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Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-483
Sponsor: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Agricultural education
Asia
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Fires
First responders and emergency personnel
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Inflation and prices
Law enforcement officers
Licensing and registrations
Philippines
Student aid and college costs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: 

Heroes Lesley Zerebny and Gilbert Vega First Responders Survivors Support Act of 2021

 
This bill makes changes to benefits under the Public Safety Officers' Benefits (PSOB) program. The PSOB program provides death, disability, and education benefits to public safety officers and survivors of public safety officers who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty.
 
Specifically, the bill modifies the program to (1) increase the death and disability benefit, (2) revise the date of determination for the amount of the death and disability benefit, and (3) increase the monthly education assistance benefit and otherwise revise the computation method for such benefit.
 
The bill also directs the Government Accountability Office to examine and identify ways to improve access to benefits and the processing of claims under the program. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Kobe Bryant & Gianna Bryant Helicopter Safety Act

Bill: 117-hr-486
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Aviation and airports
Department of Transportation
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: 

Kobe Bryant & Gianna Bryant Helicopter Safety Act

 
This bill directs the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to issue regulations to implement National Transportation Safety Board recommendations for crash-resistant systems with respect to existing and new U.S.-registered turbine-powered rotorcraft (e.g., a helicopter) certificated for six or more passenger seats.
 
Specifically, the FAA must require all U.S.-registered turbine-powered rotorcraft certificated for six or more passenger seats to be equipped with a flight data recorder, a cockpit voice recorder, and a terrain awareness and warning system.
 
The FAA may exempt any civilian helicopter from one or more of the equipment requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
RESET for America’s Future Act

Bill: 117-hr-487
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Computers and information technology
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employment and training programs
Food assistance and relief
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation costs
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: 

Revitalize and Expand SNAP Education and Training for America's Future Act or
 
the 

RESET for America's Future Act

 
This bill increases federal reimbursement for certain state employment and training programs under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program).
 
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) must issue certain guidelines that permit a state to submit for full and expedited federal reimbursement of any costs incurred through SNAP employment and training programs that meet certain criteria (e.g., programs with proven positive outcomes), with no match requirement.
 
USDA must temporarily reimburse each state 100% of costs incurred in connection with transportation costs and other expenses related to participation in such programs through the end of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency or two years, whichever is later. It must also reimburse each state 100% of costs incurred to build, modernize, or improve state and local data systems related to SNAP employment and training programs.
 
Further, USDA must commission a thorough national assessment of its SNAP employment and training programs to develop a strategy for continuous improvement to the programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department Operations.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Saving America’s Mines Act

Bill: 117-hr-488
Sponsor: Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Mining

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: 

Saving America's Mines Act

 
This bill bars the President, the Department of the Interior, or the Department of Agriculture from declaring a moratorium on or reversing any existing lease, permit, or claim, for the mining and extraction of any critical mineral or common varieties of sand, stone, and gravel on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management land unless specifically authorized by statute or upon the lessee, permittee, or claimant's failure to comply with any of the provisions of its agreement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Rural Access to Care Act

Bill: 117-hr-489
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Health and Human Services
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Hospital care
Medicare
Public participation and lobbying
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: 

Protecting Rural Access to Care Act

 
This bill limits the scope of guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the secondary road criteria for Medicare critical access hospitals (CAHs).
 
Currently, in order to qualify as a CAH under Medicare, a hospital must either (1) be located more than 35 miles (15 miles in mountainous regions or areas with only secondary roads) from another hospital, or (2) have been certified prior to January 1, 2006, by the state as a necessary provider of services in the area. 
 
The CMS issued guidance on July 31, 2015, that provided more detail as to the differences between primary and secondary roads for purposes of CAH certification. The bill specifies that this guidance does not apply to CAHs that were certified prior to July 31, 2015, and that these CAHs are instead subject to the standards that were in place before the guidance was issued. Ongoing CAH certifications are also subject to pre-guidance standards until the CMS issues new guidance after a specified public comment period.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
California New River Restoration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-491
Sponsor: Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-51]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology
California
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Floods and storm protection
International organizations and cooperation
Lakes and rivers
Latin America
Mexico
Outdoor recreation
Water quality
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: 

California New River Restoration Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a California New River restoration program for the New River. The river starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows north into the United States through Calexico, passes through the Imperial Valley, and drains into the Salton Sea.
 
