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Safe Travel Act

Bill: 117-hr-5204
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Aviation and airports
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health information and medical records
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
Railroads
Transportation employees
Transportation safety and security
Worker safety and health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Safe Travel Act

 
This bill requires proof of COVID-19 vaccinations or proof of negative COVID-19 test results for passengers on planes and Amtrak trains; patrons of airports; and employees, contractors, and subcontractors of air carriers, airports, and Amtrak.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
NET Zero Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5205
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Negate Emissions to Zero Act of 2021 or the NET Zero Act of 2021

 
This bill extends through 2031 the tax credit for carbon oxide sequestration. It also modifies requirements for direct air capture facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
To require the Internal Revenue Service to issue a report on the tax gap, to establish a fellowship program within the Internal Revenue Service to recruit mid-career tax professionals to create and participate in an audit task force, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5206
Sponsor: Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Department of the Treasury
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
First Amendment rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Political movements and philosophies
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 
This bill requires the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to report to Congress on projections of the estimated tax gap (i.e., the difference between tax liabilities owed to the IRS and those liabilities that the IRS actually collects). The IRS may use artificial intelligence and related data analysis tools to calculate a tax gap projection. The bill also requires the Joint Committee on Taxation to issue periodic reports to the congressional tax committees on the tax gap projection. 
 
The bill restricts IRS funding to FY2021 levels for audits and enforcement until it publishes an updated tax gap projection. Funding is also restricted for certain purposes, including (1) targeting U.S. citizens who exercise their First Amendment rights, (2) targeting a group for regulatory scrutiny based on its ideological beliefs, and (3) auditing individual taxpayers with an adjusted gross income of less than $400,000. 
 
The bill directs the IRS to establish a fellowship program to recruit private sector tax experts to join the IRS to create and participate in the audit task force. The purposes of the tax force include performing audit case selection, educating IRS employees on emerging issues, auditing selected taxpayers, addressing offshore tax evasion, and identifying, mentoring, and training IRS junior employees with respect to audits.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Financial 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: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Robocall Elimination Act

Bill: 117-hr-5207
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Foreign Robocall Elimination Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission to establish an interagency task force to study the most effective ways to combat unlawful robocalls made into the United States from foreign sources.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-5208
Sponsor: Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Reauthorization Act

 
This bill extends the authority of the Department of the Interior to provide any assistance for the Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area in Kansas and Missouri for another 15 year period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act

Bill: 117-hr-5210
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Supporting Children of the National Guard and Reserve Act

 
This bill strikes
 on active duty
 from a statute related to the military student identifier program. (This language was stricken from the statute by P.L. 116-92.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that COPS grant funds may be used for local law enforcement recruits to attend schools or academies if the recruits agree to serve in precincts of law enforcement agencies in their communities.

Bill: 117-hr-5211
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Justice
Employment and training programs
Higher education
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 
This bill allows funds under the Community Oriented Policing Services grant program to be used to provide training to recruits who agree to serve in law enforcement agencies in their communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Improving Oversight of Women Veterans’ Care Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5212
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Improving Oversight of Women Veterans' Care Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to submit an annual report on women veterans' access to gender-specific services under arrangements entered into by the VA with non-VA medical providers for the provision of hospital care or medical services.
 
The bill also requires the VA to establish a policy under which (1) the environment of care standards and inspections at VA medical centers include specified elements, and (2) no medical center is eligible for a five-star rating unless it meets the environment of care standards.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Justice Involved Veterans Support Act

Bill: 117-hr-5213
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Justice Involved Veterans Support Act

 
This bill directs the Department of Justice, in consultation with the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish a pilot program to improve documentation of whether inmates of state prisons and local jails are veterans.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit expenditures from health savings accounts, flexible spending arrangements, and health reimbursement arrangements for dietary supplements.

Bill: 117-hr-5214
Sponsor: Rep. Curtis, John R. [R-UT-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 
This bill allows expenditures from health savings accounts and flexible spending and health reimbursement arrangements for dietary supplements (i.e., products, other than tobacco, intended to supplement the diet that bear or contain either vitamins, minerals, herbs or other botanicals, or an amino acid, and are labeled as dietary supplements).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Social Security Stabilization and Enhancement Act

Bill: 117-hr-5215
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Social Security Stabilization and Enhancement Act

 
This bill increases benefits and certain taxes related to the Social Security program.
 
Changes to benefits include (1) increasing the primary insurance amount for certain beneficiaries; (2) revising the method of calculating cost-of-living adjustments; (3) establishing a new minimum benefit for certain low earners; and (4) allowing certain children of retired, deceased, or disabled workers to receive benefits until age 22 if they are a full-time student.
 
Changes to taxes include increasing the net investment income tax for certain taxpayers and extending payroll taxes on wages, salaries, and self-employment earnings to income above $250,000. Under current law, the maximum amount subject to the Social Security payroll tax is $142,800 for 2021.
 
