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VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2963
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: American Samoa
Appropriations
Caribbean area
Congressional oversight
Employee hiring
Employment taxes
Government trust funds
Guam
Income tax credits
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
Social security and elderly assistance
Unemployment
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Virgin Islands
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

VOW to Hire Heroes Extension Act of 2021

 
This bill (1) makes permanent the work opportunity tax credit with respect to qualified veterans, (2) revises tax credit eligibility requirements for documenting the status of veterans and their receipt of unemployment compensation, and (3) extends the payroll tax offset for such credit to certain for-profit employers.
 
The Internal Revenue Service must make annual reports to Congress on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of this bill in increasing the employment of veterans.
 
The bill directs the Department of the Treasury to pay to each U.S. possession (i.e., American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) amounts equal to the losses to such possessions due to this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
To codify the denial of export privileges and related provisions under title 15, Code of Federal Regulations.

Bill: 117-hr-2964
Sponsor: Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 
This bill provides statutory authority for specified provisions related to the denial of export privileges, and it requires the Department of Commerce to submit a strategy regarding how these denial orders can be better used to hold certain foreign entities accountable for the theft of U.S. intellectual property. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Naomi Schwartz Safe Parking Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2965
Sponsor: Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Intergovernmental relations
Low- and moderate-income housing
Motor vehicles
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Naomi Schwartz Safe Parking Program Act of 2021 

 
This bill directs the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a grant program for safe parking programs operated by local governments, tribes, nonprofit organizations, and certain organizations that assist the homeless. Safe parking programs provide homeless individuals living in vehicles with (1) a safe place to park overnight to facilitate a transition to stable housing, and (2) services including rehousing assistance and case management.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 22.
action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouses Employment Act

Bill: 117-hr-2966
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, John R. [R-TX-31]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Military Spouses Employment Act

 
This bill expands the work opportunity tax credit to include the hiring of a qualified military spouse. (The credit permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group such as qualified veterans, ex-felons, or long-term unemployment recipients to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.) 
 
A 
qualified military spouse
 is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is serving on a period of extended active duty (in excess of 90 days or for an indefinite period) which includes the hiring date.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Military and Veteran Caregiver Student Loan Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2968
Sponsor: Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Military and Veteran Caregiver Student Loan Relief Act of 2021

 
This bill makes designated primary family caregivers of veterans eligible for student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
 
Under the PSLF program, the Department of Education must cancel the balance of interest and principal due on a borrower's Federal Direct Loans after the borrower makes 120 monthly loan payments while employed in a public service job. This bill broadens the definition of 
public service job
 to include service as a primary family caregiver of an eligible veteran participating in the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Special Guerrilla Unit Veterans Service Recognition Expansion Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2969
Sponsor: Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Special Guerrilla Unit Veterans Service Recognition Expansion Act of 2021

 
This bill expands eligibility for internment in national cemeteries to include certain individuals who the Department of Veterans Affairs determines served honorably with a special guerilla unit or irregular forces in Laos in support of the U.S. Armed Forces between February 28, 1961, and May 7, 1975. Such individuals are eligible if, at the time of their death, they resided in the United States and were a U.S. citizen or alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Rolling Stock Protection Act

Bill: 117-hr-2970
Sponsor: Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Foreign and international corporations
Motor vehicles
Public contracts and procurement
Public transit

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Rolling Stock Protection Act

 
This bill eliminates the exemption from the prohibition on procurement of rail rolling stock for use in public transportation with respect to executed contracts between public transportation agencies and certain rolling stock manufacturers. Such prohibited manufacturers include ones that, among other things, are owned or controlled by a company based in a nonmarket economy country that is flagged for monitoring by the United States Trade Representative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Foreign National Firearms Background Check Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-hr-2971
Sponsor: Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Foreign National Firearms Background Check Enhancement Act

 
This bill modifies the exceptions to a provision that generally prohibits a nonimmigrant visa holder from obtaining a firearm or ammunition. 
 
Current law provides certain exceptions to this prohibition against a nonimmigrant receiving a firearm or ammunition, such as for a nonimmigrant who has a U.S. hunting license.
 
This bill narrows the exceptions by, among other changes, requiring a nonimmigrant with a hunting license to get a waiver from the Department of Justice (DOJ) before receiving a firearm. The person transferring the firearm to a nonimmigrant visa holder must verify the validity of the waiver with DOJ. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
HELLPP Act

Bill: 117-hr-2972
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Digestive and metabolic diseases
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medicaid
Medicare
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians Act or the HELLPP Act

 
This bill adds podiatrists as covered physicians under the Medicaid program. 
 
Additionally, the bill revises certain documentation requirements related to Medicare coverage of therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetes. 
 
