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Transitioning Research to Ensure Appropriate Treatment of Water Act

Bill: 117-hr-5166
Sponsor: Rep. Lamb, Conor [D-PA-17]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

TREAT Water Act or the Transitioning Research to Ensure Appropriate Treatment of Water Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a demonstration program for on-site treatment of produced water (e.g., water used to drill oil or gas wells). In carrying out the program, DOE should prioritize (1) first-of-a-kind or new approaches to treating produced water stationed on site, and (2) technologies that can be used at natural gas or oil development sites to reduce other environmental harm either through emissions or other environmental impact. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
To provide additional emergency support for older foster youth under the John H. Chafee Foster Care Program for Successful Transition to Adulthood, and extend through fiscal year 2022 certain flexibilities provided for the program by division X of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-5167
Sponsor: Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Adoption and foster care
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child safety and welfare
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Infectious and parasitic diseases

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 
This bill increases and extends through FY2022 emergency funding and extends through FY2022 certain flexibilities for states to administer foster care programs and services.
 
This includes expanding eligibility for services until a youth reaches age 27, permitting a youth who left foster care to voluntarily return to foster care, and suspending certain education and training requirements.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
WELCOMED Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5168
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Afghanistan
Asia
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

Welcoming Evacuees Coming from Overseas to Mitigate Effects of Displacement Act of 2021 or the WELCOMED Act of 2021

 
This bill makes certain individuals from Afghanistan eligible for any benefit that is available to a refugee, such as resettlement assistance.
 
 Specifically, this bill shall apply to a national of Afghanistan (or an individual with no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) who is temporarily paroled into the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit during the four-year period beginning on July 1, 2021.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5169
Sponsor: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
Appropriations
Congressional oversight
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health promotion and preventive care
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
Medicaid
Medicare
Nursing
State and local finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

Nursing Home Improvement and Accountability Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes reporting, staffing, and other quality control requirements for Medicare skilled nursing facilities and Medicaid nursing facilities.
 
For example, the bill requires facilities to have registered professional nurses available 24-7 and to provide infection control services overseen by infection preventionists at least 40 hours per week. It also establishes civil penalties for facilities that submit inaccurate reports relating to staffing data and prohibits facilities from entering into pre-dispute arbitration agreements.
 
Additionally, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must conduct additional quality control and oversight, including (1) auditing facility cost reports; (2) reviewing the quality and effectiveness of compliance surveys; and (3) establishing on-site educational programming for facilities that fail to meet applicable standards. The CMS must also establish minimum staff-to-resident ratios for nursing staff, as it determines appropriate. 
 
The bill also establishes a demonstration program to evaluate the impact of certain changes to facility design, staffing, and care coordination on the health outcomes of residents in skilled nursing facilities. Among other requirements, selected facilities must serve between 5 and 14 residents, offer private rooms, and have resident and family councils.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-09-03
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: 2021-09-03
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: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
SERVE Act

Bill: 117-hr-5170
Sponsor: Rep. Pappas, Chris [D-NH-1]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

Securing the Rights our Veterans Earned Act or the SERVE Act

 
This bill provides eligibility for specified Department of Veterans Affairs benefits to former members of the Armed Forces who were separated or discharged (honorably or otherwise) by reason of sexual orientation or gender identity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
action_date: 2021-09-20
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4552-4553)
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5171
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 
 
Freedom From Union Violence Act of 2021
 
 This bill revises the federal criminal statute commonly known as the Hobbs Act, which prohibits the obstruction of interstate commerce by robbery or extortion (or by attempting or conspiring to commit robbery or extortion). 
Currently, an extortion offense includes obtaining property of another with consent through the wrongful use of force, violence, or fear. Typically, violations are investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney's Office. 
First, this bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct by (1) eliminating the requirement that the means used to obtain property (i.e., the use of force, violence, or fear) must be wrongful, and (2) expanding extortion to include obtaining property of another by wrongful use of fear not involving force or violence. 
Second, the bill explicitly states that the maximum fine is $100,000. 
Third, the bill exempts from the federal prohibition conduct that (1) is incidental to peaceful picketing during a labor dispute, (2) consists solely of minor bodily injury or damage to property, and (3) is not part of a pattern of violent conduct or of a coordinated violent activity. A violation involving exempted conduct is subject to prosecution only by state and local authorities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act

Bill: 117-hr-5172
Sponsor: Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Conflicts and wars
Government information and archives
Military operations and strategy
Military personnel and dependents

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

Honoring Purple Heart Recipients Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Defense to include individuals who are awarded the Purple Heart after the date of the enactment of this bill on its publicly accessible website that lists individuals who are recipients of certain military awards. Under the bill, the individual or their next of kin must elect to have the individual included on the list.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security Act

Bill: 117-hr-5173
Sponsor: Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

Urban Agriculture and Community Food Security Act

 
This bill addresses Department of Agriculture programs relating to urban agricultural production.
 
Specifically, the bill
 
 
 establishes and provides funding for an urban agriculture conservation easement program for the conservation of certain private land, improved community food security, and improved access to cropland for beginning farmers or ranchers, socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers; and majority-controlled producer-based business ventures through easements or other interests in land;
 
establishes and provides funding for an urban agriculture microentrepreneur assistance program to provide loans and grants to support microentrepreneurs in the development and ongoing success of urban agriculture microenterprises; and
 
authorizes additional funding for a program that provides grants for nonprofit entities to establish and carry out community food projects.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
National Commission on United States Involvement in Afghanistan Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5174
Sponsor: Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Advisory bodies
Afghanistan
Alliances
Asia
Collective security
Conflicts and wars
Congressional oversight
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Emergency planning and evacuation
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign labor
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
Military facilities and property
Military operations and strategy
Terrorism
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

National Commission on United States Involvement in Afghanistan Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes the independent National Commission on United States Involvement in Afghanistan. The commission shall assess and report on issues related to U.S. involvement in Afghanistan since 2001, specifically (1) U.S. strategic goals and interests and whether such goals were achieved, (2) U.S. assessments of the situation and whether those assessments were accurately communicated to policymakers and the public, (3) efforts by the United States and its allies to withdraw from Afghanistan, (4) U.S. efforts to evacuate U.S. citizens and Afghan allies, and (5) recommendations for corrective measures for future foreign policy endeavors. 
 
