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Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act

Bill: 117-hr-535
Sponsor: Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Federal Reserve System
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Securities
State and local finance
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Special Districts Provide Essential Services Act

 
This bill makes special districts eligible for the Coronavirus Relief Fund and the Municipal Liquidity Facility program.
 
Specifically, the bill makes special districts eligible for payments from amounts paid to states from any new appropriations to the fund. A special district must submit a request for payment to the state with information demonstrating that the special district has experienced or is likely to experience during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency
 
 
 reduced revenue or operational funding derived from provided services, taxes, fees, or other sources of revenue; 
 
 reduced indirect funding from the federal government, the state, or a unit of general government below the state level; or
 
 as a result of the COVID-19 emergency, increased expenditures necessary to continue operations.
 
 
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System shall include special districts as eligible issuers in the Municipal Liquidity Facility program, which was created in response to the COVID-19 emergency to buy municipal securities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E75)
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
New Way Forward Act

Bill: 117-hr-536
Sponsor: Rep. Garcia, Jesus G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Criminal procedure and sentencing
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Due process and equal protection
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Judges
Judicial procedure and administration
Judicial review and appeals
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mental health
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

New Way Forward Act

 
This bill makes changes to immigration enforcement, including ending mandatory detention in certain cases.
 
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall not enter into or extend any contract with any public or private for-profit entity to own or operate a facility to detain aliens in DHS custody. 
 
The bill provides for various protections related to detaining aliens, such as (1) requiring DHS to make an initial custody determination and establish probable cause within 48 hours of taking an alien into custody, (2) establishing in hearings related to such determinations a presumption that the alien be released, and (3) requiring immigration judges to impose the least restrictive detention conditions necessary.
 
A DHS officer may not interrogate a person as to immigration status based on factors such as the person's race, religion, sexual orientation, or spoken language. 
 
The bill removes mandatory detention requirements for certain aliens, such as asylum seekers with a credible fear of persecution. 
 
Removal proceedings against certain aliens previously admitted into the United States must commence within five years of the alien becoming deportable or inadmissible. The bill also removes certain crime-related grounds of inadmissibility and deportability. 
 
The bill gives immigration judges discretion to provide relief from removal if the removal is not based on certain crime-related grounds.
 
State or local officers are prohibited from performing certain immigration enforcement functions, such as apprehending aliens. The National Crime Information Center database shall not contain an alien's immigration information.
 
The bill repeals provisions providing criminal penalties for improper entry or reentry into the United States.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

Bill: 117-hr-537
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Administrative remedies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Social Security Administration
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Supplemental Security Income Equality Act
 
This bill extends the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. This is a federal program designed to help aged, blind, and disabled individuals with limited income and resources meet basic needs. When Congress created the SSI program in 1972, it excluded these territories. 
The Social Security Administration may waive or modify statutory requirements relating to the provision of benefits as necessary to adapt the SSI program to each territory. 
This bill also eliminates a limit on payments from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and other Department of Health and Human Services programs to the territories.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Downwinders Parity Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-538
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Law
Subjects: Arizona
Cancer
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Government liability
Labor and Employment
Nevada
Nuclear weapons
Radiation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Downwinders Parity Act of 2021

 
This bill expands a program that compensates individuals who were exposed to radiation from atmospheric nuclear testing and subsequently developed specified cancers. It also extends for five additional years the Radiation Exposure Compensation Trust Fund.
 
Under current law, the program compensates, among others, individuals who were present in a designated geographic area during a period of nuclear testing. The bill expands that area to include all parts of Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona. Current law restricts eligibility to certain parts of those counties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-540
Sponsor: Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-10]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Child care and development
Congressional oversight
Education programs funding
Higher education
Indian social and development programs
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Child Care Workforce and Facilities Act of 2021

 
 This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide states and tribal entities with grants to increase access to licensed child care services.
 
 The grants may be used to develop and expand the child care workforce or child care facilities in locations with insufficient available child care. Specifically, grants cover 50% of the cost of programs to support the education and training of caregivers or projects to build, expand, or renovate child care facilities in these areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-541
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Abortion
Family planning and birth control
Health facilities and institutions
Health programs administration and funding
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 

2021

 
This bill restricts federal funding for Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc. or any of its affiliates or clinics for one year.
 
Specifically, it prohibits funding those entities unless they certify that the affiliates and clinics will not perform, and will not provide funds to entities that perform, abortions during that year. If the certification requirement is not met, the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture must recoup any federal assistance received by those entities.
 
However, the bill's funding restriction does not apply to abortions performed in cases of rape or incest or when necessary to resolve a physical condition that endangers a woman's life.
 
The bill also provides additional funding for community health centers for the one-year period. These funds are subject to the same abortion-related restrictions and exceptions.


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
Save Education Jobs Act

Bill: 117-hr-542
Sponsor: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments
Adoption and foster care
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Congressional oversight
Education of the disadvantaged
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Employee hiring
Government information and archives
Higher education
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Licensing and registrations
Minority education
Preschool education
Special education
Student aid and college costs
Teaching, teachers, curricula
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Save Education Jobs Act

 
This bill establishes through FY2030 the Education Jobs Fund, from which the Department of Education (ED) must award grants to state educational agencies and, through them, subgrants to local educational agencies (LEAs) to retain and create education jobs. ED must also provide grants to outlying areas and the Bureau of Indian Education.
 
