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Direct Support for Communities Act

Bill: 117-hr-199
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: American Samoa
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Department of Housing and Urban Development
District of Columbia
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Guam
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Housing and community development funding
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
State and local finance
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates
Urban and suburban affairs and development
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Direct Support for Communities Act

 
This bill provides FY2021 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award additional Community Development Block Grants to units of local government and counties to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
 
Specifically, within 30 days, HUD must distribute 50% of such funds to metropolitan cities and other units of local government and 50% to counties and parishes. These funds may be used to cover costs or replace lost, delayed, or decreased revenues stemming from the COVID-19 public health emergency.
 
Additionally, the bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
National Intersection and Interchange Safety Construction Program Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-200
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

National Intersection and Interchange Safety Construction Program Act of 20

21

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a national intersection and interchange safety construction grant program. Under the program, DOT may make grants to governmental entities and planning organizations to assist a project that is eligible for federal-aid highway funding and will improve the safety of intersections or interchanges on the National Highway System that are used by an average of 50,000 vehicles a day and are in immediate need of safety improvement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
National Bridge Replacement and Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-201
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Roads and highways
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

National Bridge Replacement and Improvement Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Transportation (DOT) to establish a national bridge replacement and improvement grant program. 
 
Under the program, DOT may provide competitive grants to governmental entities and planning organizations to assist a bridge project that is eligible for federal-aid highway funding and will (1) restore or increase the structural capacity of the bridge; (2) correct a major safety defect of the bridge; or (3) replace an existing bridge with a new bridge that meets specific requirements, including being located in the same general traffic corridor as the bridge being replaced.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
SALT Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-202
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Mike [R-CA-25]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax deductions
Property tax
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

SALT Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill repeals the temporary restrictions in taxable years 2018 through 2025 on the deductibility of state and local taxes.


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
Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-205
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Government trust funds
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Radio spectrum allocation
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Fund from which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) shall offer additional funding to certain terrestrial telecommunications carriers for specified broadband projects.
 
Specifically, the FCC shall make one-time funding offers from the Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Fund to certain terrestrial telecommunications carriers that receive support from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund is a mechanism through which the FCC finances high-speed broadband networks in unserved rural areas.
 
Recipients of amounts from the Accelerating Broadband Connectivity Fund shall use such funds to (1) begin construction of a broadband network, (2) make broadband available from the network deployed using Rural Digital Opportunity Fund support, and (3) meet all build-out obligations pursuant to receiving amounts from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
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
Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H–2A Modernization Act

Bill: 117-hr-206
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Aquaculture
Department of Labor
Foreign labor
Forests, forestry, trees
Fruit and vegetables
Horticulture and plants
Immigration status and procedures
Livestock
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Seafood
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Paperwork Reduction for Farmers and H-2A Modernization Act

 
This bill expands the H-2A (temporary agricultural worker) visa program to cover additional types of labor, makes various changes to the program, and provides a safe harbor for errors in nonimmigrant worker visa applications in certain instances.
 
The bill makes H-2A visas available to an alien providing temporary labor that falls within the federal government classification categories for (1) grounds maintenance workers; (2) farming, fishing, and forestry occupations; or (3) forest, conservation, and logging workers.
 
The bill authorizes joint employers to file a joint petition for an H-2A alien. 
 
The bill allows (1) employers seeking to rehire an H-2A worker to submit a simplified petition, and (2) employers seeking to hire H-2A workers for different time periods during a fiscal year to submit a single petition for such workers. 
 
The Department of Labor shall establish an electronic filing and appeals system for H-2A petitions. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shall communicate electronically with an H-2A employer when USCIS requests evidence from the employer, if the employer asks to do so.
 
An employer who uses a third-party service to apply for a nonimmigrant worker visa shall not be civilly or criminally liable for errors in the application if the employer reasonably believed that the application was accurate and complied with statutory requirements. 


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 House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 1st Avenue in Amory, Mississippi, as the Command Sergeant Major Lawrence E. Rabbit Kennedy Post Office Building.

