk students. For each grant program, the Department of Education (ED) must award a single grant to an eligible state.
 
 To be eligible for a grant, a state must establish an independent state oversight board. The oversight board must, among other duties (1) determine whether the state and its local educational agencies (LEAs) have met state educational equity goals, and (2) hold them accountable for failing to meet those goals. ED may renew a grant if the oversight board determines the state has met its goals.
 
In addition, for each grant program, the bill outlines the activities authorized under the program, maintenance-of-effort requirements, and matching fund requirements.
 
Finally, the bill permits ED to enter into a local flexibility demonstration agreement, through which a state educational agency may use funds to develop and implement a school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and disadvantaged students. (Currently, ED may enter into these agreements with LEAs.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Climate and Health Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-780
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Climate and Health Protection Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Climate and Health Program within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Veterans’ Telecommunication Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-781
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Telecommunication rates and fees
Telephone and wireless communication
Television and film
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Veterans' Telecommunication Protection Act

 
This bill requires a cable or voice service provider to charge a veterans' organization at an individual or household service rate unless that rate is greater than the amount the provider would otherwise charge the organization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Homeownership for DREAMers Act

Bill: 117-hr-782
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
Government lending and loan guarantees
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing industry and standards
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Homeownership for DREAMers Act

 
This bill prohibits federal mortgage providers from limiting insurance eligibility on the basis of the mortgagor's participation in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Summer Meals Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-783
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Elementary and secondary education
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Summer Meals Act of 2021 

 
This bill revises provisions related to the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) of the Department of Agriculture (USDA), which provides meals to children and teens in low-income areas during the summer months when school is not in session. 
 
The bill redefines 
areas in which poor economic conditions exist
, where the SFSP may operate, as areas in which at least 40% (currently, 50%) of the children have been determined to be eligible for free or reduced price school meals under the school lunch and breakfast programs.
 
The bill reimburses service institutions (other than school food authorities) for up to one meal and one snack per child each day during after-school hours, weekends, and school holidays during the regular school calendar. Currently, such institutions are reimbursed for meals and snacks served to children over the summer months or to children who are on vacation under a continuous school calendar.
 
USDA may award competitive grants to service institutions to increase participation in the summer food service program for children at congregate feeding sites through innovative approaches to limited transportation and mobile meal trucks.
 
 Service institutions that are participating in the summer food service program for children may serve up to three meals, or two meals and one snack, during each day of operation. Currently, this option is reserved for camps and service institutions that serve meals primarily to migrant children.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-29
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORHIP - Mr. Larsen (WA) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 783, a bill originally introduced by Representative Young, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
INFANT Act

Bill: 117-hr-784
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-02-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Child health
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: 

Infants Need Food And Nutrition Today Act or the
 
INFANT Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to allow infant food combinations and dinners to be served under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-03
text: Introduced in House
Supporting State and Local Leaders Act

Bill: 117-hr-786
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee leave
Employment taxes
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Supporting State and Local Leaders Act

 
This bill repeals the prohibition against granting state and local governments a tax credit for paid sick and paid family and medical leave.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House