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End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-808
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Banking and financial institutions regulation
Congressional oversight
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of the Treasury
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Human trafficking
International organizations and cooperation
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 

2021

 
This bill establishes requirements related to the use of financial transactions in human trafficking. The Financial Institutions Examination Council must review procedures to improve the capability of specified programs to target financial transactions relating to severe forms of human trafficking.
 
 The Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking must submit to Congress recommendations for the revision of anti-money laundering programs specifically targeting severe forms of human trafficking. 
 
The bill provides additional criteria to be considered by the Department of State to indicate a country's serious and sustained efforts to eliminate human trafficking for purposes of certain foreign assistance. Specifically, the bill adds criteria regarding whether a country has taken or is taking steps to implement a framework for preventing financial transactions involving severe forms of human trafficking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
LIFT UP Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-809
Sponsor: Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Loan Interest Forgiveness for Taxpayers Under a Pandemic Act of 2021 or the LIFT UP Act of 2021

 
This bill extends the six-month period during which the Small Business Administration (SBA) must subsidize payments on certain loans made in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) for those who have previously received SBA disaster assistance for non-COVID emergencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To require all individuals in the executive branch to comply with Executive orders imposing mandates on the people of the United States.

Bill: 117-hr-811
Sponsor: Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Federal officials
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 
This bill requires the President, Vice President, and all officers and employees in the executive branch to comply with each executive order that imposes a mandate on the people of the United States.
 
The bill makes an exception with respect to members of the uniformed services. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Security First Act

Bill: 117-hr-812
Sponsor: Rep. Gonzales, Tony [R-TX-23]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Federal-Indian relations
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Human trafficking
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Intergovernmental relations
Latin America
Mexico
New Mexico
Public contracts and procurement
Smuggling and trafficking
State and local government operations
Technology assessment
Terrorism
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Security First Act

 
This bill provides statutory authorization for the Operation Stonegarden program from FY2022 through FY2025 and contains other provisions related to border security. (Operation Stonegarden provides grants to enhance the border security capabilities of state, local, and tribal governments.)
 
From FY2022 through FY2025, the money from unreported monetary instruments seized from individuals crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and transferred into the Department of the Treasury general fund shall be made available without further appropriation to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to fund Operation Stonegarden. 
 
DHS shall report to Congress on (1) DHS hiring practices from 2017 to 2020, and (2) whether certain Mexican drug cartels meet the criteria to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations. DHS shall also periodically report to Congress about the technology needed to secure the U.S.-Mexico land border.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Management, and Accountability.
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H334)
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 Sunset Road Southwest in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the Jose Hernandez Post Office Building.

Bill: 117-hr-813
Sponsor: Rep. Haaland, Debra A. [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
New Mexico
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1050 Sunset Road Southwest in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the "Jose Hernandez Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H555-556)
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H555-556)
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 813.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H555-556)
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Mr. Mfume moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-02-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Union Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-814
Sponsor: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Union Accountability Act

 This bill nullifies the executive order titled 
Protecting the Federal Workforce
, which was issued on January 22, 2021.
 
The order revoked previous executive orders concerning federal-employee collective bargaining and classifications. Specifically, it revoked orders that
 
 
limited the use of unrestricted grants for union activity, 
 
specified objectives for agencies to negotiate collective-bargaining agreements and established the Interagency Labor Relations Working Group, 
 
established principles for the removal and discipline of federal employees and other personnel issues, and
 
placed certain executive agency positions under a new schedule in the excepted service instead of the competitive service.
 
 
The order also instructs agencies to engage in collective bargaining negotiations over certain non-mandatory subjects, and requires the Office of Personnel Management to provide the President with recommendations to promote a minimum wage of $15 an hour for federal employees.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Arctic Refuge Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-815
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Alaska
Arctic and polar regions
Oil and gas
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Arctic Refuge Protection Act
 

This bill repeals the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge oil and gas program. 
 
