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Public School Green Rooftop Program

Bill: 117-hr-1863
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Animal and plant health
Architecture
Atmospheric science and weather
Building construction
Congressional oversight
Disability and health-based discrimination
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Environmental education
Environmental technology
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Horticulture and plants
Inflation and prices
Lighting, heating, cooling
Outdoor recreation
Pest management
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Public School Green Rooftop Program

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a grant program for installing and maintaining green roof systems on public elementary and secondary school buildings. 
Green roof
 refers to a layer of vegetation that is planted over a waterproofing system or to a waterproof management practice that is installed on a roof and may support plant growth.
 
Specifically, DOE must award grants to public elementary and secondary schools, local educational agencies, and partnerships with nonprofit organizations to (1) pay the costs of planning assistance for green roof systems on school buildings (e.g., assessing structures, conducting financial and engineering analyses, and receiving cost estimates), and (2) install green roof systems on these buildings.
 
Additionally, a grant recipient must complete the installation of a green roof system within four years of receiving the grant. A grant recipient that completes this installation requirement shall receive additional funding for maintenance activities, such as conducting routine inspections to monitor the condition of the green roof.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
RTP Full Funding Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1864
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Motor fuels
Outdoor recreation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Roads and highways
Sales and excise taxes
State and local finance
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

RTP Full Funding Act of 202

1

 
This bill revises provisions regarding the recreational trails program of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
 
Specifically, the bill requires
 
 
DOT to estimate the total amount of nonhighway recreational fuel taxes received by the Department of the Treasury and transferred to the Highway Trust Fund;
 
the Federal Highway Administration to establish financial management information system codes for certain motorized and non-motorized use projects, including single and diverse use projects;
 
DOT to reserve amounts of the state-apportioned funds for administrative, research, technical assistance, and training expenses to carry out the recreational trails program; and
 
states to obligate a specific amount of reserved funds each fiscal year for the recreational trails program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Jenna Quinn Law

Bill: 117-hr-1865
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Domestic violence and child abuse
Elementary and secondary education
Government studies and investigations
Law enforcement administration and funding
School administration
Sex offenses
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Jenna Quinn Law

 
This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to provide grants for evidence-informed child sexual abuse awareness and prevention programs. The grants may be awarded for a period of up to five years.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Quantum Network Infrastructure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1866
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Photography and imaging
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: 

Quantum Network Infrastructure Act of 2021
 

This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to carry out a research, development, and demonstration program to accelerate innovation in quantum network infrastructure in order to (1) facilitate the advancement of distributed quantum computing systems through the internet and intranet, (2) improve the precision of measurements of scientific phenomena and physical imaging technologies, and (3) develop secure national quantum communications technologies and strategies.
 
DOE shall submit to Congress a four-year research plan that identifies and prioritizes basic research needs relating to quantum network infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Jaime Rubio Sulficio.

Bill: 117-hr-1867
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-11 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Provides for the relief of Jaime Rubio Sulficio.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-11
text: Introduced in House
Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1869
Sponsor: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Government trust funds
Idaho
Indian claims
Indian lands and resources rights
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Nevada
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 

Technical Correction to the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act of 

2021

 
This bill authorizes deposit of specified interest payments into the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Water Rights Development Fund and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Operation and Maintenance Fund. These funds were established under the water rights settlement agreement for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
MORE Health Education Act

Bill: 117-hr-1872
Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer affairs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Internet, web applications, social media
Marketing and advertising
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 

Marketing and Outreach Restoration to Empower Health Education Act of 2021 or the MORE Health Education Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct outreach and reporting related to federally facilitated exchanges (i.e., health insurance exchanges established and operated within states by HHS). The activities must inform potential enrollees of the availability of coverage and related financial assistance under the exchanges and must be provided in culturally and linguistically appropriate formats. The bill provides funding for the activities.
 
Beginning for plan year 2022, HHS also must publish biweekly reports that include specified metrics about the performance of such exchanges during each annual open enrollment period. Further, after each open enrollment period, HHS must report on how many consumers enrolled in coverage with assistance from patient navigators, the advertising and outreach expenses related to raising awareness about open enrollment, and the amount of monthly user fees collected during the plan year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1873
Sponsor: Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Government information and archives
Health personnel
Licensing and registrations
Medical education
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 

Advancing Education on Biosimilars Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to advance education and awareness among health care providers about biological products as appropriate, including by developing or improving continuing education programs that address the prescribing of biological products and biosimilars. (A biosimilar is a biological product that is highly similar to an FDA-approved reference biological product and has no clinically meaningful differences from that reference product.)
 
