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Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act

Bill: 117-hr-4011
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Contracts and agency
Criminal justice information and records
Disability and paralysis
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Employment and training programs
Firearms and explosives
Health personnel
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Minority education
Nursing
School administration
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student records
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for law enforcement officers in schools. It also establishes a grant program to replace law enforcement officers in schools with personnel and services that support mental health and trauma-informed services.
 
Specifically, the bill prohibits the use of federal funds to hire, maintain, or train law enforcement officers in elementary or secondary schools. Further, it prohibits the use of public safety and community policing grants for law enforcement officers in schools.
 
Additionally, the bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to local educational agencies to (1) replace law enforcement officers in elementary and secondary schools with personnel and services that support mental health and trauma-informed services, and (2) reform school safety and disciplinary policies to reflect evidence-based practices that do not rely on the criminal justice system.
 
A recipient must use grants funds to hire or train specified staff. The bill prohibits the use of grant funds for (1) establishing or enforcing zero-tolerance school discipline policies, (2) purchasing or installing surveillance equipment (e.g., metal detectors), or (3) arming teachers or other school personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Expanding Access to Mental Health Services Act

Bill: 117-hr-4012
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Expanding Access to Mental Health Services Act

 
This bill permanently allows for Medicare coverage of certain mental health services that are provided through telehealth, including audio-only services for certain categories of services (e.g., screenings and evaluations) in accordance with standards set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Open for Business Act

Bill: 117-hr-4013
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Unemployment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Open for Business Act

 
This bill eliminates federal pandemic unemployment compensation. Under current law, this supplementary compensation is available to claimants in participating states until September 6, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2992-2993)
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4014
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical education
Medicare
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Physician Shortage GME Cap Flex Act of 

2021

 
This bill excludes certain hospitals that establish shortage specialty programs from the cap on full-time equivalent residents that is otherwise applicable, and provides for a new building period, for purposes of graduate medical education payments under Medicare.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
SUPPORT for New Workers Act

Bill: 117-hr-4015
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Infectious and parasitic diseases
State and local government operations
Unemployment
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Strengthening Unemployment Programs to Provide Opportunities for Recovery and Training for New Workers Act or the SUPPORT for New Workers Act

 
This bill provides weekly payments to individuals who forego Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation by finding work with a new employer. An eligible individual receives a weekly payment of $180 for each week that the individual remains employed with the new employer, up to a maximum of nine weeks. This bonus payment is only available for weeks of employment after the bill is enacted and prior to September 6, 2021.
 
These payments, made by states under the bill, are subject to 100% federal reimbursement in the same manner as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payments.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
USER FEE Act

Bill: 117-hr-4016
Sponsor: Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Using Sustainable Energy Resources to Fund Equitable e-Transportation Act or the USER FEE Act

 This bill imposes an additional tax on the use of a specified electric highway vehicle (i.e., any highway motor vehicle, including a plug-in hybrid vehicle, that is propelled to a significant extent by an electric motor drawing electricity from a rechargeable battery that has a capacity of not less than four kilowatt hours). The bill requires the tax revenues generated by this bill to be transferred to the Highway Trust Fund.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Central American Women and Children Protection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4017
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Norma J. [D-CA-35]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Assault and harassment offenses
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Crimes against women
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Domestic violence and child abuse
Economic development
El Salvador
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign aid and international relief
Guatemala
Health care coverage and access
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Honduras
International organizations and cooperation
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Performance measurement
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Violent crime

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Central American Women and Children Protection Act of 2021

 
This bill temporarily authorizes the Department of State to enter into bilateral compacts with the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to strengthen criminal justice systems, social supports, and other means to protect women and children from domestic and gender-based violence.
 
At least 15 days before entering a compact, the State Department must submit to Congress a copy of the proposed agreement and related materials. Authority to enter a compact terminates on September 30, 2023, and a compact may last no more than six years.
 
To support the objectives outlined in a compact, the State Department may provide assistance to international organizations, civil society, or other private entities for programs and activities to prevent and respond to domestic and gender-based violence in a compact country. The bill bars the provision of assistance to the government of a compact country as direct budgetary support.
 
The State Department may suspend or terminate the assistance if a compact country or entity receiving the assistance engaged in conduct contrary to U.S. national security interests or inconsistent with the objectives of the compact. The State Department must notify Congress at least 15 days before suspending or terminating assistance.
 
The bill also requires the State Department to annually report on progress made under each compact, including its effect on reported violence against women and children and other domestic and gender-based violence indicators.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
NEED Water Act

Bill: 117-hr-4018
Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Necessary to Ensure Expeditious Delivery of Water Act or the NEED Water Act

 
This bill addresses drought in California. 
 
