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Veterans’ Entry to Apprenticeship Act

Bill: 117-hr-3567
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Veterans' Entry to Apprenticeship Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide the same amount and type of educational assistance to pre-apprenticeship programs as apprenticeship programs in certain circumstances. A pre-apprenticeship program is designed to prepare individuals to enter an apprenticeship program via education and training.
 
Under the bill, a pre-apprenticeship program may be treated like an apprenticeship program for purposes of educational assistance if the program complies with state standards or meets other accepted criteria if state standards do not apply. If individuals are not paid as part of a pre-apprenticeship program, they are eligible for a specified amount of housing assistance. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Solar Energy for Our Communities Act

Bill: 117-hr-3568
Sponsor: Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Affordable Solar Energy for Our Communities Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Energy to establish a program to provide financial assistance, such as grants or low-interest loans, to certain entities for the planning or installation of solar facilities that benefit certain low-income households.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Organ Donation Clarification Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3569
Sponsor: Rep. Cartwright, Matt [D-PA-8]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Organ Donation Clarification Act of 2021

 
This bill specifies that certain payments and pilot programs relating to organ donation do not violate the National Organ Transplant Act, which prohibits the exchange of valuable consideration for human organs.
 
Specifically, it excludes additional types of reimbursements and payments related to organ donation from the definition of 
valuable consideration
, such as costs for (1) dependent care; (2) certain medical expenses for up to 10 years after a donation; (3) paperwork or legal services; and (4) term life insurance policies, subject to some limitations.
 
In addition, the federal government, states, or local governments may carry out pilot programs to evaluate the effects of removing disincentives or providing noncash benefits on the availability of organs for transplant, provided these programs meet ethical and other conditions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3570
Sponsor: Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Foreign labor
Immigration status and procedures
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Palau
Poverty and welfare assistance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Compact Impact Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the eligibility of citizens of the Freely Associated States lawfully residing in the United States for certain federal public benefits. 
 
Currently, citizens of the Freely Associated States (Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau) may live, study, and work in the United States as nonimmigrants. However, such individuals are generally ineligible for most federal public benefits, with Medicaid being one exception. Under this bill, such individuals may be eligible for certain federal public benefits, such as benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. 
 
Furthermore, current law generally bars individuals from receiving federal means-tested public benefits for the five-year period starting from the individual's entry into the United States. Under this bill, citizens of the Freely Associated States living in the United States shall not be subject to this bar. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3571
Sponsor: Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Economic performance and conditions
Farmland
Federal Reserve System
Financial Stability Oversight Council
Financial crises and stabilization
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Foreign and international banking
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
International organizations and cooperation
Land use and conservation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Climate Change Financial Risk Act of 2021

 
This bill addresses climate change risk and its potential impact on the financial system. 
 
The Federal Reserve Board must develop financial risk analyses relating to climate change for specified large nonbank financial companies and bank holding companies. Specifically, these entities will be evaluated every two years on whether they have the capital necessary to absorb financial losses that would arise under several different climate change risk scenarios. 
 
The bill also establishes the Climate Risk Scenario Technical Development Group to provide recommendations to the board regarding such climate change risk scenarios, and determine the financial and economic risks of these scenarios. 
 
The Financial Stability Oversight Council of the Department of the Treasury must establish a committee to assist it in identifying risks and responding to threats to the financial system as a result of climate change. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

Bill: 117-hr-3572
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Child health
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Domestic violence and child abuse
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Educational guidance
Elementary and secondary education
Employee hiring
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health personnel
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Mental health
Military personnel and dependents
Performance measurement
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Increasing Access to Mental Health in Schools Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a grant program and a student loan forgiveness program to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers in elementary and secondary schools. 
 
First, ED must award grants to partnerships between educational agencies and graduate institutions to increase the number of school-based mental health services providers employed by low-income local educational agencies (LEAs). Grant funds may be used for specified purposes, including to provide student loan forgiveness and tuition credits and to support recruitment, hiring, and training. 
 
