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Patient Access to Urgent-Use Pharmacy Compounding Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3662
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Health information and medical records
Prescription drugs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Patient Access to Urgent-Use Pharmacy Compounding Act of 2021

 
This bill relaxes certain requirements for compounding drugs that are facing shortages. 
 
Drug compounding is the process of mixing or otherwise altering drugs to create a medication. Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allows for drug compounding subject to certain requirements. Generally a licensed pharmacist or physician not registered with the FDA may only compound drugs in limited quantities for prescriptions for a specific individual patient. On the other hand, an FDA-registered outsourcing facility may compound drugs in bulk for use in medical facilities but is subject to additional requirements.
 
This bill allows a compounder not registered with the FDA to compound drugs in limited quantities for urgent medical need not involving a specific patient if, among other things, (1) the prescriber certifies that they are unable to obtain, despite reasonable attempts, certain related drugs with the same active ingredient and route of administration; (2) the compounded drug meets certain labeling requirements, including an indication that the compounded drug is provided only for urgent administration to a patient; and (3) the compounder requests and maintains certain records about patients receiving the compounded drug.
 
Furthermore, a restriction against an unregistered compounder regularly compounding (or compounding inordinate amounts of) what is essentially a copy of a commercially available drug shall not apply if the drug is on a shortage list maintained by the FDA or the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Apprenticeships to College Act

Bill: 117-hr-3663
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Adult education and literacy
Congressional oversight
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Temporary and part-time employment
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 
A
pprenticeships to College Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to enter into an interagency agreement with the Department of Education to promote and support integration and alignment of programs under the national apprenticeship system with secondary, 2- and 4-year postsecondary, and adult education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
SMART Act

Bill: 117-hr-3664
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Marketing and advertising
Motor vehicles
Trade restrictions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Save Money on Auto Repair Transportation Act or the SMART Act

 
This bill limits design patent infringement liability for component parts used to repair the exterior of a motor vehicle. 
 
Specifically, the bill limits liability for infringement of a design patent that claims the appearance of a component part of a motor vehicle's exterior, such as a hood or fender.
 
The act of making, offering to sell within the United States, or importing into the United States an article of manufacture (such as an exterior component part from an aftermarket manufacturer) that would otherwise infringe such a design patent shall not constitute infringement if the purpose of the article of manufacture is to repair and restore a motor vehicle to its original appearance. 
 
In addition, 30 months after a motor vehicle with an exterior component part covered by a design patent is offered for sale in any country, it shall not constitute design patent infringement to use or sell within the United States an otherwise-infringing article of manufacture if the purpose of that article of manufacture is to repair and restore the motor vehicle to its original appearance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Stars and Stripes Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3666
Sponsor: Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Stars and Stripes Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the Department of State from displaying any flag or banner at a diplomatic or consular post other than specified flags.
 
Such flags are (1) the U.S. flag; (2) the flag of the country wherein the post is located; (3) the flag of a state, territory, or possession of the United States; (4) a departmental or secretarial flag; (5) the flag of an Armed Force; or (6) a flag to honor prisoners of war or those missing in action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Targeting Child Care Funds Based on Poverty Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3667
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child safety and welfare
Family services
Intergovernmental relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Targeting Child Care Funds Based on Poverty Act of 2021

 
This bill allocates certain funding for child care to states based on the state's share of children in poverty who are under 13 years of age.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Water Investments Benefit Communities Act

Bill: 117-hr-3668
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Government lending and loan guarantees
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Ensuring Water Investments Benefit Communities Act

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency to require recipients of assistance for water infrastructure projects under state drinking water state revolving fund (SRF) programs, clean water SRF programs, or the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to provide certain job training and employment opportunities for low-income persons and very low-income persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Safer Detention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3669
Sponsor: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aging
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Judicial review and appeals
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

COVID-19 Safer Detention Act of 2021

 
This bill expands statutory authority for federal prisoners to be released before completing their sentences or to be placed in the community to serve the final portion of their sentences.
 