The bill designates approximately 1,559,538 acres of land within Alaska in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Restoring Communities Left Behind Act

Bill: 117-hr-816
Sponsor: Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Credit and credit markets
Economic development
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Housing discrimination
Housing finance and home ownership
Housing supply and affordability
Land transfers
Land use and conservation
Landlord and tenant
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Restoring Communities Left Behind Act 

 
This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant program for local partnerships to carry out neighborhood revitalization support activities in economically distressed areas. Eligible activities include 
 
 
weatherization and energy efficiency improvements; 
 
housing accessibility improvements for seniors and persons with disabilities; 
 
purchasing delinquent mortgages; 
 
purchasing and developing vacant or distressed properties to create affordable rental housing and for other purposes; and 
 
improving parks, sidewalks, and street lighting. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H359)
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authorization for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission.

Bill: 117-hr-817
Sponsor: Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Massachusetts
Seashores and lakeshores

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 
This bill extends the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission through September 25, 2028. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
GIVE MILK Act

Bill: 117-hr-818
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child health
Department of Agriculture
Food assistance and relief
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Giving Increased Variety to Ensure Milk Into the Lives of Kids Act or the
 
GIVE MILK Act 

 
This bill revises the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) to allow WIC participants (or the parent or guardian of such participants) to elect to be issued nonfat milk, 1% low-fat milk, 2% reduced-fat milk, or whole milk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop Corrupt Iranian Oligarchs and Entities Act

Bill: 117-hr-819
Sponsor: Rep. Kustoff, David [R-TN-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Alliances
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Economic performance and conditions
Foreign and international corporations
Foreign loans and debt
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Iran
Middle East
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
U.S. and foreign investments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Stop Corrupt Iranian Oligarchs and Entities Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to report to Congress on Iranian individuals and parastatal groups that have close relationships with the Iranian government, including information regarding (1) their known sources of income, (2) their indices of corruption, (3) their involvement in key U.S. economic sectors, (4) the structures and ownership of the parastatal groups, and (5) the potential effects of imposing sanctions on these entities and individuals.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act

Bill: 117-hr-821
Sponsor: Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-18]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business records
Cosmetics and personal care
Employment and training programs
Employment taxes
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 
 
Small Business Tax Fairness and Compliance Simplification Act 

 
This bill expands the tax credit for a portion of the employer-paid Social Security taxes for employee cash tips to include beauty service establishments. (Under current law, the credit is limited to tips received for providing, serving, or delivering food or beverages.)
 
The credit applies to tips received in connection with providing beauty services to a customer or client if tipping employees who provide the service is customary. 
Beauty services
 include barbering and hair care, nail care, esthetics, and body and spa treatments.
 
The bill also (1) establishes an employer tip reporting safe harbor for beauty service establishments, and (2) specifies reporting requirements for income received from renting space to individuals who provide beauty services. 
 
The employer tip reporting safe harbor for beauty service establishments provides an exemption from certain Internal Revenue Service tip examinations for employers who meet certain requirements for educational programs, reporting procedures, compliance with tax law, and recordkeeping. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-822
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Permanently Repeal the Estate Tax Act of 2021

 
This bill repeals the federal estate tax, effective for estates of decedents dying after December 31, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
No Vote, No Raise Act

Bill: 117-hr-823
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Inflation and prices
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

 No Vote, No Raise Act

 
This bill eliminates automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop China’s IP Theft Act

Bill: 117-hr-824
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Intellectual property
Military personnel and dependents
Political parties and affiliation
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Stop China's IP Theft Act

 
This bill directs the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to deny entry into the United States to senior Chinese Communist Party officials, the spouses and children of such officials, members of the cabinet of the Chinese government, and active duty members of China's armed forces. This prohibition shall not apply in any year in which the Office of the Director of National Intelligence certifies to Congress that China's government has stopped sponsoring, funding, facilitating, and actively working to support efforts to infringe the intellectual property rights of U.S. citizens and companies. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-825
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-02-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accidents
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Crime prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
Executive agency funding and structure
Firearms and explosives
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Research administration and funding
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: 

Gun Violence Prevention Research Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to conduct or support research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Introduced in House