In addition, ED must establish a program to provide student loan forgiveness for individuals who (1) are not, and have never been, participants in the grant program established by the bill; and (2) have been employed by low-income LEAs for five or more consecutive school years as mental health services providers. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act

Bill: 117-hr-3573
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Health promotion and preventive care
Indian social and development programs
Mental health
Minority health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Stop Mental Health Stigma in Our Communities Act

 
This bill requires the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to develop and implement an outreach and education strategy regarding behavioral health issues among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations. The strategy must be designed to promote behavioral and mental health and reduce stigma associated with mental health conditions and substance abuse among such populations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

Bill: 117-hr-3574
Sponsor: Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Filing Relief for Natural Disasters Act

 
This bill authorizes the Internal Revenue Service to postpone federal tax filing deadlines upon the written request of a governor of a state in which an emergency or disaster has been declared. The bill also extends current mandatory extensions from 60 to 120 days. 
 
For purposes of this bill, a
 state
 includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Vet Center Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3575
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Congressional oversight
Department of Veterans Affairs
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health care coverage and access
Health care quality
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Mental health
Nutrition and diet
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Rural conditions and development
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Vet Center Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to evaluate productivity expectations for readjustment counselors of Vet Centers, including by obtaining feedback from counselors that must be audited annually for five years by the Government Accountability Office.
 
The VA must also (1) develop and implement a staffing model for Vet Centers, (2) standardize descriptions of position responsibilities at Vet Centers, and (3) award grants to address food insecurity among veterans and family members of veterans who receive services through Vet Centers or other VA facilities. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3576
Sponsor: Rep. Clark, Katherine M. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Abortion
Assault and harassment offenses
Cancer
Child health
Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Detention of persons
Disability and health-based discrimination
Family planning and birth control
Foreign aid and international relief
HIV/AIDS
Health care coverage and access
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Human rights
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Racial and ethnic relations
Religion
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Sexually transmitted diseases
Violent crime
Women's health
Women's rights
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of State to include in its annual reports on human rights in countries receiving U.S. development and security assistance a discussion of the status of reproductive rights in each country. This must include whether a country has adopted and enforced policies to (1) promote access to contraception and accurate, nondiscriminatory family planning and sexual health information; (2) provide services to ensure safe and healthy pregnancy and childbirth; (3) expand or restrict access to safe abortion services; and (4) prevent and treat sexually transmitted diseases.
 
For each country, the reports shall also contain (1) data concerning pregnancy-related injuries and deaths; and (2) a description of the nature and extent of discrimination and violence against women, girls, and LGBTQI+ individuals in health care settings and the relevant government's response to such actions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

Bill: 117-hr-3577
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Congressional tributes
Military history
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution
Veterans' organizations and recognition

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

United States Army Rangers Veterans of World War II Congressional Gold Medal Act

 
This bill provides for the award of a single Congressional Gold Medal to the U.S. Army Rangers Veterans of World War II in recognition of their dedicated service during World War II. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-28
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: 2021-05-28
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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
United States-Mexico Electricity Exchange Act

Bill: 117-hr-3578
Sponsor: Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

United States-Mexico Electricity Exchange Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to work with the appropriate representatives of the government of Mexico to establish a United States-Mexico Electricity Exchange Initiative that promotes the interconnection of electric transmission facilities between the U.S. southern border states and Mexico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-31
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 East Main Street in Maroa, Illinois, as the "Jeremy L. Ridlen Post Office".

Bill: 117-hr-3579
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Illinois
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 East Main Street in Maroa, Illinois, as the "Jeremy L. Ridlen Post Office."
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: 
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 East Main Street in Maroa, Illinois, as the Jeremy L. Ridlen Post Office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Became Public Law No: 117-141.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Became Public Law No: 117-141.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-06-15
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-06-09
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2679)
action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 332.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-04-04
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. Without written report.
action_date: 2022-03-30
text: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
action_date: 2022-02-02
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H321)
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H321)
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3579.
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H321)
action_date: 2022-02-01
text: Ms. Wasserman Schultz moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-07-20
text: Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 117-141
Eviction Prevention Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-3580
Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3]
Introduced: 2021-05-28 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: 

Eviction Prevention Act of 2021

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to provide grants to state and local governments to make legal counsel available to eligible tenants undergoing eviction proceedings. An eligible tenant is an individual whose income is less than 125% of the federal poverty level. 
 
The bill also requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development to establish a national database of evictions. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the national status of legal representation of tenants in eviction proceedings, including the effects of access to representation on case outcomes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-28
text: Introduced in House