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Nuclear Family Priority Act

Bill: 117-hr-4050
Sponsor: Rep. Hice, Jody B. [R-GA-10]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships
Immigration status and procedures
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Nuclear Family Priority Act

 
This bill imposes limits on various types of family-sponsored immigration visas.
 
The alien parents of U.S. citizens shall not qualify for visas for 
immediate relatives
, which are not subject to any direct numerical limits. Currently, the spouses, unmarried children under 21, and parents of citizens are considered immediate relatives. 
 
The bill also creates a nonimmigrant visa for such parents of citizens. Such aliens shall not be eligible for employment or any public benefits.
 
The bill also reduces the baseline annual cap for family-sponsored visas from 480,000 to 88,000, and revises the methods for calculating the cap. Currently, the 480,000 cap may be adjusted depending on various factors but shall not be less than 226,000. 
 
Preference allocations (visa categories subject to various annual caps) for various family-sponsored visas shall be eliminated, including those for the siblings and married children of citizens. The bill provides for a preference allocation for the unmarried children under 21 and spouses of permanent residents, subject to the 88,000 annual cap. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Opioid Treatment Providers Act

Bill: 117-hr-4051
Sponsor: Rep. Higgins, Brian [D-NY-26]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Opioid Treatment Providers Act

 
This bill makes opioid treatment programs eligible to receive grants for demonstration projects that provide low-income individuals with education and training in health care occupations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act

Bill: 117-hr-4052
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child safety and welfare
Domestic violence and child abuse
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

National Adoption and Foster Care Home Study Act

This bill requires The Department of Health and Human Services to establish a methodology for researched-based home study and to award grants for demonstration projects for states to adopt such methodology in the evaluation of prospective foster and adoptive parents. Such methodology must incorporate specified data-collection tools including, among others, (1) uniform, closed-ended questions; (2) a rating system to report findings; (3) a guidance document for practitioners; and (4) ongoing training for home-study personnel.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Defense Community Teacher Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-4053
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Ronny [R-TX-13]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Elementary and secondary education
Government lending and loan guarantees
Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Defense Community Teacher Support Act

 
This bill makes certain teachers who teach in military impacted communities eligible for student loan forgiveness. A school in a 
military impacted community 
 is served by a local educational agency for which at least 20% of the students in average daily attendance in all schools served by the agency during the preceding school year had a parent on active duty.
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to cancel up to $17,500 of federal student loans for a borrower who is an elementary or secondary school teacher employed for five consecutive years in a school in a military impacted community.
 
In addition, a teacher who is required to move due to a permanent change in duty station of their spouse may meet the five-year teaching requirement by teaching in multiple schools in different military impacted communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4054
Sponsor: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Charitable contributions
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Sales and excise taxes
Securities
Separation, divorce, custody, support
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
State and local finance
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Tribal Tax and Investment Reform Act of 2021

 
 This bill treats Indian tribal governments as states for purposes of the annual allocation of the tax-exempt bond volume cap. It also repeals provisions that limit an Indian tribal government's eligibility to issue tax-exempt bonds or to be exempt from specified excise taxes to transactions involving the exercise of an essential government function customarily performed by state and local governments. 
 
The bill (1) treats employee benefit or pension plans maintained by Indian tribes and domestic relations orders issued pursuant to tribal law in the same manner as plans maintained by states and domestic relations orders issued pursuant to state law; and (2) treats tribal charities and foundations in the same manner as charities and foundations funded and controlled by other governmental entities for purposes of the tax-exempt status of, and deduction for contributions to, such organizations.
 
The bill gives Indian tribes or tribal organizations access to the Federal Parent Locator Service if they are eligible for a grant to operate a child support enforcement program. It makes those tribes and tribal organizations eligible to participate in the program that collects past-due support from individual tax refunds. 
 
An Indian tribal government may determine whether a child has special needs for the purpose of the tax credit for the adoption of a child with special needs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Stop the Outlay of Payments Act

Bill: 117-hr-4056
Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Stop the Outlay of Payments Act

 
This bill prohibits the award of federal funds to entities that have had prior awards suspended or terminated due to certain legal violations and that have failed to take necessary remedial action.
 
Specifically, the bill requires federal agencies to notify the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) within 120 days of suspending or terminating any portion of a federal award to a recipient for failure to comply with (1) the terms and conditions of the award, (2) a federal law or regulation, or (3) a request by the agency making the award for information or materials relating to that award.
 
