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SECURE America Act

Bill: 117-hr-5572
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
First Amendment rights
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Homeland security
Immigration status and procedures
Political movements and philosophies
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Religion
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: 

Safeguards Ensuring Criminal and Unvetted Refugees don't Enter America Act or the SECURE America Act

 
This bill imposes restrictions on the admission of aliens, including refugees, and addresses related issues.
 
Specifically, no refugees may be admitted until Congress enacts a joint resolution setting the maximum number of refugees allowed to be admitted in a particular fiscal year. Currently, that number is set each fiscal year by the President. 
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must notify Congress at least 30 days before determining that an alien or class of aliens is eligible for refugee status. Congress may nullify the determination by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval.
 
Further, an alien shall be inadmissible for holding certain beliefs, such as (1) believing that a system of religious law should be implemented in the United States, (2) believing that the alien does not need to learn English if the alien is not already fluent, or (3) any belief that the Department of State determines is incompatible with the principles of the United States. 
 
DHS may not parole into the United States an alien who does not have status under immigration law. Currently, DHS may provide parole in certain instances, including for urgent humanitarian reasons. 
 
Federal agencies must notify a state at least 30 days before resettling a refugee in that state. The refugee may not be resettled in that state if the state expresses disapproval. 
 
An alien who has committed a crime of violence (generally one involving the use or threat of physical violence against person or property) may not be eligible for refugee status and must be removed.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Introduced in House
SHIP Act

Bill: 117-hr-5573
Sponsor: Rep. Steel, Michelle [R-CA-48]
Introduced: 2021-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: 

Stopping Hazardous Incidents in the Pacific Act of 2021 or the SHIP Act

 
This bill prohibits certain vessels transporting cargo that are operating in the coastal waters of Southern California from idling or anchoring in such waters during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this bill and ending on
 
 
 the date that is 180 days after such date, or
 
the date on which the President determines there is no longer a backlog of vessels at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Introduced in House
VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act

Bill: 117-hr-5575
Sponsor: Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]
Introduced: 2021-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health personnel

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: 

Department of Veterans Affairs Nurse and Physician Assistant Retention and Income Security Enhancement Act or the VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act

 
This bill increases the maximum rate of basic pay for advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and registered nurses of the Department of Veterans Affairs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 10.
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-10-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Fair Drug Prices for Kids Act

Bill: 117-hr-5576
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2021-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: 

Fair Drug Prices for Kids Act

 
This bill allows states to apply the requirements of the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program to covered outpatient drugs under the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-12
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-5578
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Animals

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Public Safety and Wildlife Protection Act

 
This bill bans steel-jaw leghold traps and Conibear traps and establishes penalties for violating this ban.
 

Steel-jaw leghold traps
 are certain spring-powered devices with steel jaws that are designed to snap closed on animals. Conibear traps consist of metal frames hinged at the center point and powered by two torsion springs that create a scissor-like action designed to kill an animal by snapping its spine. Cage traps, box traps, suitcase-type live beaver traps, and mouse or rat snap traps are not included in the ban.
 
The Department of the Interior must pay a reward for information that leads to a conviction of a violation of this bill, unless the information was provided by on duty officers or employees of federal, state, or local governments. The reward must be 50% of the penalty paid.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Jerry Lewis VA Clinic Act

Bill: 117-hr-5579
Sponsor: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Jerry Lewis VA Clinic Act

 
This bill designates the community-based outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Redlands, California, as the Jerry Lewis Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic or the Jerry Lewis VA Clinic.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Countering China Economic Coercion Act

Bill: 117-hr-5580
Sponsor: Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Asia
China
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Executive Office of the President
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
International monetary system and foreign exchange
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Countering China Economic Coercion Act

 
This bill establishes an interagency task force to respond to the Chinese government's acts of economic coercion. 
 
The task force must oversee the development and implementation of an integrated U.S. government strategy to respond to such acts of economic coercion. The strategy must include an evaluation of the costs such acts have on U.S. businesses and economic performance. 
 
The task force must also report to Congress on the strategy as well as a comprehensive review on the economic tools that the Chinese government uses (or can use) to coerce other governments, non-Chinese companies, and multilateral institutions and organizations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Arts Education for All Act

Bill: 117-hr-5581
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Arts Education for All Act

 
This bill expands arts education and programming for children in early education, K-12 students, and juveniles and adults in the criminal justice system.
 
Specifically, the bill allows Child Care and Development Block Grant funding to be used for additional activities, including arts programming.
 
Additionally, the bill addresses arts programming in elementary and secondary schools by
 
 
directing each state educational agency to include information on arts programming in its state plan, including how it will integrate arts education instruction into the curriculum and increase the number of arts teachers in schools;
 
requiring state report cards to include information on arts courses;
 
requiring local educational agency (LEA) plans to describe how the LEA will encourage the use of arts education to improve student achievement; and
 
allowing certain funds to be used for professional development for arts teachers. 
 
 
The bill directs the National Center for Education Research to carry out research on the use of arts and arts education in elementary and secondary schools, including in low-performing schools. Further, the National Center for Education Statistics must compile data on arts education.
 
 The National Assessment of Educational Progress must include a specified arts assessment.
 
