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21st Century NICS Act

Bill: 117-hr-1518
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Criminal justice information and records
Firearms and explosives
Government information and archives

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

21st Century NICS Act

 
This bill modifies procedures for conducting firearms-related background checks through the national instant criminal background check system (NICS). 
 
Specifically, it permits the NICS to query an additional database&#8212;the National Data Exchange&#8212;as part of a firearm-related background check.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Highway Restoration Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1519
Sponsor: Rep. Rice, Tom [R-SC-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Government trust funds
Public transit
Roads and highways
Taxation
Transportation programs funding

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Highway Restoration Act of 2021

 
This bill provides for a phaseout of the Mass Transit Account by the end of FY2025. Beginning in FY2026, no funds will be transferred to the account from the Highway Trust Fund. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care Act

Bill: 117-hr-1520
Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Health care costs and insurance
Health care coverage and access
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Prescription drugs
Veterans' medical care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Veterans Access to Direct Primary Care Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to implement a five-year pilot program to provide eligible veterans with the option to receive primary care services from a non-VA health care provider under a direct primary care service arrangement through the use of a veteran health savings account. Eligible veterans are those enrolled in the VA health care system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
FINISH Act

Bill: 117-hr-1521
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Performance measurement
Public-private cooperation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Fund for Innovation and Success in Higher Education Act or the FINISH Act

 
This bill establishes and revises programs to increase access to higher education for high-need students, increase their graduation rates, improve the efficiency of postsecondary education, and evaluate higher education programs.
 
Specifically, the bill authorizes the Department of Education to
 
 
award grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) and other entities to develop and implement evidence-based innovations, including pay-for-success initiatives, in order to improve postsecondary access and increase graduation rates of high-need students;
 
approve up to five pay-for-success pilot initiatives each fiscal year to allow IHEs and private entities to use grants for improvement of student outcomes; and
 
independently evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of all higher education grant programs.
 
 
The bill also encourages IHEs to make all forms of postsecondary instructional content, including open educational resources (e.g., textbooks), widely available. Open educational resources either reside in the public domain or have been released under a copyright license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

Bill: 117-hr-1522
Sponsor: Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Caribbean area
Congressional districts and representation
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Puerto Rico
State and local government operations
U.S. territories and protectorates

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

 
This bill establishes a process for the admission of Puerto Rico into the union as a state, on an equal footing with all other states, based on a majority vote of the people of Puerto Rico.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-16
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-04-14
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Modern Worker Empowerment Act

Bill: 117-hr-1523
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor standards

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Modern Worker Empowerment Act

 
This bill requires the use of common law rules for defining an 
employee
 under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Generally, an individual is an employee under common law rules when an employer controls what work will be done and how it will be done, among other factors.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

Bill: 117-hr-1524
Sponsor: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations
Intergovernmental relations
Nuclear power
Radioactive wastes and releases
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from using the Nuclear Waste Fund for certain expenditures involving repositories for disposing of spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive waste. Specifically, DOE may not use the fund to pay for disposal in a repository or planning, construction, or operation of a repository unless DOE has entered into an agreement with the state in which the repository is located and with affected local governments and Indian tribes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
DIGITAL Applications Act

Bill: 117-hr-1525
Sponsor: Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Land use and conservation
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Deploying Infrastructure with Greater Internet Transactions And Legacy Applications Act or the DIGITAL Applications Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior to establish online portals for the acceptance, processing, and disposal of a Form 299. Form 299 is the application form for the right to install, construct, modify, or maintain a communications facility on federal real property. 
 
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration must publish links to each portal on its website. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
American Flag Production Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1526
Sponsor: Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Buy American requirements
National symbols
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

American Flag Production Act of 2021

 
This bill subjects a person to a fine if the person purchases a U.S. flag that is not 100% domestically made. Federal agencies are prohibited from purchasing such a flag.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1527
Sponsor: Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Employment and training programs
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Human trafficking
Law enforcement administration and funding
Sex offenses

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Homeland Security Investigations Victim Assistance Act of 2021

 
This bill provides statutory authority for a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement program that assists victims of human trafficking, child sexual exploitation, and other crimes. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
VOTER ID Act

Bill: 117-hr-1529
Sponsor: Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional elections
Disability and health-based discrimination
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Postal service

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Verification and Oversight for Transparent Elections, Registration, and Identifications Act or the VOTER ID Act

 
This bill requires states to conduct post-election audits of federal elections and attest to the integrity and security of voting procedures in those elections.
 
