hyperdemocracy/usc-billstatus huggingface dataset:
GPI Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4894
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Genuine Progress Indicator Act of 2021 or the GPI Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to establish the genuine progress indicator as a metric to measure the economic well-being of households.
 
The indicator shall be calculated through adjustments to gross domestic product that account for positive and negative economic, environmental, and social factors that contribute to economic activity. It shall also include the total annual economic value and cost of such factors.
 
The head of each federal agency, the President, the Federal Reserve, and Congress must use both the indicator and gross domestic product for budgetary reporting and economic forecasting that measures the net benefits of economic activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Education and Labor, Ways and Means, and 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: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
SUPPORT Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4895
Sponsor: Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5]
Introduced: 2021-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Sending Unconditional Payments to People Overcoming Resistances to Triumph Act of 2021 or the SUPPORT Act of 2021 

 
This bill establishes a guaranteed income pilot program and tax credit and provides for bank accounts supported by Federal Reserve banks. 
 
The bill establishes the Office of Guaranteed Income Programs to carry out a five-year guaranteed income pilot program. The pilot program must provide grants through local governments and community development financial institutions for periodic cash payments to eligible individuals. An eligible program must provide cash payments that are not less than $50 per individual and are made on a biweekly, monthly, or quarterly basis. 
 
Additionally, the bill establishes the Guaranteed Income Tax Credit, a refundable income tax credit for individual taxpayers equal to $14,400 plus $600 for each dependent. The amount is reduced for individuals whose adjusted gross income exceeds specified levels. A taxpayer may elect to receive this credit in advance in equal amounts throughout the year. 
 
The bill also requires Federal Reserve member banks to provide bank accounts (
FedAccounts
) to residents and to businesses domiciled in the United States for purposes of holding digital dollar balances. These accounts must provide specified banking services, including debit cards, online banking, automatic bill pay, and automatic teller machines at U.S. postal facilities. These accounts may not charge fees or have balance requirements and must provide a specified interest rate.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Reimbursing Agricultural Producers for Immigration Damages Act

Bill: 117-hr-4896
Sponsor: Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2021-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Reimbursing Agricultural Producers for Immigration Damages Act or the RAPID Act

 
This bill temporarily establishes a program to reimburse agricultural producers for damages to livestock, crops, and property that result from the actions of an alien present in the United States without lawful immigration status. The Department of Agriculture may not provide reimbursements on or after September 30, 2023.
 
The bill also rescinds specified unobligated funding available to states, Indian tribes, and territories for mitigating fiscal effects that stem from the COVID-19 pandemic and makes such funding available to carry out the reimbursement program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Support Recovery from Addiction Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4897
Sponsor: Rep. Spanberger, Abigail Davis [D-VA-7]
Introduced: 2021-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Health

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Support Recovery from Addiction Act of 2021

 
This bill requires states to expend at least 10% of their Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants on recovery support services for individuals with substance use disorders.
 

 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4898
Sponsor: Rep. Speier, Jackie [D-CA-14]
Introduced: 2021-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Education

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Hold Accountable and Lend Transparency on Campus Sexual Violence Act of 2021 or the HALT Campus Sexual Violence Act

 of 2021

 
This bill addresses dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking incidents on college campuses, including by expanding requirements governing the disclosure of such incidents and efforts to prevent them.
 
Specifically, the bill requires the Department of Education (ED) to make available an online survey tool regarding student experiences with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, harassment, and stalking. ED must publish a biennial report that includes campus-level data for each institution of higher education (IHE).
 
The bill permits ED to impose civil penalties on IHEs that have violated a law under the jurisdiction of its Office for Civil Rights.
 
In addition, the bill directs ED, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Justice to create a task force on sex-based harassment and violence in education.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Protect the Capitol Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4900
Sponsor: Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17]
Introduced: 2021-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Protect the Capitol Act of 2021

 
This bill places additional restrictions on deployments and other activities of the Capitol Police outside of the areas established by law for its jurisdiction.
 
Current law allows the Capitol Police to deploy officers outside of its jurisdiction subject to prior notification and approval requirements. This bill restricts such a deployment to a defined, limited duration of no more than 30 days. 
 
Current law also provides exceptions to the prior notification and approval requirements if the purpose of a deployment is to respond to an imminent threat or emergency, provide protective services, or gather intelligence. This bill applies the 30-day limit to excepted deployments and requires that intelligence gathering deployments must be in response to a specific, identified threat to qualify for an exception.
 
Additionally, the Capitol Police shall not establish or maintain a permanent office outside of the District of Columbia.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Public Housing Procurement Improvement Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4901
Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2021-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Public Housing Procurement Improvement Act of 2021

 
This bill allows a public housing agency (PHA) to use any of the following contract arrangements in a federally funded low-income housing project for the development of dwelling units owned or operated by the PHA:
 
 
 design-build,
 
 construction management,
 
 best value,
 
 prequalification, or
 
 guaranteed maximum price.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Improving Diaper Affordability Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4902
Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]
Introduced: 2021-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Child care and development
Child health
Health care costs and insurance
Health technology, devices, supplies
Income tax deductions
Sales and excise taxes
State and local taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Improving Diaper Affordability Act of 2021

 
This bill treats diapers as qualified medical expenses for purposes of certain health savings accounts and spending arrangements. 
 
