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NOPEC

Bill: 117-hr-2393
Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance
Subjects: Competition and antitrust
Energy prices
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Government liability
Jurisdiction and venue
Oil and gas
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act of 2021 or NOPEC 

 
This bill prohibits a foreign state from engaging in collective action impacting the market, supply, price, or distribution of oil, natural gas, or any other petroleum product in the U.S. Specifically, a foreign state is prohibited from
 
 
collective action that limits the production or distribution of such product, 
 
collective action to set or maintain the price of such product, or 
 
any other action that restrains trade of such product. 
 
 
Specified defenses such as sovereign immunity (i.e., a foreign state's immunity from the jurisdiction of U.S. courts) and the act of state doctrine (i.e., the prohibition of a court invalidating an official act of a foreign sovereign performed within its own territory) shall not apply to a foreign state's violation of this bill. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Ordered to be Reported.
action_date: 2021-04-20
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Climate Justice Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2394
Sponsor: Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Air quality
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Congressional oversight
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Performance measurement
Poverty and welfare assistance
Public participation and lobbying
Racial and ethnic relations
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Climate Justice Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the President to establish a Climate Justice Working Group that must advise federal entities on a just and equitable transition towards a clean, climate-resilient, and zero-emission economy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Ensuring Safe Disposal of Coal Ash Act

Bill: 117-hr-2396
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Air quality
Coal
Electric power generation and transmission
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Intergovernmental relations
Licensing and registrations
Pollution liability
Public participation and lobbying
Solid waste and recycling
State and local government operations
Water quality
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Ensuring Safe Disposal of Coal Ash Act

 
This bill updates the requirements related to state permit programs for the regulation of coal combustion residuals units, as administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 
Specifically, the EPA must revise its regulations related to approved state programs for regulating coal combustion residuals units to include any criteria necessary to protect human health and the environment, including the health of vulnerable or disproportionately exposed subpopulations. The regulation revisions must include specified requirements, for example, requiring meaningful public participation in the issuance and renewal of all permits or other prior approvals.
 
The EPA must promulgate regulations that (1) set forth minimum requirements for state and federal coal combustion residuals permit programs, and (2) require owners of closed coal combustion residuals disposal sites to identify the locations of such sites and record the information in the public record to ensure that the locations are known and can be located in the future.
 
Under the bill, the EPA must also
 
 
implement a requirement for a public hearing in the approval process for establishing a state permit program;
 
review state permit programs at least once every 5 years (the current requirement is once every 12 years);
 
review such programs not later than one year after it revises applicable criteria for federal regulations related to coal combustion residuals units; and
 
include a reasonable period of time, not to exceed 180 days, for a state to correct deficiencies with respect to its permit program.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Protection from Cumulative Emissions and Underenforcement of Environmental Law Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2397
Sponsor: Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality
Atmospheric science and weather
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental health
Environmental regulatory procedures
Fires
Floods and storm protection
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Government information and archives
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Poverty and welfare assistance
Racial and ethnic relations
Solid waste and recycling
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Protection from Cumulative Emissions and Underenforcement of Environmental Law Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the cumulative public health risks associated with multiple environmental stressors and recommend measures to reduce the number of violations of environmental law in certain environmental justice communities. 
Environmental justice communities
 are communities with significant representation of communities of color, low-income communities, or tribal and indigenous communities that experience, or are at risk of experiencing, higher or more adverse human health or environmental effects, as compared to other communities.
 
In addition, the EPA must publish and implement a proposal for a protocol that assesses and addresses the cumulative public health risks associated with multiple environmental stressors, such as impacts associated with global climate change.
 
Further, the EPA must identify at least 100 communities that (1) are environmental justice communities; and (2) have had more environmental law violations than the national average, as determined by the EPA. The EPA must then identify the causes of the violations, identify measures to reduce the number of violations, and implement such measures.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Broadband Speed Act

Bill: 117-hr-2398
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Business records
Civil actions and liability
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Broadband Speed Act

 
This bill establishes a reporting requirement for all broadband internet service providers and a capacity requirement for providers that use federal funds to construct new broadband infrastructure.
 
Specifically, the bill requires an internet service provider to report the actual speed of the broadband it provides consumers, and it establishes a fine for any provider that has willfully or knowingly provided false data about the speed it is capable of offering. Additionally, the bill requires any new broadband infrastructure built using funds awarded under federal universal service support programs to provide service of at least 100 megabits per second. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Community Navigator Reporting Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2399
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Economic development
Performance measurement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Community Navigator Reporting Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Small Business Administration to report annually on the performance and effectiveness of the Community Navigator pilot program, which was established to improve access to assistance programs and resources for small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019). 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Community Broadband Mapping Act

Bill: 117-hr-2400
Sponsor: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Educational technology and distance education
Government information and archives
Health technology, devices, supplies
Infrastructure development
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Rural conditions and development
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Community Broadband Mapping Act