Specifically, LEAs must use subgrants for compensation and benefits to retain existing employees, rehire former employees, and hire new employees. Further, subgrants may be used for certain activities such as training and professional development, providing salary increases to cover extended days or school years to make up for lost instructional time due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), and developing teacher leadership roles in high-need schools.
 
The bill prohibits the use of subgrants for certain activities, such as funding voucher programs, tax-credit scholarships, or education savings accounts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
POWER Act

Bill: 117-hr-543
Sponsor: Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Coal
Forests, forestry, trees
Land use and conservation
Licensing and registrations
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Metals
Mining
Oil and gas
Strategic materials and reserves

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources Act or the POWER Act

 
This bill requires the President and federal agencies to obtain the approval of Congress before prohibiting or substantially delaying certain new energy or mineral leases or permits on federal lands, including oil and gas leases, coal leases, hard rock leases, or critical minerals leases.
 
In addition, the President and agencies must obtain the approval of Congress before withdrawing certain federal lands from mineral and geothermal leasing activities.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
action_date: 2021-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H367)
action_date: 2021-01-28
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: 2021-01-28
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: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-544
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Arctic Ocean
Arctic and polar regions
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Mining
Oil and gas

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act of 2021

 
This bill prohibits the Department of the Interior from issuing or renewing a lease or any other authorization for the exploration, development, or production of oil, natural gas, or any other mineral in the Arctic Ocean, including the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea Planning Areas.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
No Congressional Gun Loophole Act

Bill: 117-hr-545
Sponsor: Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Firearms and explosives
Government Operations and Politics
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Members of Congress
Motor vehicles
U.S. Capitol

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

No Congressional Gun Loophole Act

 
This bill prohibits the Capitol Police Board from allowing Members of Congress or their staff to carry firearms on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol or in its buildings. Members and their staff may store firearms in their cars in Capitol complex garages if their possession complies with the firearms laws of the District of Columbia and the firearms are locked with gun locks while on the complex. 
 
Current board regulations allow Members of Congress to keep firearms in their offices; the regulations also allow Members and their staff to transport unloaded and securely wrapped firearms within the Capitol grounds. Firearms are prohibited inside the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, as well as in adjacent lobbies and cloakrooms, the galleries, the Marble Room of the Senate, and the Rayburn Room of the House, unless approved by the Sergeants at Arms for security purposes.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

Bill: 117-hr-546
Sponsor: Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Evidence and witnesses
Lawyers and legal services
Right of privacy
Telephone and wireless communication

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from monitoring the contents of a privileged electronic communication between an incarcerated person and his or her legal representative.

action_date: 2021-02-24
text: 

Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act

 
This bill prohibits the Department of Justice from monitoring the contents of a privileged electronic communication between an incarcerated person and his or her legal representative.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-25
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 11 (Roll no. 36). (text: 02/23/2020 CR H557-558)
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 414 - 11 (Roll no. 36).(text: 02/23/2020 CR H557-558)
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H610-611)
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 546.
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H557-560)
action_date: 2021-02-23
text: Ms. Jackson Lee moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
DIRECT Act

Bill: 117-hr-547
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Meat
Retail and wholesale trades
State and local government operations

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions Act or the
 
DIRECT Act

 
This bill allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold by retail stores, restaurants, or similar retail-type establishments over the internet and shipped by a carrier in commerce (other than for export to a foreign country), provided the meat and poultry products so inspected are shipped directly to household consumers and in normal retail quantities. (Under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.)


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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
Fast Track Advanced Apprenticeships Now Act

Bill: 117-hr-548
Sponsor: Rep. Kim, Andy [D-NJ-3]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Department of Labor
Employment and training programs
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

Fast Track Advanced Apprenticeships Now Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Labor to make a determination on whether to approve an application for certain occupations as apprenticeable occupations within 45 days after its receipt or else provide the applicant with a written explanation for the delay and offer an estimated timeline for a determination within 90 days after the explanation.
 
Furthermore, Labor must convene&#8212;on an ongoing basis and take into consideration recommendations of the National Advisory Committee on Apprenticeships&#8212;certain industry sector leaders and experts to establish or update specific frameworks of industry-recognized occupational standards for current and potential apprenticeable occupations that (1) meet federal regulations governing safety and health standards and equal employment opportunity in apprenticeships; and (2) describe program scope and length, related instructions, on-the-job training, recognized postsecondary credentials, and competencies, and relevant timelines for review of such frameworks.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
STOP Bullying Act

Bill: 117-hr-549
Sponsor: Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
Introduced: 2021-01-28 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
State and local government operations
Teaching, teachers, curricula

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: 

STOP Bullying Act

 
This bill requires the Department of Education to make grants for each state to establish a task force to study, address, and reduce bullying in elementary and secondary schools.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-28
text: Introduced in House