The bill also combines the existing Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a single Social Security Trust Fund.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act

Bill: 117-hr-5216
Sponsor: Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Athletes
Child health
Child safety and welfare
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Health promotion and preventive care
Neurological disorders
School administration
School athletics
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act

 
This bill conditions each state's receipt of federal funds, beginning in FY2023, on the state's enforcement of specified minimum requirements for the prevention and treatment of concussions in school-sponsored athletics and activities.
 
Each local educational agency must develop and implement a standard plan for concussion safety and management that includes (1) the education of students, parents, and school personnel about concussions; (2) specified supports for each student recovering from a concussion; and (3) best practices designed to ensure the uniformity of safety standards, treatment, and management. 
 
Each public school must post on school grounds and publish on the school website specified information about concussions. 
 
If any public school personnel suspects that a student has sustained a concussion during a school-sponsored activity, the student must be immediately removed from participation in that activity and prohibited from participating in any school-sponsored athletic activities until the student submits a written release from a health care professional. Furthermore, the school personnel must report all available information regarding the injury to a concussion management team that will confirm and report details of the injury to the student's parents.
 
The school's concussion management team shall consult with and make recommendations to relevant school personnel and the student to ensure that the student is receiving the appropriate academic supports. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Federal Acquisition E-Commerce Fairness and Competition Act

Bill: 117-hr-5217
Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Federal Acquisition E-Commerce Fairness and Competition Act

 
This bill requires the General Services Administration (GSA) to expand the testing program for e-commerce portal models.
 
Specifically, the GSA must (1) expand the proof-of-concept testing program by testing at least three commercial e-commerce portal models, including the E-Commerce Model, the E-Procurement Model, and the E-Marketplace Model (as described in a GSA implementation plan published in March 2018), to ensure that such program is representative of available commercial e-commerce portal models that qualify for the program; and (2) report to Congress.
 
The GSA must ensure that a commercial e-commerce portal provider awarded a contract that is owned or controlled by a person or entity with a market capitalization greater than $600 billion at any time in the two years preceding this bill's enactment (e.g., Amazon) does not sell products through the commercial e-commerce portal that compete with products sold by any third-party supplier through such portal.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Collaborate in an Orderly and Cohesive Manner Act

Bill: 117-hr-5218
Sponsor: Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Collaborate in an Orderly and Cohesive Manner Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to award grants for implementing and evaluating specified models of care that integrate the delivery of behavioral health and primary care services.
 
Specifically, HHS must award grants to primary care providers for the initial costs (e.g., hiring staff) of implementing such models. In awarding the grants, HHS must prioritize recipients that provide care to medically underserved populations and in areas where the prevalence of behavioral health conditions exceeds the national average. HHS must also provide additional incentive payments to recipients that use appropriate billing codes and quality measures for behavioral health services.
 
In addition, HHS must award grants to national and regional organizations for providing technical assistance to health care providers and systems to improve implementation of integrated behavioral health and primary care models.
 
Furthermore, HHS may direct its agencies to expand efforts to evaluate current and emerging integrated behavioral health and primary care models.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Affordable Housing Equity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5219
Sponsor: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Affordable Housing Equity Act of 2021

 
This bill requires allocations through 2031 of low-income housing credit amounts for buildings designated to serve certain low-income households (i.e., aggregate household income does not exceed the greater of 30% of area median gross income, or 100% of an amount equal to the federal poverty line). The bill also increases the rate of the low-income housing credit for projects designated to serve such low-income households.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5220
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance Fairness Act of 2021

 
This bill sets out a process to enable Puerto Rico to participate as a state in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Under current law, a state receives SNAP funding based on the number of participating households in the state whereas Puerto Rico receives a block grant to fund its nutrition assistance programs instead of participating in SNAP.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
Closing the College Hunger Gap Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5222
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

Closing the College Hunger Gap Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to collect data on the food and housing insecurity of college students. 
 
Specifically, ED must add questions that measure rates of food and housing insecurity to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study. In addition, ED must collect data on student eligibility under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
 
ED must also provide students with contact information for the state agency that administers SNAP in their state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
School MEALS Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5223
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-09-10 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: 

School Modernization and Efficient Access to Lunches for Students Act of 2021 or the School MEALS Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes programs and revises requirements relating to direct certification processes for the National School Lunch Program. Direct certification allows schools to use data matching procedures to approve school meals without the need for applications for children who receive assistance under other programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).
 
Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Agriculture to provide grants and technical assistance for states and tribal organizations to improve their direct certification processes, including with respect to children who receive assistance under a food distribution program on Indian reservations.
 
The bill also expands the time frame for schools to elect and gather eligibility data for the Community Eligibility Provision that permits schools in high-poverty areas to serve free meals to all enrolled students without the need for applications.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-10
text: Introduced in House