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Veterans Collaboration Act

Bill: 117-hr-183
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability assistance
Higher education
Lawyers and legal services
Performance measurement
Veterans' organizations and recognition
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Veterans Collaboration Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to carry out a two-year pilot program in states with the highest veteran populations to promote collaboration between the VA, nonprofit organizations, and institutions of higher learning. 
 
The VA shall emphasize collaboration with (1) veterans service organizations that provide personnel with appropriate credentials to assist veterans in filing disability compensation claims and appeals with the VA, and (2) educational institutions that provide veterans with pro bono legal assistance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act

Bill: 117-hr-184
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Income tax exclusion
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Federal Employee Combat Zone Tax Parity Act

 
This bill excludes from gross income, for income tax purposes, the compensation of a federal employee who served in a combat zone or was hospitalized as a result of wounds, disease, or injury incurred while serving in a combat zone. The bill terminates the exclusion two years after the end of combatant activities in such zone. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information and Sharing of Disability Examination Procedures With DOD Doctors Act

Bill: 117-hr-185
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Department of Veterans Affairs
Disability and paralysis
Disability assistance
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Military personnel and dependents
Personnel records
Veterans' medical care
Veterans' pensions and compensation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Veterans Affairs Transfer of Information and Sharing of Disability Examination Procedures With DOD Doctors Act

 
This bill addresses the sharing of medical information and disability examination procedures between the Departments of Defense (DOD) and Veterans Affairs (VA). It requires that if a member of the Armed Forces who is required to receive a physical examination upon separation from active duty and has or is believed to have a medical condition that may make the member eligible for veterans' disability compensation and benefits, the examination must be performed by a VA-certified health care provider.
 
If the condition is discovered during the physical examination and the examining health care provider is not VA-certified, the examination must be completed by a VA-certified provider. 
 
An eligibility determination made as part of such an examination shall be binding on the VA and be used as the basis for assigning the member's disability rating.
 
The VA and DOD shall jointly establish a system to share data and maintain the medical and personnel records of Armed Forces members and veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Veterans' 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: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Explore America Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-186
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Congressional oversight
Economic development
Employment and training programs
Historic sites and heritage areas
Historical and cultural resources
Housing and community development funding
Land use and conservation
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Performance measurement
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: 

Explore America Act of 2021

 This bill modifies and sets forth new provisions regarding the Preserve America Program and authorizes partnerships with gateway communities adjacent to units of the National Park System. 
The Department of the Interior shall offer to enter into partnerships with gateway communities, including Native American communities and National Heritage Areas, to leverage heritage tourism assets in order to strengthen the local economies and create jobs in those communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Victoria Galindo Lopez.

Bill: 117-hr-187
Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-04 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Provides for the relief of Victoria Galindo Lopez.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: 
This bill provides for the relief of Victoria Galindo Lopez. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-08
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H5237-5238)
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Considered from the Private Calendar. (consideration: CR H5237-5238)
action_date: 2022-06-07
text: Called up from the Private Calendar for consideration.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Placed on the Private Calendar, Calendar No. 1.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-236.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 117-236.
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-09-29
text: Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Discharged.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Women’s Public Health and Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-188
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Medicaid
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Women's Public Health and Safety Act

 
This bill allows a state to exclude from participation in the state's Medicaid program a provider that performs an abortion, unless (1) the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, or (2) the woman suffers from a physical issue that would place her in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. Under current law, a state plan for medical assistance must provide that any individual eligible for medical assistance may obtain required services from any provider qualified to perform them.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
LEVEL Act

Bill: 117-hr-190
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Air quality
Alternative and renewable resources
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Motor fuels
Product safety and quality

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Leave Ethanol Volumes at Existing Levels Act or the LEVEL Act 

 
This bill revises the renewable fuel program, including the renewable fuel standard (RFS). 
 
Under current law, the RFS specifies the minimum volume of renewable fuel, such as ethanol, that must be contained in gasoline sold in the United States. The RFS annually increases until 2022 when a minimum of 36 billion gallons of renewable fuel must be blended into gasoline. The bill decreases the volume of renewable fuel that must be contained in gasoline to 7.5 billion gallons each year. The bill also revises the RFS to eliminate separate volume requirements for the following renewable fuel categories: advanced biofuels, cellulosic biofuel, and biomass-based diesel.
 
In addition, the bill revises requirements concerning waivers from the program. Petitions for waivers from requirements under the renewable fuel program may not be brought by a person who is subject to the requirements of the program, nor by the EPA on its own motion. 
 
The EPA may not authorize the sale of gasoline that contains greater than 10% ethanol, unless the gasoline was registered under the program and lawfully sold in the United States before this bill's enactment. 
 