The commission terminates 60 days after submitting its final report to Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
Incentivizing Solar Deployment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5175
Sponsor: Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

Incentivizing Solar Deployment Act of 2021

 
This bill extends the tax credit for the production of electricity from solar energy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
Local Food Production Enhancement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5176
Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

Local Food Production Enhancement Act of 2021

 
This bill increases the credit percentage of the new markets tax credit and allows such credit for farming businesses conducted in certain low-income or rural areas that are a certain distance from a large grocery store.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
SPARK Act

Bill: 117-hr-5177
Sponsor: Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7]
Introduced: 2021-09-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Families

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: 

Schools Preventing Hunger in At-Risk Kids Act or the SPARK Act

 This bill expands automatic eligibility for free school lunches and breakfasts to include children who have been placed in kinship care with a relative or family friend with the involvement of the state child welfare agency. To enroll in the program, a family must document the child's status to the appropriate local educational agency.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-03
text: Introduced in House
Truth in Employment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5178
Sponsor: Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12]
Introduced: 2021-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: 

Truth in Employment Act of 2021

 
This bill specifies that the prohibitions against unfair labor practices by employers do not require an employer to employ any person who seeks or has sought employment with the employer in furtherance of other employment or agency status.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
NET Zero Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5179
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: 

Negating 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 carbon oxide capture requirements and sets forth a special rule for determining the applicable dollar amount for the deduction of costs relating to direct air capture facilities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Green VAN Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5180
Sponsor: Rep. Beyer, Donald S., Jr. [D-VA-8]
Introduced: 2021-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: 

Green Vehicle Adoption Nationwide Act of 2021 or the Green VAN Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a new tax credit through 2031 for an amount equal to 30% of the basis of a qualified commercial electric vehicle. A
 qualified commercial electric vehicle
 must meet certain eligibility requirements, and must be mobile machinery and primarily propelled by an electric motor that draws electricity from a battery that (1) has a capacity of not less than 30 kilowatt hours, (2) is capable of being recharged from an external source of electricity, and (3) is not powered or charged by an internal combustion engine.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5181
Sponsor: Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: 

Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Act of 2021

 
This bill temporarily modifies the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2021, and before January 1, 2032. Among other provisions, the bill provides for a lower (25%) reduction of annual energy and power costs for certain energy systems, revises the maximum amount of the deduction, and allows an alternative deduction for costs relating to energy efficient retrofit building property.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
White House Accountability for Language Diversity Act

Bill: 117-hr-5182
Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
Introduced: 2021-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: 

White House Accountability for Language Diversity Act

 
This bill requires the White House and each federal agency to establish official websites in the five most commonly used languages in the United States other than English to increase accessibility. The websites must be of a similar scope and content as the English version.
 
 The President and each agency shall maintain and update the websites on a regular basis. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E953)
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Low-Income Housing Renewable Energy Credit Act

Bill: 117-hr-5183
Sponsor: Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7]
Introduced: 2021-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: 

Low-Income Housing Renewable Energy Credit Act

 
This bill increases the rate of the energy tax credit for solar facilities placed in low-income communities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
Advancing America’s Interests Act

Bill: 117-hr-5184
Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1]
Introduced: 2021-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Foreign Trade and International Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: 

Advancing America's Interests Act

 
This bill limits the ability of certain persons (e.g., patent or trademark holders) to bring complaints before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and it requires the ITC to consider the public interest when determining whether to exclude articles that are under investigation.
 
A complainant before the ITC must satisfy a domestic industry requirement obliging them to have made significant investment in the United States related to the articles that are the subject of the matter. One method to establish domestic industry is through reliance on licensing activities.
 
The bill requires a complainant attempting to demonstrate domestic industry through licensing activities to show that those activities led to the adoption and development of articles that incorporate the patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or design at issue. Further, the bill prohibits a complainant from relying upon activities by a licensee to demonstrate domestic industry unless the license leads to the adoption and development of articles that incorporate the claimed patent, copyright, trademark, mask work, or design for sale in the United States.
 
In addition, the bill requires the ITC to determine that any exclusion of articles pursuant to an investigation is in the public interest. The ITC must also identify at the beginning of an investigation whether the matter involves a dispositive issue that is appropriate for expedited initial determination and direct the assigned judge to issue such determination not later than 100 days after the investigation is instituted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
CORE Justice Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-5185
Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3]
Introduced: 2021-09-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: 

Creating Opportunities in Research for Environmental Justice Act of 2021 or the CORE Justice Act of 2021

 
This bill allows certain educational institutions a tax credit for up to 30% of amounts paid that are necessary for a qualified environmental justice program. The bill defines 
qualified environmental justice program
 as a program conducted by educational institutions that is designed to address, or improve data about, qualified environmental stressors (e.g., contaminations of air, water, soil, or food) for the primary purpose of improving health and economic outcomes of individuals residing in low-income areas or areas at risk of experiencing multiple exposures to environmental stressors.
 
The bill requires (1) the allocation of credit amounts to educational institutions over a five-year period, and (2) public disclosure of the identity of educational institutions receiving allocations and the amount of each allocation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-09-07
text: Introduced in House