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Veterans’ Agricultural Apprenticeship Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4552
Sponsor: Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Veterans' Agricultural Apprenticeship Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture to establish a program to make direct loans to farmers and ranchers who will provide mentorship and apprenticeship opportunities for veterans who have not previously operated a farm or ranch.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the effectiveness of the program in assisting veterans in becoming farmers and ranchers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3764)
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4553
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Corporate finance and management
Farmland
Financial services and investments
Land transfers
Securities
Tax-exempt organizations
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Water and Agriculture Tax Reform Act of 2021

 
This bill permits tax-exempt mutual ditch or irrigation companies to earn income from dispositions of certain property and stock interests without affecting their tax-exempt status, but requires that such income be used to pay the costs of operations, maintenance, and capital improvements of such a company.
 
The bill also establishes a rule regarding the organizational governance of mutual ditch or irrigation companies. Where state law provides that such a company may be organized in a manner that permits voting on a basis that is pro rata to share ownership on corporate governance matters, the tax-exempt status of the mutual ditch or irrigation company must be determined without taking into account whether its member shareholders have one vote on corporate governance matters per share held in the corporation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Care That’s Fair Act

Bill: 117-hr-4554
Sponsor: Rep. Butterfield, G. K. [D-NC-1]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Care That's Fair Act

 
This bill authorizes and provides funds for a grant program to analyze racial and ethnic disparities or other factors that may affect health outcomes for Medicaid enrollees. Specifically, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to states to analyze (1) variations in health care outcomes and utilization that are related to race and ethnicity for clinically similar enrollees, or (2) clinical and social factors that contribute to poor infant and maternal health outcomes for enrollees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Energy PRICE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4556
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Energy Prices Require Including Climate Externalities Act of 2021 or the Energy PRICE Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to direct electric utilities to take greenhouse gas emissions into account when they set their rates for the wholesale sale of electricity. Specifically, if FERC determines that the rates do not incorporate the cost of such emissions to public health, safety, or welfare, then FERC must find that the rates are unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory, or preferential.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3676-3677)
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
REVEAL Act

Bill: 117-hr-4557
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Revealing and Explaining Visa Exclusions for Accountability and Legitimacy Act or the REVEAL Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of State to publicly disclose the identity of an alien who has been denied admission into the United States because that alien's entry would pose potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences. The State Department may also reveal the grounds that it relied on to make such a determination. 
 
The President must annually report to Congress a list of individuals denied a visa on such foreign policy grounds and another list of the instances when the State Department chose to not publicly disclose the identity of such an individual.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Tax Fairness for the Self-Employed Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4558
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employment taxes
Health care costs and insurance
Income tax deductions
Self-employed

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Tax Fairness for the Self-Employed Act of 2021

 
This bill allows the tax deduction for health insurance costs in determining net earnings from self-employment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Department of Defense Climate Resiliency and Readiness Act

Bill: 117-hr-4559
Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Asia
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Europe
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Forests, forestry, trees
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Higher education
Iran
Manufacturing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Middle East
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Minority education
North Korea
Political movements and philosophies
Public contracts and procurement
Research administration and funding
Research and development
Russia
Small business
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Department of Defense Climate Resiliency and Readiness Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to address climate resiliency and energy and resource efficiency.
 
Each DOD contract for the procurement of property or services entered into on or after October 1, 2021, must include specified information related to energy consumption and energy sources. 
 
When deciding whether to enter into a contract, DOD must consider whether the contractor verifiably produces as much renewable energy as the total energy it consumes and whether there is any order against the contractor for a violation of an environmental law or regulation.
 
Among other elements, the bill requires
 
 
DOD to achieve aggregate net zero energy in use of energy by non-operational sources by December 31, 2031;
 
DOD to give preference to contractors and small businesses that use green manufacturing technology;
 
DOD to administer the Energy and Climate Resiliency Fund established by the bill;
 
DOD and the military departments to consider climate change risks when making strategic decisions related to any military installation;
 
DOD and other relevant federal agencies to incorporate climate change into the National Defense Strategy, the National Military Strategy, and DOD's operational plans; and
 
DOD to conduct a program of research, development, and demonstration of hybrid microgrid systems and electric grid energy storage.
 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the individual and aggregate uses of DOD's authority to give preference to contractors that use green manufacturing technology and small businesses that verifiably use green manufacturing technology or operate with net zero energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Taiwan Partnership Act

Bill: 117-hr-4560
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency planning and evacuation
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Military assistance, sales, and agreements
Military education and training
Military medicine
Military operations and strategy
Military readiness
National Guard and reserves
Taiwan

