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COVID–19 Vaccine Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-6282
Sponsor: Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Civil actions and liability
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government liability
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Manufacturing

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 

COVID-19 Vaccine Accountability Act

 
This bill excludes manufacturers of a mandated COVID-19 vaccine from certain liability protections that apply to manufacturers of medical countermeasures (i.e., medical products that may be used to treat, prevent, or diagnose conditions associated with emerging infectious diseases or chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents). It also retroactively limits to $10,000 the liability of the United States for a death or injury caused by a COVID-19 vaccine administered on or after January 1, 2020.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

Bill: 117-hr-6283
Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 

Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

 
This bill imposes prohibitions and requirements related to campaign contributions and expenditures from foreign sources. 
 
For example, the bill bans campaign contributions and expenditures by domestic business entities that are controlled, influenced, or owned by foreign nationals. 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Science-Based Grizzly Bear Management Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6284
Sponsor: Rep. Rosendale Sr., Matthew M. [R-MT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 

Science-Based Grizzly Bear Management Act of 2021

 
This bill directs the Department of the Interior to reissue the final rule relating to removing the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, published on June 30, 2017 (82 Fed. Reg. 30502), without regard to any other provision of statute or regulation that applies to issuance of such rule. Such reissuance shall not be subject to judicial review.
 
Interior shall issue a final rule removing the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem population of grizzly bears from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife without regard to any other provision of statute or regulation that applies to the issuance of such rule. Such issuance shall also not be subject to judicial review.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

Bill: 117-hr-6285
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 

Accelerating Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act

 
This bill revises provisions related to the required certification to the Securities and Exchange Commission by certain publicly traded companies that they are not owned or controlled by a foreign government. 
 
Under current law, a company must make this certification if the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is unable to audit specified reports because the company has retained a foreign public accounting firm not subject to inspection by the board due to a position taken by an authority in that foreign jurisdiction. Under this bill, a company must submit this certification if a position taken by any foreign government (not only the foreign government in which the firm is located) prevents inspection of the firm. 
 
Furthermore, under current law, if the board is unable to inspect the company's public accounting firm for three consecutive years, the company's securities are banned from trade on a national exchange or through other methods. The bill reduces this time to two consecutive years. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Clarifying Authority over Nicotine Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6286
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 

Clarifying Authority over Nicotine Act of 2021

 
This bill expands the statutory authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco products by amending the definition of such products.
 
Currently, the statute defines 
tobacco products
 as products intended for human consumption that are made or derived from tobacco. The bill amends the definition to also include products that contain nicotine from any source, excluding foods that only contain trace amounts of naturally occurring nicotine. 
 
Beginning 30 days after this bill's enactment, existing laws, regulations, and related FDA guidance pertaining to tobacco products shall apply to tobacco products as defined under this bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6287
Sponsor: Rep. Sherrill, Mikie [D-NJ-11]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Child care and development
Child safety and welfare
Congressional oversight
Crimes against women
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Domestic violence and child abuse
Family services
Government information and archives
Health care coverage and access
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Mental health
Vocational and technical education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 

Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2021

 
 This bill modifies definitions relating to homeless individuals and homeless children or youth as used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to verify eligibility for HUD homeless assistance programs, including the Continuum of Care program. Specifically, the bill aligns these terms with the definitions of 
homeless
 used to verify eligibility for other federal assistance programs. The definitions are also amended to increase access to federal homeless programs by homeless children, youth, and families.
 
Additionally, the community-wide homeless management information system shall be made available to the public on HUD's website.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, 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: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
To establish certain protections for members of the Armed Forces who refuse to receive vaccinations against COVID-19.

Bill: 117-hr-6288
Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Immunology and vaccination
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Military medicine
Military personnel and dependents
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
Veterans' pensions and compensation
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 
This bill requires that a discharge or dismissal of a member of the Armed Forces must be characterized as honorable in situations where the individual was discharged or dismissed solely for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
 
Such individuals may not be denied retired or retainer pay or any benefits through the Department of Defense or Department of Veterans Affairs solely on the basis that they refused to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
To provide the consent of Congress to an amendment to the Constitution of the State of New Mexico.

Bill: 117-hr-6289
Sponsor: Rep. Stansbury, Melanie Ann [D-NM-1]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 
This bill gives the consent of Congress for the amendment to the Constitution of New Mexico proposed by House Resolution 1 of the 55th Legislature of the State of New Mexico, First Session, 2021, titled
 A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to Article 12, Section 7 of the Constitution of New Mexico to Provide for Additional Annual Distributions of the Permanent School Fund for Enhanced Instruction for Students at Risk of Failure, Extending the School Year, Teacher Compensation and Early Childhood Education; Requiring Congressional Approval for Distributions for Early Childhood Education
.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Department of Defense to report to Congress on the potential integration of advanced propulsion systems into F-35 aircraft, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-6292
Sponsor: Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 
This bill requires the Department of the Air Force to report on the integration of the Adaptive Engine Transition Program propulsion system into the F-35A aircraft. Additionally, the Department of the Navy must report on the integration of an advanced propulsion system into F-35B and F-35C aircraft.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
High School Voter Empowerment Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6293
Sponsor: Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 

High School Voter Empowerment Act of 

2021

 
This bill directs states to designate public high schools as voter-registration agencies and requires public high schools to conduct annual voter-registration drives to register eligible students. The Department of Education must reimburse eligible public high schools for carrying out voter-registration drives.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, 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: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Bree’s Law

Bill: 117-hr-6294
Sponsor: Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 

Bree's Law

 
This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 certain adolescent health demonstration projects, and it changes their focus from reducing violence among minority males to reducing teen dating violence. The bill also establishes an interagency work group to examine and report on federal efforts for reducing and preventing teen dating violence.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
For the relief of Maria Merida de Macario and Firelly Airlen Rios Cano.