The bill requires the Department of Commerce and the Department of the Interior to direct the operations of the Central Valley Project and allow operations of the State Water Project ( both in California) to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to (1) the Central Valley Project agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service and repayment contractors; and (2) State Water Project contractors. 
 
The bill extends the authority for the funding of federally owned storage projects and state-led storage projects that Interior determines to be feasible before January 1, 2031. 
 
The bill extends various water projects in California until December 31, 2031. 
 
The bill extends federal agency cooperation with state and local agencies to resolve water resource issues concerning the conservation of endangered species in any consultation or reconsultation on the coordinated operation of the Central Valley Project and the State Valley Project until December 31, 2036. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-06-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3093)
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Exonerees Act

Bill: 117-hr-4019
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Law

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Justice for Exonerees Act

 
This bill increases the maximum amount of damages that an individual who was unjustly convicted and incarcerated may be awarded and requires that this amount be adjusted annually for inflation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
Representation for Exceptional Military Families Act

Bill: 117-hr-4021
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: 

Representation for Exceptional Military Families Act

 
This bill establishes the Exceptional Family Member Program Advisory Council in the Department of Defense to provide recommendations on how to improve the Exceptional Family Member Program. The program provides assistance, services, and support to military family members who have special needs.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4023
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: District of Columbia
First Amendment rights
Religion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: 

District of Columbia Non-Discrimination Home Rule Act of 2021

 
This bill eliminates the applicability of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to the District of Columbia government.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E669)
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Production Credit Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4024
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: 

Zero-Emission Nuclear Power Production Credit Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a new business-related tax credit through 2030 for the production of electricity from zero-emission nuclear power. It also allows taxpayers to elect direct payments of such credit and requires a recapture of credit amounts for contractors who fail to pay their employees the prevailing wage rate. 
 
The bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report on the effectiveness of the credit in ensuring grid reliability and on ratepayer savings. 
 
Contractors must ensure that at least 15% of their workforce is composed of qualified apprentices unless there is a lack of availability of qualified apprentices in the applicable geographic area.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Modernizing Seat Back Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-4025
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-21 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Transportation
Motor vehicles
Product safety and quality
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: 

Modernizing Seat Back Safety Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a final rule revising motor vehicle seating systems safety standards to reduce the potential for injury to all motor vehicle occupants due to seat back failure during all types of vehicle impact.
 
DOT must also establish a date for required compliance with the final rule of not later than two motor vehicle model years after the model year during which the effective date of the final rule occurs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-21
text: Introduced in House
Efficient Grid Interconnection Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4027
Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Efficient Grid Interconnection Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes requirements concerning (1) the equitable allocation of costs for electric grid upgrades; and (2) the deployment of grid enhancing technology or equipment that increases the capacity, efficiency, or reliability of a transmission facility or transmission system.
 
Specifically, it directs the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue regulations that require public electric utilities to allocate the cost of upgrades to the electric grid, such as upgrades to interconnect renewable generation projects, among all customers that benefit from the upgrades. In determining which parties benefit, FERC must consider all material benefits of the network upgrade, including environmental benefits and those that cannot be directly quantified.
 
 In addition, FERC must issue regulations that apply to regional transmission organizations, independent system operators, or transmission planning coordinators when they are processing requests to interconnect generation projects or energy storage projects to the electric grid. The regulations must require such organizations, operators, and coordinators to study deploying technology or equipment that increases the capacity, efficiency, or reliability of a transmission facility or transmission system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
TEAM TELECOM Act

Bill: 117-hr-4029
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Bill [R-OH-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Timely Evaluation of Acquisitions, Mergers, or Transactions with External, Lawful Entities to Clear Owners and Management Act or the TEAM TELECOM Act

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the interagency working group at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration that assesses and addresses the law enforcement and national security policy implications arising from foreign ownership in an applicant for certain telecommunications licenses and permits. 
 
Such applications are those for (1) authorization to construct or extend, acquire or operate, or engage in transmission by means of a line (i.e., any channel of communication established by the use of appropriate equipment); (2) a submarine cable landing license or its assignment or transfer; or (3) a new construction permit or station license (or for the transfer, assignment, or disposal of an existing permit or license).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 800 6th Street in Paso Robles, California, as the "Reverend Ruben Franklin Tate, Jr., Post Office Building".

Bill: 117-hr-4030
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: California
Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 800 6th Street in Paso Robles, California, as the "Reverend Ruben Franklin Tate, Jr., Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Retain Skilled Veterans Act

Bill: 117-hr-4031
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Retain Skilled Veterans Act

 
This bill modifies the restriction related to the appointment of retired members of the Armed Forces to certain civil service positions in the Department of Defense. Under the bill, the 180-day waiting period before a retired member may be appointed to a position only applies to those positions in the excepted or competitive service classified at or above GS-14 of the General Schedule (or equivalent).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House