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Northern Border Reopening Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-3770
Sponsor: Rep. Jacobs, Chris [R-NY-27]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Canada
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Transportation safety and security
Travel and tourism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Northern Border Reopening Transparency Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to submit a report on considerations relating to easing restrictions on or reopening the United States-Canada border to essential and nonessential travel. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Foreign Affairs, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
PACT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3773
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cancer
Child health
Congressional oversight
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education programs funding
Genetics
Government information and archives
Health programs administration and funding
Higher education
Medical research
Mental health
Minority employment
Minority health
Research administration and funding
Women's employment
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Pediatricians Accelerate Childhood Therapies Act of 2021 or the PACT Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to make awards to support early-career pediatric researchers. It also provides statutory authority for the Trans-NIH Pediatric Research Consortium to coordinate pediatric research across national health research institutions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Advancing Gig Economy Act

Bill: 117-hr-3774
Sponsor: Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Service industries

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Advancing Gig Economy Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to study and report on the impact of the gig economy on U.S. businesses conducting interstate commerce.
 
Such study shall involve, among other things, (1) outreach to participating entities to establish a list of industry sectors that take part in the gig economy, (2) surveying federal activity on the gig economy to develop a list of agencies asserting jurisdiction over entities in and sectors of the gig economy, and (3) surveying state laws regulating the gig economy to determine their impact on both the gig economy and the U.S. economy.
 
Commerce must report to Congress the results of such study and any recommendations to promote the growth of the gig economy. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
BUILD Veterans Businesses Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3776
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Better Utilizing Infrastructure for Lasting Development of Veterans Businesses Act of 2021 or the BUILD Veterans Businesses Act of 2021

 
This bill requires a specified percentage of certain Federal-aid highway and public transportation funds to be expended through veteran-owned small businesses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Resilient Highways Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3777
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Atmospheric science and weather
Floods and storm protection
Natural disasters
Roads and highways
Solid waste and recycling
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Resilient Highways Act of 20

21

 
This bill addresses projects to improve the resiliency of federal-aid highways, bridges, and tunnels on and off the National Highway System.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
allows states to use up to 15% of funds apportioned under the national highway performance program for projects to mitigate the risk of recurring damage or the cost of future repairs from extreme weather, flooding, and other natural disasters on infrastructure that is part of the National Highway System; 
 
provides for a maximum federal cost-share of up to 100% for these projects; and
 
authorizes emergency relief funds to be used to pay for these projects, including raising roadway grades, deepening channels to prevent flooding, improving drainage, and stabilizing slopes.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate Act

Bill: 117-hr-3778
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign aid and international relief
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
International organizations and cooperation
Licensing and registrations
Manufacturing
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Multilateral development programs
Public contracts and procurement
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate Act or the NOVID Act

 
This bill establishes the Pandemic Preparedness and Response Program to coordinate and carry out the U.S. government's global health response to COVID-19, its variants, and other pathogens with pandemic potential.
 
As part of the program, the bill requires, within 30 days, the development of a comprehensive strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy must outline efforts to increase COVID-19 vaccinations worldwide, including through the immediate release of the COVID-19 vaccine doses that the United States committed to sending abroad.
 
The bill also requires a long-term strategy for the program to prevent future pandemics.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Reaching English Learners Act

Bill: 117-hr-3779
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Disability and paralysis
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Foreign language and bilingual programs
Government information and archives
Higher education
Licensing and registrations
Performance measurement
Preschool education
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Reaching English Learners Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education to establish a grant program for preparing future teachers to effectively instruct English learners to achieve at high levels in early childhood education programs and in elementary and secondary schools. Under the program, grants must be given to partnerships between (1) certain institutions of higher education, and (2) high-need local educational agencies or high-need early childhood education programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act

Bill: 117-hr-3780
Sponsor: Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Land transfers
Utah
Water use and supply
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

America's Red Rock Wilderness Act

 
This bill designates specified lands in the following areas of Utah as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System: (1) Great Basin, (2) Grand Staircase-Escalante, (3) Moab-La Sal Canyons, (4) Henry Mountains, (5) Glen Canyon, (6) San Juan-Anasazi, (7) Canyonlands Basin, (8) San Rafael Swell, and (9) Book Cliffs and Uinta Basin.
 