Specifically, states must conduct a post-election audit after each federal election. The audit must include the accuracy of voting systems used in the election and an assessment of state compliance with applicable election laws and procedures, including those governing the requirements for voter identification and use of mail-in voting.
 
The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) must develop best practices for conducting post-election audits, including recommendations to (1) conduct an audit using a bipartisan entity, and (2) complete an audit within 30 days after the state certifies the results of a congressional election.
 
Additionally, states must attest to the integrity and security of their voter identification procedures and maintenance of voter registration lists.
 
States must submit to the EAC, and make publicly available on their websites, these audit results and attestations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act

Bill: 117-hr-1530
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Public participation and lobbying

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Lobbyist Loophole Closure Act

 
This bill broadens the scope of lobbying activities that trigger lobbyist registration and disclosure requirements. 
 
Specifically, it expands lobbying activities to include legislative, political, and strategic counseling services.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
Adoption Information Act

Bill: 117-hr-1531
Sponsor: Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
Introduced: 2021-03-02 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Adoption and foster care
Family planning and birth control
Government information and archives
Health information and medical records
Health programs administration and funding
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: 

Adoption Information Act

 
This bill requires federally funded family planning programs to provide each person who inquires about their services with specified information about adoption centers in their state. The Department of Health and Human Services must provide the programs with pamphlets containing the required information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-02
text: Introduced in House
COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan Relief Act

Bill: 117-hr-1533
Sponsor: Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business investment and capital
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Small business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan Relief Act

 
This bill extends the deferment of a borrower's payments on an economic injury disaster loan taken in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) from one year to two years from the date on which the loan is made.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-1534
Sponsor: Rep. Cloud, Michael [R-TX-27]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Emergency Management
Subjects: Disaster relief and insurance
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Firearms and explosives
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Retail and wholesale trades
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Protecting the Right to Keep and Bear Arms Act of 2021
 
 
This bill prohibits (1) the President or the Department of Health and Human Services from declaring emergencies or disasters for the purpose of imposing gun control; and (2) a federal officer or employee, or person operating under color of federal law, from banning the manufacture, sale, or transfer of firearms or ammunition while acting in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Foreign Influence Transparency Act

Bill: 117-hr-1535
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Art, artists, authorship
Asia
China
Congressional oversight
Cultural exchanges and relations
General science and technology matters
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
International exchange and broadcasting
International organizations and cooperation
Performing arts
Public participation and lobbying
Religion
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Foreign Influence Transparency Act

 
This bill addresses foreign influence in higher education and in certain other academic, religious, and artistic pursuits.
 
Current law exempts from foreign agent registration requirements a person engaging in activities in furtherance of religious, scholastic, academic, or scientific pursuits or of the fine arts. The bill specifies that this exemption applies only to those activities that do not promote the political agenda of a foreign government.
 
 Under current law, an institution of higher education (IHE) must disclose to the Department of Education (ED) a gift or contract that is from a foreign source and is valued at $250,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts from or contracts with the foreign source. The bill instead requires an IHE to disclose such a gift or contract that is valued at $50,000 or more, considered alone or in combination with all other gifts or contracts. An IHE must include in its disclosure report the contents of any such contract and make the contents available for public disclosure.
 
Additionally, an IHE that enters into an agreement with a Confucius Institute (i.e., a cultural institute directly or indirectly funded by the Chinese government) must immediately make available the full text of the agreement to the public, ED, and Congress.
 
Finally, the bill prohibits an IHE that does not comply with these disclosure requirements from enrolling foreign students under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House
Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act

Bill: 117-hr-1536
Sponsor: Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
Introduced: 2021-03-03 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Higher education
Military personnel and dependents
National Guard and reserves
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: 

Improving College Affordability for our Guard and Reserve Act

 
This bill authorizes all members of the Armed Forces&mdash;including reservists or those in the National Guard and regardless of their duty status&mdash;to claim independent student status when applying for federal financial aid. Currently, active duty service members and veterans of the Armed Forces may claim such independent student status. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-03-03
text: Introduced in House