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Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5823
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Congressional oversight
Corporate finance and management
Department of the Treasury
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal preemption
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Insurance industry and regulation
Life, casualty, property insurance
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Small business
State and local government operations
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Pandemic Risk Insurance Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the Pandemic Risk Reinsurance Program within the Department of the Treasury. The program generally provides compensation to property and casualty insurers if they incur losses as a result of coverage related to pandemics and outbreaks of disease. All insurers as specified in the bill must participate in the program. These insurers must offer, in all property and casualty insurance policies, coverage of losses related to an outbreak of infectious disease or a pandemic for which a covered public health emergency is certified by the Department of Health and Human Services. Additionally, these insurers must offer, in all its commercial property insurance policies, coverage to compensate the insured for a portion of 180 days' fixed costs and payroll triggered upon the certification of a public health emergency and state or local government closure orders without requiring specific proof of losses.
 
The bill establishes the share of insured losses covered by the program and conditions for payment to insurers. The bill also provides for the treatment of reinsurance, captive insurers, other self-insurance arrangements, and state residual market insurance entities. 
 
The Government Accountability Office must report on the availability and affordability of property and casualty insurance.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Mandating Responsibility Act

Bill: 117-hr-5824
Sponsor: Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Mandating Responsibility Act

 
This bill establishes a private cause of action for employees who are harmed by their employer's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
 
An employee may bring an action against the employer for wrongful termination or other adverse employment actions for violating the mandate. An employee may also bring an action against the employer for wrongful death or serious injury related to the COVID-19 vaccine administration, if the employee received the vaccine solely to comply with the employer's mandate. An employee may recover damages (actual, compensatory, and punitive), injunctive relief, attorney's fees and costs, and other appropriate relief.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment Home Rule Act

Bill: 117-hr-5825
Sponsor: Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: District of Columbia
Intergovernmental relations
Land use and conservation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment Home Rule Act 

 
This bill revises membership requirements of the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment to provide authority for the District government to appoint all members of the board, except when the board is performing functions regarding an application by a foreign mission with respect to the location, expansion, or replacement of an embassy or consulate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1185)
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving time, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5826
Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 
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: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Outdoor Concerts Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5827
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Protecting Outdoor Concerts Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Federal Aviation Administration to implement or revise its regulations to provide for temporary flight restrictions that are necessary to (1) protect persons or property on the surface or in the air, (2) maintain air safety and efficiency, or (3) prevent the unsafe congestion of aircraft in the vicinity of an outdoor concert or music festival with an attendance of not fewer than 30,000 people per day.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
Pets Belong With Families Act

Bill: 117-hr-5828
Sponsor: Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Introduced: 2021-11-02 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Animal protection and human-animal relationships
Landlord and tenant
Low- and moderate-income housing
Public housing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: 

Pets Belong With Families Act

 
This bill prohibits public housing agencies from imposing breed restrictions on pets owned by residents of public housing units. The bill continues to allow public housing agencies to prohibit ownership of dangerous animals in public housing, but prohibits classification as 
dangerous
 by breed and requires that any such classification be based on specific behaviors or actions of the animal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-02
text: Introduced in House
AMAZON21 Act

Bill: 117-hr-5830
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

America Mitigating and Achieving Zero-emissions Originating from Nature for the 21st Century Act or the AMAZON21 Act

 
This bill establishes programs to support efforts in developing countries to address climate change.
 
The Department of State must establish the International Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration Program to make results-based payments to eligible projects in developing countries that reduce emissions and enhance carbon sequestration from forests and other ecosystems. Eligible projects include those where the primary purpose is to (1) reduce deforestation and restore forests to support enhanced carbon sequestration; or (2) preserve other territorial ecosystems, such as wetlands, within the host country. The bill also imposes other requirements on project eligibility, including requirements relating to transparency pertaining to the use of the received payments and the host country's standards of governance and respect for the rule of law. 
 
The bill also requires the U.S. Agency for International Development to conduct a program to provide resources and technical assistance to developing countries to (1) conserve, manage, and restore carbon sinks, such as forests; and (2) support nature-based carbon sequestration. A project eligible for such assistance must be located in a country that meets certain criteria, such as a country that permits the sale of carbon credits to voluntary and carbon compliance markets.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Protect Communities from a Porous Border Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5831
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

Protect Communities from a Porous Border Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to notify a state before placing an alien in that state and gives the state final authority to prohibit such a placement.
 
At least 10 business days before placing (e.g., detaining or housing) such an individual in a state, DHS must provide certain information to that state, including (1) the individual's biographic and biometric information, including DNA; and (2) a certification that the biometric and biographic information has been checked in various law enforcement and counterterrorism databases. 
 
No federal court shall have jurisdiction to review (1) the requirements and procedures established under this bill, or (2) a decision by a state to prohibit the placement of such an individual in the state. The bill also prohibits any federal official from waiving any of the bill's requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5832
Sponsor: Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act

 of 2021

 
This bill establishes an online Retirement Savings Lost and Found (RSLF) to assist individuals in locating certain employer-sponsored retirement accounts. The RSLF must (1) provide plan participants or beneficiaries only with the ability to view contact information for the administrator of a plan that is sufficient to locate the plan, and (2) safeguard the privacy and security of participants' plan information.
 
