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CLOSE Act

Bill: 117-hr-2302
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental regulatory procedures
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Oil and gas
Pipelines

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Closing Loopholes for Oil and other Sources of Emissions Act or the CLOSE Act

 
This bill repeals exemptions from the Clean Air Act under which (1) emissions from oil and gas wells and pipeline facilities are excluded from aggregation with emissions from other similar units for purposes of determining major sources, and (2) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) excludes oil and gas production wells from being listed as area sources.
 
Additionally, the bill requires the EPA to issue a final rule adding hydrogen sulfide to the list of hazardous air pollutants under the Clean Air Act and revising such list to include categories and subcategories of major sources and area sources of hydrogen sulfide, including oil and gas wells.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2303
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child care and development
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Manufacturing
Mental health
Minority education
Minority employment
Performance measurement
Rural conditions and development
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Supporting Apprenticeship Colleges Act of 

2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to institutions of higher education that sponsor construction and manufacturing-oriented registered apprenticeship programs for (1) expanding or supporting outreach to high schools, local businesses, and local workforce development boards; and (2) providing advising and support services to students who are enrolled in these apprenticeship programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Save Social Security Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2304
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Income tax exclusion
Self-employed
Social security and elderly assistance
Taxation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Save Social Security Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the requirements for Social Security payroll taxes and benefits to 
 
 
apply Social Security payroll taxes to annual income above $400,000,
 
 include earnings above $400,000 in the benefit formula, and
 
 increase to $100,000 the income threshold above which a portion of a taxpayer's Social Security benefits is included in gross income. 
 
 
(Under current law, Social Security payroll taxes apply to the first $142,800 of income in 2021 and a portion of benefits is included in the gross income of individuals with certain income that exceeds specified thresholds, depending on the individual's filing status.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Senior Accessible Housing Act

Bill: 117-hr-2305
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Aging
Housing for the elderly and disabled
Income tax credits
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Senior Accessible Housing Act

 
This bill allows a refundable income tax credit to individual taxpayers who have attained age 60 for expenditures in their residences for the installation of entrance and exit ramps, the widening of doorways, the installation of handrails, grab bars, and non-slip flooring.
 The amount of the credit is reduced if a taxpayer's adjusted gross income exceeds certain threshold amounts and is limited to a lifetime amount of $30,000 over amounts paid in previous taxable years.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2306
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Public transit
Transportation programs funding
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Small Community Transit Improvement Act of 20

21

 
This bill increases the amount of certain public transportation grants to be apportioned to urbanized areas with populations of less than 200,000 that meet or exceed one or more performance categories for small transit intensive cities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2307
Sponsor: Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Customs enforcement
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Environmental regulatory procedures
Free trade and trade barriers
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Interest, dividends, interest rates
International law and treaties
Motor fuels
Motor vehicles
Oil and gas
Tariffs
Trade agreements and negotiations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2021

 
This bill imposes a fee on the carbon content of fuels, including crude oil, natural gas, coal, or any other product derived from those fuels that will be used so as to emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. 
 
The fee is imposed on the producers or importers of the fuels and is equal to the greenhouse gas content of the fuel multiplied by the carbon fee rate. The rate begins at $15 per metric ton of CO2-e in 2021, increases by $10 each year, and is subject to further adjustments based on the progress in meeting specified emissions reduction targets. 
 
The bill includes
 
 
 exemptions for fuels used for agricultural or nonemitting purposes,
 
exemptions for fuels used by the Armed Forces,
 
 rebates for facilities that capture and sequester carbon dioxide, and
 
border adjustment provisions that require certain fees or refunds for carbon-intensive products that are exported or imported. 
 
 
The fees must be deposited into a Carbon Dividend Trust Fund and used for administrative expenses and dividend payments to U.S. citizens or lawful residents. The fees must be decommissioned when emissions levels and monthly dividend payments fall below specified levels.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
ATVM Future Act

Bill: 117-hr-2308
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Electric power generation and transmission
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Future Act of 2021 or the ATVM Future Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2031 and revises the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program within the Department of Energy (DOE). Under the existing program, DOE provides financial support for the production of advanced technology vehicles.
 
The bill expands the program to include financial support for (1) medium-duty passenger vehicles and heavy-duty vehicles that meet specified emission standards or emit zero-emissions; and (2) components, such as batteries, of ultra-efficient vehicles.
 
The bill also revises the emission standards that light-duty vehicles must meet to be eligible for assistance under the program.
 
 In addition, the bill revises requirements governing the evaluation of a loan applicant's prospects of repaying a loan under the program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
National Dam and Hydropower Safety Improvements Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2309
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Alternative and renewable resources
Dams and canals
Emergency planning and evacuation
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Floods and storm protection
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Hydrology and hydrography
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

National Dam and Hydropower Safety Improvements Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to take certain actions related to dam safety.
 