Finally, the bill subjects payments made to a Medicaid provider or supplier to a continuing levy for federal taxes owed by the provider or supplier. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-04
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: 2021-05-04
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: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Strengthening America’s Families Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2973
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Strengthening America's Families Act of 2021

 
This bill provides statutory authority for the Infant and Toddler Court Program and a related resource center. It also permits the Health Resources and Services Administration to expand the program through grants to states, tribal nations, and territories for establishing, stabilizing, or enhancing infant-toddler court teams.
 
This program aims to improve the well-being of infants, toddlers, and families in the child welfare system through team-based case management services that foster coordination among courts, child welfare agencies, and other child-serving organizations. The resource center provides technical assistance, training, and other support for infant-toddler court teams.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Military Spouse Hiring Act

Bill: 117-hr-2974
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee hiring
Income tax credits
Military personnel and dependents
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Military Spouse Hiring Act 

 
This bill expands the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) to include the hiring of a qualified military spouse. (The WOTC permits employers who hire individuals who are members of a targeted group such as qualified veterans, ex-felons, or long-term unemployment recipients to claim a tax credit equal to a portion of the wages paid to those individuals.) 
 
A 
qualified military spouse
 is any individual who is certified by the designated local agency as being (as of the hiring date) a spouse of a member of the Armed Forces.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-13
text: ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORHIP - Mr. Beyer asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 2974, a bill originally introduced by Representative Delgado, for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the definition of water heater under energy conservation standards, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2975
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-12]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Alternative and renewable resources
Business records
Consumer affairs
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Lighting, heating, cooling
Manufacturing
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 
This bill modifies the definition of 
water heater
, otherwise revises energy conservation standards, and sets forth labeling requirements for water heaters.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2976
Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax rates
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Stop Corporate Inversions Act of 2021

 
This bill revises rules for the taxation of inverted corporations (i.e., U.S. corporations that acquire foreign companies to reincorporate in a foreign jurisdiction with income tax rates lower than the United States). The bill provides that a foreign corporation that acquires the properties of a U.S. corporation or partnership after May 8, 2014, shall be treated as an inverted corporation and thus subject to U.S. taxation if, after such acquisition (1) it holds more than 50% of the stock of the new entity (expanded affiliated group), or (2) the management or control of the new entity occurs primarily within the United States and the new entity has significant domestic business activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
CAN Act

Bill: 117-hr-2977
Sponsor: Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Business investment and capital
Capital gains tax
Income tax credits
Income tax exclusion
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Connect America Now Act or the CAN Act

 
This bill allows an exclusion from gross income, for income tax purposes, of gain from the sale or exchange of the entire interest in a wholly-owned rural incumbent local exchange carrier. A 
rural incumbent local exchange carrier
 is a carrier that serves (1) an area where it was required to provide communications services by a specified date to any customer regardless of cost, and (2) an area other than an urbanized area with not fewer than 50,000 people and a core where there are not fewer than 1,000 people per square mile. The bill requires recapture of tax for income from the sale or exchange of stock in a carrier not held for at least one year. 
 
The bill allows an investment tax credit for 30% of expenditures to purchase, maintain, or improve property to provide voice telephone service or broadband internet access in rural empowerment zones.
 
The bill increases the volume cap for private activity bonds and allows the use of bond proceeds for infrastructure for broadband internet access service.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
BRIDGE Act

Bill: 117-hr-2978
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzgerald, Scott [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Build Responsible Infrastructure Development for the Global Economy Act or the BRIDGE Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress on China's Belt and Road Initiative and U.S. efforts to counter the initiative. (The initiative is a Chinese government effort to boost infrastructure development and expand China's influence across most of the globe.) 
 
Within one year of the bill's passage, the State Department must also report to Congress a plan to implement a detailed strategy for the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Department of Commerce to coordinate resources to counter the initiative. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 with respect to the final maturity date of certain loans, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2979
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 
This bill allows certain federal water infrastructure loans to have maturity dates of up to 55 years. 
 
For a secured loan for a water infrastructure project with a useful life of more than 35 years, the final maturity date of the loan shall be no later than the earlier of (1) 55 years after the project's substantial completion, or (2) the useful life of the project. Currently, the latest possible maturity date for this type of loan is 35 years from the project's substantial completion.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-05-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-05-04
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: 2021-05-04
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: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
National Guard Cybersecurity Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-2982
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Computer security and identity theft
Infrastructure development
Military civil functions
Military education and training
National Guard and reserves
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

National Guard Cybersecurity Support Act

 
This bill authorizes members of the National Guard to perform, at the request of a state and in connection with training or other duty, cybersecurity operations or missions to protect critical infrastructure.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
REDUCE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2983
Sponsor: Rep. Kinzinger, Adam [R-IL-16]
Introduced: 2021-05-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: 

Readily Ending Debt Under Corporate Engagement Act of 2021 or the REDUCE Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies the tax deduction for interest paid on student loans to allow such deduction without any offset for amounts received as employer-provided educational assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-04
text: Introduced in House