 The FDA may also maintain and operate a website to provide educational materials about biological products.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
Expand Navigators’ Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1874
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Consumer affairs
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Tax-exempt organizations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 

Expand Navigators' Resources for Outreach, Learning, and Longevity Act of 20

21

 or the ENROLL Act of 20

21

 
This bill makes several changes to the navigator program for health insurance exchanges (a program through which entities receive funding to provide education and enrollment assistance). Specifically, the bill addresses certain funding decisions and regulatory actions taken by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 
 
For example, the bill increases funding for navigators in federally facilitated exchanges (FFEs) beginning in FY2022. (The CMS decreased annual funding for FFE navigators for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 program years.)
 
The bill also counters guidance issued by the CMS regarding navigator criteria by requiring FFE navigators to be chosen without regard to how the entity provides information about association health plans or short-term, limited-duration insurance. 
 
The bill also reinstates certain requirements that were removed by the CMS in 2018. Specifically, the bill requires (1) at least two navigators in each FFE, including at least one community and consumer-focused nonprofit group; and (2) that navigators be physically present in the state where the exchange is located. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to eliminate the short-term limited duration insurance exemption with respect to individual health insurance coverage.

Bill: 117-hr-1875
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health care costs and insurance
Insurance industry and regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 
This bill eliminates the exemption of short-term, limited-duration health insurance plans from the federal requirements for individual health insurance coverage beginning on January 1, 2023.
 
Currently, short-term, limited-duration plans may offer coverage for a limited amount of time and are exempt from the market requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (e.g., coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
SPF Act

Bill: 117-hr-1876
Sponsor: Rep. Cawthorn, Madison [R-NC-11]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Time and calendar

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 

SPF Act

 
This bill makes daylight savings time permanent. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
State Health Care Premium Reduction Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1878
Sponsor: Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 

State Health Care Premium Reduction Act
 

of 2021

 
This bill establishes and provides funding for the Improve Health Insurance Affordability Fund. States must use allocated funds to (1) issue reinsurance payments to health insurers (i.e., reimbursements to protect insurers against exceedingly high claims) for individual health insurance coverage, or (2) provide other assistance to reduce out-of-pocket costs (e.g., copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles) for qualified health plans offered in the individual market through an exchange.
 
Reinsurance payments using such funds may not be applied to (1) grandfathered health plans in place on March 23, 2010, (2) non-grandfathered transitional plans meeting specified requirements identified by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), or (3) student health insurance plans provided by institutions of higher education.
 
The bill appropriates $10 billion per year for the fund, which the CMS must distribute to states in accordance with a specified methodology based on the estimated amount of reinsurance payments for individuals in a state during the given year, subject to specified deductions. Additionally, states must submit applications explaining how they will use such funds. In the event that a state does not submit an application, the bill directs the CMS to allocate the calculated funding amount to reinsurance programs in that state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
U.S.A. Electrify Forward Act

Bill: 117-hr-1879
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Building construction
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Manufacturing
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 

U.S.A. Electrify Forward Act

 
This bill provides incentives (e.g., grants and loans) for the development, production, manufacturing, and distribution of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure for such vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 to make permanent the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration.

Bill: 117-hr-1880
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 
This bill makes permanent the Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program. Under this program, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may award grants to state Medicaid programs to assist states in increasing the use of home and community care for long-term care and decreasing the use of institutional care.
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act with respect to permitting terms, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-1881
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Pollution liability
State and local government operations
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 
This bill revises the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. Under the program, the Environmental Protection Agency issues permits to discharge pollutants into waters of the United States. 
 
The bill extends the maximum term for NPDES permits issued to states or municipalities from 5 to 10 years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E246)
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1882
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-15]
Introduced: 2021-03-12 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Crime victims
Crimes against women
Domestic violence and child abuse
Housing and community development funding
Low- and moderate-income housing
Rural conditions and development
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: 

VAWA Protections for Rural Women Act of 2021

 
This bill adds the Rural Development Voucher Program to the list of covered housing programs under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA). 
 
Specifically, it extends VAWA's housing protections (e.g., protection from eviction or denial of housing) to residents and applicants under the Rural Development Voucher Program who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-12
text: Introduced in House