The bill prohibits a state or local government from imposing a sales tax on the retail sale of diapers.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Main Street Efficiency Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4903
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2021-07-30 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Energy efficiency and conservation
Energy storage, supplies, demand
Military personnel and dependents
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Oil and gas
Public utilities and utility rates
Rural conditions and development
Small business
Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Summary:
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: 

Main Street Efficiency Act of 2021

 
This bill requires the Department of Energy to establish a grant program that provides incentives for small businesses to make energy efficiency upgrades.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-07-30
text: Introduced in House
Emergency Child and Adult Nutrition Assistance Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4904
Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
Introduced: 2021-08-03 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Adult day care
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Child care and development
Child health
Department of Agriculture
Education programs funding
Elementary and secondary education
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Executive agency funding and structure
Food assistance and relief
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Nutrition and diet

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: 

Emergency Child and Adult Nutrition Assistance Act of 2021

 
This bill provides funding for and extends through June 2021 programs that, during the COVID-19 emergency, reimburse certain operational costs of child and adult care food programs and school meals programs. Under the bill, funding allocated to states remains available through FY2022.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E870)
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
Big Tech Accountability for Broadband Act

Bill: 117-hr-4905
Sponsor: Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]
Introduced: 2021-08-03 in the House
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: 

Big Tech Accountability for Broadband Act

 
This bill requires the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promulgate regulations requiring covered businesses to contribute to the federal universal service support mechanism.
 
A 
 covered business
 is a business offering an online platform (e.g., a social media platform) that has (1) more than 30 million U.S. users or 300 million worldwide users, and (2) more than $10 billion in global revenue. The federal universal service support mechanism collects money from telecommunications companies and uses it to expand broadband access and infrastructure, especially in unserved and underserved areas.
 
In promulgating such regulations, the FCC must consider including a mechanism that prohibits a telecommunications carrier from requiring a customer to pay charges related to universal service support contributions if the customer is considered unserved or underserved with respect to broadband internet access. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
GOLD Act

Bill: 117-hr-4906
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-08-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Asia
Athletes
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
Europe
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Japan
Olympic games
Organized crime
Russia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: 

Guarantee Oversight and Litigation on Doping Act or the GOLD Act

 
This bill expands federal enforcement for criminal offenses related to international doping fraud conspiracies.
 
Specifically, the bill makes the offenses predicate offenses (i.e., underlying offenses) for prosecutions under the federal money laundering statute and the federal racketeering statute. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 117-hr-4907
Sponsor: Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9]
Introduced: 2021-08-03 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy
Higher education
Student aid and college costs

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: 

Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2019
 
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This bill modifies the treatment of certain student loans in bankruptcy.
 
Specifically it allows private education loans to be discharged in bankruptcy regardless of whether a debtor demonstrates undue hardship. Under current law, student loans may be discharged in bankruptcy only if the loans impose an undue hardship on the debtor.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
Community Vehicle Charging Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-4908
Sponsor: Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6]
Introduced: 2021-08-03 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Building construction
Community life and organization
Congressional oversight
Electric power generation and transmission
Employment and training programs
Environmental education
Environmental health
Government information and archives
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Infrastructure development
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
Pedestrians and bicycling
Public utilities and utility rates
Public-private cooperation
Small business
Teaching, teachers, curricula
Transportation programs funding
Women in business

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: 

Community Vehicle Charging Act of 2021

 
This bill establishes a grant program to expand access to electric vehicle infrastructure in communities that consist primarily of minority, low-income, or tribal populations that experience (or are at risk of experiencing) greater adverse human health or environmental effects than other populations.
 
The Department of Transportation must award the grants to
 
 
community-based organizations;
 
nonprofits;
 
state, tribal, regional, or local governments;
 
metropolitan planning organizations; or
 
other entities responsible for local transportation planning and projects.
 
 
Grant funds may be used for projects that include (1) developing or implementing plans to install publicly available electric vehicle charging infrastructure, (2) supporting shared electric mobility and micro-mobility options (e.g., electric bicycles), and (3) providing electric vehicle chargers and funding for their installation to community residents.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
Clean Hydrogen Energy Act

Bill: 117-hr-4909
Sponsor: Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-18]
Introduced: 2021-08-03 in the House
Policy area: Energy

Summary:
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: 

Clean Hydrogen Energy Act

 
This bill sets forth provisions to advance the research, development, demonstration, and deployment of hydrogen gas that is produced in compliance with greenhouse gas emission standards established by this bill.
 
Specifically, the bill expands an existing hydrogen research and development program of the Department of Energy (DOE) established under the Energy Policy Act of 2005. For example, the bill establishes a new program goal to demonstrate a standard of clean hydrogen production in the transportation (i.e., vehicles, locomotives, airplanes, and maritime vessels), utility, industrial, commercial, and residential sectors by 2040.
 
The bill also requires DOE to establish a program that supports the development of regional clean hydrogen hubs.
 
In carrying out those programs, DOE must award grants for research, development, and demonstration projects to advance new clean hydrogen production, processing, delivery, storage, and use equipment manufacturing technologies and techniques.
 
DOE must also develop a technologically and economically feasible national strategy and road map to facilitate wide scale production, processing, delivery, storage, and use of clean hydrogen.
 
In addition, DOE must establish a research, development, demonstration, commercialization, and deployment program to improve the efficiency, increase the durability, and reduce the cost of producing hydrogen using electrolyzers. 
Electrolyzers
 are systems that produce hydrogen using electrolysis, a process that uses electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. In carrying out the program, DOE must award grants for projects that reduce the cost of hydrogen produced using electrolyzers as specified by the bill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-08-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-08-03
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-08-03
text: Introduced in House