First, the bill makes changes to the early release pilot program. The early release pilot program authorizes the Bureau of Prisons to release early and place on home confinement elderly offenders and terminally ill offenders who meet eligibility criteria. This bill 
 
 
expands eligibility to offenders serving time for an offense under the laws of the District of Columbia, 
 
expands eligibility to offenders who have served at least one-half (currently, two-thirds) of their prison term, 
 
reduces the amount of time an offender must serve by the good time credits earned by the offender, and 
 
creates a judicial review process for prisoners and shortens the waiting period for judicial review during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
 
 
Second, the bill modifies the compassionate release process. The compassionate release process authorizes federal courts to reduce a prisoner's sentence and impose a term of probation or supervised released in certain circumstances. This bill
 
 
expands eligibility to prisoners sentenced before November 1, 1987, 
 
specifies that vulnerability to COVID-19 is a basis for compassionate release, and 
 
shortens the waiting period for judicial review during the COVID-19 pandemic.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
DOC Act

Bill: 117-hr-3671
Sponsor: Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Appropriations
Community life and organization
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Home and outpatient care
Inflation and prices
Medical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Doctors of Community Act or the DOC Act

 
This bill reauthorizes and provides mandatory funding for graduate medical education programs operated by teaching health centers.
 
The bill sets out funding levels through FY2033. Funding for FY2034 and beyond equals the preceding fiscal year's amount adjusted for medical inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Armed Forces Trans­gen­der Dependent Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-3672
Sponsor: Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Armed Forces Transgender Dependent Protection Act

 
This bill expands the policy of the Office of Special Needs within the Department of Defense to address transgender dependents. Specifically, the bill codifies the definition of a
 medical or educational special need
 to include gender dysphoria.
 
Under the bill, the policy of the office must prohibit the assignment of a military family with special needs to a permanent duty location where the law restricts medically necessary treatment for a medical or educational special need. A member who is serving at a location when such a law is established may elect to be reassigned.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
National ACERT Grant Program Authorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-3673
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Law enforcement administration and funding
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

National ACERT Grant Program Authorization Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice, in coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services, to award grants for states, tribal nations, localities, and community-based organizations to establish response teams to address adverse childhood experiences associated with exposure to trauma.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Vet Center Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-3674
Sponsor: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Mental health
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Vet Center Support Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to report on the mental health care furnished by the VA to veterans in states and territories of the United States that have a ratio of one Vet Center per 100,000 or more veterans.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3675
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Drug-Impaired Driving Education Act of 202

1

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide competitive grants to states to educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving.
 
A state may use the grant to provide funds to local government agencies, Indian tribal governments, and nonprofit organizations in such state that will educate the public on the dangers of drug-impaired driving.
 
A state that receives a grant or an entity using funds provided by a state must use certain evidence and strategies to educate the public, including those recommended by the Congressional Research Service in the publication titled 
Marijuana Use and Highway Safety
, published on May 14, 2019.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Prevent Impaired Driving Child Endangerment Act

Bill: 117-hr-3676
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Prevent Impaired Driving Child Endangerment Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation to withhold from states allocations of transportation funding unless such states enact and enforce certain laws with respect to an individual who is charged with driving a motor vehicle, with a child passenger, while intoxicated or impaired by alcohol, drugs, or a combination of substances. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Distracted Driving Education Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3677
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Distracted Driving Education Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a distracted driving education grant program under which DOT may make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide education to the public regarding the risks of distracted driving, including texting while driving. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

Bill: 117-hr-3678
Sponsor: Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Food assistance and relief
Intergovernmental relations
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Act

 
This bill requires the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and specified public housing programs to subject individuals to substance-abuse screening and to deny benefits for individuals who test positive for a controlled substance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3679
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Medical research
Neurological disorders
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Collaborative Academic Research Efforts for Tourette Syndrome Act of 

2021

 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to carry out data collection and expand other research activities on Tourette syndrome. This is a neurological disorder characterized by sudden, repetitive, rapid, and unwanted movements or vocal sounds.
 
Specifically, the NIH must develop a system to collect epidemiological data and information on the availability of medical and social services for individuals with Tourette syndrome and their families. 
In addition, the NIH must award various grants for research on Tourette syndrome, including to support Collaborative Research Centers for Tourette Syndrome. 
The NIH must also designate a portion of its funding for Tourette syndrome programs and activities.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
Promoting Affordable Housing Near Transit Act

Bill: 117-hr-3680
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-01 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: 

Promoting Affordable Housing Near Transit Act

 
This bill authorizes recipients of certain federal transit assistance to transfer property that is no longer needed to local governments, nonprofits, or other third parties for transit-oriented development projects that support affordable housing and meet other specified criteria.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-01
text: Introduced in House