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Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act

Bill: 117-hr-1056
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Historic sites and heritage areas
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Wireless Broadband Competition and Efficient Deployment Act

 
This bill excludes certain personal wireless facility projects from specified review requirements.
 
Specifically, the bill excludes from specified environmental and historic preservation review a project that involves the mounting, installation, or modification of eligible personal wireless facilities (i.e., antennas, apparatuses, transmitting devices, and related equipment for the provision of personal wireless service).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act

Bill: 117-hr-1058
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Infrastructure development
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Wireless Resiliency and Flexible Investment Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the 60-day time frame for a state or local government that receives a complete eligible facilities request to approve such request. Further, the bill makes other changes related to eligible facilities requests, including expanding the definition of such requests to include any requests for the modification of an existing wireless tower, base station, or eligible support structure that involves the placement, modification, or construction of equipment that improves the resiliency of the wireless tower, base station, or eligible support structure and provides a direct benefit to public safety.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
America Votes Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1059
Sponsor: Rep. Larsen, Rick [D-WA-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

America Votes Act of 

2021

 
This bill permits the use of sworn written statements to meet identification requirements for voting in federal elections.
 
Specifically, an individual who is required to present identification as a condition of voting in a federal election may meet this requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification and that he or she is registered to vote in the election. An individual who wants to vote by mail may submit such a statement with the ballot.
 
States with an identification requirement must make copies of a preprinted version of the statement available for individuals to complete. 
 
Additionally, states must provide these individuals with a regular ballot instead of a provisional ballot.
 
The bill does not apply to first-time voters registering by mail.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Winning the International Race for Economic Leadership and Expanding Service to Support Leadership Act

Bill: 117-hr-1060
Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Environmental regulatory procedures
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Judicial review and appeals
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Winning the International Race for Economic Leadership and Expanding Service to Support Leadership Act or the WIRELESS Leadership Act

 
This bill limits the authority of, and places deadlines on, a state or local government over decisions regarding the placement, construction, and modification of personal wireless service facilities.
 
Specifically, the bill requires that the regulation of the placement, construction, or modification of a personal wireless service facility by any state or local government shall not unreasonably discriminate among providers of the same service, including by providing exclusive or preferential use of facilities to a particular class of providers. However, a state or local government may establish reasonable and nondiscriminatory structural engineering standards, safety requirements, and aesthetic or concealment requirements for certain facilities.
 
Additionally, a state or local government must grant or deny a complete request for authorization to place, construct, or modify certain personal wireless service facilities within 90 days of receipt of the request or within 150 days of receipt of a request to take any other action relating to such facilities.
 
A state or local government is authorized to charge a reasonable, objective, cost-based fee for review of a request or for use of a right-of-way or a facility in a right-of-way owned or managed by the local authority.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
CABLE Expansion Act

Bill: 117-hr-1061
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Licensing and registrations
State and local government operations
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Connecting And Building Lines for Expedited Expansion Act or the CABLE Expansion Act

 
This bill modifies the requirements governing decisions about the placement, construction, or modification of a facility that provides cable service to subscribers using an easement or public right-of-way.
 
A franchise authority (i.e., a state or local entity that regulates certain aspects of cable operators) may not regulate the placement, construction, or modification of such facilities in a manner that effectively prohibits a cable operator from providing or enhancing its service under a franchise granted by the authority. Additionally, a franchise authority must approve or deny a complete request to place, construct, or modify a facility within specified time frames. The denial of a request must be in writing, supported by substantial evidence contained in a written record, and publicly released at the same time as the decision is made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
ACCESS 45Q Act

Bill: 117-hr-1062
Sponsor: Rep. McKinley, David B. [R-WV-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Income tax credits
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Accelerating Carbon Capture and Extending Secure Storage through 45Q Act or the ACCESS 45Q Act

 
This bill extends the tax credit for carbon oxide sequestration through 2035 and allows taxpayers an election to receive payments in lieu of the credit. 
 
The bill also permits an allowance of the carbon oxide tax credit against the base erosion minimum tax. The 
base erosion minimum tax 
is a tax on large corporation that is calculated after adding back to taxable income certain deductible payments made to related foreign persons.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1063
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-3]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digital media
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Labor-management relations
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Self-employed
Service industries
Telephone and wireless communication
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Helping Gig Economy Workers Act of 2021

 
 This bill temporarily permits digital marketplace companies (e.g., Lyft, DoorDash, Airbnb, etc.) to provide benefits to workers during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic without such actions establishing those workers as employees or independent contractors or establishing the company as a joint employer under federal, state, or local laws.
 
