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Critical Mineral Access Act

Bill: 117-hr-3896
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Critical Mineral Access Act

 
This bill authorizes the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation to provide support to high-income economy countries for developing and processing specified critical materials if such support furthers U.S. national security interests. Critical materials include, for example, rare earth elements, aluminum, and uranium.
 
A 
high-income economy country
 is one with a per capita gross national income (GNI) that exceeds $12,695 for 2021. Current law limits the corporation's activities to facilitating the economic development of countries with a per capita GNI below that amount.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
H–2B Returning Worker Exception Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3897
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

H-2B Returning Worker Exception Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the H-2B (temporary nonagricultural workers) nonimmigrant visa program, including by exempting certain workers from an annual numerical limit on such visas and requiring civil penalties for program violations. 
 
Under this bill, if a worker seeking a H-2B visa has been counted toward the 66,000 annual cap on such visas in one of the three preceding fiscal years, that worker shall not be counted against the cap again. 
 
Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must impose a civil monetary penalty on an employer for (1) failing to meet requirements related to an H-2B visa petition, or (2) making a willful misrepresentation of material fact in such a petition. 
 
DHS must also ensure the establishment of an electronic platform (1) for employers to submit and request approval of an H-2B petition, and (2) to act as a single point of access for applicants and the relevant government agencies. The Department of Labor must maintain a publicly available online database of all job orders by H-2B employers.
 
Furthermore, Labor may take certain actions to enforce program requirements, such as imposing penalties and seeking injunctions. 
 
The bill provides statutory authority for the current practice of limiting the program to workers who are nationals of countries approved by DHS. DHS may make exceptions to this limitation in individual cases if it is in the U.S. interest to do so. DHS shall select approved countries based on various factors, such as the rate of overstay by H-2B visa holders from each country.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

Bill: 117-hr-3898
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Computers and information technology
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
Sound recording

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

 
This bill requires manufacturers of internet-connected devices (e.g., smart appliances) that are equipped with a camera or microphone to disclose to consumers that a camera or microphone is part of the device.
 
The bill does not apply to mobile phones, laptops, or other devices that a consumer would reasonably expect to include a camera or microphone.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3899
Sponsor: Rep. Foster, Bill [D-IL-11]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Financial Stability Oversight Council Improvement Act of 2021

 
The bill requires the Financial Stability Oversight Council, prior to determining that a U.S. nonbank financial company shall be supervised by the Federal Reserve Board and therefore subject to certain prudential standards, to first determine that certain alternative actions would not mitigate the threat the company may pose to U.S. financial stability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3900
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Parental Notification and Intervention Act of 2021

 
This bill restricts the performance of an abortion on an unemancipated minor under 18 years of age.
 
Specifically, it prohibits a person or organization from performing, facilitating, or assisting with an abortion on an unemancipated minor without first complying with certain requirements, including parental notification and a 96-hour waiting period.
 
 It establishes penalties&#8212;a fine, up to one year in prison, or both&#8212;for each willful violation.
 
A parent who is required to be notified of an abortion of an unemancipated minor may sue in federal court to prohibit the abortion. 
Parental notification requirements may be waived in a medical emergency or in a case of physical abuse.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To award four congressional gold medals to the United States Capitol Police and those who protect the U.S. Capitol.

Bill: 117-hr-3901
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 
This bill provides for the award of Congressional Gold Medals to the U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia in recognition of the law enforcement agencies that protect the U.S. Capitol.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
21st Century Aerospace Infrastructure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3902
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

21st Century Aerospace Infrastructure Act of 202

1

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a pilot program, through FY2023, to issue grants to operators of space launch and reentry sites for projects to construct, repair, maintain, or improve transportation infrastructure and facilities at such sites. 
Launch site
 is defined as the location on Earth from which a launch takes place and necessary facilities at that location, and 
reentry site
 is defined as the location on Earth to which a reentry vehicle (i.e., spacecraft) is intended to return.
 
Grants issued to an operator may not exceed $2.5 million for a fiscal year.
 
DOT may issue supplemental grants to operators in support of state, local, or private matching under specified conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Tax Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3903
Sponsor: Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Tax Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the tax treatment of partnership interests held in connection with the performance of services. The bill requires certain income from the partnerships to be treated as ordinary income rather than as capital gains.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Reducing COVID–19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health Act

Bill: 117-hr-3904
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Minority health
National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Reducing COVID-19 Disparities by Investing in Public Health Act

 
This bill provides additional funding for FY2021 and subsequent fiscal years to specified components of the Department of Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute on Minority Health and Disparities, and the Office of Minority Health.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Parity Act

Bill: 117-hr-3905
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Social Security Parity Act

 
This bill waives, under certain conditions, the requirement that an individual must be divorced for at least two years before being able to claim Social Security spousal benefits on the former spouse's work record.
 