In carrying out the program, the EPA must implement projects, plans, and initiatives for the New River supported by the California-Mexico Border Relations Council and provide grants and technical assistance for coordinating restoration and protection activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on 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: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act

Bill: 117-hr-492
Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Family services
Low- and moderate-income housing
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: 

Supporting Veteran Families in Need Act

 
This bill permanently extends the authorization for the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alirio Palacios Gamez, Hilda Veronica Ramirez Mendez, and Jayro Ivan Juarez Ramirez.

Bill: 117-hr-493
Sponsor: Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Provides for the relief of Alirio Palacios Gamez, Hilda Veronica Ramirez Mendez, and Jayro Ivan Juarez Ramirez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Enrique Soriano and Areli Soriano.

Bill: 117-hr-494
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Provides for the relief of Enrique Soriano and Areli Soriano.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Alejandra Juarez.

Bill: 117-hr-495
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2021-01-25 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Provides for the relief of Alejandra Juarez.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-25
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the use of funds to seek membership in the World Health Organization or to provide assessed or voluntary contributions to the World Health Organization.

Bill: 117-hr-497
Sponsor: Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Asia
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
China
Congressional oversight
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Foreign aid and international relief
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infectious and parasitic diseases
International organizations and cooperation
Iran
Middle East
North Korea
Political parties and affiliation
Rule of law and government transparency
Syria
Taiwan
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds to seek U.S. membership in the World Health Organization (WHO), or to make contributions to the WHO, until the President makes certain certifications to Congress. 
 
Specifically, the prohibition shall apply until the President certifies that the WHO (1) has adopted reforms to ensure that humanitarian assistance is not politicized; (2) is not under the control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and is not involved in a cover-up of the CCP's response to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic; (3) has granted observer status to Taiwan; (4) does not divert humanitarian or medical supplies to Iran, North Korea, or Syria; and (5) has put in place mechanisms to increase transparency and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Rural Equal Aid Act

Bill: 117-hr-498
Sponsor: Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Banking and financial institutions regulation
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Solid waste and recycling
Water quality
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Rural Equal Aid Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to pay the principal, interest, and any associated fees owed on loans made under certain rural development loan programs for a nine-month period.
 
A single monthly payment of principal, interest, and associated fees with respect to a loan in the last three months of the nine-month period must not exceed $9,000.
 
USDA must also encourage the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and state bank regulators to not require lenders to increase their reserves on account of receiving such payments made by USDA. USDA must waive statutory limits on maximum loan maturities for certain loan durations where the lender provides a deferral and extends the maturity of such loans and, when necessary to provide more time because of difficulties during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, extend lender site visit requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-499
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Bank accounts, deposits, capital
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Income tax exclusion
Military personnel and dependents
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 

2021

 
This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to provide children with parents on active duty in the uniformed services with funds to pay educational expenses.
 
Specifically, ED must establish a tax-exempt Military Education Savings Account for dependent children of parents in the uniformed services for the payment of the children's educational expenses. Funds in the savings account may be used for specified purposes, including the cost of attendance at a private elementary or secondary school or institution of higher education, private tutoring, or costs associated with an apprenticeship or other vocational training program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
To prohibit the rescission, suspension, or revision of certain regulations that govern the Title X family planning program.

Bill: 117-hr-500
Sponsor: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Assault and harassment offenses
Child health
Department of Health and Human Services
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family planning and birth control
Health programs administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
Sex offenses
Sexually transmitted diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 
This bill prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from rescinding or modifying a rule finalized on March 4, 2019, that addresses compliance with a statutory prohibition on the use of Title X family planning funds for programs where abortion is a method of family planning.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Climate Smart Ports Act

Bill: 117-hr-501
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Disability and paralysis
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Environmental health
Environmental technology
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Labor standards
Lighting, heating, cooling
Marine and inland water transportation
Military personnel and dependents
Navigation, waterways, harbors
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public contracts and procurement
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Climate Smart Ports Act

 
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program for purchasing or installing equipment and technology to reduce pollution at ports. Specifically, the grants must be used for equipment or technology that produces zero exhaust emissions of certain pollutants and greenhouse gases or captures 100% of the exhaust emissions produced by an ocean-going vessel at berth.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Medicare Dental Benefit Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-502
Sponsor: Rep. Barragan, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Dental care
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health personnel
Health promotion and preventive care
Health technology, devices, supplies
Medical research
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Medicare Dental Benefit Act of 

2021

 
This bill provides for Medicare coverage of dental and oral health services, including routine diagnostic and preventive services, basic and major dental services, and emergency care; dental prostheses are also covered. Currently, such services are excluded from Medicare coverage.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House