Specifically, FERC may issue a license for a dam and other project works only if the project meets the relevant safety requirements and the licensee can operate and manage the project works in a manner that ensures dam and public safety. A licensee with an already-issued license must also meet these safety requirements.
 
FERC must also establish procedures to assess the financial viability of an applicant for such a license. 
 
Finally, the bill requires FERC's Office of Energy Projects to (1) notify a state in certain situations, such as when FERC issues a finding that requires a dam operator in that state to make repairs; and (2) hold a conference with states to discuss dam safety issues.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Education Act

Bill: 117-hr-2310
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Civics education
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental education
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Higher education
Science and engineering education
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education
Youth employment and child labor

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Climate Change Education Act 

 
 This bill declares that the evidence for human-induced climate change is overwhelming and undeniable.
 
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must establish a Climate Change Education Program to
 
 
 increase the climate literacy of the United States by broadening the understanding of human-induced climate change, including possible consequences, disproportionate impacts of such consequences, and potential solutions;
 
 apply the latest scientific and technological discoveries to provide learning opportunities to people of all ages; and
 
help people understand and promote implementation of new technologies, programs, and incentives related to climate change, climate adaptation and mitigation, climate resilience, climate justice, and environmental justice.
 
 
NOAA must also establish a grant program for climate change education. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2311
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Credit Union Governance Modernization Act of 2021

 
This bill revises the procedure for expelling members from a federal credit union. Specifically, a member may be expelled for cause pursuant to a policy adopted by a majority vote of a quorum of the directors of a credit union. Currently, a member may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the credit union membership present at a special meeting. 
 
The member may request a hearing from the board of directors. After the hearing, the board shall hold a vote on expelling the member.
 
The expelled member may request reinstatement through a two-thirds vote of the members present at a meeting. 
 
Member conduct that may be cause for expulsion includes
 
 
a material loss to the credit union, 
 
a violation of the credit union membership agreement, 
 
a substantial disruption to the operations of a credit union, 
 
fraud or attempted fraud, and 
 
other illegal or inappropriate behavior.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-16
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-11-16
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Mentoring and Supporting Families Act

Bill: 117-hr-2312
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education of the disadvantaged
Employment and training programs
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Mentoring and Supporting Families Act

 
This bill establishes demonstration projects for peer support, mentoring, and career coaching under the Health Profession Opportunity Grants program, which supports organizations that provide low-income individuals with education and training for health care occupations.
 
Specifically, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) must award grants to organizations that provide case management plans to help participants develop workforce skills on an ongoing basis. The ACF must give preference to project applications that provide participants with a cash stipend.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Farmworker Pesticide Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-2313
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Agricultural education
Civil actions and liability
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental education
Environmental regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Licensing and registrations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Pest management
Public-private cooperation
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Farmworker Pesticide Safety Act

 
This bill addresses the administration of the Pesticide Registration Fund under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
 
Under the bill, any amounts collected for FIFRA violations must be deposited to be used as part of the fund.
 
The bill prescribes how the fund must be used for FY2021-FY2023, including by instructing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to utilize a certain amount of money from specified parts of the fund for partnership grants, the pesticide safety education program, and scientific and regulatory activities relating to worker protection.
 
Finally, the bill requires the EPA to include in its annual report a comprehensive statement of fund expenditures and deposits into the fund that come from amounts collected for FIFRA violations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E331-332)
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Protect Our Police Act

Bill: 117-hr-2314
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Firearms and explosives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Military facilities and property
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Protect Our Police Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for Executive Order 13809, which was issued on August 28, 2017.
 
The order revoked a 2015 executive order establishing an interagency working group to recommend improvements to the process through which state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies acquire controlled equipment (e.g., firearms or military-style equipment) from the federal government. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Higher Education Transparency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2315
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Area studies and international education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Higher Education Transparency Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student-aid programs to make available on its website the full content of any agreement between the IHE and a foreign source that provides language and cultural teaching resources and services to its students.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
Fire Fauci Act

Bill: 117-hr-2316
Sponsor: Rep. Greene, Marjorie Taylor [R-GA-14]
Introduced: 2021-04-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Health and Human Services
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal officials
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: 

Fire Fauci Act

 
This bill reduces the annual rate of pay of the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to $0. This reduction applies until there is a new director who is not Anthony Fauci, MD.
 
In addition, the Government Accountability Office must audit digital correspondence, policy memoranda, and financial transactions of the Office of the Director of NIAID from October 1, 2019, through December 31, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs. Greene (GA). Petition No: 117-7. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/20211025?CongressNum=117">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-01
text: Introduced in House