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John Lewis Foster Youth Tuition Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-2247
Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Higher education
State and local government operations
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

John Lewis Foster Youth Tuition Fairness Act

 
This bill makes available to youth eligible for foster care transitional services the in-state tuition rate at institutions of higher education or postsecondary vocational institutions that are located out-of-state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2248
Sponsor: Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Education programs funding
Employment and training programs
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Minority education
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma Act of 2021 or the Ending PUSHOUT Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to award grants to local educational agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of reducing suspension and expulsion of students (i.e., exclusionary disciplinary practices).
 
The bill requires ED to collect data on exclusionary discipline in schools.
 
It also establishes a joint task force to end school pushout.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Willie O’Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-2249
Sponsor: Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Sports and Recreation
Subjects: Athletes
Congressional tributes
Professional sports
Racial and ethnic relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Willie O'Ree Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Willie O'Ree or, if unavailable, to a member of his family, in recognition of his contributions and commitment to hockey, inclusion, and recreational opportunity. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Coronavirus Regulatory Repeal Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2251
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Coronavirus Regulatory Repeal Act of 202

1

 
 This bill repeals or modifies any agency rule that is temporarily waived or modified during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, subject to a review process.
 
 The bill specifies procedures for Congress and the heads of agencies to analyze, review, and recommend whether the waiver or modification of a rule should continue and such waiver or modification expires only if a law is enacted in accordance with a recommendation that the rule be reinstated when the emergency period ends.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2252
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Crime victims
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Racial and ethnic relations
Smithsonian Institution
U.S. history

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley.
 
After the award the medal shall be given to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
SELF Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2253
Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational facilities and institutions
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Family relationships
Minority education
Public-private cooperation
School administration
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Social Emotional Learning for Families Act of 2021 or the SELF Act of 

2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to award grants to local educational agencies to develop, implement, and evaluate teacher and school leader training programs on family engagement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act

Bill: 117-hr-2254
Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Corporate finance and management
Foreign and international corporations
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax rates
Interest, dividends, interest rates
International law and treaties
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act

 
This bill modifies tax provisions relating to certain large domestic and foreign corporations to prevent offshoring of jobs and factories and tax evasion. 
 
Specifically, the bill 
 
 
restores higher tax rates on the taxable income of corporations and personal service corporations (up to 35% on taxable income exceeding $10 million);
 
revises the definition of
 subpart F income
 for controlled foreign corporations to equalize tax rates on domestic and foreign corporations; 
 
requires multinational companies to disclose basic country-by-country information including revenues, profits, and number of employees; 
 
prohibits corporations from disregarding parts of their structure in determining whether they owe taxes in the current year or can defer payment (repeal of check-the-box rules); 
 
impose limitations on the tax deduction for the interest expense of members of financial reporting groups with excess domestic indebtedness; 
 
modifies rules relating to inverted corporations; 
 
treats corporations with gross assets of $50 million or more and managed and controlled in the United States as U.S. taxpayers; 
 
increases the rate and expands the applicability of the base erosion and anti-abuse excise tax; 
 
modifies foreign tax credit rules applicable to certain industries receiving specific economic benefits; and
 
repeals the tax deduction for foreign-derived intangible income.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

Bill: 117-hr-2255
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Department of Homeland Security
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Foreign labor
Health personnel
Immigration status and procedures
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nursing
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

 
This bill makes previously unused immigrant visas available to nurses and physicians who petition for such a visa before the date that is 90 days after the end of the declared national emergency relating to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) outbreak. 
 
The number of visas available shall be the total number of unused employment-based immigrant visas from FY1992-FY2020, up to 40,000. Of such visas, 25,000 shall be reserved for nurses and 15,000 for physicians. Certain family members may accompany the principal beneficiary of a visa provided under this bill, and visas for such family members shall (1) be made available from the unused visas from FY1992-FY2020, and (2) not be counted against the 40,000 cap. 
 
Visas provided under this bill shall be exempt from per-country limitations. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2256
Sponsor: Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Hospital care
Medical education
Medicare
Minority employment
Minority health
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 

2021

 
This bill increases the number of residency positions eligible for graduate medical education payments under Medicare for qualifying hospitals, including hospitals in rural areas and health professional shortage areas.
 
