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Improving Access to Homes for Heroes Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-165
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Low- and moderate-income housing
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public housing
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Improving Access to Homes for Heroes Act of 2021

 
This bill requires public housing agencies to consider the housing needs of veterans when creating their annual plans and housing strategies, the latter in consultation with agencies that serve veterans. Similarly, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) must revise its regulations to require jurisdictions that receive funding from HUD to include information relating to veterans in their consolidated plans. 
 
HUD must also conduct an assessment of the housing needs of very low-income veteran families and report annually on its activities relating to veterans. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Fair Lending for All Act

Bill: 117-hr-166
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Age discrimination
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Business ethics
Census and government statistics
Civil actions and liability
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Executive agency funding and structure
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Fair Lending for All Act 

 
This bill modifies provisions related to prohibited credit discrimination. 
 
The bill adds sexual orientation, gender identity, and an applicant's location based on zip code or census tract as classes protected against discrimination with respect to credit transactions. (Currently, discrimination is prohibited on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because an applicant receives public assistance.) 
 
The bill establishes criminal penalties for violations of prohibited credit discrimination.
 
 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is required to review loan applications for compliance with specified consumer laws and to establish an Office of Fair Lending Testing.
 

action_date: 2022-06-07
text: 

Fair Lending for All Act 

 
This bill modifies provisions related to prohibited credit discrimination. 
 
The bill adds sexual orientation, gender identity, and an applicant's location based on zip code or census tract as classes protected against discrimination with respect to credit transactions. (Currently, discrimination is prohibited on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because an applicant receives public assistance.) 
 
The bill establishes criminal penalties for violations of prohibited credit discrimination.
 
 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is required to review loan applications for compliance with specified consumer laws and to establish an Office of Fair Lending Testing.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-349.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-349.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 24.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the transfer of a firearm at a gun show by a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer.

Bill: 117-hr-167
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Licensing and registrations
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 
This bill makes it unlawful for a person who is not a licensed gun dealer to transfer a firearm at a gun show.
 
The prohibition does not apply to a transfer to a licensed manufacturer, importer, dealer, or collector.
 
A violator is subject to criminal penalties&#8212;a fine, a prison term, or both.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Reentry and Reunification Act

Bill: 117-hr-168
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Reentry and Reunification Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to admit certain aliens for lawful permanent residence if the alien is the spouse, parent, or guardian of a U.S. citizen.
 
Qualifying aliens shall be those who were removed from the United States before the bill's enactment, or are subject to a removal order or in removal proceedings on the bill's enactment date. A qualifying alien shall also (1) be of good moral character; (2) not be deportable or inadmissible for various grounds, including those related to health or having been convicted of certain crimes; (3) not have participated in the persecution of any person on account of characteristics such as race, religion, or nationality; and (4) not have been convicted for certain crimes under federal or state law where the maximum sentence was more than one year. DHS may waive the requirement relating to a conviction for a state or federal crime and other specified requirements for humanitarian, family unity, or public interest purposes.
 
For an alien subject to a removal order or under removal proceedings, the alien must have been continuously physically present in the United States for the four years before the bill's enactment date.
 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Driver and Officer Safety Education Act

Bill: 117-hr-169
Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Driver and Officer Safety Education Act

 
This bill increases authorization levels for FY2019-FY2020 for national priority safety programs of the Department of Transportation (DOT).
 
Additionally, the bill decreases the allocation of funds under such programs for (1) occupant protection, (2) state traffic safety information system improvements, and (3) impaired driving countermeasures.
 
DOT must award grants to states that enact a commuter safety education program for educational and training programs concerning law enforcement practices during traffic stops and other in-person encounters.
 
In each fiscal year, 2% of the funds provided for commuter safety education shall be allocated among states that implement commuter safety education programs. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
ADVANCE Act

Bill: 117-hr-170
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Emergency planning and evacuation
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Intergovernmental relations
Natural disasters
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Analyzing Disaster Vulnerabilities and Applicable National Capabilities for Emergencies Act or the ADVANCE Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct national hazard preparation and response exercises and to report to Congress on such exercises and to report annually on the impact of natural disasters or public health emergencies on critical infrastructure.
 
