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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to waive matching requirements for certain grants to the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3061
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: District of Columbia
Solid waste and recycling
State and local finance
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 
This bill makes the District of Columbia eligible to receive grants under the Clean Water Act for all of the costs for constructing treatment works (e.g., systems used to store or treat sewage or industrial wastes). Thus, the bill waives the requirement for the District to match federal grant funds.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
To establish an exemption from a limitation on the use of certain airport funds for safety projects at a nonhub airport or small hub airport, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3062
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 
This bill authorizes the Department of Transportation to distribute not more than $50 million per fiscal year from its discretionary fund for terminal development projects to bring a nonhub or small hub airport into compliance with airport safety design standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
MOMMIES Act

Bill: 117-hr-3063
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child health
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Dental care
Department of Health and Human Services
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability and health-based discrimination
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Family planning and birth control
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Home and outpatient care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicaid
Minority health
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex and reproductive health
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local government operations
Wages and earnings
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services Act or the MOMMIES Act

 
This bill establishes a series of programs and requirements under Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) relating to maternal health. 
 
For example, the bill expands eligibility for coverage under Medicaid and CHIP from 60 days to one year after the last day of pregnancy and requires such coverage to include oral health services.
 
The bill also establishes a demonstration program in which states receive grants to implement or expand models for maternity care homes that provide services to Medicaid or CHIP beneficiaries.
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on (1) gaps in coverage under Medicaid and CHIP for pregnant and postpartum women, and (2) the use of telehealth by state Medicaid programs to increase access to maternity care. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Inspector General Access Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3064
Sponsor: Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Inspector General Access Act of 2021

 
This bill transfers responsibility for investigating certain allegations of misconduct from the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility to the DOJ Office of the Inspector General. Specifically, the bill transfers responsibility for allegations relating to a DOJ attorney's authority to investigate, litigate, or provide legal advice.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3065
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Expanding Contracting Opportunities for Small Businesses Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the allowable award price for federal government contracts with certain small businesses, including socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses, small businesses owned and controlled by women, and small businesses owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Guam Cigarette Tax Enforcement Act

Bill: 117-hr-3066
Sponsor: Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Guam Cigarette Tax Enforcement Act

 
This bill extends the existing prohibition on trafficking in contraband cigarettes and contraband smokeless tobacco to Guam.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Online Consumer Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-3067
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Online Consumer Protection Act

 
This bill requires social media platforms and online marketplaces to establish and maintain terms of service that include a consumer protection policy.
 
The terms must cover issues such as payment methods, content ownership, and policies related to sharing user content with third parties.
 
Further, the consumer protection policy must address what content or products are permitted on the platform or marketplace and how content or products may be blocked, removed, or modified.
 
Social media platforms and online marketplaces must develop and implement a consumer protection program to maintain compliance with their consumer protection policies and other consumer protection laws. Platforms and marketplaces above certain revenues or monthly users also must submit to the Federal Trade Commission annual filings with respect to the requirements of this bill.
 
The bill provides for enforcement by the commission, state attorneys general, and private civil action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
FAIR Act

Bill: 117-hr-3068
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax exclusion
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Freeing Americans from Interest on Reimbursements Act or the FAIR Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, any interest allowed and paid upon a tax refund amount.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
ARC Act

Bill: 117-hr-3069
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Access for Rural Communities Act or the ARC Act

 
This bill allows sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent small rural hospitals to have the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recalculate certain payment adjustments that were initially determined by Medicare administrative contractors. Specifically, if a hospital received a volume decrease adjustment from an administrative contractor prior to FY2018, the hospital may elect to have the CMS recalculate the adjustment using methodology that took effect in FY2018, as specified. The bill's provisions do not apply to final determinations made by administrative contractors more than three years before the date of enactment of this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
COPS Counseling Act

Bill: 117-hr-3070
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Confidentiality Opportunities for Peer Support Counseling Act or the COPS Counseling Act

 
This bill sets forth requirements related to peer support counseling programs. A peer support counseling program is a program provided by a law enforcement agency that provides counseling services from a peer support specialist to a law enforcement officer of the agency.
 