The OMB must maintain an up-to-date list of suspended entities on its website.
 
An agency may not make a federal award or disburse funds under an award to a suspended entity until that entity remedies the reason for the suspension or termination, with specified exceptions.


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
Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act

Bill: 117-hr-4057
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aquatic ecology
Birds
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Department of the Interior
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Government information and archives
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Scientific communication
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act

 
This bill authorizes the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to issue regulations to implement and enforce the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, done at Cape Town, South Africa, on February 2, 2001.
 
Specifically, the USFWS and the NMFS may take action to protect albatrosses and petrels and their habitats. The bill prohibits the taking of an albatross or petrel without a permit, authorization, or exemption. The FWS, in consultation with the NMFS, may authorize the taking of an albatross or petrel under exceptional circumstances or incidental to otherwise lawful activities. 
 
The bill gives the USFWS, the NMFS, and the Coast Guard authority to enforce this bill. 
 
Finally, the bill authorizes cooperation with other countries to achieve and maintain a favorable conservation status of albatrosses and petrels. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-01-20
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4058
Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-6]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Medicare
Mental health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2021

 
This bill eliminates certain restrictions relating to Medicare coverage of mental health services that are provided through telehealth. 
 
Current law allows for coverage of such services regardless of the geographic location of the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) after the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, as long as the beneficiary previously received in-person services and continues to receive in-person services at specified intervals. The bill eliminates these in-person requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-22
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: 2021-06-22
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: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Border Wall Reimbursement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4059
Sponsor: Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Intergovernmental relations
New Mexico
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Texas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Border Wall Reimbursement Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the federal government to reimburse a border state for amounts that state has expended on the construction of a border security wall in support of federal efforts. 
 
To receive reimbursement, a state must submit within 180 days of the bill's enactment an accounting of the expenses incurred by the state and its municipalities and the total sum of such expenses.
 
Certain funds made available to assist states and local governments during the COVID-19 public health emergency may also be made available to reimburse border states under this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4060
Sponsor: Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Second Amendment is Essential Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security to designate the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing firearms, or importing or manufacturing ammunition, as a critical infrastructure sector. Additionally, the bill states that individuals who are employed by those entities are critical infrastructure workers.
 
The term 
critical infrastructure
 means systems and assets, physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health and safety, or any combination of those matters.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3162-3163)
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Fair Accounting for Condominium Construction Act

Bill: 117-hr-4061
Sponsor: Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Contracts and agency
Housing industry and standards
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Fair Accounting for Condominium Construction Act 

 
This bill exempts certain residential construction contracts from the requirement to use the percentage of completion method of accounting. The
 percentage of completion method
 is a tax accounting method in which the revenues and expenses of long-term contracts are recognized as a percentage of the work completed in a particular period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4062
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Health information and medical records
Medical education
Medical research
Organ and tissue donation and transplantation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Consensual Donation and Research Integrity Act of 2021

 
This bill requires entities that acquire or transfer human bodies or body parts for education, research, or the advancement of medical, dental, or mortuary science to register with the Department of Health and Human Services.
 
Registered entities must comply with record-keeping, labeling, packaging, and disposition requirements. The registration and related requirements do not apply to the acquisition or transfer of human bodies or body parts for use in human transplantation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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
Barack Obama Highway Act

Bill: 117-hr-4063
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Barack Obama Highway Act

 
This bill designates the portion of Interstate Route 57 that is located in Illinois as the Barack Obama Highway.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
Preventing Election Subversion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4064
Sponsor: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-22 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: 

Preventing Election Subversion Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes certain federal criminal offenses related to voting and sets forth additional requirements for federal elections. 
 
The bill makes it a crime to (1) intimidate, threaten, coerce, or harass an election worker (i.e., an election official, a poll worker, or an election volunteer) with the intent to interfere with the official duties of, or retaliate against, the worker; or (2) publicly disclose restricted personal information about an election worker or an immediate family member with the intent to threaten or cause harm to the worker or the family member.
 
In addition, the bill restricts the ability of a statewide election administrator to remove a local election administrator. A statewide election administrator may suspend, remove, or relieve the duties of a local election administrator only for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance while in office.
 
 Further, the bill establishes certain requirements for challenging an individual's eligibility to register to vote or vote in federal elections.
 
The bill also sets a minimum distance for poll observers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-06-22
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Introduced in House