Bill: 117-hr-6295
Sponsor: Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2021-12-14 in the House
Subjects: Private Legislation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: 
This bill provides for the relief of Maria Merida de Macario and Firelly Airlen Rios Cano.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-14
text: Introduced in House
Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6296
Sponsor: Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Criminal justice information and records
Detention of persons
Emergency communications systems
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health information and medical records
Intergovernmental relations
Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Family Notification of Death, Injury, or Illness in Custody Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop policies and procedures for notifying next-of-kin or other emergency contacts in the event of the death, or serious illness or serious injury, of an individual in custody. 
 
The bill requires DOJ to implement the policies and procedures at its detention agencies. Further, the bill requires DOJ to distribute model policies and procedures to state, territorial, tribal, and local detention agencies. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Strategically Lowering Gas Prices Act

Bill: 117-hr-6297
Sponsor: Rep. Budd, Ted [R-NC-13]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Strategically Lowering Gas Prices Act

 
This bill prohibits, subject to certain exceptions, the Department of Energy from drawing down or selling stocks from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve at the direction of a President if that President has withdrawn federal land subject to any of the mineral leasing laws from oil and gas leasing.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Make Energy Affordable Act

Bill: 117-hr-6298
Sponsor: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Make Energy Affordable Act

 
This bill requires the President to report on the rising energy prices. In addition, the President must provide updates on residential energy price trends, impacts of energy prices on low-income households, and actions by federal agencies to mitigate energy price increases.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Protecting Our Democracy by Preventing Foreign Citizens from Voting Act

Bill: 117-hr-6299
Sponsor: Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Protecting Our Democracy by Preventing Foreign Citizens from Voting Act

 
This bill prohibits federal funds from being made available to state or local governments that allow noncitizens to vote in federal, state, or local elections.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Stopping Abortion Bounties Act

Bill: 117-hr-6300
Sponsor: Rep. Fletcher, Lizzie [D-TX-7]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Stopping Abortion Bounties Act

 
This bill imposes a 100% tax on amounts received as statutory damages under a state bounty statute. A
 bounty statute
 is a statute that authorizes a person to file a civil action and collect damages for assisting another person in exercising the right to have an abortion.
 
The bill also directs the Department of the Treasury to award a grant to any person who pays or incurs amounts under a court order resulting from a suit filed under a bounty statute, including the amount paid or incurred as statutory damages and reasonable attorney's fees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Spending Safeguard Act

Bill: 117-hr-6301
Sponsor: Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Spending Safeguard Act 

 
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish spending limits for direct spending programs that (1) are enacted or reauthorized after the enactment of this bill, and (2) do not have a specific level of authorized spending expressed as a dollar amount. 
 
The spending limits must be equal to (1) 120% of the cost of the program for defense, health, Medicare, income security, Social Security, and veterans benefits and services programs; and (2) 110% of the cost for any other program. 
 
The OMB must maintain a publicly available scorecard that displays the spending level for any program that is subject to the limits. The OMB and the President must submit specified reports to Congress comparing current spending to the limits. 
 
The bill prohibits obligations for programs that have reached the applicable spending limit. Agencies implementing programs listed on the OMB's scorecard must ensure that any contract, offer of benefits, or other material provided to program participants specifies that the program is subject to a spending limit that may impact future availability of funds to pay benefits. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Protecting the Health of America’s Older Adults Act

Bill: 117-hr-6302
Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Protecting the Health of America's Older Adults Act

 
This bill requires the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a program to promote the health and well-being of older adults.
 
To carry out the program, the CDC must, among other activities, regularly assess the health-related needs of older adults, identify disparities in outcomes of older adults based on demographic and other factors, and coordinate the efforts of federal agencies and nonfederal stakeholders with respect to the health of older adults.
 
Additionally, the CDC must award grants or enter into cooperative agreements with health departments and nonprofit community-based organizations to improve the availability of data on older adult populations, link health care and social services sectors, and undertake related efforts.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
TRICARE Equality Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6303
Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

TRICARE Equality Act
 
of 2021

 
This bill addresses the administration of Department of Defense (DOD) health care programs and benefits in Puerto Rico.
 
Specifically, the bill requires DOD to treat the administration of TRICARE Prime availability in Puerto Rico in a similar manner as a state.
 
The bill also requires DOD to ensure that, in providing travel and transportation allowances related to specialty medical treatment, individuals located in Puerto Rico are eligible to receive such allowances.
 
The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Office must coordinate with the Department of Health of Puerto Rico to share health information through the Joint Health Information Exchange.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
Stop Federal Vaccine Mandates for Employees Act

Bill: 117-hr-6304
Sponsor: Rep. Hartzler, Vicky [R-MO-4]
Introduced: 2021-12-16 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment

Summary:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: 

Stop Federal Vaccine Mandates for Employees Act

 
This bill prohibits the Occupational Safety and Health Administration from issuing any emergency temporary standard that requires an employee to receive a drug, vaccine, or other biological product.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-12-16
text: Introduced in House