The EPA must study the effects of gasoline that contains greater than 10% ethanol, including the effects on consumer products, such as nonroad vehicles.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-191
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Consumer affairs
Department of Energy
Energy efficiency and conservation
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Industrial facilities
Manufacturing
Product safety and quality
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Energy Efficiency Free Market Act of 2021

 
This bill nullifies federal and state energy efficiency and water conservation standards for certain consumer and commercial appliances. In addition, the bill eliminates the authority of the Department of Energy and states to set the standards for such appliances.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-192
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Federal preemption
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Intellectual property
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters Act of 2021 

 
This bill prohibits sending bad faith patent demand letters.
 
A patent demand letter is a written communication claiming that the recipient may be liable for patent infringement. 
Bad faith
 means making knowingly false or misleading statements, making claims with reckless disregard for the truth, or omitting information with the intent to deceive. 
 
Bad faith representations include false or misleading claims about the sender's right to assert a patent and whether lawsuits have been filed. They also include making written demands for compensation for invalid patents or to demand compensation without identifying the ultimate parent entity of the letter sender.
 
The sender shall have an affirmative defense that it acted in good faith, by proving that its misstatements or omissions were unintentional and that it made an error in spite of procedures to avoid such errors. 
 
The bill preempts state laws relating to patent assertion communications. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general may bring actions to enforce these provisions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act

Bill: 117-hr-193
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Detention of persons
El Salvador
Foreign aid and international relief
Guatemala
Honduras
Latin America
Mexico
Sanctions

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Unaccompanied Alien Children Assistance Control Act

 
This bill directs the President to reduce foreign assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras based on how many unaccompanied alien children from each of those countries are placed in custody for immigration status. For each unaccompanied alien child placed in custody who is a citizen or national of one of these countries, the President shall reduce assistance to that country by $30,000 the following fiscal year.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To require the Inspector General, Department of Justice, to submit a report to the Congress on the number of firearm transaction denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for investigation, the number of prosecutions resulting from such investigations, and the number of firearms recovered by the Bureau in cases in which such a denial was issued after the firearm was transferred.

Bill: 117-hr-194
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Retail and wholesale trades

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
This bill requires the Office of the Inspector General in the Department of Justice to report to Congress on the number of (1) firearm transfer denials issued by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System that are referred to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for investigation; (2) prosecutions resulting from such investigations; and (3) firearms recovered by the ATF in cases in which a denial was issued by the system after a firearm was transferred.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Group Term Life Insurance Increase Act

Bill: 117-hr-195
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions
Income tax exclusion
Life, casualty, property insurance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Group Term Life Insurance Increase Act 

 
This bill increases the limit on the amount of employer-provided group term life insurance that an employee may exclude from gross income for income tax purposes. Currently, an employee may exclude from gross income up to $50,000 of the cost of such insurance plus any amount paid by the employee for the purchase of such insurance. The bill increases the $50,000 limit to $375,000, and adjusts such increased limit for inflation in taxable years beginning after 2021. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other deliberately lethal action and to transfer the authority to conduct such strikes or lethal action to the Department of Defense.

Bill: 117-hr-196
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Department of Defense
Executive agency funding and structure
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military operations and strategy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
This bill prohibits the Central Intelligence Agency from using an unmanned aerial vehicle to carry out a weapons strike or other lethal action.
 
The President shall transfer to the Department of Defense all authority to use such a vehicle to conduct such a strike or lethal action.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act

Bill: 117-hr-197
Sponsor: Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Department of Health and Human Services
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Medical research
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Research administration and funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Federal Accountability in Chemical Testing Act or the FACT Act

 
This bill requires the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods to report on progress in developing, validating, and promoting regulatory acceptance and use of toxicological testing methods that replace or reduce the use of animals.
 
Federal agencies that require or recommend toxicological testing must provide the committee with information necessary for this reporting.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Baseball Diplomacy Act

Bill: 117-hr-198
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Athletes
Caribbean area
Cuba
Foreign aid and international relief
Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Professional sports
Sanctions
Trade restrictions
Travel and tourism
Visas and passports
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Baseball Diplomacy Act

 
This bill waives various embargo and immigration restrictions in order to allow Cuban nationals to enter the United States to play organized professional baseball. 
 
U.S. embargo authority may not regulate or prohibit various transactions by or on behalf of a Cuban national entering to play baseball, nor may the individual be prohibited from returning to Cuba with the earnings made from playing professional baseball. The President's authority to bar an alien whose entry is deemed to be detrimental to U.S. interests may not be used to deny a visa to a Cuban national entering to play baseball.
 
An individual entering to play baseball may obtain a visa to remain in the United States only for the duration of the baseball season. The visa need not be renewed for reentry into the United States during the term of a contract between the individual and the team for which the individual played in the preceding season.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House