The bill sets forth administrative requirements for (1) the exchange of state-owned lands within such areas, (2) federal reservation of water rights, (3) measurement of setbacks for roads with adjacent wilderness, (4) authorized livestock grazing, and (5) withdrawal of such lands from disposition under certain public land laws.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3781
Sponsor: Rep. Malinowski, Tom [D-NJ-7]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Criminal justice information and records
Foreign property
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government trust funds

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Justice for Victims of Kleptocracy Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice to publish and regularly update its website with an accounting of property that is forfeited to the United States as a result of foreign government corruption. It also expresses the sense of Congress that recovered assets shall be returned for the benefit of the people harmed by the corruption.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Relief for America's Small Farmers Act

Bill: 117-hr-3782
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Government lending and loan guarantees
Income tax exclusion

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Relief for America's Small Farmers Act

 
This bill provides loan forgiveness of up to $250,000 for certain borrowers who are actively engaged in farming, have an average annual adjusted gross income of $300,000 or less over the previous five years, and have certain Department of Agriculture farm loans. 
 
The loan forgiveness is subject to the condition that the applicable borrower must continue to be actively engaged in farming for at least two years after receiving such forgiveness.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3783
Sponsor: Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Allergies
Child health
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Food assistance and relief
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Hereditary and development disorders
Immunology and vaccination
Medicaid
Medicare
Nutrition and diet
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Medical Nutrition Equity Act of 

2021

 
This bill expands coverage under Medicare, Medicaid, other specified federal health care programs, and private health insurance to include foods, vitamins, and individual amino acids that are medically necessary for the management of certain digestive and metabolic disorders and conditions. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Reform, and 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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Advancing IoT for Precision Agriculture Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3784
Sponsor: Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Advancing IoT for Precision Agriculture Act of 2021

 
This bill supports research and development for connected technologies that advance precision agriculture.
 
In awarding grants under its sensor systems and networked systems programs, the National Science Foundation (NSF) shall consider certain research and development on sensor connectivity in environments of intermittent connectivity and intermittent computation.
 
The NSF must prioritize applications that incorporate distance learning tools and approaches in awarding grants under the Advanced Technological Education Program to (1) junior or community colleges to develop or improve associate degree or certificate programs in an in-demand industry sector or occupation; or (2) institutions of higher education partnering with private sector employers, industry partnerships, or sector partnerships that commit to offering apprenticeships, internships, research opportunities, or applied learning experiences to enrolled students.
 
The Government Accountability Office shall provide (1) a technology assessment of precision agriculture technologies; and (2) a review of federal programs that provide support for precision agriculture research, development, adoption, education, or training.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act

Bill: 117-hr-3785
Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

Fair-Value Accounting and Budget Act

 
This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office to provide certain fair-value estimates of federal loan and loan guarantee programs. Under the bill, the 
fair value 
is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Fair-value estimates generally use private-market interest rates to estimate the cost of a loan program rather than rates based on Treasury securities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, 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: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3786
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

District of Columbia Federal Officials Residency Equality Act of 2021

 
This bill requires U.S. district and circuit court judges, U.S. district court clerks, U.S. attorneys, and U.S. marshals who are appointed to serve in the District of Columbia to be residents of the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E618)
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Local Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3787
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-06-08 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: District of Columbia
Judicial procedure and administration
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local courts

Summary:
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: 

District of Columbia Local Juror Non-Discrimination Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the exclusion of individuals from service on a District of Columbia jury on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2021-06-29
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E615)
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-06-08
text: Introduced in House