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Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2570
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Business records
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Coal
Corporate finance and management
Financial services and investments
Oil and gas
Securities
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to require an issuer of securities to annually disclose information regarding climate change-related risks posed to the issuer, including an issuer's strategies and actions to mitigate these risks.
 
Specifically, issuers must report their direct and indirect greenhouse-gas emissions and disclose their fossil fuel-related assets.

action_date: 2021-05-20
text: 

Climate Risk Disclosure Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to require an issuer of securities to annually disclose information regarding climate change-related risks posed to the issuer, including an issuer's strategies and actions to mitigate these risks.
 
Specifically, issuers must report their direct and indirect greenhouse-gas emissions and disclose their fossil fuel-related assets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 22.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-39.
action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 117-39.
action_date: 2021-05-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2346)
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 28 - 24.
action_date: 2021-05-12
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2572
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations
User charges and fees

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

Stop Debt Collection Abuse Act of 2021

 
This bill applies certain consumer protections regarding debt collection to debt owed to a federal agency and to debt buyers. 
 
A federal agency that is a creditor may not sell or transfer a debt to a debt collector until 90 days after the obligation becomes delinquent or defaults. Specified notice to the consumer of such a sale or transfer is required.
 
A collector of debt owed to a federal agency may not collect any interest, fee, charge, or expense that is (1) unreasonable in relation to actual costs, (2) not authorized by a contract between the debt collector and the federal agency, or (3) greater than 10% of the amount collected. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the use of debt collectors by federal, state, and local government agencies.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2573
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Business investment and capital
Census and government statistics
Crime victims
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Energy efficiency and conservation
Higher education
Housing and community development funding
Housing supply and affordability
Human trafficking
Income tax credits
Income tax deductions
Income tax exclusion
Indian social and development programs
Inflation and prices
Landlord and tenant
Lighting, heating, cooling
Low- and moderate-income housing
Marriage and family status
Residential rehabilitation and home repair
Rural conditions and development
Securities
Sex offenses
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill revises provisions of the low-income housing tax credit and renames it as the 
affordable housing credit
. 
 
The bill increases the per capita dollar amount of the credit and its minimum ceiling amount beginning in 2021 and extends the inflation adjustment for such amounts.
 
The bill modifies tenant income eligibility requirements and the average income formula for determining such income. It also revises rules for student occupancy of rental units and tenant voucher payments, and prohibits any refusal to rent to victims of domestic abuse. 
 
The bill further modifies the credit to 
 
 
increase state allocations of the credit; 
 
repeal the qualified census tract population cap;
 
prohibit local approval and contribution requirements;
 
increase the credit for certain projects designated to serve extremely low-income households; 
 
increase the credit for certain bond-financed projects designated by state agencies;
 
eliminate the basis reduction for properties that receive certain energy-related tax benefits; and 
 
increase the population cap for difficult development areas (i.e., areas with high construction, land, and utility costs relative to area median gross income). 
 
 
The bill also includes Indian and rural areas as difficult development areas and modifies other requirements relating to casualty losses, acquisition credits, and foreclosures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 to designate a portion of United States Route 74 in North Carolina as a future interstate, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2574
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: North Carolina
Roads and highways

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 
This bill designates U.S. Route 74 from Columbus, North Carolina, to Kings Mountain, North Carolina, as (1) a high priority corridor on the National Highway System, and (2) a future part of the Interstate System.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
TRUST Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2575
Sponsor: Rep. Gallagher, Mike [R-WI-8]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process
Congressional oversight
Government trust funds
Legislative rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

Time to Rescue United States Trusts Act of 2021 or the TRUST Act of 2021 

 
This bill establishes congressional rescue committees to develop recommendations and legislation to improve critical social contract programs. 
 
A 
critical social contract program
 is a federal program 
 
 
 for which a federal trust fund is established (e.g., Social Security, Medicare, and federal highway programs), 
 
 with outlays of at least $20 billion during the year preceding the year in which this bill is enacted, and 
 
 for which the amount of dedicated federal funds and federal trust fund balances will be inadequate to meet the total amount of outlays of the program that would otherwise be made. 
 
 
Each rescue committee may develop recommendations and legislation to improve the program for which it was established, including by (1) increasing the duration of positive balances of the federal trust fund established for the program, and (2) providing for the solvency of the federal trust fund established for the program during a 75-year period. 
 
Congress must use specified expedited legislative procedures to consider legislation that is approved and submitted by the rescue committees. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Budget, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
For the 99.5 Percent Act

Bill: 117-hr-2576
Sponsor: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution
Farmland
Inflation and prices
Land use and conservation
Transfer and inheritance taxes

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

For the 99.5 Percent Act

 
This bill imposes increased tax rates on decedent estates, gifts, and generation-skipping transfers.
 