 This bill applies to digital marketplace companies that provide, among other things, financial assistance, health benefits, training, health checks and personal protective equipment to individuals working through such marketplaces during the period beginning on March 15, 2020, and ending on the later of December 31, 2021, or the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Cable Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-1064
Sponsor: Rep. Mullin, Markwayne [R-OK-2]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Government information and archives
State and local government operations
Television and film

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Cable Transparency Act

 
This bill modifies the term and termination of cable franchises.
 
Specifically, the bill provides that a cable franchise shall continue without any requirement for an operator to renew such franchise until the date the franchise is revoked or terminated. Under current law, a cable operator must submit a proposal for renewal of the franchise to the franchising authority.
 
The bill prohibits generally (1) a franchising authority from revoking a franchise, (2) a cable operator from terminating a franchise, or (3) the revocation or termination of a franchise by operation of law. However, a cable operator may terminate a franchise by submitting a written request to the franchising authority for the revocation of such franchise, and a franchising authority may revoke a franchise if it (1) finds that the cable operator has knowingly and willfully failed to meet a material requirement of the franchise, (2) provides the cable operator an opportunity to cure such failure, and (3) does not waive or acquiesce to the failure to meet the requirement.
 
Further, during a franchise period, a cable operator may obtain the elimination or modification of a franchise requirement by submitting a request for such elimination or modification to the franchising authority. The franchising authority shall grant such request if the cable operator demonstrates good cause and shows that the services required by the franchise will be maintained.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Standard FEES Act

Bill: 117-hr-1067
Sponsor: Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Standard Fees to Expedite Evaluation and Streamlining Act or the Standard FEES Act

 
This bill requires the General Services Administration to establish a common fee schedule for the processing of certain wireless facilities deployment applications, including (1) the grant of an easement, right-of-way, or lease to, in, over, or on property owned by the federal government; and (2) communications facility installation sitings.
 
Such fees shall be competitively neutral and based on direct and actual cost recovery. Further, any fee collected shall only be available to cover the costs of granting such easement, right-of-way, or lease as provided in advance in an appropriations bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-02-15
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: 2021-02-15
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: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1068
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Capital gains tax
Financial services and investments
Income tax rates
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the tax treatment of carried interest, which is compensation that is typically received by a partner of a private equity or hedge fund and is based on a share of the fund's profits. (Under current law, carried interest is taxed as investment income rather than at ordinary income tax rates.)
 
This bill includes provisions that 
 
 
set forth a special rule for the inclusion in gross income of partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services,
 
 treat as ordinary income the net capital gain with respect to an investment services partnership interest except to the extent such gain is attributable to a partner's qualified capital interest, 
 
 exempt income from investment services partnership interests from treatment as qualifying income of a publicly traded partnership, 
 
 exempt certain family partnerships from the application of this bill, 
 
 increase the penalty for underpayments of tax resulting from failure to treat income from an investment services partnership interest as ordinary income, and
 
 include income and loss from an investment services partnership interest for purposes of determining net earnings from self-employment and applicable self-employment taxes.
 
 
The bill defines 
investment services partnership interest
 as any interest in a partnership held by a person who provides services to a partnership by (1) advising the partnership about investing in, purchasing, or selling specified assets; (2) managing, acquiring, or disposing of specified assets; or (3) arranging financing with respect to acquiring specified assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1069
Sponsor: Rep. Pence, Greg [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Streamlining Permitting to Enable Efficient Deployment of Broadband Infrastructure Act of 2021

 
This bill exempts certain broadband infrastructure project actions from specified environmental and historic preservation review requirements.
 
Specifically, the bill exempts (1) new communications facilities within specified dimensions in public rights-of-way, (2) replacement facilities that are of a similar type, (3) certain small antennas, (4) facility expansions within specified limits, and (5) new easements for facilities on federal property for which easements were previously granted for other facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Election Audit Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-1070
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Election Audit Transparency Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of voting systems in federal elections that have proprietary hardware or software that does not meet the Election Assistance Commission's voluntary voting system guidelines for interoperability and auditability.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
Election Technology Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act

Bill: 117-hr-1071
Sponsor: Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

Election Technology Integrity and Fraud Prevention Act

 
This bill prohibits a voting system used in a federal election from connecting to the internet. Further, it prohibits a voting system from directly tabulating a ballot that was transmitted online.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-1072
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2021-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Nursing
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: 

COVID-19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Bureau of Prisons, the U.S. Marshal Service, and state and local correctional facilities to publish on their websites and report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention certain data on COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) cases, vaccinations, and outcomes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-02-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-02-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-02-15
text: Introduced in House