Among other things, the bill does the following:
 
 
generally prohibits the disclosure of the contents of a peer support communication, and
 
requires the Department of Justice to develop best practices and professional standards for peer support counseling programs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3071
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Public Safety Officer Support Act of 2021

 
This bill extends death and disability benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program (PSOB) to certain public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or acute stress disorder following a stressful situation while on duty. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or injured in the line of duty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
COACH Act

Bill: 117-hr-3072
Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Convening Operations Assistance for Childcare Heroes Act or the COACH Act

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to maintain a resource guide for small businesses operating as child care providers that includes guidance on topics such as operations, finances, and compliance with relevant laws.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Save Our Girls from Sex Trafficking Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3073
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

Save Our Girls from Sex Trafficking Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes an interagency task force and authorizes various grants to combat domestic child human trafficking. Additionally, it requires the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services to study and report on child human trafficking, including how and why children enter the sex trade.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
No Taxpayer Funded Platform for Chinese Communists Act

Bill: 117-hr-3074
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-07 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: 

No Taxpayer Funded Platform for Chinese Communists Act

 
This bill prohibits using federal funds made available to the U.S. Agency for Global Media to provide an open platform for representatives of the Chinese government, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any entity owned or controlled by the Chinese government or by the CCP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia and Nonproliferation.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-07
text: Introduced in House
Postal Service Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-3077
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Employee leave
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Intergovernmental relations
Postal Regulatory Commission
Postal service
State and local finance
State and local government operations
U.S. Postal Service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Postal Service Improvement Act

 
This bill requires mail-in ballots for federal elections to meet certain design and tracking requirements and revises authority to provide parental leave to postal employees.
 
Specifically, each mail-in ballot must be carried or delivered in an envelope that
 
 
contains a USPS barcode that enables tracking of each individual ballot, 
 
satisfies USPS requirements for ballot envelope design and for machinable (i.e., able to be processed using USPS equipment) letters, and 
 
includes the official election mail logo. 

 
The federal government must reimburse each state (including the District of Columbia and any U.S. territory or possession) for the cost of using the barcode service.
 
The bill also provides paid parental leave to officers and employees of the USPS and the Postal Regulatory Commission.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 17.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act

Bill: 117-hr-3078
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Employment and training programs
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Oil and gas
Pipelines
State and local government operations
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Pipeline and LNG Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to implement a program to ensure the security, resiliency, and survivability of natural gas pipelines, hazardous liquid pipelines, and liquefied natural gas facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-06-10
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Subcommittee on Energy Discharged.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Protect and Serve Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3079
Sponsor: Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Protect and Serve Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly assaulting a law enforcement officer and causing serious bodily injury (or attempting to do so) in circumstances that affect interstate commerce.
 
It imposes criminal penalties&#8212;a prison term, a fine, or both&#8212;on a violator.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
Back the Blue Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3080
Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Civil actions and liability
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Detention of persons
Firearms and explosives
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Judges
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Legal fees and court costs
Violent crime
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

Back the Blue Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes new criminal offenses for killing, assaulting, and fleeing to avoid prosecution for killing a judge, law enforcement officer, or public safety officer.
 
Additionally, the bill
 
 
expands the list of statutory aggravating factors in death penalty determinations to also include the killing or attempted killing of a law enforcement officer, judge, prosecutor, or firefighter or other first responder; 
 
broadens the authority of federal law enforcement officers to carry firearms; and
 
limits federal court review of challenges to state court convictions for killing a public safety officer or judge.
 
 
Finally, it directs the Department of Justice to make grants to law enforcement agencies and nongovernmental organizations to promote trust and improve relations between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
To make certain irrigation districts eligible for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program pumping power, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3081
Sponsor: Rep. Armstrong, Kelly [R-ND-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Dams and canals
Electric power generation and transmission
Missouri River
North Dakota
Public contracts and procurement
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 
This bill makes certain irrigation districts in North Dakota eligible to receive pumping power (i.e., hydropower) from the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, subject to the terms and rates established by the Bureau of Reclamation. Under this bill, an irrigation district must enter into a contract with Reclamation to receive such pumping power.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
National Security Through America’s Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3082
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-11 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: 

National Security Through America's Resources and Permitting Reform Act of 2021

 
This bill revises and expedites the environmental review process for projects that extract, recover, or process critical minerals, rare-earth elements, or carbon from coal, coal waste, coal processing waste, pre-or post-combustion coal byproducts, or acid mine drainage from coal mines. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-11
text: Introduced in House