Bill: 117-hr-207
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Mississippi
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 215 1st Avenue in Amory, Mississippi, as the "Command Sergeant Major Lawrence E. 'Rabbit' Kennedy Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 3, 2 Present (Roll no. 175). (text: 05/10/2022 CR H4789)
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 408 - 3, 2 Present (Roll no. 175).
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4897-4898)
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 207.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4789-4790)
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Highway 15 North in Pontotoc, Mississippi, as the Lance Corporal Marc Lucas Tucker Post Office Building.

Bill: 117-hr-209
Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Trent [R-MS-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Mississippi
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 305 Highway 15 North in Pontotoc, Mississippi, as the "Lance Corporal Marc Lucas Tucker Post Office Building."

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-05-16
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 4, 2 Present (Roll no. 176). (text: 05/10/2022 CR H4790)
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 406 - 4, 2 Present (Roll no. 176).
action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4898-4899)
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 209.
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4790)
action_date: 2022-05-10
text: Mrs. Maloney, Carolyn B. moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-05-25
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Big Cat Public Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-211
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Animals
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Civil actions and liability
Crimes against animals and natural resources
Mammals
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Trade restrictions
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Big Cat Public Safety Act

 
This bill revises restrictions on the possession, exhibition, or breeding of big cats (i.e., species of lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, or cougar or any hybrid of such species). For example, the bill permits wildlife sanctuaries to allow direct contact between the public and big cats.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
COVID PREPARE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-212
Sponsor: Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Performance measurement
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

COVID Preparedness, Response, and Effective Planning for Advanced Requirements by the Executive Branch Act of 2021 or the COVID PREPARE Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill requires federal agencies to submit to Congress plans for responding to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
 
Specifically, each agency shall submit (1) an initial report detailing an action plan, informed by research and best practices learned from the onset of COVID-19, previous pandemics, and health emergencies, for addressing the needs and mitigating and eliminating the risks and challenges associated with COVID-19 and the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines; and (2) subsequent reports, on a quarterly basis until the President ends the declared emergency, that update the details submitted in the plan.
 
The initial report shall include 
 
 
agency priorities for preparing for and responding to the pandemic, including continuity of operations and fulfilling the agency's mission and priorities related to the deployment of COVID-19 vaccines;
 
measurable goals specific to priorities and a time line for addressing each priority; 
 
anticipated challenges to addressing priorities and how the agency will address such challenges;
 
 how the agency will consult with Congress, the public, state and municipal governments, and relevant stakeholders while working remotely; 
 
 how the agency plans to issue relevant guidance to entities under the jurisdiction of the agency; and
 
any resources the agency needs from Congress.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-213
Sponsor: Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
Urban and suburban affairs and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Local Solutions to End Homelessness Act of 2021

 
This bill reallocates to urban counties, under certain circumstances, Emergency Solutions Grant funds to help individuals and families regain permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis or homelessness. 
 
Currently, the Department of Housing and Urban Development typically reallocates the funds to the state in which a city or county is located if the funds going to a recipient metropolitan city or urban county are less than a specified amount. The bill generally maintains this reallocation arrangement but also establishes certain circumstances when these funds must go to the urban county in which a recipient metropolitan city is located or to the recipient urban county directly. 
 
An urban county receiving reallocated funds designated for a recipient metropolitan city must spend these funds for the benefit of the metropolitan cities located within the county.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
Daylight Act

Bill: 117-hr-214
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: State and local government operations
Time and calendar

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Daylight Act

 
This bill allows states to observe daylight savings time year-round. (States may already choose to observe standard time year-round.)


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
Victims' Voice and Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-215
Sponsor: Rep. Stewart, Chris [R-UT-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Age discrimination
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Assault and harassment offenses
Congressional officers and employees
Disability and health-based discrimination
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 

Victims' Voice and Transparency Act

 
This bill prohibits the imposition of a nondisclosure agreement as a condition of receiving an award or settlement in connection with certain violations of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995, including discriminatory practices and harassment that occurs in legislative branch offices.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
To designate a peak in the State of Nevada as Maude Frazier Mountain, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-216
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-05 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Nevada
Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: 
This bill designates the peak of Frenchman Mountain in Nevada as the Maude Frazier Mountain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-05
text: Introduced in House