Currently, if a former spouse is eligible for but has not claimed Social Security retirement or disability benefits, a divorced individual may claim spousal benefits provided that individual meets certain eligibility criteria and the divorce has been final for at least two years. This bill deems the two-year requirement met when a former spouse remarries someone other than the divorced individual within two years of the divorce.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Blue Carbon Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-3906
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Endangered and threatened species
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
Hunting and fishing
Indian social and development programs
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Outdoor recreation
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public-private cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Rural conditions and development
Water quality
Wetlands
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Blue Carbon Protection Act

 
This bill establishes programs, grants, and requirements to protect and restore marine and blue carbon ecosystems, which are vegetated coastal habitats and include mangroves, tidal marshes, and other tidal or salt-water wetlands that have the capacity to sequester and store carbon.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3907
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Computers and information technology
Due process and equal protection
Evidence and witnesses
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Law enforcement administration and funding
Photography and imaging
Right of privacy
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act of 2021

 
This bill imposes limits on the use of biometric surveillance systems, such as facial recognition systems, by federal and state government entities.
 
A federal agency or official may not in an official capacity acquire, possess, or use in the United States any such system or information obtained by such a system unless Congress passes an act that specifically authorizes such a use. Such an act of Congress must contain certain provisions, such as provisions naming the specific authorized entity and auditing requirements relating to the system.
 
Information obtained in violation of this bill shall not be admissible by the federal government in any proceeding or investigation, except in a proceeding alleging a violation of this bill.
 
An individual aggrieved by a violation of these restrictions shall have the right to sue. Any state officer authorized to sue on behalf of the state's residents shall also have the right to sue on behalf of the state's aggrieved residents.
 
A state or local government unit shall not receive certain federal law enforcement grants unless the government unit complies with a law or policy that is substantially similar to this bill's restrictions on acquiring and using biometric surveillance systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
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: 2021-06-15
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: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Support for Community Bridges Act

Bill: 117-hr-3908
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Support for Community Bridges Act

 
This bill sets aside a portion of Federal-aid highway funding for repairing structurally deficient bridges that are not part of the National Highway System and prescribes a formula to allocate this funding to states based on their share of such bridges.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3909
Sponsor: Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Inflation and prices
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to increase the amounts payable for wartime disability compensation, additional compensation for dependents, the clothing allowance for certain disabled veterans, and dependency and indemnity compensation for surviving spouses and children. Specifically, the VA must increase the amounts by the same percentage as the cost-of-living increase in benefits for Social Security recipients that is effective on December 1, 2021. The bill requires the VA to publish the amounts payable, as increased, in the Federal Register.
 
The VA is authorized to make a similar adjustment to the rates of disability compensation payable to persons who have not received compensation for service-connected disability or death.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Safeguarding Non-bank Consumer Information Act

Bill: 117-hr-3910
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Safeguarding Non-bank Consumer Information Act

 
This bill directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to establish administrative, technical, and physical safeguard standards applicable to a consumer data aggregator (a person who collects, maintains, utilizes, or distributes individual or aggregate nonpublic personal information). The bill also gives the bureau enforcement authority regarding violations of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to establish procedures for disclosures by financial institutions of nonpublic personal information, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3911
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 
This bill requires a financial institution to report, within 72 hours of discovery, a data breach to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The bureau must assess whether the breach requires disclosure to consumers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Financial Data Sharing Choice Act

Bill: 117-hr-3912
Sponsor: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Financial Data Sharing Choice Act 

 
This bill requires financial institutions to obtain consent from a consumer before sharing that consumer's nonpublic personal information to a nonaffiliated third party. Currently, a consumer must opt out of such information sharing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Renter Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3913
Sponsor: Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. [R-NC-10]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Landlord and tenant
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Renter Protection Act of 2021 

 
This bill limits the use and availability of assistance provided under certain emergency rental assistance programs created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, rental assistance not yet used by grantees to assist eligible households as of July 1, 2021, must only be used for rental arrears after this date, and not for rent, utilities and home energy costs and arrears, or other expenses as allowed under current law. Further, the bill changes the deadline for distribution of these funds from September 30, 2022, to December 31, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. McHenry. Petition No: 117-5. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/20210910?CongressNum=117">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Benefit Payments Choice Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3914
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-15 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: 

Social Security Benefit Payments Choice Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a recipient of monthly Social Security benefits who does not concurrently receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to choose the day of the month that benefits are paid. SSI is a federal, needs-based program that provides cash benefits to older adults, blind individuals, and individuals with disabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-15
text: Introduced in House