The bill requires a state's juvenile justice and delinquency plan to describe how the state will coordinate services and activities for juvenile justice and delinquency prevention with arts agencies and arts organizations. Additionally, grants for adult offender reentry demonstration projects may be used for facilitating arts education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
BRAVE Act

Bill: 117-hr-5582
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

 

Bullying Redress And Verified Enforcement Act or the BRAVE Act

 
This bill requires a local educational agency (LEA), in order to receive certain federal education funding, to collect and publish certain information about instances of bullying in schools.
 
Specifically, the bill requires an LEA employee who becomes aware of bullying to report information about the bullying to an LEA-designated individual within seven business days. The LEA-designated individual must, within 60 days after receiving such a report, inform all of the LEA's employees of the acts described and the response of the LEA's employees.
 
Additionally, the bill requires each LEA to
 
 
review its policies on bullying on an annual basis, and
 
publish and make available to students and parents a quarterly report that lists the number of bullying reports made since the previous quarterly report and informs the public of the right to file a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Education (ED). 
 
 
 The bill requires the OCR to (1) establish and publish complaint procedures; (2) investigate each complaint; (3) withhold certain federal funds from, issue a complaint against, or enter into a compliance agreement with any noncompliant LEA; and (4) make information about each complaint available on ED's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Helping Enable Access to Lifesaving Services Act

Bill: 117-hr-5583
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Helping Enable Access to Lifesaving Services Act or the HEALS Act

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 multiple programs that support education and training for mental and behavioral health care professionals. It also extends until FY2026 liability protections for health care professionals who volunteer their services at community health centers.
 
Specifically, the bill reauthorizes
 
 
grants for health professional schools and related programs for mental and behavioral health education and training;
 
a demonstration program that trains health care professionals to provide mental and behavioral health services in underserved, community-based settings; and
 
a fellowship program to provide postbaccalaureate training to improve the quality of mental health and substance use disorder services for racial and ethnic minority populations.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Fairness for Fallen Sailors Act

Bill: 117-hr-5584
Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Fairness for Fallen Sailors Act

 
This bill revises federal law relating to individuals who die from an accident on the high seas. 
 
The bill amends current law to allow the personal representative of the estate of an individual whose death is caused by wrongful act, neglect, or default occurring on the high seas beyond three nautical miles from the shore of the United States, to bring a civil action in admiralty or in law against the person or vessel responsible. The action shall be for the exclusive benefit of the decedent's estate.
 
The recovery in an action shall be fair compensation for the pecuniary loss sustained by the individuals for whose benefit the action is brought (currently), the pre-death pain and suffering of the decedent, and non-pecuniary damages for the loss of care, comfort, and companionship of a family member of a decedent. 
 
In an action related to death resulting from an aviation accident (under current law, this provision applies to commercial aviation accidents) occurring on the high seas beyond 12 nautical miles from the shore of the United States, additional compensation is recoverable for nonpecuniary damages, but punitive damages are not recoverable.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act

Bill: 117-hr-5586
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act 

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Treasury from requiring a financial institution to report the transfers into and out of a financial account. This prohibition does not apply to laws or regulations in effect on October 1, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Postal Police Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5587
Sponsor: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Postal Police Reform Act of 2021

 
This bill removes certain restrictions on U.S. Postal Service (USPS) police officers to investigate criminal matters related to the USPS and postal mail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Net Price Calculator Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-5588
Sponsor: Rep. Guthrie, Brett [R-KY-2]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Net Price Calculator Improvement Act

 
This bill establishes requirements concerning the information that must be provided to prospective students about the cost of attendance at an institution of higher education (IHE). Specifically, the bill establishes the minimum requirements for the net price calculator that an IHE must include on its website. An IHE's net price is the average yearly price actually charged to first-time, full-time undergraduate students receiving student aid at the IHE after deducting such aid.
 
The bill also authorizes the Department of Education to develop a universal net price calculator that enables users to answer one set of questions and receive net prices for several IHEs and compare those prices.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Pyrolysis Innovation Grants Act

Bill: 117-hr-5589
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Agricultural practices and innovations
Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Agricultural research
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Livestock
Meat

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Pyrolysis Innovation Grants Act

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to award grants for pilot projects that have the potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions and that convert and valorize tree nut harvest by-products into higher value biocarbon products. Eligible grantees include, among others, certain colleges or universities and agricultural business entities.

action_date: 2021-11-01
text: 

Pyrolysis Innovation Grants Act

 
This bill requires the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to award grants for pilot projects with the potential to reduce or sequester greenhouse gas emissions by converting and valorizing tree nut harvest by-products into higher value biocarbon products. Eligible grantees include, among others, certain colleges or universities and agricultural business entities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 122.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-167.
action_date: 2021-11-01
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Agriculture. H. Rept. 117-167.
action_date: 2021-10-21
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-10-21
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Natural Immunity Is Real Act

Bill: 117-hr-5590
Sponsor: Rep. Harshbarger, Diana [R-TN-1]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Natural Immunity Is Real Act

 
This bill requires all federal agencies to acknowledge and consider natural immunity to COVID-19 when promulgating any regulation related to the COVID-19 public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
Student Food Security Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5591
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-10-15 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: 

Student Food Security Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and establishes programs to address food insecurity among college students.
 
Specifically, the bill permanently modifies the eligibility requirements to allow additional college students to receive SNAP benefits, and it establishes a demonstration program to allow college students to use SNAP benefits on college campuses instead of meal plans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-10-15
text: Introduced in House