 Estates with a value of over $1 billion are taxed at a 65% tax rate. The basic exclusion amount is reduced to $3.5 million. 
 
The bill increases (1) to $3 million the reduction in valuations of farmland for estate tax purposes and adjusts such increased amount for inflation, and (2) to $2 million the maximum estate tax exclusion for contributions of conservation easements. It also increases to 60% the applicable percentage for such exclusion. 
 
The bill requires (1) consistent basis reporting for property acquired by gift and transfers in trust, and (2) executors of estates and donors of gifts required to file a gift tax return to disclose to the Department of the Treasury, and to recipients of any interest in an estate or a gift, information identifying the value of each interest received.
 
The bill sets forth estate valuation rules for certain transfers of nonbusiness assets and limits estate tax discounts for certain individuals with minority interests in a business acquired from a decedent.
 
The bill expands rules for valuing assets in grantor retained annuity trusts to require that (1) the right to receive fixed amounts from an annuity last for a term of not less than 10 years and not more than the life expectancy of the annuitant plus 10 years, and that such fixed amounts not decrease during the first 10 years of the annuity term, and (2) the remainder interest have a value when transferred that is not less than the the greater of 25% of the fair market value of the trust property or $500,000. The bill also sets forth rules for the application of transfer taxes to a grantor trust (a trust in which the grantor retains control over the trust assets and has the right to receive income from the trust). 
 
 The bill eliminates the generation-skipping transfer tax exemption for any trust whose termination date is not greater than 50 years after its creation.
 
The bill modifies the tax exclusion for annual gifts to eliminate the present interest requirement for such exclusion and to impose a new, aggregate per donor limit equal to twice the annual exclusion amount in effect for the taxable year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Article I Regulatory Budget Act

Bill: 117-hr-2577
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Budget deficits and national debt
Budget process
Civil actions and liability
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Legislative rules and procedure
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

Article I Regulatory Budget Act

 
This bill requires the establishment of a federal regulatory budget to limit the costs of federal regulations. It also establishes requirements for disclosing the projected costs of federal regulations and procedures for enforcing the regulatory budget.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Small Business, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Small Business, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Small Business, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Small Business, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, the Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Small Business, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
To seek the renegotiation of the Paris Agreement on climate change or the negotiation of a new agreement, including the requirement for the Senate to provide its advice and consent to ratification of any such agreement, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2578
Sponsor: Rep. Graves, Garret [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Asia
China
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
Congressional oversight
Energy assistance for the poor and aged
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Europe
International law and treaties
International organizations and cooperation
Legislative rules and procedure
Manufacturing
Nuclear power
Russia
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

Paris Transparency and Accountability Act

 
This bill restricts the President's authority to unilaterally establish or revise actions the United States plans to take to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement (a climate change treaty adopted in 2015) and increases congressional oversight of those actions. The bill also prohibits any legal cause of action in U.S. courts pursuant to the Paris Agreement.
 
Specifically, the President must report to Congress before proposing new or revised actions under the agreement. The report must describe the proposed actions, including their impact on global emissions, and outline a detailed plan to address economic effects and related considerations of the actions. If a proposed action results in increased energy or manufacturing costs, the report must include specific policy measures (and timelines for implementing the measures) to prevent (1) job displacement, (2) reduced global competitiveness of U.S. goods, and (3) leaked emissions that may occur as a result of the proposed action.
 
After the President submits a report, the bill provides Congress with a 60-day period to review it. During the review period, Congress may block the actions proposed in the report by enacting a joint resolution of disapproval. The bill also outlines procedures for the introduction and consideration of this type of joint resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
EXIT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2579
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Licensing and registrations
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

Eradicate Crossing of Illegal Tunnels Act of 2021 or the EXIT Act of 2021 

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take various actions to facilitate the search for and remediation of unlawful border crossing tunnels on private land. 
 
Specifically, DHS may waive federal, state, or local environmental permits and reviews as necessary to search for or remediate such tunnels. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may enter into indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts with two or more sources to facilitate such border tunnel activities. (Indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts provide for an indefinite quantity of services for a fixed time.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-04-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
Palomares Veterans Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2580
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-15 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accidents
Aviation and airports
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Disability assistance
Europe
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Military operations and strategy
Neurological disorders
Nuclear weapons
Radiation
Spain
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: 

Palomares Veterans Act of 2021

 
This bill includes veterans who participated in the cleanup of radioactive materials at Palomares, Spain, as radiation-exposed veterans for purposes of the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption of service-connection for specified cancers. 
 
Under a presumption of service-connection, specific disabilities diagnosed in certain veterans are presumed to have been caused by the circumstances of their military service. Health care benefits and disability compensation may then be awarded. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-15
text: Introduced in House