The bill sets forth additional reporting and notification requirements for retirement plans.
 
The bill also revises provisions that permit mandatory distributions of the balances of small retirement accounts using a rollover into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill modifies the investment options available for the distributions and increases the maximum account balance that may be subject to such a distribution. 
 
A plan may transfer unclaimed mandatory distributions that are $1,000 or less to the RSLF, and the RSLF must pay the balance upon locating a plan participant or beneficiary.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Equine Tax Fairness Act

Bill: 117-hr-5833
Sponsor: Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

Equine Tax Fairness Act

 
This bill modifies the tax treatment of gains and losses from the sale of depreciable property used in a trade or business to eliminate 
horses
 from the definition of 
livestock
 (thus making the 24-month holding period requirement for livestock inapplicable to horses and allowing horses to be treated as capital assets subject to the existing 1-year holding period requirement for long-term capital gains). 
 
The bill also makes permanent the 3-year recovery period for the depreciation of race horses.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5834
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

Equal Treatment of Public Servants Act of 2021

 
This bill phases in a new funding formula for determining benefit amounts under the windfall elimination provision (WEP). The WEP reduces Social Security retirement and disability benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment.
 
The new formula adjusts an individual's total lifetime earnings based on the proportion of those earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes. It applies to individuals who (1) become eligible for Social Security benefits after 2061, and (2) have earnings from non-covered service performed in a year after 1977. Beneficiaries who become eligible for benefits between 2023 and 2061 receive the higher of their benefit calculated under the existing WEP or the new formula. In addition, certain beneficiaries currently impacted by the WEP receive an additional payment. 
 
The Social Security Administration must include non-covered earnings in Social Security account statements and must study the feasibility of partnering with certain pension systems to address data sharing issues related to non-covered pensions.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Defund Federal Vaccine Mandates Act

Bill: 117-hr-5835
Sponsor: Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

Defund Federal Vaccine Mandates Act

 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to establish, implement, or enforce vaccine mandates.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Enhancing DIVERSITY Data Act

Bill: 117-hr-5836
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion by Verifying and Ensuring the Reporting required by Statute Is Transpiring and Yielding Data Act or the Enhancing DIVERSITY Data Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to carry out rulemaking, data collection, and reporting about the demographic composition of the broadcast industry workforce.
 
Specifically, the FCC must complete a specified rulemaking process related to equal employment opportunity rules and policies that apply to broadcast stations and multichannel video programming distributors (e.g., cable operators). Part of this rulemaking addresses reporting of workforce demographics by broadcast license holders.
 
Within one year of completing the rulemaking, the FCC must begin collecting demographic data pertaining to the broadcast industry workforce. The FCC may not use the collected data in its reviews of broadcast license applications or renewals or to assess compliance with applicable equal employment opportunity rules.
 
Further, the FCC must (1) include analyses of the demographic composition of the broadcast industry workforce in certain reports, and (2) maintain a database that includes publicly available ownership data of broadcast licensees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services relating to substance use disorder treatment, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5837
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 
This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of certain telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill permanently allows telehealth services for substance-use disorders and mental health disorders to be provided via audio-only technology and without an initial in-person evaluation. 
 
Schedule III or IV controlled substances may also be prescribed online if a practitioner has conducted a telehealth evaluation with video; certain opioid agonists may be prescribed via audio-only technology if the beneficiary initially lacks access to video technology but receives a follow-up evaluation via video within 10 days.
 
The Department of Health and Human Services must establish an interagency task force to study the utilization and effect of opioid agonist prescriptions that are issued via telehealth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-11-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5838
Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Capital gains tax
Digital media
Economic performance and conditions
Financial services and investments
Inflation and prices
Property tax
Real estate business
Securities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Taxation of foreign income

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2021

 
This bill allows the adjusted basis of certain assets (including any common stock in a C corporation, any digital asset, and tangible property used in a trade or business) to be indexed for inflation for the purpose of determining the gain or loss of a taxpayer (other than a corporation) who has held the asset for more than three years.
 
The bill sets forth rules for applying the inflation adjustment to
 
 
short sales; 
 
regulated investment companies; 
 
real estate investment trusts;
 
other pass-through entities, including partnerships, S corporations, and common trust funds;
 
dispositions between related persons; and 
 
improvements to property or contributions of capital.
 
 
The Internal Revenue Service may disallow an adjustment if any person transfers cash, debt, or any other property to another person for the principal purpose of securing or increasing the adjustment allowed by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Charles R. Johnson for acts of valor during the Korean War while a member of the Army.

Bill: 117-hr-5839
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Asia
Conflicts and wars
Military personnel and dependents
North Korea
South Korea

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 
This bill authorizes the President to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Charles R. Johnson for his acts of valor as a private first class in the Army on June 11 and 12, 1953, during the Korean War.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5840
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Immigration status and procedures
Political movements and philosophies
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of State to submit to Congress a detailed report indicating whether the Muslim Brotherhood meets the criteria to be designated a foreign terrorist organization. If the report determines that the Muslim Brotherhood does not meet such criteria, it must provide a detailed justification as to which criteria have not been met.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act

Bill: 117-hr-5841
Sponsor: Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
Introduced: 2021-11-03 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: 

Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act

 
This bill prohibits contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-11-03
text: Introduced in House