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Taiwan Partnership Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to submit a report annually to the congressional defense committees on the feasibility and advisability of enhanced cooperation between the National Guard and Taiwan.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Entity List Verification Act

Bill: 117-hr-4561
Sponsor: Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-26]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Entity List Verification Act

 
 This bill prohibits the Department of Commerce from removing an entity from the entity list until Commerce certifies that the entity is no longer reasonably believed to be involved in activities contrary to U.S. national security interests or foreign policy interests. The entity list provides the names of foreign entities who are subject to specific license requirements for the export, reexport, or transfer of specified items.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Migrant Child Trafficking Prevention and Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4562
Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Migrant Child Trafficking Prevention and Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill imposes sanctions on an alien parent (or guardian) of an unaccompanied alien child who arrives at any U.S. border or port of entry. 
 
Under current law, an alien may arrive in the United States (whether or not at a port of entry) and request asylum, subject to certain restrictions.
 
If the parent is not a lawful permanent resident, that parent shall be permanently barred from adjusting immigration status and deemed inadmissible into the United States. In addition, such a parent shall be deemed to have violated certain crimes related to assisting or abetting an alien's attempt to enter into the United States in violation of immigration laws, even if the parent's actions would fall under an exception for a first offense in assisting or abetting certain family members.
 
If the parent is a lawful permanent resident, that parent shall be ineligible for any federal public benefit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make debts for student loans dischargeable.

Bill: 117-hr-4563
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

 
This bill permits a borrower to discharge in bankruptcy a nonprofit, government, or private student loan, or an obligation to repay an educational benefit, scholarship, or stipend.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Federal Trade Commission Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-4564
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Federal Trade Commission Transparency Act

 
This bill prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from adopting any order, decision, report, or action by vote at a meeting unless it publishes on its website the text of such order, decision, report or action not later than 30 days before the vote is to occur (except when an emergency requires publication less than 30 days before the vote). The bill allows an exemption from this publication requirement if it would result in the disclosure of certain confidential information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4565
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Employment and training programs
First responders and emergency personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Protecting First Responders from Secondary Exposure Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the allowable uses of grant funds under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program administered by the Department of Justice.
 
Specifically, the bill allows grants to be used for purchasing containment devices for first responders and training first responders on the use of containment devices to prevent secondary exposure to fentanyl and other potentially lethal substances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Tick Identification Pilot Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4566
Sponsor: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insects
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Photography and imaging

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Tick Identification Pilot Program Act of 

2021

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award grants to states to implement tick-identification programs, which must allow individuals to electronically report tick incidents and receive feedback from experts as to the appropriate follow-up action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Test Your Well Water Act

Bill: 117-hr-4567
Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Test Your Well Water Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a website that contains specified information relating to the testing of household well water, including a list of certified laboratories that analyze samples.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
ENTRÉE Act

Bill: 117-hr-4568
Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Appropriations
Business expenses
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Food industry and services
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Small business
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Entrepreneurs Need Timely Replenishment (for) Eating Establishments Act or the ENTR&Eacute;E Act

 
This bill provides FY2021 supplemental appropriations for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and modifies requirements related to administration of the fund. The fund was established in response to COVID-19 to make grants to eligible food and beverage purveyors for covering specified costs such as payroll, operational expenses, and paid sick leave.
 
The bill correspondingly rescinds unobligated amounts previously made available for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program and coronavirus state and local fiscal recovery funds.
 
Further, the bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to (1) review and process grant applications in the order in which they are received; (2) impose requirements on applicants that reduce waste, fraud, and abuse; and (3) submit and report monthly on an oversight and audit plan outlining the SBA's policies, procedures, and activities with respect to these grants. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
Action Versus No Action Act

Bill: 117-hr-4569
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2021-07-20 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: 

Action Versus No Action Act

 
This bill limits the scope of certain environmental assessments or impact statements related to forest management activities on National Forest System lands or public lands suitable for timber production to a consideration only of the effects of the forest management activity and the alternative of no action. 
 
Specifically, the bill applies to assessments or impact statements prepared by the Department of Agriculture (USDA), with respect to National Forest System lands, or the Department of the Interior, with respect to public lands, for forest management activities that meet at least one of the criteria specified.
 
In the case of the alternative of no action, USDA or Interior shall consider whether to evaluate
 
 
the effect of no action on, among other things, forest health, wildfire potential, insect and disease potential, and timber production; and 
 
the implications of a resulting decline in forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, or insect or disease infestation on potential losses of life and property, domestic water supply in the project area, and wildlife habitat loss. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Introduced in House