Current law provides for an increase of up to 200 positions per fiscal year beginning in FY2023, with a total increase of 1,000 positions; each hospital may receive up to 25 additional positions. The bill provides for an additional increase of 2,000 positions per fiscal year from FY2023-FY2029; during this period, each hospital may receive up to 75 additional positions in total under the bill and current law. Additionally, one-third of the positions that are made available under the bill must be allocated to hospitals that are already operating above applicable resident limits.
 
The bill also requires the Government Accountability Office to report on strategies to increase the diversity of the health professional workforce, including with respect to representation from rural, low-income, and minority communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-26
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: 2021-03-26
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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Higher Education from Foreign Threats Act

Bill: 117-hr-2258
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Asia
China
Education programs funding
Higher education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Protecting Higher Education from Foreign Threats Act

 
This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds for an award year in which the IHE employs an instructor who, while employed at the IHE and providing direct instruction to students, received funds from the Chinese Community Party. An IHE may regain eligibility for federal funds by demonstrating to the Department of Education that it no longer employs such instructor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
National Manufacturing Guard Act

Bill: 117-hr-2259
Sponsor: Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computer security and identity theft
Congressional oversight
Department of Commerce
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Federal-Indian relations
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Manufacturing
Minority employment
Natural disasters
Public-private cooperation
State and local government operations
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Women's employment
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

National Manufacturing Guard Act 

 
This bill addresses the manufacturing of critical resources (e.g., supplies that are life-sustaining or otherwise critical to U.S. national security).
 
The bill establishes the Office of Supply Chain Preparedness within the Department of Commerce, the Supply Chain Advisory Council, and the National Manufacturing Guard within the office to be activated during a crisis to procure, manufacture, and distribute critical resources. 
 
The office must establish the Supply Chain Data Exchange to account for critical resources, measure the manufacturing ability of industry partners, and plan the distribution of such resources. 
 
The bill also establishes the Manufacturing Corps to provide workforce training for manufacturing skills deemed essential to the economic security of the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
To codify the Bill of Rights.

Bill: 117-hr-2260
Sponsor: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitution and constitutional amendments

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 
This bill codifies the Bill of Rights as part of the U.S. Code.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Colonel Young Oak Kim Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-2261
Sponsor: Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Military personnel and dependents
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Colonel Young Oak Kim Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous award of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Colonel Young Oak Kim, in recognition of his achievements and contributions to heroism, leadership, and humanitarianism.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
American Innovation and Manufacturing Act

Bill: 117-hr-2262
Sponsor: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-22]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Manufacturing
Securities
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

American Innovation and Manufacturing Act 

 
This bill establishes within the Small Business Administration a credit facility to provide financial assistance to investment companies that finance small manufacturing businesses. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Manufacturing for Our Future Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2263
Sponsor: Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Economic development
Electric power generation and transmission
Employee hiring
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Industrial facilities
Labor standards
Lighting, heating, cooling
Manufacturing
Mining
Nuclear power
Oil and gas
Public contracts and procurement
Unemployment
Wages and earnings
Water quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Manufacturing for Our Future Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a clean energy manufacturing grant program. Under the program, DOE must award grants to manufacturers for (1) projects to reequip, expand, or establish a facility for the manufacture of clean energy systems (e.g., renewable energy technology); (2) projects to retrofit or convert a facility to enable it to manufacture zero- or low-emission energy-intensive industrial products; and (3) engineering design studies for such retrofit or conversion projects.
 
A 
zero- or low-emission energy-intensive industrial product 
 means a product the production of which results in significantly less greenhouse gas emissions relative to the production of similar products. The products must also fall in manufacturing categories that are energy-intensive or difficult-to-decarbonize.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-2264
Sponsor: Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-26 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee benefits and pensions
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: 

Tele-Mental Health Improvement Act

 
 This bill requires private health insurance plans that cover in-person mental health or substance use disorder services to cover such services on equal terms via telehealth (i.e., information technology used to aid treatment and diagnosis at a physical distance) during and shortly after the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, this bill requires plans to, among other things, cover these services at the same rate as in-person services, exclude charges for facility fees, and provide information about how to access these services. Additionally, providers of these services may not charge facility fees to plan enrollees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-03-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-26
text: Introduced in House