 
This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service to award telecommunications grants to local governments, electric and telephone cooperatives, economic development and community groups, and small internet providers for collecting local broadband service information.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
action_date: 2021-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Community Outpost Outreach and Engagement Act

Bill: 117-hr-2401
Sponsor: Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Crime prevention
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Health care coverage and access
Housing and community development funding
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Community Outpost Outreach and Engagement Act

 
This bill authorizes the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to make grants for establishing and operating community outpost houses to provide long-term stabilization in the relationship of law enforcement and the community.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2402
Sponsor: Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Indian lands and resources rights
Iowa
Land transfers
Nebraska

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Winnebago Land Transfer Act of 

2021

 This bill takes specified lands in Iowa into trust for the benefit of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The land is made part of the tribe's reservation.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To amend the Labor Management Relations Act to prohibit neutrality agreements, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2403
Sponsor: Rep. Good, Bob [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Labor-management relations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 
This bill prohibits employers from providing assistance to their employees who are in the process of exercising the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Cesar Chavez Commemorative Coin Act

Bill: 117-hr-2404
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Currency
Historical and cultural resources
Labor-management relations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
Smithsonian Institution

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Cesar Chavez Commemorative Coin Act

 
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue 50,000 $5 gold coins, 400,000 $1 silver coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins to be emblematic of Cesar Chavez and his fight to defend the interests of American farmworkers, his birth in Yuma, Arizona, and his commitment to and work for American agricultural workers. At least one design of these coins shall include the name and likeness of Cesar Chavez.
 
Treasury may issue such coins only during a one-year period beginning on January 1, 2024.
 
All sales of coins issued under this bill shall include a surcharge as prescribed by this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Streamlining Research on Controlled Substances Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2405
Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Government studies and investigations
Licensing and registrations
Medical research

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Streamlining Research on Controlled Substances Act of 2021

 
This bill makes changes to the registration process for conducting research on controlled substances that are included in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. 
 
Among the changes, the bill does the following:
 
 
exempts from the registration requirements an agent or employee of a registered researcher, 
 
permits a single registration for contiguous research sites, and 
 
requires the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services to review and issue guidance on the processes to obtain or modify federal authorization to conduct research with controlled substances.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-04-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Electric Power Infrastructure Improvement Act

Bill: 117-hr-2406
Sponsor: Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Business expenses
Electric power generation and transmission
Income tax credits

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Electric Power Infrastructure Improvement Act

 
This bill allows a tax credit through 2031 for investment in a qualifying electric power transmission line property. The bill defines 
qualifying electric power transmission line property
 as (1) any overhead, submarine, or underground transmission facility that is capable of transmitting electricity at a voltage of not less than 275 kilovolts, has a transmission capacity of not less than 500 megawatts, is an alternating current or direct current transmission line, and delivers power produced in either a rural area or offshore; and (2) conductors or cables, or other specified equipment, necessary for the proper operation of the facility.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
Better Way for Providers To Repay Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-2407
Sponsor: Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-50]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government trust funds
Hospital care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicare

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

Better Way for Providers To Repay Act of 2021

 
This bill modifies recoupment provisions under the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment Program during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19. The program provides Medicare payments in advance to eligible providers experiencing claims or cash flow disruptions, such as during national emergencies; the program was specifically expanded in response to COVID-19 to encompass more types of providers, subject to certain recoupment and repayment provisions.
 
The bill provides for an additional 3 months before recoupment of advance payments (through claims offsets) begins, so that recoupment begins 15 months (rather than 12 months) after payments are made. The bill also applies repayments that providers have already made toward the collection of offsets for a corresponding amount of time.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-09
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
To extend the authorization for Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area.

Bill: 117-hr-2408
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [D-GA-4]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Georgia
Historic sites and heritage areas
Parks, recreation areas, trails

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 
This bill extends through October 12, 2036, the authority of the Department of the Interior to provide any assistance to the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area in Georgia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-06-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
U.S.-Israel Cooperation Expansion Act

Bill: 117-hr-2409
Sponsor: Rep. Keller, Fred [R-PA-12]
Introduced: 2021-04-08 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Arab-Israeli relations
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Europe
Hungary
International exchange and broadcasting
International organizations and cooperation
Israel
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Middle East
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: 

U.S.-Israel Cooperation Expansion Act

 
This bill states U.S. policy concerning U.S. and Israeli law enforcement training and threats to U.S. and Israeli security and embassy protection.
 
 Specifically, the bill provides that it is U.S. policy to (1) support bilateral training between U.S. and Israeli law enforcement for sharing best practices related to anti-terrorism, community policing, and managing mass casualties; and (2) continue to counter threats to U.S. and Israeli security and embassy protection posed by illicit cross-border tunneling and unmanned aerial systems.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-04-08
text: Introduced in House