Specifically, DHS, in coordination with the Department of Energy (DOE), must at specified intervals conduct an exercise to test the modeling, simulation, and analysis capabilities and their utility for emergency response of the United States with respect to significant natural disasters or public health emergencies impacting critical infrastructure. Each exercise shall be coordinated through the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center and the DOE National Laboratories and Technology Centers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-04
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: 2021-01-04
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: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Resilient Manufacturing Task Force Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-171
Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Industrial policy and productivity
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Resilient Manufacturing Task Force Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish for one year the Resilient Manufacturing Task Force. Among other duties, the task force shall (1) identify critical vulnerabilities in the supply chains of products and resources that are essential to U.S. economic security, with a particular focus on vulnerabilities that have been made worse by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019); and (2) develop specified plans to mitigate such vulnerabilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
COVID–19 Prevention and Awareness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-173
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

COVID-19 Prevention and Awareness Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to award various grants to federally qualified health centers and other organizations to prevent, treat, and raise awareness of certain diseases or conditions, such as asthma or cancer, that increase the risk of mortality from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
EITC Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-174
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Government trust funds
Higher education
Income tax credits
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax treatment of families
Tax-exempt organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

EITC Modernization Act

 
This bill extends the earned income tax credit to taxpayers with certain dependents, including children and aged dependents, and to qualifying students. It also establishes a matching grant program for tax return preparation assistance for low-income taxpayers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Penalty Free Withdrawal Act

Bill: 117-hr-175
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax deferral
Income tax exclusion
Income tax rates
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Expanding Penalty Free Withdrawal Act

 
This bill expands the exceptions in the Internal Revenue Code that permit penalty-free distributions to unemployed individuals from retirement plans. 
 
The 10% additional tax on early distributions from retirement plans does not apply to an individual after separation from employment if (1) the individual has received federal or state unemployment compensation for 26 consecutive weeks or, if less, the maximum period available under state law; and (2) the distributions are made during the year or the succeeding year in which the compensation is paid. 
 
The exception is limited to the lesser of (1) $50,000 from all plans of the individual over a one-year period, or (2) the greater of $10,000 or one-half of the fair market value of the individual's retirement plans and the nonforfeitable portion of the individual's defined contribution plans. 
 
The exception does not apply to distributions that are (1) included in the existing exception for distributions to unemployed individuals for health insurance premiums, or (2) are made after the individual has been employed for at least 60 days after the separation. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Restricting the Use of Solitary Confinement Act

Bill: 117-hr-176
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime prevention
Detention of persons
Evidence and witnesses
Health care coverage and access
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Restricting the Use of Solitary Confinement Act

 
This bill imposes restrictions on the use of solitary confinement for inmates in federal custody.
 
Among the restrictions, the bill prohibits placement in solitary confinement for nondisciplinary reasons; it limits the duration of such placement; and it provides an administrative review process for inmates to contest such placement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
PROPEL Act

Bill: 117-hr-177
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Employment and training programs
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Professional Pell Education Learning Act or the PROPEL Act

 
This bill expands student eligibility for Pell Grants by allowing students to use these grants for enrollment in educational programs that consist of vocational or technical training, flight training, apprenticeship, or other on-job training. In addition, the bill expands institutional eligibility under the Federal Pell Grant program, including by allowing these vocational and training programs to be unaccredited.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
No Budget, No Pay Act

Bill: 117-hr-178
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

No Budget, No Pay Act 

 
This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a chamber of Congress that has not agreed to a budget resolution for FY2022 by April 15, 2021, as required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 
 
Salaries are withheld from April 16, 2021, until the earlier of (1) the day on which the chamber of Congress agrees to a budget resolution, or (2) the last day of the 117th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
No Congressional First Class Flights Act

Bill: 117-hr-179
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Congressional operations and organization
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

No Congressional First Class Flights Act

 
This bill prohibits funds provided for the official travel expenses of a Member of Congress from being used for airline accommodations that are not coach-class, unless the accommodations are necessary to accommodate a medical disability or other special need.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Inaction Has Consequences Act

Bill: 117-hr-180
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations
Budget process
Executive agency funding and structure
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Legislative rules and procedure
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Inaction Has Consequences Act 

 
This bill withholds the salaries of Members of a chamber of Congress that has not passed each of the annual appropriations bills before the beginning of the fiscal year, beginning with FY2022. Salaries are released on the earlier of (1) the date on which the chamber of Congress passes the bills, or (2) the last day of the Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-181
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

VA Procurement Efficiency and Transparency Act

 
This bill addresses procurement procedures in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Specifically, the bill requires the VA to record the amount of any cost savings realized by using competitive procedures in awarding contracts reported in the Federal Procurement Data System (or successor systems).
 
The VA shall make available and use on a VA-wide basis the standardized procurement templates already used internally at certain VA offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Veteran’s Choice Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-182
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Performance measurement
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Veteran's Choice Accountability Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to evaluate VA programs that furnish hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to ensure that the most intensively used specialized care programs are maintained as centers of excellence. The bill also requires the VA to submit an evaluation of the VA's implementation of the VA Budget and Choice Improvement Act.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House